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- H. Rev. Caleb Trowbridge1692 - 1760
- W. Sarah Oliver1690 - 1717
m. 10 Mar 1714/15
Facts and Events
Name[1] |
Rev. Caleb Trowbridge |
Gender |
Male |
Birth[1][2][3] |
7 Nov 1692 |
Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States |
Degree[1][2] |
1710 |
Harvard College. |
Ordination[1][2] |
2 Mar 1714/15 |
Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United StatesPastor at Groton. |
Marriage |
10 Mar 1714/15 |
Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Sarah Oliver |
Marriage |
18 Sep 1718 |
Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United Statesto Hannah Walter |
Death[1][2][4][5] |
9 Sep 1760 |
Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States |
Burial? |
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Old Burying Ground, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States |
"On a tablet monument in the old burying ground in Groton is the following epitaph:
- UNDERNEATH THIS STONE LIES THE BODY OF THE
- Revd CALEB TROWBRIDGE, late Pastor of the Church
- of Christ in Groton, born of reputable Parents in the Town
- of Newton, educated at Harvard College, in Cambridge,
- New England: of such natural and acquir'd Endowments as
- render'd him an Ornament and Blessing in the several
- Relations which he sustained: he was a good steward over the
- House of God, and discharg'd the duties of his Pastoral
- relation with Prudence and Impartiality, Diligence and
- Fidelity. He was a tender and loving Husband, an affectionate
- and kind Parent; an agreable and faithful friend; and a Useful
- Member of Society: He was much belov’d and respected while
- he liv’d, and dyed greatly lamented, the 9th day of Septr
- A D. 1760, in the 69th year of his Age and 46st of his Ministry,
- and is we trust recieving the reward of his Labours in the
- Kingdom of his Lord: And in Honour to his Memory his loving People
- have erected this Monument over his Grave.
- Blessed are the Dead that die in the Lord, for they rest from their
- Labour and their works do follow them.
- The Memory of ye Just is Blessed."[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1005. Rev Caleb Trowbridge, in Trowbridge, Francis Bacon. The Trowbridge Genealogy: History of the Trowbridge Family in America. (New Haven, Conn.: The Compiler, 1908)
508-09.
"1005. Rev. Caleb Trowbridge (James1000, Thomas1), born November 7. 1692, in Newton, Mass.; died September 9, 1760, in Groton, Mass.; … Caleb Trowbridge was graduated from Harvard College in 1710. On March 2,1714-5. he was ordained pastor of the Congregational church in Groton. Mass., and fulfilled the duties of that office until his death. His home was on the west side of the town street near the meeting-house."
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Caleb Trowbridge, in Colonial Collegians: Biographies of Those Who Attended American Colleges before the War for Independence. (Boston, Mass.: Massachusetts Historical Society & New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2005)
Harvard:1942-44.
- ↑ Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1905)
191.
"Trowbridge, … Caleb, s. James and Margerrett [dup. Margaret], [born] Nov. 7, 1692."
- ↑ Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Groton, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1926-1927)
2:275.
"Trowbridge, … Caleb, Rev., a native of Newton, [died] Sept. 9, 1760, in his 69th y. (gravestone record, Old Cemetery, Groton.)"
- ↑ Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1914)
451.
"Trowbridge, … Caleb, Rev., of Groton, [died] Sept. 9, 1760, a. 68 y. and in the 46th y. of his ministry. (church record, First Congregational Church (now Unitarian), Chelmsford Centre.)"
- Rev Caleb Trowbridge, in Find A Grave.
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