Micajah Torrey Genealogy

Record modified: 2025-02-18
This is my ancestor 10 generations back.

 / Phillip Torrey
 / William Torrey|
|  \ Alice Richards
Micajah Torrey |
|  / George Frye
 \ Elizabeth Frye |
 \

Born: 1643-10-12 Weymouth, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts USA
Died: 1711-01-20 Weymouth, Massachusetts USA
Marriages:
1. Susannah (unknown)
Children of Micajah Torrey and Susannah (unknown):
Micajah II Torrey b. 1673-07-27 d. 1722-09-29
Silence Torrey b. 1675-06-19
Margaret Torrey b. 1675-06-19 d. 1752-04-16
Mary Torrey b. 1681-03-22 d. 1716-08-08
Joshua Torrey b. 1686-00-00 d. 1752-04-08
*Samuel Torrey b. 1689-01-15

Notes:

birth
married in Weymouth, Norfolk Co MA
death

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children from RootsWeb

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Trees at RootsWeb have his wife as Susannah Giddings.

NEHGR Vol 66 p164 is supposed to have his marriage record, dated 1673-07-27. [Ancestry doesn't have the image.] [but note below record]

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"List of Freemen of Massachusetts, 1630-1691"

p28
list dated 1672-05-15 (citing Colonial Records Vol IV p688-689)

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NEHGR Vol 3 p270, Vol 4 p57, Vol 4 p59

Early Records of Weymouth

Susanna of Micajah & Susanna Torrey died 1687-10-29 [born same day]

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see Suffolk Probate records Vol 17 p206

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"Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988"
Weymouth births 1633-1844 (citing fiche 4)

Micajah s of Micajah & Susanna 1673-07-27
Margaret d of do 1675-06-19
Mary d of do 1681-03-22
Susanna d of do 1687-10-29
Samuel s of do 1688-01-05 [next to this date is a box containing a question mark]

[I think Samuel's date is old-style.]

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"Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988"
Weymouth deaths 1639-1844 (citing fiche 10)

Micajah Torrey 1710-01-02
Susanna, wid of Micajah 1720-06-12
Mary, dau of Micajah 1716-08-08
Daniel, son of Micajah 1718-06-06

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"History of Weymouth, Massachusetts"

p526
At [the March meeting 1682] there were further allotments of land to James
Lovell, Micajah Torrey, William Richards, Nicholas Whitmarsh,
and John Vining, a part of which was for land taken to build the
road near "Webb's Puddle".

At the town meeting 1682-11-27... Captain Torrey, Micajah Torrey and
Ebiza White were elected selectmen...
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