Jonathan TORREY^[1]

1741 - 1803  (61 years)

• Name	Jonathan TORREY  [2]
  Born	28 Sep 1741	Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  Cause of Death	Boat capsized, drowned
  Died	12 Mar 1803	At sea near Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine
  Buried	unknown   [3]
  Person ID	I2731	Main
  Last Modified	12 Dec 2023

  
  

  Family 1	Hepsibah EATON,   b. 1744, York, York, Maine ,   d. 2 Nov 1785, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine  (Age 41 years)
  Married	Abt 1767
  Children	1. David TORREY,   b. 15 Oct 1768, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine ,   d. 4 Mar 1858  (Age 89 years) + 2. William TORREY,   b. 4 Feb 1770, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine ,   d. 7 Jan 1803, At sea  (Age 32 years)   3. Lucy TORREY,   b. 19 Oct 1771, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine ,   d. 31 Dec 1829, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine  (Age 58 years) + 4. Capt Jonathan TORREY,   b. 16 Sep 1774, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine ,   d. 24 Sep 1847, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine  (Age 73 years) + 5. Daniel Wellington TORREY,   b. 9 Sep 1776, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine ,   d. 23 May 1831, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine  (Age 54 years)   6. Esther TORREY,   b. 10 Jan 1779, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine ,   d. 23 Sep 1867, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine  (Age 88 years)   7. Elizabeth TORREY,   b. 23 Jul 1782, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine ,   d. 1825  (Age 42 years)   8. John TORREY,   b. 15 Mar 1785, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine ,   d. 2 Feb 1859, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine  (Age 73 years)
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2016
  Family ID	F1538	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Mercy STAPLES,   b. Abt 1745, Phillipstown [Sanford], York, Maine ,   d. 25 Jul 1826, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine  (Age ~ 81 years)
  Married	Abt 1785	Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine
  Children	+ 1. James TORREY,   b. 23 Sep 1786, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine ,   d. 31 Mar 1844, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine  (Age 57 years) + 2. Capt Levi TORREY,   b. 8 Dec 1788, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine ,   d. 2 Mar 1863, Swans Island, Hancock, Maine  (Age 74 years)   3. Deacon Asa TORREY,   b. 27 Nov 1791, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine ,   d. 5 Apr 1863, Ellsworth, Hancock, Maine  (Age 71 years) + 4. Ebenezer TORREY,   b. 7 Aug 1795, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine
  Last Modified	15 Dec 2023
  Family ID	F1028	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 28 Sep 1741 - Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts Married - Abt 1785 - Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine Died - 12 Mar 1803 - At sea near Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• 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 —— 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. —— 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 . [4]

  
  

• Sources

  [S22] Blue Hill and their families, Early settlers in, Burr, B. A. [S37] Maine Families in 1790, (Picton Press, Camden, ME. 1988). [S96] Find a Grave, database and images, 248009050. [S40] A History of the town of Union, Lincoln Co, ME, Sibley, John Langdon, (Benjamin B. Mussey and Co, Boston, 1851).