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V. STONE, DEA. DAVID, (s. of Dea. John,) m. Mary Herring, 1754, took homestead, and had Aaron, Oct. 21, 1757; Moses, Dec. 4, 1759 ; Mary, Sept. 27, 1762; Betsy, Feb. 13, 1765; Isaac, Oct. 9, 1767. He d. 1802, æ. 74. She d. 1826, æ. 92.
V. STONE, JOHN, (s. of Dea. John,) m. Martha, dr. of Moses Craft, June, 1762, and had Oliver, March 24, 1763; Asa, May 15, 1765; Esther, Dec. 14, 1767 ; Lydia, April 20, 1771 ; Hannah, April 6, 1773 ; Martha, March 20, 1775 ; John, May 2, 1777 ; Asa, Aug. 1, 1779 ; Anna, Oct. 28, 1781 ; and Aaron, Jan. 1, 1784. Lydia m. John Thompson, of Wat., 1793 - Hannah m. Solomon Alden, 1795. He was Selectman, and d. 1797, æ. 60. She d. 1816, æ. 73.
V. STONE, JAMES, (s. of Simon,) m. Sarah Billings, 1767, and had Sarah, June 7, 1769 ; Timothy, March 6, 1771 ; Lucy, Nov. 21, 1772; Daniel, Dec. 7, 1774; Eunice, July 14, 1776 ; Mary, March 2, 1778; Elizabeth, Aug. 12, 1780; Abigail, June 21, 1783 ; Ephraim, Sept. 28, 1784 ; James, Jan. 20, 1786; Jonathan, March 3, 1788; Catherine, Aug. 9, 1791. Sarah m. Phineas Hovey - Lucy m. Eli Pierce, of Hopkinton, 1796- Eunice m. John Trowbridge, 1794 - Mary m. Edmund Trowbridge - Ephraim d. 1832, æ. 47 - James d. young - Daniel settled in Portland. He was Selectman, and d. Nov. 24, 1836, æ. 92. She d. 1825.
VI. STONE, JONAS, JR., (s. of Capt. Jonas,) m. Martha, dr. of Stephen Winchester, 1775, and had Elijah, March 27, 1777 ; Charles, 35*
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April 16, 1778; Reuben, May 14, 1780; Artemas, May 4, 1782; Beu- lah, June 11, 1785 ; Stephen, Dec. 21, 1786. Beulah m. Lemuel Richards, of Rox., 1814, d. 1818 - Elijah m. Lucy, dr. of Nathan- iel Jackson, and took the homestead - Charles m. Eunice Whiting, of Franklin, 1816, and d. 1822 - Stephen m. Sabra Ward, 1816, settled in Brighton, and d. 1832. 2d w., Abigail Winchester, 1807. He d. Feb. 4, 1835, æ. 85 1-2. 1st w. d. May 3, 1806, æ. 54. 2d w. d. Jan. 1847, æ. 87 1-2.
VI. STONE, EBENEZER, (s. of Capt. Jonas,) m. Mindwell Rich- ardson, 1788, and had Nancy, Feb. 26, 1791 ; Samuel, Aug. 21, 1793 ; Sally, July 7, 1797. He d. 1800, æ. 42. She d. 1806, æ. 43.
VI. STONE, TIMOTHY, (s. of James,) m. Mary Morse, 1798, and had Mehitable, Jan. 6, 1800; Abigail, March 5, 1802. 2d w., wid. Elizabeth Edes, and had Cordelia S., July 22, 1815 ; Caroline H., June 1, 1817 ; Darius D., May 15, 1820. He d. 1825, æ. 54. 1st w. d. 1802.
VI. STONE, MOSES, (s. of Dea. David,) m. Olive Ward, 1787, and had Elisha, Nov. 17, 1789 ; Maria, Jan. 31, 1792 ; Ephraim W., March 24, 1794 ; Augustus, June 29, 1796; William, May 17, 1798; Martha J., March 19, 1800; David, May 25, 1802. Maria m. Isaac Alden, 2d w. Sarah Peters, 1811. He d. 1813, æ. 53.
