Samuel Torrey II1,2

M, b. 24 May 1731, d. 29 April 1790
FatherSamuel Torrey b. 11 Feb 1705/6, d. 16 Sep 1745
MotherAbigail Snowden b. 9 Dec 1707, d. 12 Jul 1737
     Samuel was born on Thursday, 24 May 1731 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. 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

Family

Abigail Cowell b. c 1733
Children

Citations

  1. [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,.
  2. [S143] Frederic Crosby Torrey, The Torrey Families in America.
  3. [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].
  4. [S1978] Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920: Volume 70 Part 2 - Middletown.