Torrey, Amos
Birth
Amos Torrey might have been born April 8, 1753 in Connecticut. Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Name: Amos Torrey [Amos Torry, Tory] Gender: Male Birth Date: 8 Apr 1753 Birth Location: Tolland Parent Name: James Jr. Source Information: Ancestry.com. Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
Military
Amos Torrey was a soldier in the American Revolution. He was a member of Capt. Pease’s Company of Glastonbury, CT.
Marriage & Children
Amos Torrey married Sarah Blodgett, daughter of Silas Blodgett May 8, 1783 in Stafford, CT
Connecticut Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) about Amos Torrey Name:Amos Torrey [Amos Tory] Marriage Date: 8 May 1783 Marriage Location: Stafford Spouse: Sarah Blodget Source Information:Ancestry.com. Connecticut Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
Amos Torry and Sarah Blodget were joined in marriage May 8, 1783. State of Connecticut, County of Tolland - Stafford - June 29, 1848 - Attested by Abyah Blodget, Town Clerk.
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Death
Amos Torry may have died Aug 4, 1831 (U.S. Pensioners, 1818-1872 about Decd Amos Torry) Ancestry.com and was buried in Knox Cemetery - A SOLDIER OF THE REVOLUTION AMOS TORREY PLACED BY MOHAWK CHAPTER D.A.R.
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Silas and Abigail Blodgett and family Silas Blodgett Sr (Capt.) - Born: Jan 22, 1731/2 - Stafford, Conn - Died: Aug 27, 1824 (age 92/93) - Hadley, NY - Parents: Josiah and Elizabeth Blodgett - Married: Sep 10, 1759 - Stafford, Mass - Resided: Stafford, Conn; Tolland, Conn; - Scholarie Co, NY; Providence, NY; Hadley, NY Abigail Kibbe - Born: Nov 21, 1736 - Somers, Conn - Died: 1820/24 (age 84-88) - Hadley, NY - Parents: Jacob and Sarah (Weld) Kibbe Silas and Abigail resided in Stafford until after the revolution, but by the census of 1790 they had moved to Tolland, Conn. In 1793 they moved to Schoharie County, NY. and by 1800 resided in Providence, Saratoga County, NY. By 1818 they were living in Hadley, NY. They may have moved there to help their son Aaron (who had just lost his wife) raise his seven children. While living in Hadley, Silas applied for his Revolutionary War pension. Silas wife Abigail died sometime after the 1820 census. Silas then moved to Knox, Albany County, NY to live with his eldest daughter, Sarah and her husband Amos Torrey. He died there at the age of 92 and is buried in the Torrey plot in Knox Rural Cemetery, DAR Marker. Blodgett Family History Sources