VI. STONE, SAMUEL, (s. of Capt. Jonas,) m. Elizabeth Clark, 1774, settled in Petersham, and had Hannah, Samuel, Clark, Betsy, Sally, Gardner, Esther, Asa, Levi, Jonas, Sukey, Lot, and John. He d. 1828, æ. 78. She d. 1821.
VI. STONE, SETH, (s. of Capt. Jonas,) m. Esther Clark, 1775, settled in Petersham, and had Norman, Ebenezer, Moses, Aaron. 2d w. Zervia Bragg, 1784, and had Lydia, and Ebenezer. 3d. w. Sally McFarland, and had Daniel, Jonas, and Seth.
VI. STONE, AMOS, (s. of Capt. Jonas,) m. Anna Miller, and had Samuel, and Nancy. 2d. w. Susan Hawes, 1789. He d. 1802, æ. 49.
VII. STONE, DEA. REUBEN, (s. of Jonas, Jr.,) m. Sally Richard- son, May, 1805, and had Ebenezer, May 26, 1806 ; Martha, May 12, 1809. Martha m. David, s. of Moses Stone. He d. Aug. 3, 1828, æ. 48.
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VI. STONE, JONATHAN, (s. of James,) m. Sophia, dr. of Major Samuel Murdock, 1814, and had Daniel, Dec. 5, 1814; Harriet N., Aug. 21, 1816 ; Beulah F., Jan. 6, 1819; Sophia, March 10, 1822; George F., Dec. 20, 1827.
VII. STONE, ARTEMAS, (s. of Jonas, Jr.,) m. Catherine Baker, and had Thomas B., Feb., 1810; Charles, Sept., 1811 ; Catherine F., Aug., 1813, d. 1838 ; Stephen W., July, 1823. Thomas B. m. Elvira Walker, settled at Dixfield, Me. - Charles m. Mary E. Spear, and settled in Wilton, Me. - Stephen W. went to Ohio. He d. 1827, æ. 45.
VII. STONE, SAMUEL, (s. of Ebenezer and Mindwell,) m. Lucinda White, 1818, and had Nancy, Oct. 17, 1819; Sarah R., Oct. 1, 1821 ; Ebenezer, April 12, 1823 ; Samuel R., April 9, 1830; Harriet M., Dec. 7, 1835. He d. 1849, æ. 56.
VII. STONE, DAVID, (s. of Moses,) m. Martha, dr. of Reuben Stone, and had Reuben, David, and George.
VIII. STONE, CAPT. EBENEZER, (s. of Dea. Reuben,) m. Mary Howe, and had Samuel R., April 9, 1830; Jonas, May, 31, 1831 ; Grafton Willard, Sept. 22, 1835.
STONE, JOHN, (s. of John and Martha,) m. Lucy Munroe, and had Julia, March 22, 1803 ; Eunice, July 9, 1807; Lucy, July 23, 1805 ; Elmira ; Henry, Dec., 1808.
STONE, JOSEPH, (s. of William, of Wat.,) m. Nancy Smith, 1815, and had Nancy E., 1816; Joseph W., 1818; Charles, 1820; Henry, 1822; Hiram H., 1825; Maria L., 1830; Arthur W., 1836; Addison H., 1839.
STONE, JOSIAH, m. Mary King, 1820.
STONE, JOEL, m. Juliet Durell, 1826.
STONE, SILAS, m. Sarah W. Smith, 1841.
STONE, JOSEPH D., m. Sarah E. Wales, 1842.
