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William Trotter (abt. 1630 - bef. 1673)

William Trotter
Born about in Durham, Englandmap
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Son of and
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 9 Dec 1652 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusettsmap
Husband of — married 28 Sep 1667 in MAmap
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Died before before about age 43 in Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jerseymap
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Biography

William was among the early settlers of Newbury, Massachusetts.[1][2] He married Cutbury Gibbs there in 1652.[3][4][5][6]

In Newbury, William and Cutbury were cited at least twice for legal and moral offenses. In 1653, "William Trotter and wife fined and to be whipped for defiling themselves before the marriage bed."[7] In 1659, William was cited "for slanderous speeches, to make publick acknowledgement next lecture day."[8]

They appear to have gotten along better in New Jersey, where they were again among the first settlers. William took an oath of allegiance in Elizabethtown at the first town meeting in Feb. 1666. He is listed by Hatfield as one of the original Elizabethtown Associates. In 1676, his son Samuel applied for a survey of 90 acres in the Elizabethtown Tract, previously belonging to his father, then deceased.[9]

William is said to have married Mary Alice Ebel in New York City in 1667.[10] But see Research Note.

William helped to recruit a number of new settlers from Newbury to New Jersey and to establish the town of Woodbridge. A bridge over the Elizabeth River was named for him, now part of Trotters Lane at the northwest boundary of the city.[9]

Name

William /Trotter/[11][12][13][14][15]

Birth

Birth:
Date: 4 Apr 1630
Place: Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States[16]

Event

Event:
Type: Arrival
Date: 1652
Place: Newbury, Massachusetts[17]

Marriage

Husband: William Trotter
Wife: Alice Ebell
Marriage:
Date: 28 Sep 1667
Place: MA[18][19]

See Research Note.

Husband: William Trotter
Wife: Catherine Gibbs
  1. Child: Sarah Trotter
Marriage:
Date: 09 Dec 1652
Place: Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts[20][21]

Children

Births as listed by Newbury VR:[22]

Savage lists the same named children, with mostly corresponding dates.[4]

Death

According to Hatfield, William was deceased by 11 Sep. 1673. He was not present on that date, when most of the Elizabethtown Associates took an oath of allegiance to Dutch authorities.[9] The Dutch retook NJ and NY in Aug. 1673 while England and Netherlands were at war, and relinquished it under treaty in Feb. 1674. Most of the Associates took the oath, including his son Samuel.
Date: Before 11 Sep. 1673
Place: Elizabethtown, NJ
Date: 1677
Place: Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States[25]

Note

Info
http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=e9496147-9979-4d99-a969-b15b32744e76&tid=15024057&pid=1494 (link works Jun 23, 2017)

Research Note: Marriage of William and Alice

There is a record of marriage between William Trotter and Alice Ebell in New York City, 28 Sep. 1667.[26][10] And in July 1668 Willem Traeter and Elsje Evels were recorded for the baptism of their son Jacob at the Dutch Reformed Church in New York.

Was that William of Elizabethtown?

Alice is referenced as both Alice and Elsie Trotter in New York court records in 1670. She had traveled to Boston with her husband in 1669, but the records do not name the husband (then deceased).[27]

Abraham Hatfield suggests an Elizabethtown connection with citations to Edwin Hatfield's History of Elizabeth (pp. 78, 96), but the references are invalid, with nothing relevant at the pages cited.[28] There are several references to William elsewhere in the History but none to a wife. Otherwise there is no basis to suggest that it was William of Elizabethtown who married Alice Ebel.[9]

Also, it would have been unusual for a New Jersey yoeman farmer to have married in New York City, into a family with no Elizabethtown connections, and to have travelled to Boston.

