Trowbridge Atherton connections
THE TROWBRIDGE FAMILY:
Trowbridge/Atherton/Althoff Connections
Our Althoff family
branches into the
Trowbridge family via the Atherton's. Enid (Atherton) Althoff 's
grandmother was Martha Elizabeth Trowbridge. This is our "jumping off"
or more truly a jumping into point for the Trowbridge connection. In
researching my Althoff and Atherton ancestors, I have found mostly
farmers; people without great distinction, and for research purposes,
people without a great deal of comment in the public records.
Therefore, I was delighted to find that the Trowbridge family came with
a published genealogy!(1) And because most of my
Althoff ancestors came to
America from Germany in the 1800's, it was exciting to know that I have
ancestors who were among the earliest settlers in America. There is
already a fair amount of information on the internet from other
Trowbridge family descendants, so I will not duplicate that
information. I have listed the direct line Trowbridge ancestors for our
Althoff/Atherton/Trowbridge family below. Click on any name to take you
to a page for that person. Also listed below is a compilation of other
internet resources. If you have comments, please email A. Brohmer at
[email protected]
The Generations:
10. Enid
Grace (Atherton) Althoff,
(10/11/1911
- 2/25/1984)
9. Guy Wilbert Atherton,
(6/6/1873 -
9/22/1965)
8. Martha Elizabeth (Trowbridge) Atherton (In process)
7. David Trowbridge (Stay tuned)
6. Samuel Trowbridge (Stay tuned)
5. Daniel Trowbridge (See internet resources)
4. David Trowbridge (See internet resources)
3. Joseph Trowbridge (See internet resources)
2. William Trowbridge (See internet resources)
1. Thomas Trowbridge (See
internet resources)
Trowbridge Internet Connections:
The
Genealogy of Cheryl Trowbridge-Miller
The Cheryl of this website and we
Althoff/Athertons
share many generations of Trowbridge connection. She lists
each
generation of
the descendants of Thomas Trowbridge and we cut out at the "Children of
Daniel and Sarah", where
our ancestor is then
Samuel, #6 above, and hers
is another
Trowbridge son.
Genealogy
of the Trowbridges of Morris County, N.J. & Other
related families
This website contains some great
background history
on the Trowbridge family in England, has a copy of the family crest,
and
some information about a genetic disease
experienced
by some Trowbridge family members. Note that while we share the
common initial ancestor, this family
line focuses on
one of the immigrant Thomas Trowbridge's sons, Thomas, as opposed to
"our" ancestor, William.
Trowbridge
This website also has some of the
Trowbridge family
background data found in the published genealogy. Note that the
generations include two generations
previous to
"our" Thomas. Generations III and IV match our family file, then this
family
follows another Trowbridge son. (Of
course,
generations I and II are pertinent to us as well!) The great bonus on
this website is
coverage of the LAMBERTON family
history. William
Trowbridge, #2 in my list above, married Elizabeth Lamberton Sellivant,
a widow. Her father was a Captain of the
ship Fellowship
about which Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
wrote the poem,
The Phantom Ship.
Link to the poem.
Map of
New Haven, Connecticut in 1641
Shows Thomas Trowbridge's property. In
relation to the block of nine squares,
Thomas' property is in the odd
chunk of land to the left and bottom of
the block.
Trowbridge
Mountain - in the stats: one of the 100 highest peaks in New
Jersey! (And makes good hiking, too.)
Big
Run Cemetery listing - includes Lydia (Deforest) Hicks
Trowbridge and other HICKS, BLAKER and DEFOREST family
members.
Reference
1) The Trowbridge
Genealogy, History of the Trowbridge Family in America, by
Francis Bacon Trowbridge, 1908
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