Name:
Josiah Torrey
Relationship to Joan de Beaufort :
Change 9th cousin -12 times removed
Henry I Beauclerc (King of England 1100-1135) -> (Matilda) MAUD -> Henry II PLANTAGENET -> John I [O8] PLANTAGENET -> HENRY III [SB19] Plantagenet -> EDWARD I [Sb20] Plantagenet -> EDWARD II [O11; SB21; Y1] Plantagenet -> Edward III, King of England -> John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster -> John de Beaufort, Earl of Somerset -> Joan de Beaufort
Henry I Beauclerc (King of England 1100-1135) -> Robert "The King s Son" Caen -> Maud Fitzrobert De Caen -> Hugh "Of Kevelioc" Meschines -> Mabel Of Chester -> Isabel D Aubigny -> John Fitzalan -> Matilda De Arundel -> Thomas CORBET -> Robert CORBET -> Roger CORBET -> Robert CORBET -> Robert CORBET -> Peter CORBET -> Robert CORBET -> Robert CORBET -> Robert Corbet -> Robert Corbet -> Susannah CORBET -> Jane Young -> Anne Hatch -> Josiah Torrey
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