Person:Caleb Trowbridge (3)

"On a tablet monument in the old burying ground in Groton is the following epitaph:

UNDERNEATH THIS STONE LIES THE BODY OF THE

Rev^d 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 Sept^r

A D. 1760, in the 69^th year of his Age and 46^st 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]

1. ↑ ^{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. ↑ ^{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.
3. ↑ 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."

4. ↑ 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.)"

5. ↑ 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.)"

6.   Rev Caleb Trowbridge, in Find A Grave.