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Descendants of THOMAS TROWBRIDGE

Generation No. 1

1. THOMAS⁴ TROWBRIDGE (JOHN³, THOMAS², JOHN¹) was born 1610 in Taunton, Somershire, ENGLAND, and died February 07, 1671/72 in TAUNTON, ENGLAND. He married ELIZABETH MARSHALL March 26, 1627 in Exeter, Devonshire, ENGLAND, daughter of JOHN MARSHALL and ALICE BEVYS. She was born March 24, 1600/01 in Exeter, Devonshire, ENGLAND, (baptisimal date), and died 1642 in NEW HAVEN, CONN..

Notes for THOMAS TROWBRIDGE:
THOMAS TROWBRIDGE, THE PATRIARC OF THE AMERICAN FAMILY LINE, CAME FROM ENGLAND TO DORCHESTER, MASS. IN 1634 AND MOVED ON TO NEW HAVEN, CONN. IN 1639. AFTER HIS WIFE'S DEATH IN 1642 HE LEFT HIS WELL ESTABLISHED BUSINESS AND REAL ESTATE INTERESTS, AS WELL AS HIS SONS HERE IN THE COLONIES WITH HIS BUSINESS PARDNERS THOMAS JEFFREYS AND HENRY GIBBONS, AND RETURNED TO COMBE ST. NICHOLAS, ABOUT 10 OR 12 MILES S.E. OF TAUNTON, NEAR THE BORDER OF DEVON IN COUNTY SOMERSET, ENGLAND. HE WOULD NEVER RETURN, BUT DID TRAVEL TO AND FROM BARBADOES SEVERAL TIMES.

OF HIS DIRECT LINE MALE DESCENDANTS; 56 FOUGHT IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, 41 SERVED IN THE WAR OF 1812, AND 152 TOOK UP ARMS DURING THE WAR FOR SOUTHERN INDEPENDANCE.

More About THOMAS TROWBRIDGE:
OCCUPATION: LANDLORD & RETAIL MERCHANT

Children of THOMAS TROWBRIDGE and ELIZABETH MARSHALL are:

2.	i.	THOMAS⁵ TROWBRIDGE II, b. 1632, ENGLAND; d. August 22, 1702, NEW HAVEN, CONN..
3.	ii.	WILLIAM TROWBRIDGE, b. 1634, ENGLAND; d. 1688, NEW HAVEN, CONN..
4.	iii.	DEACON JAMES TROWBRIDGE, b. 1636, DORCHESTER, MASS.; d. May 22, 1717, NEW HAVEN, CONN..

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