Individual Details
Lieut. James J. Torrey
(Abt 1612/13 - 6 Jul 1665)
He was admitted a freeman to the colony and commissioned lieutenant of the Scituate military company on June 8, 1655. He was a representative to the Plymouth General Court many terms and on important committees; a member of the Council to aid the Major General in plannng the defense of the colony against the Indian foes; and appointed a local magistrate, to adminsister oaths, take testimony, begin suits, marry persons, etc.
James met with a fatal accident while attending to his duty. As lieutenant of the militia he was called upon by the governor of Plimouth to prepare the powder and ammunition in a great hurry for an expected engagement with the Dutch. He went into the house of Goodman Tucker where the magazine of the Town was, which was but two barrels of powder and opened one. He was drying some of the powder abroad upon boards and doors when by some accident the powder was fired, both that in the house and that abroad. The house was blown up and broken in pieces, a woman of the house, Goodwife Ticknor miserably burnt and a little child also was sadly burnt and buried amongst the rubbish and timber. The Lieutenant was sadly burnt especially on his breast, face, hands and arms, yet he lived till the next day, dying July 6, 1665.
Events
Families
Spouse | Anne Hatch (1626 - 1691) |
Child | Deacon James Torrey (1644 - 1719) |
Child | William Torrey (1646 - ) |
Child | Joseph Torrey (1648 - 1714) |
Child | Damaris Torrey (1651 - 1717) |
Child | Jonathan Torrey (1654 - 1718) |
Child | Mary Torrey (1656 - ) |
Child | Josiah Torrey (1658 - 1722) |
Child | Sarah Torrey (1660 - 1722) |
Child | Joanna Torrey (1663 - ) |
Child | Bethiah Torrey (1665 - ) |
Father | Philip Torrey (1585 - 1621) |
Mother | Alice Richards (1584 - 1634) |
Sibling | Anna Torrey (1605 - ) |
Sibling | Captain William Torrey (1608 - 1690) |
Sibling | Philip Torrey (1614 - 1686) |
Sibling | Sarah Torrey (1616 - ) |
Sibling | Mary \ Marie Torrey (1618 - 1634) |
Sibling | Lieut. Joseph Torrey (1621 - 1675) |
Sibling | Naomi Torrey ( - ) |
Endnotes
1. Hillhouse, Margaret P., Historical and genealogical collections relating to the descendants of Rev. James Hillhouse. (New York: T.A. Wright, printer and publisher, 1924, 706 pgs.), p. 294.
2. Hillhouse, Margaret P., Historical and genealogical collections relating to the descendants of Rev. James Hillhouse. (New York: T.A. Wright, printer and publisher, 1924, 706 pgs.), p. 294.
3. Torrey, Frederic Crosby., The Torrey families in America. (Lakehurst, N.J.: unknown, 1924-1929, 914 pgs.), p. 17.
4. 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.
5. Hillhouse, Margaret P., Historical and genealogical collections relating to the descendants of Rev. James Hillhouse. (New York: T.A. Wright, printer and publisher, 1924, 706 pgs.), p. 294.
6. , "Early marriages and births in Scituate, Mass.," New England historical and genealogical register, Volume 19 (1865) (http://books.google.com : accessed 26 October 2009).