Daniel Trowbridge (1701 - abt. 1747)

Born 13 Aug 1701 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Seymour) Trowbridge — married 1725 in Norwalk, Conn

Descendants

Died about 1747 at about age 45 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut

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Biography

Daniel Trowbridge was the son of Deacon James Trowbridge and Mary Belden. He was born on 13 Aug 1701 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut. The birth record found in Barbour Collection, Connecticut Town Wilton, Vol 128, pg 49 states this: "Trowbridge, Daniel, s. James & Mary Betts (Belden), b. Aug. 13, 1701, at Stratford."^[1][2]

Daniel Trowbridge came with his father to the parish of Wilton in Norwalk, Conn. where he settled and was engaged in farming. His farm was near his father's on Chestnut Hill. He was elected fence viewer for Wilton in 1728; surveyor of highways in 1731; highway committeeman in 1737; grand juror in 1743 and 1749; and lister in 1747. He was a member of the Congregational church in Wilton and was appointed one of its society's committee of three in 1733. The record of his death was not found.^[2]. According to this Trowbridge genealogy book, he died sometime in 17__.^[2]

Daniel Trowbridge was numbered 110 in The Trowbridge Genealogy: History of the Trowbridge Family in America, Vol 1, pg 129. He was the son of James-103, William-100, Thomas-1.^[2] Daniel Trowbridge married Sarah Seymour, daughter of Capt John and Sarah (Gregory) Seymour in 1725 in Norwalk, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.^[2]

CHILDREN BORN IN WILTON CONN^[2]

• 121 i. Daniel, b. Aug. 25, 1726.
• 122 ii. Stephen, b. Dec. 16, 1727.
• 123 iii. James, b. Dec. 14, 1729.
• ____ iv. Sarah, b. about 1732; m. Sept. 18, 1754, James Olmstead of Wilton.
• ____ v. Abigail, b. about 1735; m. Sept. 11, 1759, David Hitchcock of New Milford, Conn.
• ____ vi. Elizabeth, b. about 1739; m. Mar. 31, 1763, Aaron Hitchcock of New Milford.
• 124 vii. Joseph, b. May 11, 1741.
• 122 viii. Samuel, bapt. Sept. 18, 1743. [122 is obviously an error]
• ____ ix. Lydia, bapt. Oct. 27, 1745.
• 125 x. William, bapt. Dec. 30, 1747

He passed away about 1747.

Sources

1. ↑ Barbour Collection, Connecticut Town Wilton, Vol 128, pg 49.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5} The Trowbridge Genealogy: History of the Trowbridge Family in America, Vol 1, By Francis Bacon Trowbridge. Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., New Haven, Connecticut, 1908, pgs 129-130.

Acknowledgements

Thank you to the contributions made by:

• Nancy Lahr
• Don Trowbridge,
• Dorothy Phelps