The THORLEY Family of Rowley, Essex, MA and Newbury, Essex, MA Send comments and corrections to anneb0704@yahoo.co.uk
RICHARD THORLEY (d. 1685) of Rowley and Newbury m. Jane Unknown (d. 1684)
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MARTHA THORLEY (d. 1700) m. Lieut. John Dresser


Generation 1

RICHARD THORLEY of Rowley and Newbury

Parents: Unkown

Richard Thorley died on 10 Nov 1685 in Newbury. [Ref, 1;131] He married Jane Unknown. [Ref, 1;131] She died on 19 Mar 1683/4 in Newbury. [Ref, 1;131]

Richard had a two-acre house lot in Rowley in 1643. [Ref, 1;131] He sold it to Capt. John Johnson in 1651 and moved to Newbury. [Ref, 1;131] On 1 Dec 1651 Richard bought a 400-acre farm in Newbury from Matthew Chaffey for £155. [Ref, 1;131]

Children of Richard Thorley and Jane Unknown:

  1. Francis Thorley was born in England. [Ref, 1;131] He died on 26 Nov 1703 in Newbury. [Ref, 1;131] He married Anne Morse on 5 Feb 1654 in Newbury. [Ref, 1;131]
  2. Thomas Thorley was born in England. [Ref, 1;131] He married Judith March on 13 Apr 1670 in Newbury. [Ref, 1;131] Judith was the daughter of Hugh and Judith March. [Ref, 1;131] She was born on 3 Jan 1652 and died on 11 Jul 1689 in Newbury. [Ref, 1;131]
  3. Mary Thorley was born in England. [Ref, 1;131] She married John, perhaps John Woolcott of Newbury. [Ref, 1;131] John Woolcott was born in 1632 and died on 30 Sep 1690 in Springfield. [Ref, 1;131]
  4. Lydia Thorley was born in Rowley. [Ref, 1;131] She married first Nathaniel Wells of Ipswich on 29 Oct 1661 in Ipswich. [Ref, 1;131] She married second Nathaniel Emerson. [Ref, 1;131]
  5. John Thorley was born on 19 Jul 1644 in Rowley. [Ref, 1;132] He died on 4 Jul 1659. [Ref, 1;132]
  6. Martha Thorley was probably born in Rowley. She died on 29 Jun 1700 in Rowley. She married Lieut. John Dresser

Generation 2

MARTHA THORLEY (d. 1700)

Parents: Richard Thorley and Jane Unknown [Ref]

Martha Thorley was probably born in Rowley. [Ref, 1;132] She died on 29 Jun 1700 in Rowley. [Ref] She married Lieut. John Dresser on 27 Nov 1662 in Rowley. [Ref][Ref]

References

Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850. Online Database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2007.

Snow, Nora Emma, The Snow-Estes Ancestry, Hillburn, NY, Snow, 1939.