Sarah Torrey (Batt)

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Sarah Torrey (Batt)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Boston, Suffolk County, MA, United States
Death: May 10, 1763 (90)
Weymouth, Norfolk County, MA, United States
Place of Burial: Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Paul Batt and Sarah Torrey
Wife of Dea. Micajah Torrey, Jr.
Mother of Sarah Whitmarsh; William Torrey; David Torrey and James Torrey
Half sister of Rev. Josiah Torrey; Margaret Church; Elizabeth Greene; Mary Southworth and John Torrey

Managed by: Heather Kathleen Burns
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About Sarah Torrey (Batt)

Sarah (Batt) Torrey was the only child born June 21, 1678.[1] in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts[2] to Paul Batt and Sarah Wilson in Weymouth, Massachusetts. Her father probably died 1678, the year she was born.

It wasn't 2 years before her mother married Josiah Torrey, the 6th of 8 children born to William Torrey and Elizabeth Frye. Together she and Josiah had 3 children being Josiah Torrey Jr, Margaret (Torrey) Chapin and Mary (Torrey) Manley.
Family

Sarah Batt married Micajah Jr. 1703 in Weymouth Massachusetts. Josiah was Micajah's uncle, but Sarah was NOT related by blood to Josiah. Together Sarah and Micajah had the following children:

   Samuel Torrey 
   Paul Torrey 
   Daniel Torrey B. 1703 Died 2 mos old 
   Sarah (Torrey) Whitmarsh 
   James Torrey 
   David Torrey 
   Daniel Torrey b. 1717 d. 2 mos old 
   William Torrey 
   T. Torrey b. 1722 d. the same day 

Death

Sarah died 10 MAY 1763 probably in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts. Her Gravestone says "in ye 85th year of her age"
Research Notes
Sources

   ↑ Vital records of Medfield, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 by Medfield (Mass. : Town); New England Historic Genealogical Society, page 20, https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofme00medf/page/20/mode/2up
   ↑ Massachusetts, Town Clerk...d Town Records, 1626-2001 Norfolk, Medfield, Births, marriages, deaths 1651-1876 Sarah Batt Event Type:Birth,Event Date:21 Jun 1678 Event Place:Medfield, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Event Place (Original): Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, Sex: Female Father's Name:Paul Batt, Mother's Name:Sarah https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4NV-B2L https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Norfolk/Medfield/Images/Medfield_B02... she passed in Braintree , MA.  in 85th year. 
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Sarah Torrey (Batt)'s Timeline

1673
January 18, 1673
Boston, Suffolk County, MA, United States
1710
July 31, 1710
Weymouth, Norfolk County, MA, United States
1710
1719
March 2, 1719
United States
1763
May 10, 1763
Age 90
Weymouth, Norfolk County, MA, United States
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Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States