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Elizabeth Torrey (Willson)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Block Island, Washington County, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, British Colonial America
Death: May 06, 1746
South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, British Colonial America
Place of Burial: South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Jeremiah Wilson; Jeremiah Wilson+; Anne Wilson and Anne Manwaring
Wife of Reverend Dr. Joseph Torrey
Mother of Elizabeth Torrey; Col. Joseph Torrey; Oliver Torrey; Anne Torrey; Dr. Samuel Holden Torrey and 2 others
Sister of Mary Robinson; Ann Mumford (Wilson); Hannah Wilson; Sarah Gould (Wilson); Alice Shaw and 3 others
Half sister of Mary Pollock; Samuel Wilson; Col. John Wilson; Jeremiah Wilson Jr; James Willson and 2 others

Managed by: Todd A. O'Brien
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About Elizabeth Torrey

Elizabeth Wilson Torrey

Birth: BEF 2 DEC 1711

Christening: 2 DEC 1711 New London,New London,CT

Death: 6 MAY 1746 in South Kingstown, RI

Father: Jeremiah Wilson b: 1674 in Kingstown, RI

Mother: Ann Mainwaring c: 18 JUN 1682 in First Church of,Christ,New London,CT

Marriage: 15 OCT 1730 in South Kingstown, RI

Spouse: Joseph Torrey , Rev. b: 19 OCT 1707 in East Weymouth, MA

Children:

  • 1. Elizabeth 1st, b: 19 JUL 1731 in South Kingstown, RI, m. Edward Adams of Killingly, Conn.
  • 2. Joseph JR., Col. b: 4 FEB 1732/33 in South Kingstown, RI, m. Hannah Fisk of Killingly, Conn., Dec 1757; d. at Killingly, 19 Feb. 1804, age 72 yrs.
  • 3. Oliver 1st, b: 14 FEB 1734/35 in South Kingstown, RI, prob. did not marry; d. at South Kingston, 11 May 1755, age 21 yrs
  • 4. Ann, b: 13 MAY 1737 in South Kingstown, RI, m. Thomas Hawkins.
  • 5. Samuel Holden, b: 1738 in South Kingstown, RI, m. Ann Gould of Branford, Conn., 3 April 1760; d. at Killingly, 1 Dec. 1786, age 48 yrs.
  • 6. Mary, b: in South Kingstown, RI, m. her half-first cousin Capt. William Wilson Pollock
  • 7. Lucy, b: 1745 South Kingstown, RI, m. Rev. John Fisk Osgood at Boston, 11 Oct. 1770.

Burial: Congregational Churchyard, Tower Hill, South Kingstown Washington County, Rhode Island; Also known as: Rhode Island Hist. Cemetery South Kingstown #26

Notes:

NEHGR: Elizabeth Wilson, born New Shoreham andbaptized 2 Dec. 1711, New London. Married Rev. Dr. Joseph Torrey.

RIGR: Elizabeth Willson, married The Rev. Joseph Torrey.

Sources:

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dominicch...

http://awt.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1034016&i...

"The Descendants of Samuel Wilson of South Kingstown, R.I.", by Ken Stevens, New England Historical & Genealogical Register, v. 144, Page 301

R.I. Genealogical Register, Vol. 6, No. 1, page 87.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GScid=2261965&GRid...

http://records.ancestry.com/Hannah_Fisk_records.ashx?pid=28374898

The ancestry and allied families of Nathan Blake 3rd and Susan (Torrey Blake) ... by Almira Torrey Blake Fenno Gendrot

The Narragansett Historical Register: A Magazine Devoted to the Antiquities, Genealogy and Historical Matter Illustrating the History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations ..., Volume 7

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Elizabeth Torrey's Timeline

1711
December 2, 1711
Block Island, Washington County, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, British Colonial America
December 2, 1711
New London, New London, Connecticut, United States
1731
July 19, 1731
South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, USA
1732
February 4, 1732
South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
1734
February 14, 1734
South Kingstown, Washington County, RI, United States
1737
May 13, 1737
South Kingstown, United States
1738
1738
South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island
1745
1745
South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
1746
May 6, 1746
Age 34
South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, British Colonial America