Samuel Torrey II1,2
M, b. 24 May 1731, d. 29 April 1790
Samuel was born on Thursday, 24 May 1731 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. He was the son of Samuel Torrey and Abigail Snowden. He made his first communion on 8 May 1737 at the Christ Church on Brattle Street, Boston. Samuel married Abigail Cowell on 12 July 1753 in Boston.3 Samuel departed this life on Thursday, 29 April 1790 in Middletown at age 58 years, 11 months and 5 days.4 He was buried there on Saturday, 1 May 1790.4
Children of Samuel Torrey II and Abigail Cowell
- Abigail Torrey b. 26 May 1754
- Martha Torrey b. b 25 Jan 1755
- Sarah Torrey b. b 12 Feb 1758
- Samuel Torrey b. b 18 Feb 1758
- Captain William Torrey+ b. 6 Oct 1761, d. 15 Apr 1852
- Ichabod Torrey b. b 16 Oct 1763, d. 12 Nov 1763
- Anna Torrey b. b 17 Mar 1765
- Joseph Torrey b. b 24 May 1767
- Nathaniel Torrey b. b 28 May 1769, d. 14 Jun 1796
- Ichabod Torrey b. b 28 May 1769, d. 9 Jul 1800
- Hannah Torrey b. b 31 Mar 1773
Citations
- [S68] Josephine C. Frost, Haviland Genealogy: Ancestors & Descendants of William Haviland of Newport, Rhode Island & Flushing, Long Island, 1653-1688, with special records of the allied families of Field, Hull, Torrey, Willets-Willis, page 500,.
- [S143] Frederic Crosby Torrey, The Torrey Families in America.
- [S1933] A Volume of Records Relating to the Early History of Boston containing Boston marriages from 1752 to 1809., Samuel Torrey & Abigail Cowell - July 12 , 1753 [Note: The surname "Crowell" was well known in Massachusetts at this time vs. "Cowell" - unfortunately many researchers believed Abigail's surname was Crowell - KLM].
- [S1978] Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920: Volume 70 Part 2 - Middletown.