Olive Sackett

 Notes & Citations

1. Francis Bacon Trowbridge, Trowbridge Genealogy (New Haven, Connecticut: , 1908), "1049 Dr. James Trowbridge (William1022, James1010, William1004, James1000, Thomas1), b. February 10, 1792, in Worcester, Mass; died July 25, 1846, in Spring Prairie, Wisconsin; married March 3, 1816, in Western (now Warren), Mass., Olive Sackett, dau of Adner and Mary (Barker) Sackett. She married, second, Simeon Beckwith of Hinsdale, NY and died February 17, 1871, in Allegany, NY, aged 71 years.
   James Trowbridge was brought up on his father's farm in Trowbridgeville, Worcester, Mass., and attended the village school. He then began the study of medicine in his native town. During the War of 1812 he offered his professional services to the government. He was appointed by Col. Salem Towne surgeon's mate in the 2nd Regiment of Light Troops, Massachusetts militia, and served in that capacity at South Boston from September 20 to November 1, 1814.
   Note: US Pension Office Records: Under the Act of March 3, 1855, his son Edwin, then a minor, received at the age of 21 a warrant for 160 acres of land for his father's services in the war.
   Doctor Trowbridge early in his married life settled in Hinsdale, Cattaraugus county, NY, where he was one of the early physicians. About 1839 he moved with his family to Girard, Erie county, PA, and then to Ohio, where he lived for a short time in Kingsville, Ashtabula county, and then in Perry, Lake county. In 1842 he removed with his family to Spring Prairie, Walworth county, Wisconsin where he died four years later. After the death of Doctor Trowbridge, his widow returned with her children to her old home in the state of New York, where she subsequently remarried.
   Children born in Hinsdale, NY:
   l. Fitz-James, b. October 27, 1816; d. December 4, 1816.
   2. Clarissa Ann, b. December 7, 1817; m. Samuel Kinyon of Allegany, NY.
   3. Achsah Cecilla, b. March 17, 1829; m. Samuel Barker of Allegany.
   1103 4. Fitz-James, b. February 6, 1822.
   1104 5. William Henry, b. February 26, 1824.
   1105 6. Charles Hersey, b. January 12, 1826.
   1106 7. Alpheus Marshall, b. May 8, 1828.
   8. Mary Eliza, b. October 30, 1831; m. September 9, 1850, William Whitlock of Allegany.
   1107 9. Edwin Going, b. May 31, 1834.
   10. Adner Sackett, b. January 2, 1837; d. May 27, 1849, in Allegany.
   Note: Birth of children taken from Olean township in 1820."
2. William Adams, editor, Historical Gazetteer and Biographical Memorial of Cattaraugus Co., NY, published by the editor (1893), from Chapter XLIX History of the Town of Ischua
   "Alpheus M. TROWBRIDGE is a son of Dr. James TROWBRIDGE (see page 137), who was born in Worcester, Mass., in 1795, and whose father's name was William. Dr. TROWBRIDGE came to Franklinville in 1817 and later to Ischua, being the first physician and the first school master in town. He married Olive SACKETT, of Connecticut; children: Clarissa, Achsah, James, William, Charles, Alpheus M., Eliza, Edwin, and Adner. He moved from Ischua to Hinsdale and from there in 1829 to Ohio, thence to Spring Prairie, Wis., where he died in 1849.
   Alpheus M. was born in Little Valley, NY, in 1828. In 1853 he married Elizabeth WHITLOCK and settled in Ischua. Children: Francelia (Mrs. William SHIPMAN), of Humphrey; Alice (Mrs. Edwin SHIPMAN); Edwin, who married Rosa MATHEWSON; Charles, who died when twenty-seven years old; and Albert, who married, in 1886, Nettie CHASE; children: Guy A. And Walter C.
   Mrs. TROWBRIDGE died in 1890, and Mr. TROWBRIDGE married, second, Mrs. Caroline MYRICK, daughter of Caleb BARBER, of Ischua.
3. Francis Bacon Trowbridge, Trowbridge Genealogy (New Haven, Connecticut: , 1908), Date of birth based on age at death.
4. In 1880 census, sons Fitz, Charles, and Marshal gave mother's birthplace as Connecticut.
5. Francis Bacon Trowbridge, Trowbridge Genealogy (New Haven, Connecticut: , 1908).
6. "Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850" (Ancestry image), Warren marriages, "Sacket, Olive and James Trowbridge, int. 17 Feb 1816."