Individual Details

Josiah Torrey

(28 Jan 1658/59 - Abt 1722)

Josiah was called a tailor in deeds. He was the only one of his brothers whose descendants continued to live in Scituate. He had a considerable tract of land contiguous to Herringbrook hill on the north. His house was in the valley one fourth of a mile north of the South Meeting-house, opposite to the present [1831] house of Jr. James N. Sparrell. He unfortunately lost his life, 1693 [Deane must have the date wrong]. He was in the act of tying the Town's stock of powder on the roof of his house, when a spark from the chimney falling, his life was instantly lost, and his house laid to ruins."

Events

Birth28 Jan 1658/59Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, British America
Marriage6 Oct 1684Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, British America - Isabel
Marriage12 Jan 1692Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, British America - Sarah Mendall
DeathAbt 1722

Families

SpouseIsabel ( - 1689)
ChildMary Torrey (1685 - )
ChildJosiah Torrey (1687 - )
SpouseSarah Mendall (1668 - )
ChildRuth Torrey (1694 - )
ChildCaleb Torrey (1695 - )
ChildJemima Torrey (1696 - )
ChildKeziah Torrey (1702 - )
FatherLieut. James J. Torrey (1612 - 1665)
MotherAnne Hatch (1626 - 1691)
SiblingDeacon James Torrey (1644 - 1719)
SiblingWilliam Torrey (1646 - )
SiblingJoseph Torrey (1648 - 1714)
SiblingDamaris Torrey (1651 - 1717)
SiblingJonathan Torrey (1654 - 1718)
SiblingMary Torrey (1656 - )
SiblingSarah Torrey (1660 - 1722)
SiblingJoanna Torrey (1663 - )
SiblingBethiah Torrey (1665 - )

Endnotes

1. Pane-Joyce, David., Scituate Genealogy Webpage. ( Updated April 2002.).

2. Torrey, D., A contribution toward a genealogy of all Torreys in America : being genealogical notes showing the paternal line of descent from William Torrey, of Combe St. Nicholas, Somerset County, England, A.D. 1557, to Abner Torrey, of Weymouth, Massachusetts, with all descendants of Abner Torrey : with an appendix (Detroit: J.F. Eby & Co., printers, 1890, 209 pgs.), p. 8.

3. Pack, Charles Lathrop., Thomas Hatch of Barnstable & some of his descendants : the descent of Alice Gertrude Hatch and her husband, Charles Lathrop Pack, from Thomas Hatch and allied families. Newark, N.J.: Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New Jersey, 1930, 372 pgs., p. 40.

4. Pane-Joyce, David., Scituate Genealogy Webpage. ( Updated April 2002.).

5. Pane-Joyce, David., Scituate Genealogy Webpage. ( Updated April 2002.).

6. Torrey, Frederic Crosby., The Torrey families in America. (Lakehurst, N.J.: unknown, 1924-1929, 914 pgs.), p. 40.

7. Pane-Joyce, David., Scituate Genealogy Webpage. ( Updated April 2002.).

8. Torrey, Frederic Crosby., The Torrey families in America. (Lakehurst, N.J.: unknown, 1924-1929, 914 pgs.), p. 40.