John SEARLE John & 1/wf Mary RUGGLES (1656-); 6 Jun 1682; Roxbury {Parker (,9) 218; Gilson 11; Ruggles 25; Stonington Hist. 562; Tingley-Meyers 123; NYGBR 28:216} Record About Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700

"Torrey," or Torrey's Marriage Index, as it's often called, is a compilation of approximately 37,000 known or presumed marriages that occurred prior to 1700, arranged alphabetically by groom. The work is so huge and so comprehensive (it is estimated that 99% of all marriages are included), that it has become one of the principal resources for seventeenth-century New England genealogy. Indeed, the usage of "Torrey" to refer both to the creator and to the work itself places it within that exclusive genealogical lexicon of by-names that includes "Savage," "Pope," and "Filby."