Sources

  1. ↑ Farmer, John, Genealogical Register of the First Settlers of New-England (Lancaster, MA: Carter, Andrews, & Co., 1829), p. 291; Archive.org.
  2. ↑ Wikipedia: Newbury, MA.
  3. ↑ FamilySearch.org, William Trotter and Cutbury Gibbs, married 12/9/1652, Newbury, MA; Births, Marriages, Deaths, vol. 2, 1635-1734, p. 258; Essex County Town Hall, Newbury, MA; FamilySearch.org.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Savage, James A., Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692 (Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 1860-1862; reprint Genealogical Pub. Co., 1994), 4:332, Archive.org.
  5. ↑ Torrey, Clarence A., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985), p. 754, Ancestry.com.
  6. ↑ Torrey, Clarence A., New England Marriages prior to 1700 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011), 3:1544; AmericanAncestors.org.
  7. ↑ "Ipswich Court Records and Files", Essex Antiquarian (Salem, MA), v. 10 (1906), p. 86; adjacent entries dated 1653. Archive.org.
  8. ↑ Coffin, Joshua, Sketch of the history of Newbury, Newburyport, and West Newbury, from 1635 to 1845 (Boston: Samuel G. Drake, 1845), p. 62; Archive.org.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Hatfield, Edwin F., History of Elizabeth, New Jersey, including the Early History of Union County (New York: Carlton & Lanahan, 1869; Carlisle, MA: Applewood Books, n.d.) pp. 57, 58, 95, 159, 184; Archive.org.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Ebell, Alice and William Trotter, 28 September 1667, New York City." Clemens, William Montgomery, American marriage records before 1699 (Pompton Lakes, NJ: The Biblio company, 1926), p. 81; Ebdell, Alice.
  11. ↑ Source: #S-1859860598
  12. ↑ Source: #S-1862964659
  13. ↑ Source: #S-1859602170
  14. ↑ Source: #S-1861468318
  15. ↑ Source: #S-1864074517
  16. ↑ Source: #S-1862964659
  17. ↑ Source: #S-1861468318
  18. ↑ Source: #S-1862964659
  19. ↑ Source: #S-1859860598
  20. ↑ Source: #S-1859860598
  21. ↑ Source: #S-1862964659
  22. ↑ Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts, to 1849 (Essex Institute, Salem, MA, 1911), 1:531; printed transcript from town, court, church records, cemeteries and family Bibles; Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute); Ancestry.com; FamilySearch, Image; FamilySearch.org.
  23. ↑ Newbury Births, Marriages & Deaths, 1635-1734. p. 8; Hand transcript of original records, certified as true copy by Town Clerk, 3/2/1860; Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts, Massachusetts Vital and Town Records; Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook); Ancestry.com.
  24. ↑ A Record of the Births, Publishments, Marriages & Deaths in Newbury MA from 1635 to 1736, p. 17; handwritten transcript of Town Clerk records, by town Auditing Committee, 1846; Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Ancestry.com.
  25. ↑ Source: #S-1864074517.
  26. ↑ Names of persons for whom marriage licenses were issued by the secretary of the province of New York, previous to 1784 (Albany, NY: Weed, Parsons, 1860), p. 124, Archive.org.
  27. ↑ Fernow, Bernard, ed., Records of New Amsterdam from 1653 to 1674 anno Domini; Minutes of the court of burgomasters and schepens, May 8, 1666, to Sept. 5, 1673, inclusive (New York: Knickerbocker Press, 1897), pp. 6:263, 268; Archive.org. The New York courts evidently continued to do business as New Amsterdam for some time after the English take-over.
  28. ↑ Hatfield, Abraham, Hatfields of Westchester: A genealogy of the descendants of Thomas Hatfield of New Amsterdam and Mamaroneck, whose sons settled in White Plains, Westchester County, New York (New York: NYGBS, 1935), p. 13, Ancestry.com ($); Archive.org.
  • Source: S-1862964659 Repository: http://www.Ancestry.com U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
  • Source: S-1859860598 Repository: http://www.Ancestry.com American Marriages Before 1699 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.Original data - Clemens, William Montgomery. American Marriage Records Before 1699. Pompton Lakes, NJ, USA: Biblio Co., 1926.
  • Source: S-1859602170 Repository: http://www.Ancestry.com Title: L'Hommedieu : index. Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - L'Hommedieu, Patia Havens,. L'Hommedieu : index.. unknown: unknown, 1951. Note: "For other pages see supplemental index."|||"The names of towns and cities indexed are in New York State unless otherwise designated."|||Foreword signed: Patia Havens L'Hommedieu.|||Date of publication from foreword.|||Includes bibliographical references and index.|||v.1. Pages 1 to 462 -- v.2. Pages 463 to 930.
  • Source: S-1861468318 Repository: http://www.Ancestry.com Title: Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Author: Gale Research Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.Original data - Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2010.
  • Source: S-1864074517 Repository: http://www.Ancestry.comTitle: Family Data Collection - Deaths Author: Edmund West, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001.

Acknowledgements

  • WikiTree profile Trotter-239 created through the import of Stough Family Tree.ged on Nov 1, 2011 by Lindsay Coleman.
  • WikiTree profile Trotter-274 created through the import of Callahan, Wiley, Plotner, Powell Family Tree - 2009.ged on Dec 2, 2011 by Ron Callahan.
  • This person was created on 14 September 2010 through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged.
  • Toni Vanders, firsthand knowledge.
  • Gwendolyn Gill, firsthand knowledge.




