James Trowbridge (1717 - 1806)

Born 28 Apr 1717 in Newton, Middlesex, MA

Ancestors

Husband of Jerusha Park — married 18 Jan 1740 (to 26 Apr 1756) in Newton, Middlesex, MA

Descendants

Died 21 Jul 1806 at age 89 in Worcester, Worcester, MA

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Biography

James Trowbridge was born in the spring of 1717, to William Trowbridge and Sarah Ward of Newton, Massachusetts.^[1] He married Jerusha Park, daughter of Richard Park and Sarah Fuller, in Newton in the winter of 1739.^[2] They settled in Worcester, Massachusetts, and had six known children:^[3]

• 1741-1748: William,^[4] died in childhood
• 1743-1820: Sarah^[5], m. William Ward, 1765
• 1745-1818: Mary^[6], m. Zerubabbel Snow, 1765
• 1747: Abigail^[7], m. ___ Parks
• 1751-1833: William^[8], m. 1st Sarah Rice, 1776; m. 2nd Achsah Hersey, 1789
• 1754-1834: Lydia^[9], m. William Farr, 1773

Jerusha died before 1758, when James is recorded as the father of Elizabeth with a mother named Mary.^[10] He is also named as the father of Dolly, born 1765.^[11] No mother is named in that record, but she is most likely also Mary.

• 1758-1846: Elizabeth, m. 1st Josiah Rice, 1778; m. 2nd Jonathan Cobleigh, >1783
• 1765-1791: Dolly, m. Oliver Morsman? 1781

James remarried a final time to Lydia Mower, widow of Henry Ward, in 1779. The couple had no children.

James died in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1806. He was buried there at the Mechanic Street Burial Ground, and later reinterred at Hope Cemetery.^[12]

Birth

28 APR 1717,Newton, Middlesex, MA

Death

21 JUL 1806, Worcester, Worcester, MA

Burial

JUL 1806 at Mechanic St. Burial Ground, Worcester, Worcester, MA - his grave, along with many others was relocated to Hope Cemetery c.1878.

Marriage

1st: Jerusha Park b: 22 Nov 1722 in Newton, Middlesex, Ma Married: 18 Jan 1739 in Newton, Middlesex, Mass.

Six Children:

1. William Trowbridge b: 10 Jul 1741 in Worcester, Worcester, Mass.
2. Sarah Trowbridge b: 7 Jan 1743 in Worcester, Worcester, Mass.
3. Mary Trowbridge b: 25 Feb 1745 in Westchesterfield, Hampshire, Mass.; m. Capt. Zerubbabel Snow in 1766 (to 1795). d. 1818.
4. Abigail Trowbridge b: 12 Oct 1747 in Worcester, Worcester, Mass.
5. William Trowbridge b: 20 Mar 1751 in Worcester, Worcester, Mass.
6. Lydia Trowbridge b: 7 Apr 1754 in Worcester, Worcester, Mass.

2nd: Mary ___? b. unknown Married: before 1758 in Worcester, Worcester, Mass.

Two Children:

1. Elizabeth Trowbridge b. 7 Sep 1758 in Worcester, Worcester, Mass.
2. Dolly Trowbridge b. 13 Oct 1765 in Worcester, Worcester, Mass.

3rd: Lydia Mower w. Ward b: 15 Sep 1726 in Malden, Middlesex, Mass. Married: 22 Jun 1779 in Worcester, Worcester, Mass.

No children

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHT4-HJL : 10 November 2020), James Trowbridge, 28 Apr 1717; citing Birth, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009513.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC9M-T4V : 10 November 2020), James Trowbridge, 18 Jan 1740; citing Marriage, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009513.
3. ↑ Trowbridge, Otis. Genealogy of the family of Deacon James Trowbridge. Boston, MA: Wright & Hasty, printers, 1854. pp. 11-12.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQX2-59S : 15 January 2020), James Trowbridge in entry for William Trowbridge, 1741.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQX2-ZDM : 15 January 2020), James Trowbridge in entry for Sarah Trowbridge, 1743.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQXK-1ZS : 15 January 2020), James Trowbridge in entry for Mary Trowbridge, 1745.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQX2-SQC : 15 January 2020), James Trowbridge in entry for Abigail Trowbridge, 1747.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQX2-57D : 15 January 2020), James Trowbridge in entry for William Trowbridge, 1751.
9. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQX2-Q4V : 15 January 2020), James Trowbridge in entry for Lydia Trowbridge, 1754.
10. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQX2-36V : 15 January 2020), James Trowbridge in entry for Elizabeth Trowbridge, 1758.
11. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQX2-4VR : 15 January 2020), James Trowbridge in entry for Dolly Trowbridge, 1765.
12. ↑ FindAGrave memorial 6219746 for James Trowbridge

See also:

• Ancestral File Number 228H-L6
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=flakey&id=I529116087
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2608948&id=I539314263

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Bob Fields for creating WikiTree profile Trowbridge-324 through the import of WilliamDana1801.ged on Feb 1, 2013.