Edmund Dana: Stedman Family Genealogies

Generation: 1

Edmund Dana was born 15 Nov 1739, Charlestown, Suffolk Co., MA (son of Richard Dana and Lydia Trowbridge); died Unknown.

Other Events:

Graduation: 1759; Harvard College

Notes:

Went to England. He became Recotr of Wroxeter, Co. Salop.

Edmund — Helen Kinnaird. Helen (daughter of Lord Kinnaird and Miss [--?--]) died Unknown. [Group Sheet]

Children:

George Kinnaird Dana died Unknown.

Generation: 2

Richard Dana was born 26 Jun 1700, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA (son of Daniel Dana and Naomi Croswell); died 17 May 1772, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA.

Richard married Lydia Trowbridge 31 May 1737, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA. Lydia (daughter of Thomas Trowbridge and Mary Goffe) was born 1710, Newton, Middlesex Co., MA; died 7 Apr 1776, Newton, Middlesex Co., MA. [Group Sheet]

Lydia Trowbridge was born 1710, Newton, Middlesex Co., MA (daughter of Thomas Trowbridge and Mary Goffe); died 7 Apr 1776, Newton, Middlesex Co., MA.

Children:

Lydia Dana was born 14 Apr 1738, Marblehead, Essex Co., MA; died 24 Sep 1744, Charlestown, Suffolk Co., MA.
1. Edmund Dana was born 15 Nov 1739, Charlestown, Suffolk Co., MA; died Unknown.
Henry Dana was born 12 Aug 1741, Charlestown, Suffolk Co., MA; died 14 Mar 1761.
Hon. Francis Dana, L. L. D. was born 13 Jun 1743, Charlestown, Suffolk Co., MA; died 25 Apr 1811, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA.
Mary Dana was born 2 Mar 1744/45, Charlestown, Suffolk Co., MA; died 12 Dec 1747.
Robert Dana was born 13 Apr 1747, Charlestown, Suffolk Co., MA; died 10 Jul 1748.
Anne Dana was born 14 Jul 1749, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA; died 4 Aug 1749, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA.
Mary Dana was born 17 Feb 1750/51, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA; died 16 Aug 1752, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA.
Lydia Dana was born 26 Jun 1755, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA; died 2 May 1808, Woburn, Middlesex Co., MA.

Generation: 3

Daniel Dana was born 20 Mar 1663/64, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA (son of Richard Dana and Anne Bullard); died 10 Oct 1749, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA.

Daniel married Naomi Croswell Abt 1692. Naomi (daughter of Thomas Croswell and Priscilla Upham) was born 5 Dec 1670, Charlestown, Suffolk Co., MA; died 24 Feb 1750/51, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA. [Group Sheet]

Naomi Croswell was born 5 Dec 1670, Charlestown, Suffolk Co., MA (daughter of Thomas Croswell and Priscilla Upham); died 24 Feb 1750/51, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA.

Children:

Daniel Dana was born , Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA; died 5 Dec 1713, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA.
Thomas Dana was born Bef 25 Mar 1694, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA; died Unknown.
Caleb Dana was born Bef 13 Jun 1697, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA; died Unknown.
2. Richard Dana was born 26 Jun 1700, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA; died 17 May 1772, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA.
Naomi Dana was born 7 Aug 1702, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA; died 11 Mar 1725/26, Weston, Middlesex Co., MA.
Timothy Dana was born 16 Apr 1705, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA; died 3 May 1705, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA.
Priscilla Dana was born 10 Mar 1705/06, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA; died Apr 1785, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA.
Ebenezer Dana was born 12 Dec 1711, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA; died Unknown.
Hepzibah Dana was born Bef 24 Oct 1714, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA; died Unknown.

Thomas Trowbridge was born 9 Dec 1677, Cambridge Village, Middlesex Co., MA (son of Deacon James Trowbridge and Margaret Jackson); died 2 May 1725, Newton, Middlesex Co., MA.

Thomas married Mary Goffe 3 Mar 1708/09, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA. Mary (daughter of Edward Goffe and Mary Brisco) was born 11 May 1687, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA; died 19 Feb 1714/15, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA. [Group Sheet]

Mary Goffe was born 11 May 1687, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA (daughter of Edward Goffe and Mary Brisco); died 19 Feb 1714/15, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA.

