Came to New England aboard the Ann [ship arriving in Plymouth that carried many relatives of original Pilgrims] in 1623. [ [640]] Served on various town committees and juries 1634 to 1642 in Plymouth and Duxbury. Constable in 1639. Granted three acres in the Plymouth land division in 1623 as a passenger on the Anne. In 1627 Plymouth cattle division, "Stephen Tracie, Triphosa Tracie, Sarah Tracie, Rebecka Tracie" were the fifth through eighth names in the tenth company. His 1654 will indicates he is of “old Yarmouth” back in England.[ [501]]

The three acres Stephen received in 1623 indicate that he had two family members with him. These may have been wife Triphosa and oldest daughter Sarah. However, papers filed in 1624 list “Tryphose Trace,” wife of Stephen, with daughter Jane, 15 months old, granted a pass to leave for the New World. Possibilities include that this was a forgery, as passes were difficult to obtain, or that Stephen was actually accompanied by a relative or friend who cared for the young Sarah.[ [659]]

Stephen’s home was north of the original Plymouth settlement, near the Duxbury line. In March 1652, he was one of a group of men who acquired the land that became Dartmouth. [ [659]]

Savage’s: STEPHEN, Plymouth, came in the Ann, 1623, with w. Tryphosa (wh. he m. at Leyden, 2 Jan. 1621, when the Dutch rec. has the name Trifasa, and [[vol. 4, p. 321]] surname illegib.) and one ch. prob. Sarah, counted in the div. of lds. in the ensuing spr. for three heads, and in the div. of cattle 1627, ano. ch. Rebecca is count. had Ruth, Mary, and John, b. 1633; in 1645 was of Duxbury, and in 1650, or near that, went home in the early part of 1655 call. hims. of Great Yarmouth, by his will, made in London, of wh. John Winslow was made excor. names the five ch. to wh. he gives all his prop. so that we must presume the w. was d. Sarah m. George Partridge. [ [500]]

On 20 March 1654/5, while in London, Stephen Tracy "at present of Great Yarmouth in old England" made his will, in the form of a power of attorney to John Winslow, disposing to son John "what land and houses I have there in Duxburrow" (along with some cattle), to "my daughter Ruth Tracy one cow and one two year old mare," and "what cattle I have more (Marye's two cows being cast in amongst them) to be equally divided among my five children living in New England," noting that some of his children are married with children, and others are unmarried

Leiden records contain an entry: 1 May 1624 Trifoza Trace, 27 years, wife of Steephen Trace resident in Laiden, to the same, also her daughter Sara Trace, 15 months old. (TAG 51:242)