II. SPRING, LIEUT. JOHN, was the s. of John, Sen., and Elener, of Wat., who came to this country with his parents, in the ship Elizabeth, William Andrews, Master, in 1634, (then four years old,) with two brothers, Henry and William, and one sister, Mary. Henry took the homestead at Wat .- John removed to Camb. Village, about the time of the ordination of its first Minister. - His bro. William
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went to Barbadoes, and d. there, leaving a s. John, who was here when his father William d. in Barbadoes, about 1695, then eighteen years old. On hearing of the death of his father, he chose his uncle John, of Camb. Village, his guardian ; made his will, dated 1698, giving all his estate to Jonathan Green, carpenter, of the Village, and appointed him his executor, and sailed for Barbadoes, to obtain the portion of goods that had fallen to him, by the death of his father. His will says that, he "gave his estate to Green, in token of his gratitude to him, for his kindness and care, in his straits and difficulties, &c., in which others, of whom he might have expected help, deserted him, &c., from which we may infer that Green loaned him money, - and he made him the executor of his will, as the only security he could give him, in case of his loss at sea. He prob. did not return to this country. Lieut. John, (s. of John, Sen.) m. Hannah, dr. of William and Anable Barsham, of Wat., 1656, and had Hannah, Oct. 1, 1657 ; Mary, June 10, 1659 ; Susanna, April 16, 1661; Sarah, 1662; Rebecca, 10. 12. 1664; Abigail, 20. 12. 1666; Susanna, 18. 6. 1670, d. young ; Mary, 19. 12. 1672; Elizabeth, 7. 2. 1675; and John, 1678. Hannah m. Daniel Trowbridge, (s. of James, Jr.) 1734 - Mary m. John Ward, Jr., 1681 - Abigail m. William Ward, Dec. 1689 - Elizabeth m. John Mason. His house stood on the N. w. side of the Dedham road, opposite the old burial place, and very near to the house now owned and occupied by Gardner Colby. He built the first grist mill in Newton, situated on Smelt brook, near the centre of the town. He was Selectman eight years, from 1686; Representative three years ; Sealer of weights and measures ; Lieut .; Pound-keeper ; Tithingman ; sweeper of the M. H., &c. It is sup. that he gave the land for the second M. H., 1796, which stood very near his own house, and the Town afterwards reconveyed it to his s. John; but he never thought it worth his while, it seems,. to put any deeds on record. He d. May 18, 1717, æ. 87. She d. Aug. 18, 1710, æ. 73. - Gravestones.
III. SPRING, ENSIGN JOHN, (s. of Lieut. John,) m. Joanna Rich- ards, of Ded., March 8, 1703, took the homestead, and had William, Dec. 24, 1704 ; John, 1706; Ephraim, May 30, 1708, grad. at H. C. 1728 ; Mary, Nov. 20, 1709 ; Hannah, Feb. 2, 1712; Deborah, Feb. 29, 1714 ; Nathaniel, Aug. 26, 1715; Samuel, June 17, 1723. Mary . m. Ebenezer Stearns, of Worc., 1737 - Deborah m. Jonathan Wil- liams, 1735 - Hannah m. Daniel Trowbridge, 1734 - Nathaniel m. Martha Williams, 1741, and went to Worc. In 1753, he conveyed
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to his s. Samuel the homestead, fifty-two acres, s. by Mill lane ; E. by the County road; N. by land of Rev. John Cotton and Thaddeus Trowbridge; and w. by land of his s. William. In 1754, he sold to Rev. John Cotton, six and a half acres land, for £71, on the E. side of the County road, being part of the estate of the late John Spring, and formerly of John Jackson, Sen. He was Selectman twelve years, and d. intestate, May 5, 1754, æ. 76. Inventory, £2,684, 16s. ld. She d. May 6, 1747.
IV. SPRING, WILLIAM, (s. of Ensign John,) m. Abigail Squier, 1730, and had Thaddeus, April 9, 1731 ; William, June 24, 1732, d. 1744; Daniel, April 28, 1734; Simeon, Jan. 31, 1737, d. 1745; Abi- gail, July 31, 1739, d. 1744; Joanna, June 21, 1743, d. 1745; Wil- liam, March 15, 1746 ; Abigail, July 9, 1748 ; Simeon, Jan. 20, 1752; and Joanna. Abigail m. Stephen Hall, 1769 - Simeon was a Lieut. in the Revolutionary army. He d. April 22, 1754, æ. 50.