Other Events:

Name: Mary White
Residence: Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA
Alt. Birth: 1679, Newton, Middlesex Co., MA

Children:

Edmund Trowbridge was born 1709; died 2 Apr 1793, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA.
3. Lydia Trowbridge was born 1710, Newton, Middlesex Co., MA; died 7 Apr 1776, Newton, Middlesex Co., MA.
Mary Trowbridge was born 1715; died Unknown.

Generation: 4

Richard Dana was born Bef 31 Oct 1617, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK (son of Robert Dana and Elizabeth Barlow); died 2 Apr 1690, Newton, Middlesex Co., MA.

Richard married Anne Bullard Abt 1648, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA. Anne (daughter of Robert Bullard and Anne Martyn) was born Abt 1627; died 15 Jul 1711, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA. [Group Sheet]

Anne Bullard was born Abt 1627 (daughter of Robert Bullard and Anne Martyn); died 15 Jul 1711, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA.

Children:

John Dana was born 15 Apr 1649, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA; died 12 Oct 1649.
Hannah "Anne" Dana was born 8 Jul 1651, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA; died Bef 1728.
Samuel Dana was born 13 Oct 1653, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA; died 8 Nov 1653.
Jacob Dana was born 2 Feb 1654/55, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA; died 24 Dec 1698, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA.
Abiah Dana was born 21 May 1656; died 8 Dec 1668.
Joseph Dana was born 21 May 1656; died Unknown.
Benjamin Dana was born 20 Feb 1659/60; died Unknown.
Elizabeth Dana was born 20 Feb 1661/62, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA; died Bef 1704.
4. Daniel Dana was born 20 Mar 1663/64, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA; died 10 Oct 1749, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA.
Deliverance Dana was born 5 May 1667, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA; died 10 Nov 1741, Newton, Middlesex Co., MA.
Sarah Dana was born 1 Jan 1669/70; died 11 Jan 1669/70.

10.	Thomas Croswell died Unknown. Other Events: Name: Thomas Crosswell Thomas — Priscilla Upham. Priscilla (daughter of Deacon John Upham and Elizabeth Slade) was born 1642; died Unknown. [Group Sheet]

11.

Priscilla Upham was born 1642 (daughter of Deacon John Upham and Elizabeth Slade); died Unknown.

Children:

5. Naomi Croswell was born 5 Dec 1670, Charlestown, Suffolk Co., MA; died 24 Feb 1750/51, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA.

12.

Deacon James Trowbridge was born Abt 1638, Dorchester, Norfolk Co., MA (son of Thomas Trowbridge and Elizabeth Marshall); died 22 May 1717, Newton, Middlesex Co., MA.

Other Events:

Alt. Birth: 1636, Dorchester, Suffolk Co., MA
Residence: Aft 1664; Newton, Middlesex Co., MA

Notes:

He had 14 children by two wives.

Dea. James Trowbridge, b. in Dorchester, 1636, d. May 22, 1717. On attaining his majority, he returned to Dorchester and m. 1st, Dec. 3, 1659, Margaret Atherton, who d. June 17, 1672, da. of Maj. Gen. Humphrey Atherton, who came from England and settled in Dorchester ab. 1636. He succeeded Gen. Robert Sedgwick as commander of the military forces, was employed in negotiations with the indians and was killed by falling from his horse while reviewing the militia on Boston common, Sept. 17, 1661. He m. 2d, Jan. 30, 1674, Margaret Jackson, b. June 20, 1649, d. Sept. 16, 1727 (see Jackson family, Rev. Thomas2). He moved to Cambridge Village after called Nonantum, and now Newton, 1664 and purchased 85 acres of land with dwelling and outbuildings, which he had occupied for some years, of Deputy Gov. Danforth. After the d. of Dea. John Jackson, he was chosen deacon of the ch., 1675. By his will dated 1709, he bequeathed all the lands he had of his father in Dorchester to all his children equally, and those that came to him thro his father-in-law, Atherton to the children of his 1st wife, equally. He had Elizabeth, b. Oct. 12, 1660, m. John Myrick; Mindwell, b. June 20, 1662, m. Jonathan Fuller; John, b. May 22, 1664, m. 1st Sarah Wilson; Margaret, b. Apr. 30, 1666, m. Hon. Ebenezer Stone; Thankful, b. Mar. 6, 1668, m. Dea. Richard Ward; Mary, b. June 11, 1670, m. (???), Stedman; Hannah, b. June 15, 1672, m. John Greenwood, above.

