William A. Torrey

1797 - 1891  (94 years)

• Name	William A. Torrey  [1]
  Birth	6 May 1797	New York City   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Note	Builder of the New Jersey Southern Railroad.
  Note	Lineal descendant of John Alden and Priscilla, passengers on the Mayflower.
  Note	In 1841 purchased 27,500 acres of pine forest in Ocean County, New Jersey including the present village of Lakehurst, where he resided for many years.
  Death	15 Jun 1891	Manchester, now Lakehurst, New Jersey, -USA   [1]
  Person ID	I18210	HHTT
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	William Torrey,   b. 15 Sep 1759, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, -USA d. 8 Oct 1831, New York, New York, -USA (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Margaret Nichols,   b. 9 Nov 1768, New York, New York, -USA d. 7 Oct 1839, Fishkill, New York, -USA (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	30 Jul 1793  [1]
  Family ID	F4617	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Adeline Whittemore
  Marriage	18 Apr 1821  [1]
  Children	> 1. Jane Whittemore Torrey,   b. 28 Jan 1822   d. 9 Mar 1856, Philadelphia (Age 34 years)
  Family ID	F4614	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2022

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 6 May 1797 - New York City  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S118] Lorinda Stover Steadman 'Lori' (Reliability: 1).