Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Trowbridge was born on 1 March 1703, in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Deacon James Trowbridge, was 38 and her mother, Mary Belden, was 25. She married Mathias St John in 1723, in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She died in January 1786, in Wilton, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Cranbury, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Elizabeth Trowbridge - birth:
- Elizabeth Trowbridge St. John / Gregory, "Find A Grave Index"
- Ct. Ancestry,
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1784
Post office est. July 5, 1784
Name Meaning
English (Dorset, Wiltshire and Hampshire): habitational name from Trowbridge in Wiltshire, named from Old English trēow ‘tree’ + brycg ‘bridge’; the name probably referred to a felled trunk serving as a rough-and-ready bridge.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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