IV. SPRING, SAMUEL, (s. of Ensign John,) m. Thankful Nor- cross, 1745, took the homestead, and had Sarah, Feb. 24, 1747 ; Jo- anna, July 15, 1750; Thankful, d. 1759 ; Samuel, Feb. 9, 1757; Sam- uel, Jan. 14, 1760; John ; Mary. Joanna m. Dea. Joseph Fuller, 1776. He lived on the homestead, and d. 1771, æ. 48. His wid. m. Dea. Joseph Adams, 1782.
IV. SPRING, EPHRAIM, (s. of Ensign John,) m. Sarah -, and settled in Uxbridge, and had Alkanah, Thomas, Sarah, Josiah, Luther, Thankful, and Calvin. Alkanah m. Phebe Capron, of Uxbridge - Luther m. Nancy Reed, and settled in Worcester - Calvin m. Han- nah Carpenter, of Uxbridge.
IV. SPRING, JOHN, (s. of Ensign John,) m. Sarah Reed, Oct. 1735, settled in Uxbridge, and had John, Samuel, Ephraim, and others. He was a large land holder, Deacon, and Justice of the Peace, &c. He d. March 13, 1794, æ. 88. She d. Sept. 13, 1800, æ. 84. His s. Samuel grad. at New Jersey College, 1771 ; D. D. at Williams' College, 1807, Minister of Newburyport, and d. 1819. - [See Dr. Bond's History of Wat.]
V. SPRING, THADDEUS, (s. of William,) m. Patience, dr. of Joseph Jackson, Sen., 1762, settled in Hopkinton, and had Thaddeus, June 14, 1764 ; Anna, Patience. Thaddeus was a schoolmaster in Hopkinton. In 1762, he sold to his brother Daniel, then of Rox., forty-two acres of land, for £166, E. by land of Robert Prentice; s.
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by said Prentice, and by Abraham and Noah Hyde; w. by heirs of Capt. William Trowbridge and Lieut. Joseph Fuller.
V. SPRING, DANIEL, (s. of William,) m. Sarah Norcross, 1760, went to Rox., thence to Georgetown, and had Martha, Nov. 3, 1761 ; Sarah, April 8, 1764 ; Abigail, May 25, 1766.
V. SPRING, THOMAS, of Needham, m. Mary Upham, 1765, and had Thomas, May 22, 1766; William, July 1, 1768, John; and Thaddeus.
V. SPRING, JONATHAN, of Weston, m. Elizabeth Ferguson, 1760.
IV. SPRING, SAMUEL, m. Ruth Morse, 1767.
V. SPRING, SAMUEL, JR., (s. of Samuel and Thankful,) m. Sarah Parker, 1784. He was the last of the descendants of Lieut. John, that lived in the old mansion. It had been occupied about one hun- dred and forty years, by four generations, viz: by two John's and two Samuel's. Samuel, Sen., d. at the age of 48, and his wid. m. Dea. Joseph Adams, and left the mansion, 1782. Samuel, Jr., was m. 1784, and soon after removed and settled in Petersham, he being the last of the male line, of Lieut. John's descendants in Newton.
SPRING, WILLIAM, m. Mary Crackbone, Jan. 1809.
SPRING, GEORGE C., m. Sabrina G. Holmes, 1839.
TAYLOR, JOHN, m. Elizabeth -, and had Mary, Sept. 29, 1720; John, May 26, 1723. 2d w., Jerusha Littlefield, 1730, and had Eliz- abeth, Oct. 28, 1731 ; Elizabeth, June 8, 1733; Ephraim, Feb. 10, 1735. 1st w. d. 1729.
TOLMAN, THOMAS, had by w. Elizabeth -, Elizabeth, Feb. 26, 1765; Abigail, 1771.
TOLMAN, THOMAS, shoemaker, Upper Falls, m. Betsy Bixby, 1795.
TOSER, JOHN, (s. of Simon, of Weston, born 1695,) m. Experience, dr. of Edward and Mary Jackson, 1718, and had Mary, March 6, 1720 ; Abigail ; Elizabeth. Mary m. Joseph Cheney, 1747 - Abigail m. Francis Blanden, Jr .- Elizabeth m. He purchased land of James Barton, formerly Jonathan Jackson's. He d. 1750. She d. 1754.
