Re: Sarah Torrey
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In reply to:
Sarah Torrey
Bobbi Packham 9/24/02
THE BOOK I HAVE STATES THAT 4 BROTHERS EMIGRATED TO AMERICA IN 1640 AND LOCATED WITHIN A FEW MILES OF BOSTON. AND SEEM TO HAVE BEEN THE ANCESTERS OF ALL THE EARLY FAMILIES OF THAE TORREY NAME IN AMERICA. WILLIAM ANDJOSEPH FIRST LOCATED IN WEYMOUTH; JAMES IN SCITUATE, AND PHILIP IN ROXBURY. ALTHOUGH PHILIP RAISED A FAMILY, IT IS NOT LEARNED THAT HE HAD ANY SON TO TRANSMIT HIS FAMILY NAME TO LATER GENERATIONS. HE DIED IN ROXBURY IN 1686. JOSEPH REMOVED TO REHOBOTH MA. AND SUBSEQUENTLY TO NEWPORT RI. WHERE HE WAS PROMINENTLY ACTIVE IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS. HE DIED IN 1675. NOTHING IS LEARNED CONCERNING HIS DESCENDENTS. JAMES WAS ACCIDENTLY KILLED BY AN EXPLOSION OF POWDER IN SCITUATE IN JULY 1664 LEAVING FIVE SONS AND FIVE DAUGHTERS.
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT YOUR SARAH WAS THE DAUGHTER OF JAMES, PHILIP OR JOSEPH. MY BOOK CONCERNS ITSELF WITH THE DESCENDENTS OF WILLIAM. I DO NOT FIND A SARAH FROM WILLIAM. THE FOUR BROTHERS THAT CAME TO AMERICA HAD A SISTER NAMED SARAH AND POSSIBLE NAMED A DAUGHTER AFTER THEIR SISTER. IF YOU FIND THAT YOUR SISTER WAS A DAUGHTER OF ONE OF THESE 3 MEN. I HAVE THEIR ANCESTERS BACK TO 1557. DON'T KNOW IF THIS WAS ANY HELP.