William
Torrey
Born in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Son of Joseph Torrey
and Deborah (Holbrook) Chapin
Brother of
Betty (Chapin) Adams [half], Henry Chapin [half], Joseph Chapin [half], Phineas Chapin [half], Lois (Chapin) Woodward [half] and Mary (Chapin) Warren [half]
Husband of
Anna (Davenport) Torrey
— married
20 Jul 1788 in Mendon, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Father of
Mary Polly (Torrey) Taft and Samuel Davenport Torrey
Died
at age 62
in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
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This person is an ancestor of President William Howard Taft.
Biography
Born 23 Nov 1754 to Joseph and Deborah Torrey[1]
Sources
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-MGR7 : 10 November 2020), William Torrey, 23 Nov 1754; citing Birth, Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011111.
- "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH8J-FJL : 4 December 2014), Samuel Devenport Torrey, 14 Apr 1789; citing Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, 100; FHL microfilm 855,377.
- Roberts, Gary Boyd; Ancestors of American Presidents. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.
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Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #B735085, MitoYDNA ID T18135 [compare] - Robert Torrey :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 12 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #N55360
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