Need help with interpretation of 2 records @ American Ancestors, in Torrey's.

Question

I just joined American Ancestors.  Page 1723 in Torrey's

First record reads: "WORMWOOD?/WORNAL?/WORNAN?, William & Christian [TALMAGE], m/2 Edward BELCHER; by 1635; Boston {eg. 10:127; Belcher 5; Smith-Hale 530; TAG 36-225}"

The 2nd record reads:"WORMWOOD, William (-1690) & 1//wf Catherine _____; by 1650?, by 1647; Kittery, ME/Isle of Shoals {Spear Anc. 111, Small (ed.2) 194; GDMNH374, 771, 772)"

The 1st record is found elsewhere and is connected to my Wormuth One-Name Study as Wormwood has been offered as a variant spelling.  At first I thought the 2nd record was the same William but now I'm not sure as the apparent marriage takes place after Christian's 2nd marriage to Belcher.  The 1st record seems to give no date or place for the marriage between William and Christian.  

The reference in both records are not linked to a page of references giving full citations of those references.  So far, I have not found a way to access these abbreviated references.  If anyone is familiar with any of these references, please advise.  Thank you.

Answer 1

They are clearly two different couples.  The wife in the first record, named "Christian" married for a second time before 1635, so even though no date is given for her first marriage it had to be before then.  Her first husband must have been dead for her to remarry, so he couldn't have been marrying someone else in Kittery, Maine in 1647 or 1650.  

There is an explanation of how to use Torrey at torreyintro.pdf (americanancestors.org) and here is a link to the explanation of his sources: torreysources.pdf (americanancestors.org).  Some are genealogy journals, for example TAG is The American Genealogist

Comments

Rick Pierpont created a wonderful guide to Torrey's sources at https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Sources-Torrey