Maj Luther Trowbridge

Daughters of American Revolution Ancestor #: A116219

Service: MASSACHUSETTS Rank: CAPTAIN

Birth: 3 Jun 1756 FRAMINGHAM MIDDLESEX CO MASSACHUSETTS

Death: 24 Feb 1802 ALBANY ALBANY CO NEW YORK

Service Source: *W9865,MA SOLDIERS AND SAILORS IN THE WAR OF THE REV, VOL XVI, P 73-74

Service Description: 1) ENS,LT,ADJ,QM,CAPT BY BREVET, CAPT JONAS, 2) PARKER, JOHN MAYNARD,COLS,ICHABOD ALDEN, JOHN BROOKS 6TH & 7TH REGIMENTS

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Info added per DAR's "Lineage Book of the Charter Members" by Mary S Lockwood and published 1895 stating "Maj Luther Trowbride, who fought from Lexington to Saratoga."

Also "Maj. Luther Trowbridge fought as a volunteer in the battle of Lexinton; commissioned in 1777 as ensign; was in the battles of Bunker Hill and Saratoga"

Description from Corrin Strong Book

Luther Trowbridge:

Born in Framingham, Mass. in 1756.  Fought as volunteer in Battle of Lexington at age of 16.  Commissioned Ensign in 1777.  Fought in Battles of Bunker Hill, Saratoga, etc.  Retired at close of war with rank of Major.  Married to Elizabeth Tillman.  Died Albany, 1802.

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The Abridges Compendium of American Genealogy. p.304: capt., pvt. maj. in Am. Rev., mem. Soc. Cin.

Virkus...Vol. 1, p. 304:

Capt., bvt. maj. in Am. Rev.., mem. Soc. Cin.