Esther Catlin1

#2781, (24 May 1733 - 23 May 1767)
Relationship1st cousin 7 times removed of William David Lewis
Father*John Catlin III1 (1687 - 1766)
Mother*Jemima Allen1 (c 1693 - 1772)

Family

Capt. Ebenezer Trowbridge b. 1728/29, d. 1767
Her married name was Trowbridge.2 
Birth*24 May 1733She was born on 24 May 1733 at Deerfield, Massachusetts.3,1 
Marriage*say 1752She married Capt. Ebenezer Trowbridge say 1752 at West Haven, Connecticut.2 
1 August 1766In John Catlin III's will dated 1 August 1766, Esther Catlin, wife of Ebenezer Trowbridge, was named as an heir.4 
Death*23 May 1767She died on 23 May 1767 at Massachusetts at age 33.5 

Citations

  1. [S320] Donald Lines Jacobus, compiler, Families of Ancient New Haven, Originally Published As New Haven Genealogical Magazine , Volumes I-VIII [1922-1921] and Cross Index Volume [1939] IX. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (reprint), 1921-1939), vol. 2, p. 389.
  2. [S1694] Francis Bacon Trowbridge, compiler, The Trowbridge Genealogy: History of the Trowbridge Family in America (New Haven: privately printed, 1908), p. 133.
    Capt. Ebenezer Trowbridge (Ebenezer, Thomas, William, Thomas), born February 26, 1728-9, in West Haven, Conn.; died — 1767 in West Haven; married, 17 — , in West Haven, Esther Catlin, daughter of John and Jemima (Allen) Catlin, born May 24, 1733, in Deerfield, Mass.; died — 17 — , in West Haven. He is supposed to have married, second, in West Haven, Obedience Beecher, daughter of Stephen and Susannah (Hale) Beecher, born January 27, 1723-4, in West Haven; died January —, 1807, in West Haven.
    Ebenezer Trowbridge was a sea captain, and died, perhaps, while making one of his voyages. His home was in his native place, the parish of West Haven, Conn. In his inventory there is mentioned his interest in the sloop Trojan.

    Footnotes: "Administration on his estate was granted to his brother-in-law Levi Clinton Sept. 1. 1767." Poss. died at sea. Second marr. "prior to Aug, 17. 1762. There seems to have been no other Trowbridge in West Haven (of suitable age) who could have been the husband of Mrs. Obedience Trowbridge, as she is known in deeds and at her death."
  3. [S1229] Massachusetts Town and Vital Records: Deerfield 1675–1898, Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook), compiler, Provo, UT and Oxford, MA, Deerfield Record of Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1675-1844, Births and Deaths (Family group pages), p. 59, img. 54/481, Births and Deaths in John Catlin's Family.
  4. [S1693] Hampshire County Probate Records, 1660-1916; index, 1660-1971; (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971, 1988-1989), 93 microfilm reels, Vol. 10, sh. 334, FHL Film 879188, img. 371/390. Will of John Catlin "of Deerfield in the County of Hampshire & province of the Massachusetts Bay, Housewright," 1 Aug 1766. To wife Jemima, one-half of personal estate and use of the home; to dau. Mary, wife of Jonathan Smith, 5 shillings; also to dau. Ruth, the wife of John Barnard, 5 shillings; also to dau. Elisabeth, wife of Thomas Mallery, 5 shillings; also to dau. Esther, wife of Ebenezer Trowbridge, 5 shillings; remainder to be divided among children, viz. John, Nathan, Jonathan, Samuel, Abigail, Jemima, Sarah (wife of Moses Smith), and Hannah. Names as Executors wife Jemima, Daniel Arms and Jeremiah Nims; witnesses David Sexton, Silas Hamilton and Salah Barnard.
    Presented for probate by Jeremiah Nims and sworn to by David Sexton and Silas Hamilton as witnesses with Maj. Salah Barnard, 3 Feb 1767, to Israel Williams, Judge of Probate, original records Hampshire County Courthouse, Northampton, Massachusetts.
  5. [S762] Thomas W. Baldwin, compiler, Vital Records of Deerfield Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Company, 1920), p. 270. Esther Trowbridge, dau. of Hohn and Jemima, d. 23 May 1767.