By 2d wife, Experience, b. Nov. 1, 1675, m. Samuel Wilson; Thomas, b. Dec. 9, 1677, m. Mary (???); Deliverance, b. Dec. 31, 1679, m. Eleazer Ward; James, b. Sept. 20, 1682, m. Hannah Bacon; William, b. Nov. 19, 1684, m. 1st Sarah Ward, 2d Sarah Fullam; Abigail, b. Apr. 11, 1687; Caleb, b. Nov. 7, 1692, m. 1st Sarah Oliver, 2d Hannah Walter.
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Source: Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Includes Waltham and Weston - by Henry Bond, M.D., Boston, 1860, p. 608ff

James TROWBRIDGE of Dorchester, son of Thomas, m. Dec 30, 1659 Margaret, daughter of Major General Humphrey Atherton of Dorchester. He settled first in Dorchester and he moved to Newton about 1664, when his wife was dismissed from Dorchester Church to a church formed in Nonantum (Newton) of which he was afterwards a deacon. His wife died 1672 and he m. (2) Margaret _____. [Torrey, p.754 has Margaret Jackson.]

He died May 22, 1717 and his widow died Sept 16, 1727. In his will he mentions his father Thomas; his father-in-law, Humphrey Atherton; his brothers John Ward and John Hides and his brother-in-law, Elyas Kendrick.   Children:

By his first wife, Margaret Atherton:

1. Elizabeth b. in Dorchester Oct 12, 1660; m. 1682, John Myrick.
2. Mindwell Trowbridge b. in Dorchester June 20, 1662; m. Jonathan Fuller.
3. John Trowbridge b. in Newton May 22, 1664.
4. Margaret Trowbridge b. April 30, 1666; m. Ebenezer Stone, Esq., of Newton.
5. Thankful Trowbridge b. Mar 4, 1667/8; d. Sept 17, 1742; m. Dec 15, 1690 Deacon John Ward of Newton
6. Hannah Trowbridge b. June 15, 1672; m. John Greenwood, Esq of Newton son of Thomas & Hannah (Ward) Greenwood.

By his 2nd wife, Margaret [Jackson] he had:

7. Thomas Trowbridge b. Dec 10, 1677; d. 1735; of Newton [wife unknown].
Children:
          1. John Trowbridge of Framingham; m. abt 1725 Mehitabel dau of Jonas Eaton
             by whom he had 2 sons and 3 dau's and many descendants. His eldest son,
             Col. John Trowbridge m. for his 2nd wife, in Waltham, Feb. 23, 1775,
             Abigail the widow of Abijah Fiske and dau of Thomas Upham of Weston.
          2. Edmund Trowbridge b. 1709; grad. Harvard College, 1728; an eminent
             Jurist; Attorney General and Judge; died in Cambridge, April 2, 1793.
          3. Lydia Trowbridge, b. 1711.
          4. Mary Trowbridge, b. 1715.

8. Deliverance Trowbridge b. Dec 30, 1679; m. before Mar 20, 1707, Eleazer Ward.

9. James Trowbridge m. Hannah ______. Children:
          1. Margaret b. 1707.
          2. Daniel Trowbridge b. 1711; m. Oct 29, 1734, Hannah Spring.
          3. Hannah Trowbridge b. 1713.

10. William Trowbridge of Newton, a Deacon; died 1744; m. Sarah _____.
Children:
          1. Huldah b. 1711; d. AEt. 3 yrs.
          2. William b. and died 1713.
          3. Huldah (again) b. 1715; m. 1738 Isaac Stedman.
          4. James b. April 28, 1717; m. 1742, Jerusha Peck.
          5. Abigail b. 1738.
          6. Sarah b. 1722; d. 1735.
          7. Margaret b. 1724.
          8. Beulah b. 1726.
          9. Thaddeus b. 1728.

