Commemorative biographical record of Tolland and Windham counties, Connecticut : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and of many of the early settled families . ons of William andgreat-great-grandsons of Capt. William Torrey, theAmerican ancestor of this branch of the Torreyfamily. The last named was a son of Philip Tor-rey, of Combe, St. Nicholas, Somersetshire, Eng-land. William Torrey was of Weymouth, Mass.,1640, was made a freeman in 1642, and in that sameyear was a deputy to the General Court, and after-ward was many times a deputy between that yearan
Commemorative biographical record of Tolland and Windham counties, Connecticut : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and of many of the early settled families . ons of William andgreat-great-grandsons of Capt. William Torrey, theAmerican ancestor of this branch of the Torreyfamily. The last named was a son of Philip Tor-rey, of Combe, St. Nicholas, Somersetshire, Eng-land. William Torrey was of Weymouth, Mass.,1640, was made a freeman in 1642, and in that sameyear was a deputy to the General Court, and after-ward was many times a deputy between that yearand 1683. He was also a lieutenant and captain. Capt. William Torrey (2), referred to in theforegoing as one of the forerunners of the namein Killingly, Conn., married (first) Hannah Plank,and (second) Zilpah Davidson, and a daughter Zil-pah, born to the second marriage, married Will-iam Harris, the father of Dr. Edward M. and Will-iam Torrey Harris of this article. For a more detailed account of the Torrey pedi-gree the reader is referred elsewhere in this work. WILKINSON. (I) Edward I, King of Eng-land, had by his first wife Eleanor of Castile: (II)Princess Elizabeth Plantagenet, who married. ^/cL<^n^u«^^u? j\j /L<Jn^&-6(Ld COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 561 (first) John de Vere, (second) 1305, Humphreyde Bohun, fourth Earl of Hereford and Essex,and had: (III) Lady Eleanor de Bohun, who mar-ried (first), 1327, James Butler, (second) Earl ofCarrick, created Earl of Ormond, and had: (IV)Lady Petronella Butler, who married, being hisfirst wife, Gilbert Talbot, third Baron Talbot, ofGoodrich Castle, 1332-1337, and had: (V) Richard,fourth Baron Talbot, of Goodrich Castle, and in theright of his first wife, sixth Baron le Strange, died1396. He married Lady Ankeretta, daughter ofJohn, fourth Baron le Strange, of Blackmere, andhad: (VI) Gen. Sir de Talbot, E. G., Lord ofPurcivel (second son, erected 1448, Earl of Shrews-bury, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Earl of Water-ford and
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