THOMAS, WILLIAM, had by w. Elizabeth -, William, Aug. 31, 1687. 2d w. Ann Lovering, of Wat., 1695, and had Joanna, Oct.
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28, 1695. He d. 1697. Jno. Ward and Jno. Staples, admin. his estate. Inventory, £50, 2s. 10d. James Trowbridge, Thomas Wis- wall, and Nathaniel Parker, appraisers.
II. TROWBRIDGE, DEA. JAMES, was born in Dorchester, 1636, and bap. there in 1638. His father was Thomas Trowbridge, one of the early settlers of Dor., a merchant, engaged in the Barbadoes trade, from Jan. 1637 to 1639. He came from Taunton, Somerset- shire, Eng., where his father founded a charity for poor widows, which is still administered for their benefit. Thomas returned to Taunton, Eng., about 1644, leaving his three sons in charge of Serg't Thomas Jeffries, who came from the vicinity of Taunton, Eng., as appears from the Probate Records at New Haven, and who was in Dor. 1634; and in New Haven in 1637 or '38. Thomas sailed for England, leaving his houses, goods, lots, estates and chat- tels, in trust with his steward, Henry Gibbons, who kept possession of his estates at New Haven many years ; but in 1662, his sons Thomas, William and James obtained a power of attorney from their father, making over to them jointly and severally, his property in N. E., and they sued Gibbons for possession. The suit was finally settled by Gibbons making a deed of the property to Thomas Trowbridge, Jr., to take effect after the death of Gibbons .* Thomas Trowbridge, Sen., d. at Taunton, Eng., in 1672. Thomas Trow bridge, the eldest s. of Thos., Sen., remained at N. Haven, and was a merchant. He was born 1632, m. and settled at New Haven, and d. 1702, leaving s. Thomas, b. 1663, who grad. at Y. C., m. Mabel Bowen, and settled at New Haven as a merchant, and founded the mercantile house of Henry Trowbridge and Sons. By his will, dated 1709, James Trowbridge, Sen., bequeaths what rights of lands he had in Dor. which came by his own father Thomas, to all his children equally, and all the rights to lands in Dor. which came by his f. in law Atherton, to the chil. by his first wife, equally. James returned from New Haven to Dor., where he m. Margaret, the dr. of Maj. Gen. Humphrey Atherton, Dec. 30, 1659, and had three chil. in Dorchester, and removed to Camb. Village, 1664 .. The Dor. Church Record states that "the wife of Thomas Wiswall, the w. of Goodman Kinwright, and Margaret, the w. of James Trowbridge, were dismissed to the Ch. gathered at Camb. Village, 11. 7. 1664.'' After the death of Dea. John Jackson, he was chosen Dea. of the
MS. letter of H. Day, Esq., New Haven.
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Ch. In 1675, he purchased of Deputy Gov. Danforth, eighty-five acres of land, with a dwelling house and out buildings thereon, which he had occupied for some years, bounded with the highways w. and s., the narrow lane N., his own land E., "the dividing line being straight through the swamp." He was chosen one of the first board of Selectmen, at the organization of the Town, Aug. 27, 1679, and continued in that office nine years. He was Clerk of the writs 1691 and '93; Commissioner, Lieut., and Representative to the Gen. Court, 1700 and 1703. He had by w. Margaret Atherton, Elizabeth, Oct. 12, 1660; Mindwell, June 20, 1662 ; John, May 22, 1664 ; Marga- ret, April 30, 1666; Thankful, March 6, 1668; Mary, June 11, 1670; Hannah, June 15, 1672. 2d w. Margaret, dr. of Dea. John Jackson, Jan. 30, 1674, and had Experience, Nov. 1, 1675; Thomas, Dec. 9, 1677 ; Deliverance, Dec. 31, 1679; James, Sept. 20, 1682 ; William, Nov. 19, 1684; Abigail, April 11, 1687 ; Caleb, Nov. 7, 1692. Eliza- beth m. John Mirick, 1682 - Mindwell m. Jonathan Fuller, 1684 - Margaret m. Hon. Ebenezer Stone, 1686 - Thankful m. Dea. Rich- ard Ward, 1690 - Mary m. - Stedman - Hannah m. Jno. Greenwood, Esq., about 1695 - Deliverance m. Eleazer Ward - Experience m. Samuel Wilson - Abigail was unm. in 1709. 1st w. d. 17. 6. 1672. 2d w. d. Sept. 16, 1727, æ. 78. He d. May 22, 1717, æ. 81, leaving a will dated 1709, with codicil dated 1715. Proved, June, 1717. Inventory : personal estate, £240, Os. 7d.
