Brief Life History of Samuel
When Lieutenant Samuel Torrey was born on 11 February 1706, in Weymouth, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, John Torrey I, was 32 and his mother, Mary Symmes, was 29. He married Abigail Snowden on 17 November 1726, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 16 September 1745, in Louisbourg, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 39, and was buried in Louisbourg, Acadia, New France.
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- Samuel Torrey, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Samll. Torrey, "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997"
- Samll. Torrey, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
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Name Meaning
English: variant of Tory . This form of the surname is rare in Britain and Ireland.
Scottish (Argyll): variant of Torrie . This form of the surname is rare in Britain and Ireland.
History: A Josiah Torrey was in Boston before 1680. John Torrey (1796–1873) was a botanist and teacher born in NY who catalogued many North American plants.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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