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Piatt-635 Lance Piatt
William Trotter christening appears in Auckland-St. Andrews, Durham, England, 04 Apr 1630 s/o Anthony.

Anthony Trotter married Gertrude Wren there 21 Apr 1618. This marriage is also listed in the Boyd's Marriage Index and noted in the Wills & Inventories for Anthony's father, William Trotter.

https://archive.org/details/willsinventories1424unse/page/152/mode/2up

posted by Lance Piatt
edited by Lance Piatt
Miller-16836 John Miller Jr.
Why are the Trotters (some of them) designated as New Netherland Settlers? No sources are cited, and I can find none, that place them anywhere but Massachusetts and New Jersey.
posted by John Miller Jr.
Smith-62120 Ellen Smith
"New Jersey" is your answer. Much of northern New Jersey was included in New Netherland, and at various times some members have assumed that most or all of New Jersey before about 1700 was part of New Netherland. This man does not fit into the New Netherland project scope, so I'll remove the project box and project account from the profile.

ADDED: It appears, however, that his second wife and her subsequent husband (Hatfield) probably qualify for the "New Netherland" label.

posted by Ellen Smith
edited by Ellen Smith
Miller-16836 John Miller Jr.
Very good. There are some loose ends however: Rebecca (Trotter) Drake (1655-1739), Martha Trotter (1657-), Samuel Trotter (1657-1674),Robert Trotter (1667-1667).
posted by John Miller Jr.
Smith-62120 Ellen Smith
I removed most of these, but it appears that Rebecca's profile was made PPP because of concern about genealogical disputes of some sort. If that's still an issue, we'll need to find another project to adopt the profile and oversee the PPP.
posted by Ellen Smith
Miller-16836 John Miller Jr.
See comment by profile manager, former leader. Says she didn't intend PPP but put in blocks to protect merges, and blocks can be removed if there is no other basis which seems to be case here. She merged Rebecca in 2012.
posted by John Miller Jr.
edited by John Miller Jr.
Smith-62120 Ellen Smith
I stand corrected on the PPP history. It does look like Lindsay applied the PPP; it was later that the profile was added to the New Netherland project (by me, as it happens), apparently as a result of requests from other members. (I never researched this profile, but I recall that in 2018 there were many requests to add the project to profiles like these.)

That comment in 2012 has no bearing on how WikiTree handles profile management and PPP now.

Before I replied to you, I reviewed the profile history and noted that there are something like 9 people on the trusted list, there had been a bunch of merges on the profile (some by Lindsay and some by other members), and there had been concerns about incorrect or unsourced genealogy (connections to wrong parents, children or spouses). Those kinds of things are indications of a profile that should have project protection.

posted by Ellen Smith
edited by Ellen Smith
Piatt-635 Lance Piatt
How certain are you that William's parents are William Trotter & Gertrude Wren? Their son William was baptized 01 May 1636 (making him about 16 at time of marriage). The William baptized in Auckland-St. Andrew on 04 Apr 1630 was the son of Anthony.
posted by Lance Piatt
Smith-62120 Ellen Smith
I don't think "we" are "certain" of anything. This profile was created by a GEDCOM import 13 years ago and has had only slight changes since then.

If you have sourced information to add to this profile or the profiles of the claimed parents (George Trotter and Gertrude (Wren) Trotter (1610-abt.1660)), please do so. It does appear from notes on the profiles that there is no evidence for the connected parents. If the members who have done the research are convinced of the lack of evidence, the parents should be disconnected.

I have removed the project protection from Trotter-14.

posted by Ellen Smith
Meehan-411 Beryl Meehan
Would NNS like to take on the third wife Alice Ebel`s profile. I`ve just added some bio notes, she was in New York, her 2 marriage appears to have been in NY. 28 Sep 1667 to Wm Trotter, abt 27 Nov 1671 in the Dutch Church, NY to Thomas Hatfield.
posted by Beryl Meehan
edited by Beryl Meehan
Stough-48 Lindsay (Stough) Tyrie
This profile is a work-in-progress. Under the developing rules on historically-significant ancestors over 300-years-old supervisors are doing expedited merges. We need one manager to take primary responsibility for each profile. Management rights and/or trusted status may be terminated per policy. Please see http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Historically-significant_ancestors for more details. Please feel free to contact me with any questions as well. Thanks!
posted by Lindsay (Stough) Tyrie

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