Deacon James Trowbridge, Sr. was born 24 March 1636 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts to Thomas Trowbridge (1598-1672) and Elizabeth Marshall (1602-1641) and died 22 May 1717 Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts of unspecified causes. He married Margaret Atherton (1638-1672) 30 December 1659 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He married Margaret Jackson (1649-1727) 30 January 1674 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
"James Trowbridge (Thomas), born -------- , 1636, in Dorchester, Mass to Thomas Trowbridge and Elizabeth Marshall; died May 22, 1717, in Newton, Mass; married; first, December 30, 1659, in Dorchester, Margaret Atherton, daughter of Major-Gen Humphrey and ( Mary Wales ) Atherton. He married , second, January 30, 1674, in Newton, Margaret Jackson, daughter of Dea. John and Margaret (______) Jackson, born June 20, 1649, in Newton; died September 16, 1727, in Newton.
James Trowbridge came in early childhood with his father to the plantation of New Haven in the colony of that name. About two years later his father returned to England, and he and his two older brothers were left in charge of his father's steward, who proved so unfaithful in his duties towards the three little boys that the town authorities intervened and placed them under the care of their father's friend Sergeant Thomas Jeffery and his wife. It was in their home in New Haven that James Trowbridge passed his childhood and youth, receiving his early education in the local school which was in charge of the well-known schoolmaster Mr. Ezekiel Cheever. James Trowbridge inherited his father's lands in the town of Dorchester, Mass. and on coming of age he went there to occupy and manage them, settling there after his marriage.
In 1664 he removed with his family to Cambridge village, now Newton, Mass. He was made a freeman of Massachusetts May 3, 1665. In 1676 he purchased of Deputy-governor" the now mansion place of the said Trowbridge, with house, barn, outhouses, and 85 ares of land; bounded with the narrow land north; Samuel Hyde and a higway west; a highway; and land of the said Danforth east; the dividing line being straight through the swamp." He resided there the remainder of his life, occupied with the care of his farm and his public duties. He was one of the early members of the Newton Congregational church, to which his first wife was dismissed from the church in Dorchester on September 11, 1664. She had been admitted a member of the latter March 9, 1661-2. After the death of his father-in-law. Deacon John Johnson in 1675, he was chosen to succeed him as deacon of the church in Newton and he discharged the duties of that office until his death, a period of over 40 years.
James Trowbridge was a soldier in King Philip's War. At a special Court called by the governor and held at Boston on February 21, 1675-76, he was appointed lieutenant of the Cambridge village company of foot. He served during the war n the Middlesex county regiment under Major Daniel Gookin."
Above quote from "The Trowbridge Geneology, History of the Trowbridge Family in America, by Francis Bacon Trowbridge, Compiler of the Champion, Hoadley and Ashley Geneologies," New Haven, Conn. Printed for the Compiler 1908, page 502:
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Elizabeth Trowbridge (1660-1734) | 12 October 1660 Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts | 15 July 1734 Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts | John Merrick (1657-1706) |
| Mindwell Trowbridge (1662-1758) | |||
| John Trowbridge (1664-1737) | |||
| Margaret Trowbridge (1666-1710) | 30 April 1666 Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States | 4 May 1710 Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States | Ebenezer Stone (1663-1754) |
| Thankful Trowbridge (1668-1742) | 4 March 1668 Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States | 17 September 1742 Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States | Richard Ward (1666-1739) |
| Mary Trowbridge (1760-1742) | |||
| Hannah Trowbridge (1672-1728) | |||
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Experience Trowbridge (1675-1705) | 1 November 1675 Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States | 10 October 1705 Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States | Samuel Wilson (1666-1731) |
| Thomas Trowbridge (1677-1725) | |||
| Deliverance Trowbridge (1679-1718) | |||
| James Trowbridge (1682-1714) | |||
| William Trowbridge (1684-1744) | |||
| Abigail Trowbridge (1687-1771) | |||
| Increase Trowbridge (1690-1690) | |||
| Caleb Trowbridge (1692-1760) | |||
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Elizabeth Trowbridge (1628-1630) | |||
| John Trowbridge (1629-1653) | |||
| Thomas Trowbridge (1631-1702) | |||
| William Trowbridge (1633-1690) | |||
| James Trowbridge (1636-1717) | 24 March 1636 Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts | 22 May 1717 Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts | Margaret Atherton (1638-1672) Margaret Jackson (1649-1727) |
Residences
Vital Records
Gravestone
- Location : East Parish Burying Ground, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
- James Trowbridge at Find A Grave
See Also
- James Trowbridge
- Trowbridge in Suffolk County, Massachusetts
- Trowbridge in Middlesex County, Massachusetts