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Title | "Torrey's New England Marriages to 1700," database, New England Historic Genealogical Society | |
Short Title | Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700 | |
Publisher | (http://www.americanancestors.org) | |
Source ID | S160 | |
Text | Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. "Torrey," or Torrey's Marriage Index, as it's often called, is a compilation of approximately 37,000 known or presumed marriages that occurred prior to 1700, arranged alphabetically by groom. The work is so huge and so comprehensive (it is estimated that 99% of all marriages are included), that it has become one of the principal resources for seventeenth-century New England genealogy. Indeed, the usage of "Torrey" to refer both to the creator and to the work itself places it within that exclusive genealogical lexicon of by-names that includes "Savage," "Pope," and "Filby." | |
Linked to | Sarah Lum Family: Eleazer Kimberly / Ruth Curtis Family: John Capen / Redigon Clapp Family: Job Sayre / Sarah Lum Family: Job Sayre / Hannah Osborn Family: Samuel Terry / Ann Lobdell Family: Samuel Kellogg / Sarah Root Family: William Sprague / Grace Wadsworth |