III. TROWBRIDGE, JOHN, (s. of Dea. James,) m. Sarah Wilson, his 2d w., Feb. 27, 1708, and had Jonathan, July 23, 1711, m. Jemima Bright, 1734. He was Selectman two years, and d. 1737, æ. 73.
III. TROWBRIDGE, THOMAS, (s. of Dea. James,) m. - , about 1700, and had John. 2d w., Mary Goffe, of Camb., March 3, 1709, and had Edmund, 1709 ; Lydia, 1710; Mary, 1712. 3d w., Susanna -, Jan. 7, 1716. Lydia m. Richard Dana, 1737, and was the m. of Chief Justice Dana - Mary m. Ebenezer Chamberlain, 1733 - John m. Mehitable Eaton, and settled in Fram. - Edmund grad. at H. C. 1728, m. Martha Remington, and settled in Camb. He d. in New London, Conn., 1724, æ. 57. In March, 1725, Edmund Goffe was appointed guardian to Edmund, then sixteen years old, and to dia, fifteen years old; and Nathaniel Longley was appointed rdian to Mary, then thirteen years old, chil. of Thomas Trow- re, late of New London.
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III. TROWBRIDGE, JAMES, (s. of Dea. James,) m. Hannah Ba- con, Jan. 6, 1709, and had Margaret, Oct. 29, 1709 ; Daniel, April 6, 1711. 2d w. Hannah, dr. of Abraham Jackson, 1712, and had Han- nah, 1713 ; and Jemima. Abraham Jackson's will, gives his g. dr. Jemima Trowbridge, £15. Hannah m. Daniel Robbins, 1731, she d. 1734, æ. 21. In June, 1709, James Trowbridge, Sen., conveyed to his s. James, his now dwelling place and ninety acres land ; high- way once w. and N., another highway s., Joshua Fuller E., and John Mirick, s. and w. He d. 21. 5. 1714, æ. 32. Inventory, £736, 14s. 6d.
III. TROWBRIDGE, DEA. WILLIAM, a slave-holder, (s. of Dea. James,) m. Sarah, dr. of Jno. Ward, Jr., Dec. 14, 1708, took the end of his father in law's house, and had Mary, Sept. 18, 1709 ; William, Feb. 2, 1711, d .; Hulda, Feb. 13, 1712, d. 1714 ; William, Oct. 13, 1713, d .; Hulda, March 23, 1715, d .; James, April 21, 1717; two daughters, stillborn, 1720. 2d w. Sarah, b. March 2, 1694, dr. of Francis Fullum, Esq., of Weston, May 30, 1721, and had Sarah, March 9, 1722, d. 1735 ; Margaret, April 16, 1724 ; Beulah, Aug. 29, 1726; Thaddeus, Nov. 20, 1728 ; Abigail, Oct. 12, 1732, d. 1738. Mary m. Richard Coolidge, Aug., 1729, and d. 1734 - Hulda m. Isaac Stedman, April, 1738 - Margaret m. Dr. John Druce, 1749, and settled in Wrentham - Beulah m. Stephen Winchester, Oct., 1750 -James m. Jerusha Park, 1740, and settled in Worcester. 1st w. d. June 21, 1720, æ. 35. 2d w. d. Sept. 10, 1787, æ. 93. He was Selectman, Lieutenant, &c., and d. Nov. 19, 1744, æ. 60. His will, dated 1744, gives £5 to the church, " to be loaned out so as not to depreciate, the interest thereof to be given to such poor widows as the Deacons judge proper." To son James, £200; Hulda and Mary, £100 cach; Margaret, £200; Beulah, £200; Thaddeus, £50; chil. of his dr. Mary Coolidge, £325; wife Sarah, £50; and the residue of his estate to Lieut. Joseph Fuller, Lieut. William Hyde, Dea. John Stone, and Thomas Greenwood, in trust, for his w. Sarah, during her life ; at her decease, two-thirds of his real estate and one- fourth part of grist mill to son Thaddeus, and he to pay s. James one-fourth part of its value. 