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Sarah married Asa CARTER on 10 Nov 1835 in Surry, Hancock, Maine. Asa (son of John CARTER and Phebe Parker FRIEND) was born on 1 Oct 1811 in Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine; died on 25 Nov 1893 in Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Benjamin N. CARTER was born on 15 Nov 1836 in Surry, Hancock County, Maine; died on 29 Apr 1902.
2. Lovina B. CARTER was born on 20 May 1846 in Surry, Hancock, Maine; died on 15 Sep 1909 in Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine; was buried in Morgan Bay Cemetery, Surry, Hancock, Maine.
3. Charles L. CARTER was born on 14 May 1838 in Hancock County, Maine; died in 1925; was buried in West Surry Cemetery, Hancock, Maine.
4. Freeman Torrey CARTER was born on 4 Aug 1844 in Surry, Hancock, Maine; died on 14 Dec 1916 in Surry, Hancock, Maine.
5. George Merrill CARTER was born on 27 Mar 1850 in Swans Island, Hancock, Maine; died on 12 Oct 1891 in Stonington, Hancock, Maine.

Asa married Abigail ROBINSON on 1 Jan 1814 in Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine. Abigail was born on 23 Feb 1795 in Mt Desert, Hancock, Maine; died in ?. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Cause of Death: Boat capsized, drowned

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s/o Jonathan TORREY (1711—1786)
gs/o Jonathan TORREY (1684—1781) & Margaret POOLE (1688—1711)
g-gs/o Jonathan TORREY (1654—1718) & Ruth FRY (1650—1724)
gg-gs/o James TORREY (1612—1665) & Anne HATCH (1626—1697) - immigrants
m1 Hepzibah EATON
m2 Mercy STAPLES TORREY ROBINSON
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He came to Deer Isle in 1763 from Falmouth Maine and took up a tract of land of two hundred acres, near the north part of Deer Isle. He married 1st, Hepsibah Eaton, dtr. of William Eaton, abt. 1767 and had 8 children, David, William, Lucy, Jonathan Jr., Daniel, Ester, Elizabeth, John. The census for 1790 gives him 6 male and 4 female children.
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He was the settler nearest to Mr. Linn on the southeast, but not on the adjoining lot, for that was afterward the property of Mr. Thompson. Mr. Torrey lived about three fourths of a mile from Mr. Linn. He came from Falmouth, Maine, which then embraced the city of Portland and the present towns of Deering, Westbrook, and Falmouth, and in the town of Deering there are persons of that name now.

He came in about the year 1763, and in 1767 married a daughter of Mr. William Eaton, and after her death he married a Mrs. Robinson, a daughter of the Mrs. Mercy Staples before spoken of. Another person, named David Torrey, was here, who had a settler's right, but did not stop many years, as no separate lot was assigned him; and he was perhaps a brother of the subject of this sketch. In all probability he assigned his right to Jonathan Torrey, as he had a two hundred-acre lot. Mr. Jonathan Torrey lost his life by the capsizing of a boat near Cape Rozier, when returning home from Castine. His oldest son, David Torrey, was in the boat, and, being more vigorous, was able to keep upon its bottom, and for a while kept his father upon it with him; but as the water was cold he soon became chilled and fell off and was drowned, but David was soon after rescued. It has been stated that a certain man belonging to the town, who is now dead, passed them when they were both upon the bottom of the boat and made no effort to save them and afterward admitted that he saw them.

By his first wife Mr. Torrey had five sons: David, born in 1768; William, who was the first husband of her who afterward nlarried Mr. Amos Gordon, and the father of Mr. Hezekiah Torrey, who was the representative from the town in 1822, and of Mr. William Torrey, formerly well known here, who died on his passage to California around Cape Horn, and of the first wife of John P. Johnson, Esq. Another son was the late Captain Jonathan Torrey, born in 1774; who died of smallpox in 1847, and the father of the present Mr. David, Captains William and Belcher T. Torrey. Another son was Mr. David Torrey, who was the father of the late Captains Samuel, Daniel S., George W., and Davis H. Torrey, and the present Captain Francis H. Torrey and Mr. John Torrey, who lived and died on Newbury Neck in Surry. One of his daughters is the widow of the late Captain Jeremiah Hatch and formerly the wife of Mr. Johnson. The fifth brother was the late Captain John Torrey, who left no children; nor did Mr. David Torrey, whose widow died in 1879, aged ninety-seven years.

