Other Events:

• Cause of Death: Boat capsized, drowned

Notes:

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 Hepsibah EATON about 1767. Hepsibah (daughter of William EATON and Meribah WARDWELL) was born in 1744 in York, York, Maine; died on 2 Nov 1785 in Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Came from Haverhill, Mass (or that vicinity).
Cousin to Theophilus & Jonathan Eaton (who were born in Haverhill, MA) & was same age as Theophilus.
with Col Buck's 5th Militia Regiment, - his motto - "Victory or Death".
Made first settlement on Deer Isle in 1762 (near steamboat landing).

William married Meribah WARDWELL on 20 Nov 1742 in York, York, Maine. Meribah (daughter of Eliakim WARDWELL and Ruth BRAGDON) was born on 25 Dec 1720 in York, York, Maine; died in 1753 in Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Witchcraft connection?: Y
• Witch Description: He was 5 when his parents were accused of witchcraft, and was sent to live with neighbors.

Notes:

Eliakim, the youngest s/o Sarah (HOOPER) Hawkes and Samuel WARDWELL, was born August 17, 1687, at Andover in the Massachusetts Colony. He was named for his paternal uncle of New Jersey. The baby's grandfather, Thomas Wardwell, with his wife Elizabeth (maiden name unknown), had emigrated from the Parish of Alford, Lincolnshire, England, to the Bay Colony in 1634, probably aboard the “Griffin”. The biblical given name of "Eliakim" appears only in the descendants of the Thomas Wardwell branch of the Wardwells in America.

In mid-August of 1692, when Eliakim was just five years old, his father, age 49, was accused of witchcraft and imprisoned at Salem. A few weeks later, on September 1, Eliakim's mother, 42, his sister, Mercy, 19, and his half-sister, Sarah Hawkes, 21, were also accused and imprisoned at Salem. The sheriff seized Samuel's moveable property, and then the Selectmen of Andover, fearing that the four younger Wardwell children remaining at home (Samuel Junior, William, Elizabeth, and Eliakim) might be endangered---even imprisoned, or become a tax burden to the town, placed them out in neighboring homes in Andover with the county court's approval. Eliakim was sent to the home of Mehitable (OSGOOD) and Daniel POOR. Only Eliakim's half-brother, Thomas, 21, remained on the Wardwell homestead, his age precluding any action by the Selectmen. Sister, Rebecca had been cared for by her maternal aunts since her mother's imprisonment.

The Court Order placing the minor Wardwell children in Andover homes had said, "for ye time being should place out, of if need require, binde out said children", and in Eliakim's case, "until he was 21". While Eliakim may have worked for or was apprenticed to Daniel POOR until he was 21, in all probability he lived at home as did the other "bound out" Wardwell children.

Eliakim married Ruth BRAGDON in Oct 1710 in York, York, Maine. Ruth (daughter of Samuel BRAGDON and Mary MOULTON) was born on 9 Apr 1691 in York, York, Maine; died after 16 Oct 1753 in Kittery, York, Maine; was buried in Old York Cemetery, York, York, Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Noteworthy: Captured by Indians, had a daughter, and later returned to Kittery.

Notes:

In one of the several York massacres, Eliakim's wife, Ruth, was carried off by the Indians, forced to become the wife of one of the chiefs and by him had a daughter. Later she escaped and returned to York with the child. (From The History and Genealogy of the Malcolm Family of the United States and Canada, p. 7)