1719, Jno. Spring to William Trow- bridge, a parcel of land, N. by land of John Ward and said Trow- bridge, w. by a town highway, (Mill lane,) N. E. by Rev. Jno. Cotton's farm. 1721, John Ward to his son in law William Trowbridge, the w. end of his now dwelling house, where said Trowbridge now dwelleth, and thirteen acres adjoining, w. on highway, and one-fourth part grist mill and stream. 1712, Susan, Hannah, Elizabeth, Sarah,
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and Rose Prentice, daughters of late James Prentice, Sen., to Wil- liam Trowbridge, nineteen acres near the M. H., N. by Jno. Spring ; w. by mill pond on Smelt brook ; s. by heirs of Jonathan Hyde, de- ceased ; an open highway runs through the same (Mill lane). Lewis, his negro boy, born 1736 ; Nancy, his negro girl, born 1736.
III. TROWBRIDGE, REV. CALEB, (s. of Dea. James,) H. C., 1710; ordained at Groton, March, 1715, m. Sarah, dr. of Capt. Thomas Oliver, 1715, and had Oliver, May 16, 1716, d. 1723. She d. Jan. 16, 1717. 2d. w. Hannah, dr. of Rev. Nehemiah Walter, of Rox., and had Caleb, Aug. 6, 1719; Nehemiah, Oct. 14, 1722 ; Sarah, Dec. 3, 1724 ; Hannah, March 16, 1729; Maria, Dec. 23, 1731 ; Thomas, Nov. 12, 1734; Abigail, Nov. 30, 1740. Sarah m. Major Gen. Artemas Ward, 1750- Maria m. Capt. Josiah Brown, of Bil- lerica - Abigail m. Hon. Ebenezer Champney, 1764 - Nehemiah m. Abigail Farnsworth, 1758 - Thomas m. Lucy Woods, 1761, and Ruth Nevins, 1773. Caleb settled in Groton, and had two sons and seven daughters. He d. 1760, æ. 68.
IV. TROWBRIDGE, DANIEL, (s. of James, Jr.) m. Hannah, dr. of Ensign John Spring, 1734.
IV. TROWBRIDGE, JOHN, (s. of Thomas and half-bro. of Judge Edmund,) m. Mehitable Eaton, settled in Fram., and had Mehitable, Jan. 26, 1726 ; Mary, July 27, 1728; John, May 22, 1730; Lydia, Dec. 24, 1731 ; Thomas, April 1, 1734; Ruth, March 3, 1736. John m. Margaret Farrar, settled in Fram., and had ten chil. He bought thirty acres land in Fram., 1747, and d. 1762. She d. 1777 .*
IV. TROWBRIDGE, JUDGE EDMUND, (s. of Thomas and Mary (Goffe) Trowbridge,) m. Martha Remington, March 15, 1738, no chil. Judge Trowbridge grad. H. C., at the age of nineteen ; was one of the most learned lawyers in Mass ; by his severe toil and dis- cipline, he surmounted every obstacle in his honorable career. A member of the Council - appointed Attorney Gen. of the Province, 1749- Chief Justice of Mass., 1767. "He stood justly pre-eminent on the bench, and the bar, and exercised a salutary influence upon the younger members of the profession, with whom he associated ; many of the most distinguished lawyers in Mass., enjoyed the ad- vantages of his instruction. Chief Justice Parsons was ever ready to acknowledge the benefits he experienced from his early intercourse with Judge Trowbridge. During a part of his life, he bore the name
* Barry's History of Framingham.
