Sarah was a sister of Abigail Oliver, Samuel Oliver, and Nathaniel Oliver.
Abigail Oliver has many accomplished descendants. Harvard President Abbott Lawrence Lowell was a direct descendant of Abigail Oliver. The astronomer, mathematician, and scholar Percival Lowell was also direct descendant of Abigail, Sarah's sister. His burial location is Lowell Observatory. Another direct descendant of Abigail's was Katherine Lowell who was first married to Alfred Roosevelt, with whom she had several children. Alfred was a close cousin of the President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt.
Sarah's brother Samuel Oliver was only 25 or 26 years old when he died.
Sarah's brother Nathaniel Oliver married Bethia Hyde Hyde. Bethia was the daughter of Job Hyde, the granddaughter of Samuel Hyde, and the widow of her cousin Jacob Hyde. Bethia's grandfather was Samuel Hyde. Bethia's first husband Jacob Hyde was the son of Samuel Hyde's brother Jonathan Hyde, and so Bethia Hyde and Jacob were first cousins once-removed.
Husband's grave:
"On a tablet monument in the old burying ground in Groton is the following epitaph:
UNDERNEATH THIS STONE LIES THE BODY OF THE
Revd CALEB TROWBRIDGE, late Pastor of the Church
of Christ in Groton, born of reputable Parents in the Town
of Newton, educated at Harvard College, in Cambridge,
New England: of such natural and acquir'd Endowments as
render'd him an Ornament and Blessing in the several
Relations which he sustained: he was a good steward over the
House of God, and discharg'd the duties of his Pastoral
relation with Prudence and Impartiality, Diligence and
Fidelity. He was a tender and loving Husband, an affectionate
and kind Parent; an agreable and faithful friend; and a Useful
Member of Society: He was much belov'd and respected while
he liv'd, and dyed greatly lamented, the 9th day of Septr
A D. 1760, in the 69th year of his Age and 46st of his Ministry,
and is we trust recieving the reward of his Labours in the
Kingdom of his Lord: And in Honour to his Memory his loving People
have erected this Monument over his Grave.
Blessed are the Dead that die in the Lord, for they rest from their
Labour and their works do follow them.
The Memory of ye Just is Blessed."
— Epitaphs from the Old Burying Ground in Groton, Massachussetts
By Samuel Abbott Green and Arthur Bruce Coburn
Hannah Walter Trowbridge, second wife of Sarah's husband the Reverend Caleb Trowbridge:
The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 7, 1853.
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The astronomer, mathematician, and scholar Percival Lowell was a direct descendant of Abigail Oliver Prescott, Sarah's sister. His burial location is Lowell Observatory.
Sarah was a sister of Abigail Oliver, Samuel Oliver, and Nathaniel Oliver.
Abigail Oliver has many accomplished descendants. Harvard President Abbott Lawrence Lowell was a direct descendant of Abigail Oliver. The astronomer, mathematician, and scholar Percival Lowell was also direct descendant of Abigail, Sarah's sister. His burial location is Lowell Observatory. Another direct descendant of Abigail's was Katherine Lowell who was first married to Alfred Roosevelt, with whom she had several children. Alfred was a close cousin of the President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt.
Sarah's brother Samuel Oliver was only 25 or 26 years old when he died.
Sarah's brother Nathaniel Oliver married Bethia Hyde Hyde. Bethia was the daughter of Job Hyde, the granddaughter of Samuel Hyde, and the widow of her cousin Jacob Hyde. Bethia's grandfather was Samuel Hyde. Bethia's first husband Jacob Hyde was the son of Samuel Hyde's brother Jonathan Hyde, and so Bethia Hyde and Jacob were first cousins once-removed.
Husband's grave:
"On a tablet monument in the old burying ground in Groton is the following epitaph:
UNDERNEATH THIS STONE LIES THE BODY OF THE
Revd CALEB TROWBRIDGE, late Pastor of the Church
of Christ in Groton, born of reputable Parents in the Town
of Newton, educated at Harvard College, in Cambridge,
New England: of such natural and acquir'd Endowments as
render'd him an Ornament and Blessing in the several
Relations which he sustained: he was a good steward over the
House of God, and discharg'd the duties of his Pastoral
relation with Prudence and Impartiality, Diligence and
Fidelity. He was a tender and loving Husband, an affectionate
and kind Parent; an agreable and faithful friend; and a Useful
Member of Society: He was much belov'd and respected while
he liv'd, and dyed greatly lamented, the 9th day of Septr
A D. 1760, in the 69th year of his Age and 46st of his Ministry,
and is we trust recieving the reward of his Labours in the
Kingdom of his Lord: And in Honour to his Memory his loving People
have erected this Monument over his Grave.
Blessed are the Dead that die in the Lord, for they rest from their
Labour and their works do follow them.
The Memory of ye Just is Blessed."
— Epitaphs from the Old Burying Ground in Groton, Massachussetts
By Samuel Abbott Green and Arthur Bruce Coburn
Hannah Walter Trowbridge, second wife of Sarah's husband the Reverend Caleb Trowbridge:
The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 7, 1853.
https://books.google.com/books?id=Q2oFAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gb_mobile_entity&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&hl=en&focus=searchwithinvolume#v=onepage&q=Hannah%20Walter%20Trowbridge%20&f=false
The astronomer, mathematician, and scholar Percival Lowell was a direct descendant of Abigail Oliver Prescott, Sarah's sister. His burial location is Lowell Observatory.
Inscription
Death's Head
Here Lyes Buried the
Body of Mrs. Sarah
Trowbridge, Wife to ye
Revrnd Mr. Caleb
Trowbridge; Aged 26
Years, & 5 Mo. Decd
June, the 16th, 1717
Gravesite Details
Deceased. No surviving children.
Transcribed courtesy of "Epitaphs from The Old Burying Ground in Groton, Massachusetts", by Samuel Abbott Green and Arthur Bruce Coburn.
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