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Name:
Josiah Torrey
 Relationship to Robert Corbet
Birth:
28 JAN 1657/1658 Scituate, Plymouth, MA
Father:
James J , Lt Torrey
Mother:
Anne Hatch
Married:
Sarah daughter of John Mendall 12 JAN 1692/1693 Scituate, Plymouth, MA
Children:
Married:
Isabel widow of Sam Witherell 6 OCT 1684 Scituate, Plymouth, MA
Children:
Mary Torrey
Born: 24 SEP 1685 Scituate, Plymouth, MA
Died: AFT 8 DEC 1744
Josiah Torrey
Born: 23 JUL 1687 Scituate, Plymouth, MA
Death:
1722 aged 63
Remarks:
The following is copied from Scituate Vital Records, Scituate Genealogy websiste:

"Josiah had a considerable tract of land contiguous to Herring brook hill on the north. His house was in the valley one fourth mile north of the South Meeting-house, opposite to the present [1831] house of Mr. James N. Sparrell. He unfortunately lost his life, A. D. 1693. He was in the act of drying the Town's stock of powder on the roof of his house, when a spark from the chimney falling, his life was instantly lost, and his house laid in ruins."

On 6 Oct 1684 when Josiah was 26, he married Isabel [the widow Witherell], in Scituate, MA. Isabel died on 31 Mar 1689 in Scituate, MA.

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Deane mentions in his appendix V. on pg 405 that he 'discovered an important error" concerning the gunpowder incident , and recounts the story of Lt. James and the gunpowder in 1665.

He doesn't correct the date of death for Josiah, however.

Pratt points out the errors in his work on pg 322 but offers no other details on Joshiah's death, other than he "was not blown up by the town's gunpowder". pg 324

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