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of Goffe, after that of an uncle."* That uncle was his guardian, before he came of age; and afterwards the Judge became guardian to that uncle ! His office of Chief Justice and his salary, came from the Crown, and not from the people, therefore, he supported the Crown ; was cautiously opposed to the Revolution, and quietly fa- vored the royal cause ; he no doubt reluctantly chose to stand among the tories of that day, and lost the glorious opportunity of becoming one of the noblest among the sons of liberty.
" Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side ; Some great cause, God's new Messiah, offering each the bloom or blight, Parts the goats upon the left hand, and the sheep upon the right, And the choice goes by forever, 'twixt that darkness and that light."
His will, dated Nov., 1791, codicil, April, 1792, proved June, 1794, bequeaths to his niece Lydia, w. of John Hastings, Esq., all his lands in Woburn and Wilmington, and some in Camb., in trust. To Lucy Channing, his silver tea-pot, pursuant to his wife's desire. To the chil. of his late sister Chamberlain, five-sixths of his land in Sutton. To his kinsman [half brother] John Trowbridge, Esq., one- sixth of his land in Sutton. To his domestics, small bequests, and makes his nephew Francis Dana, Esq., the residuary legatee, and sole executor. He was a large land holder in Camb. and Cam- bridgeport; the value of which was very greatly advanced by the erection of West Boston bridge, in 1793, all of which passed into the hands of Chief Justice Dana. He d. in Camb., April 2, 1793, æ. 84. His w. d. before him.
IV. TROWBRIDGE, JAMES, (s. of Dea. William,) m. Jerusha Park, 1740, settled in Worc., and had William, July 10, 1741; Sarah, May 7, 1743; Mary, Feb. 25, 1745; Abigail, Oct. 12, 1747 ; William, March 20, 1751; Lydia, April 7, 1754 ; Elizabeth, Sept. 7, 1758 ; and Dolly. William settled in Worc., and had nine chil. He d. July 21, 1806, æ. 90.
IV. TROWBRIDGE, JONATHAN, (s. of John,) m. Jemima Bright, 1734, and had Sarah, May 25, 1737 ; John, Dec. 25, 1740, d. 1767 ; Mary, July 5, 1743; Jemima, Jan. 21, 1745; Margaret, May 20, 1747. Sarah m. John Patrick, 1760- Mary m. Richard Dana, of Camb. 1763 - Margaret m. Abner Miles, of Westminster, 1769. He d. 1753, æ. 42. She d. 1774.
* Judge Washburn.
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IV. TROWBRIDGE, THADDEUS, (s. of Dea. William,) m. Mary
· Craft, Nov. 20, 1749, took the homestead, and had Mary, Nov. 1, 1750 ; Edmund, Oct. 30, 1752 ; Esther, Dec. 30, 1754 ; Samuel, June 2.4, 1757. Mary m. Joseph Hall, of Sutton. He d. Jan. 6, 1777, æ. 49. Wid. Mary m. John Rogers, 1780, and d. 1813, æ. 82.
V. TROWBRIDGE, CAPT. EDMUND, (s. of Thaddeus,) m. Eliz- abeth, dr. of Capt. Jeremiah Wiswall, 1774, and had John, Oct. 14, 1775 ; Edmund, July 16, 1777; William, Nov. 23, 1779; Polly, Aug. 11, 1782 ; Nathaniel, July 7, 1784; Reuben, March 26, 1786, d. 1787 ; Reuben, Aug. 13, 1789 ; Elisha, Aug. 3, 1797. 2d w. Ruth Fuller, dr. of Capt. Edward Fuller, Jan. 1800, and had Ruth, Feb. 8, 1801 ; Stephen W., June 26, 1802; Elizabeth W., Feb. 6, 1805. Polly m. Timothy Emerson, 1802 - Ruth m. William Wiswall - Elizabeth W. m. Luther Davis. Ist w. d. 1799, æ. 45. He was Selectman and d. July 30, 1812, æ. 60. His wid. m. Samuel Trowbridge, Sen., and d. 1835, æ. 73.
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