By his second marriage Mr. Torrey had four sons: James, the father of Messrs. Amos and James, and the late Charles S. and Henry Torrey; and his only daughter was the former wife of Mr. George C. Hardy. Another son was Mr. Levi Torrey, who lived and died on Swan's Island; Deacon Asa Torrey, who died in Ellsworth, and the late Captain Ebenezer Torrey, the father of Mr. Nelson Torrey, and the wife of Franklin Closson, Esq. By the first marriage there were three daughters, who were the wives of Nathan Haskell, Esq., Mr. Jonathan Eaton, and Mr. Nathaniel Webster, who removed to Cape Elizabeth. Two of the daughters were afflicted with insanity- Mrs. Haskell and Mrs. Webster; and what was very singular, the one was rational while the other was insane, and a part of the time one would be afflicted; and, when she recovered, the other would be taken insane.

The real estate of Mr. Torrey is still owned and occupied by his descendants; the larger part was owned by the late Captain Daniel S. Torrey and is now owned by his widow .

Jonathan married Mercy STAPLES about 1785 in Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine. Mercy (daughter of Samuel STAPLES and Mercy CANE) was born about 1745 in Phillipstown [Sanford], York, Maine; died on 25 Jul 1826 in Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

2nd wife, Jonathan married 1st, Hepsibah Eaton. She was a widow of Samuel Robinson when she married Jonathan Torrey, with a dtr. Lucy Robinson, b. 1775, Deer Isle who married Joseph Crockett, 18 Nov.1797.

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• Military Event: French-Indian Wars, American Revolution - pressed by British
• Served American Revolution?: Y
• Military Flag: Y
• Confirmed Ancestor?: Y
• Cause of Death: Presumed shot and thrown overboard in the Penobscot Bay during the American Revolution.
• Baptism: 10 Jul 1715, Kittery, York, Maine

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[Samuel] was impressed on board of an English man-of-war during the Revolution, and was never heard from. The mother of this family, Mrs. Mercy Staples, afterwards married a Mr. Hutchinson, of Sedgwick, by whom she had two sons and one daughter. The sons were Rev. David Hutchinson, a presiding elder in the Methodist Episcopal church in the western part of the State, and Timothy Hutchinson, who lived and died on Little Deer Isle. The daughter, Susan, was the wife of Capt. Benjamin Gray, of Penobscot.
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Samuel Staples removed his family from Deer Isle to Swans Island in 1764. While fishing with others from Swans Island during the American Revolution, Samuel Staples was impressed into service by a British frigate. He was never heard from again, nor have any records of his whereabouts or fate been uncovered. According to the Bangor Historical Magazine, volume 5, when the British evacuated Bagaduce Maine, he was seized and carried off on a "Man of War" vessel and utilized as a pilot. Once the Penobscot Bay was cleared, it is presumed that he was shot and thrown overboard.
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The occupant of the land adjoining that of Mr. Thompson on the southeast was a man named Staples. His widow, Mrs. Mercy Staples, with Joshua and Moses Staples, seems to have been here very early, not far from 1764. In all probability the sons above named were then quite young. There was another brother, who must at that time have arrived at manhood, who was the father of Mr. Samuel Staples, who died at Green's Landing, in 1841, aged seventy-three years.
Samuel had one brother younger, named William, and two sisters, one, the wife of Mr. Stephen Babbidge, the other, that of Mr. Timothy Saunders. Their father was impressed on board of an English ship-of-war during the Revolution, when that iniquity was practiced. He was never heard of after that, and probably died while in the service.
Afterward Mrs. Staples married a Mr. Hutchinson, of Sedgwick, by whom she had two sons and one daughter. The sons were Rev. David Hutchinson, a presiding elder in the Methodist Episcopal Church, in the western part of the State, and Mr. Timothy Hutchinson, who lived here many years and died on Little Deer Island; and the daughter was Susan, the wife of Captain Benjamin Gray, of Penobscot.
Mr. Staples moved to Swan's Island, where he died in 1845, aged over ninety years. The other son, Joshua, in whose name the lot appears on the plan, married the daughter of Mr. John Raynes, Sr., who had one daughter, Jane Staples, who married Mr. Elias Morey, Jr., who lived and died on Swan's Island.
The mother, Mercy Staples, also had a settler's right, and it was known as the "Granny Lot," as she was known as "Granny Staples." She had a deed from the Tylers, 'and it passed from her to her son-in-law, Mr. Thomas Conary, by whom it was conveyed to the late Pearl Spofford, Esq., and is now held by his heirs. The lot set off to Joshua Staples afterward became the property of Major Nathan Low, and is now held by his heirs.,

Samuel married Mercy CANE about 1745 in Phillipstown [Sanford], York, Maine. Mercy (daughter of Nicholas CANE and Mary PARSONS) was born on 14 Oct 1719 in York, York, Maine; died after 1796 in Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine; was buried in unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She was on Deer Isle as early as 1764. She had a settler's right to the lot known as the "Granny Lot;" She was known as "Granny Staples."