11. Rev. Caleb Trowbridge b. Nov 7, 1692; grad. Harvard College, 1710; ordained in Groton, Mass., Mar 2, 1714/15; m. (1) Sarah Oliver who died Jan 16, 1716/17 and he m. (2) 1718, Hannah, dau of Rev. Nehemiah Walter of Roxbury. He died Sept 19, 1760 (see Caleb Butler, History of Groton, Mass., pp 171 & 441)

One child by his 1st wife, Sarah Oliver:
          1. Oliver Trowbridge b. May 16, 1716; d. Sept 28, 1723.
By his 2nd wife, Hannah Walter he had:
          2. Caleb Trowbridge Jr., b. Aug 6, 1719.
          3. Nehemiah Trowbridge b. Sept. 19; d. Nov 7, 1721.
          4. Nehemiah Trowbridge 2d, b. Oct 14, 1722; m. Jan 12, 1758, Abigail Farnsworth.
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[Farnsworth Memorial insert - Abigail Farnsworth b. July 26, 1736; m. Jan 12, 1758, Nehemiah Trowbridge b. Oct 14, 1722 son of Rev. Caleb and Hannah (Walter) Trowbridge of Groton; he died Jan 11, 1796 and she died Oct
14, 1814.
                 Their children:
                1. Abigail Trowbridge b. June 11, 1765 m. 1786 Francis Champney;
                   they resided at New Ipswich, N.H.; she died 1846; eight children.
                2. Mary Trowbridge b. June 27, 1776; m. Jonathan Loring.]
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          5. Sarah Trowbridge b. Devc 3, 1724; m. July 31, 1750 Major General Artemas Ward of Shrewsbury, Mass.
          6. Hannah Trowbridge b. Mar 16, 1729.
          7. Maria Trowbridge b. Dec 23, 1731; m. Jan 28,, 1773, Capt. Josiah Bowers of Billerica.
          8. Thomas Trowbridge b. Nov 12, 1734; m. Oct 29, 1761, Lucy Woods and married (2) July 15, 1773, Ruth Nevers.
          9. Abigail Trowbridge b. Nov 30, 1740; m. October 9, 1764, the Hon. Ebenezer Champney.

12. Mary Trowbridge, m. _____Steadman.
13. Experience Trowbridge m. Samuel Wilson.
14. Abigail Trowbridge.

James married Margaret Jackson 30 Jan 1673/74, Newton, Middlesex Co., MA. Margaret (daughter of Deacon John Jackson and Margaret Taft) was born 20 Jun 1649, Newton, Middlesex Co., MA; died 16 Sep 1727, Newton, Middlesex Co., MA. [Group Sheet]

13.

Margaret Jackson was born 20 Jun 1649, Newton, Middlesex Co., MA (daughter of Deacon John Jackson and Margaret Taft); died 16 Sep 1727, Newton, Middlesex Co., MA.

Children:

6. Thomas Trowbridge was born 9 Dec 1677, Cambridge Village, Middlesex Co., MA; died 2 May 1725, Newton, Middlesex Co., MA.
Deliverance Trowbridge was born 31 Dec 1679; died Unknown.
James Trowbridge was born 20 Sep 1682; died Unknown.
Capt. William Trowbridge was born 19 Nov 1684, Newton, Middlesex Co., MA; died 10 Nov 1744, Newton, Middlesex Co., MA.
Abigail Trowbridge was born 11 Apr 1687; died 12 Apr 1771.
Rev. Caleb Trowbridge was born 7 Nov 1692; died 19 Sep 1760.
Experience Trowbridge was born 1 Nov 1675; died Unknown.

14.	Edward Goffe was born 28 Nov 1658, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA; died 1691, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA. Edward — Mary Brisco. Mary was born 22 Nov 1658, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA; died Unknown, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA. [Group Sheet]

15.

Mary Brisco was born 22 Nov 1658, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA; died Unknown, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA.

Children:

7. Mary Goffe was born 11 May 1687, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA; died 19 Feb 1714/15, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA.