Old Families of Maryland
By Ida M. Shirk.
These items are copied from old Bible records, which have recently come into my possession. The people were all of Maryland - Baltimore and Frederick.
Marriages.
James Torrence and Drusilla Simmons, married February 15, 1795.
Lloyd Dorsey and Rebecca Ann Lane Torrence, married September 12, 1822.
John Trafford and Rachel Dorsey, married November 11, 1851.
Isaac Simmons and Mary Gittings, daughter of James, married January 9, 1812.
Isaac Simmons, Jr., and Elizabeth R. Torrence, married November 17, 1842.
Drusilla Torrence Simmons, only child of Isaac, Jr., married February 3, 1887, James Oose.
Births.
James Torrence, bom in Five Mile Town, now called Blessingtown, parish of Cloghes, County Tyrone, Ireland, in March, 1761.
Drusilla Simmons, wife of James Torrence, born November 17, 1776.
Their children were:
Ann Torrence, born November 20, 1795; died August 9, 1796;
James Torrence, born January 20, 1799, died May 1, 1808;
Rebecca Ann Lane Torrence, born October 28, 1801, died February 14, 1878;
Elizabeth Ruth Torrence, born October 30, 1809;
Mary Torrence, born December 1, 1814.
Children of Lloyd and Rebecca Ann L. (Torrence) Dorsey:
Virginia T. Dorsey, born June 24, 1825.
Nicholas James Dorsey, born February 15, 1825.
Lloyd Dorsey, born August 31, 1826.
Drusilla Dorsey, born Febniary 25, 1828.
Rachel Porsey, born October 15, 1829.
William Nevins Dorsey, born September 19, 1837, died July 4, 1894.
Drusilla Torrence Simmons born April 11, 1844.
James Torrence Simmons, born October 18, 1812, died August 29, 1813.
Isaac Simmons, born February 11, 1811, died August 20, 1813.
Berry and Susan Smith's children:
Henry, born July 17, 1827.
Thomas, born April 3, 1809.
James, born August 23, 1817.
Alfred, born August 20, 1811.
Louisa, born October 19, 1814.
Rachel, born November 25, 1821.
Deaths.
Isaac Simmons, senior, died August 28, 1813.
James Torrence Simmons died on August 29, 1813.
Elizabeth Ann Long, wife of Henry Long, departed this life August 11, 1812.
Mary Simmons, died January 28, 1862, 75 years 11 months, 10 days.
Isaac Simmons, Jr., died July 22, 1895.
Elizabeth Ruth Torrence, wife of Isaac Simmons, died January 26, 1875.
James Close, died July 15, 1889.
Mrs. Drusilla Torrence Close died August 29, 1912.
Mary Simmons Torrence died May 18, 1876, age 61 years.
Elijah Simmons, died January 28, 1824.
Mrs. Rebecca Simmons, consort of James Simmons, senior, died September 9, 1824.
Albert Torrence of Salisbury, North Carolina, died December 11, 1895.
James Simmons, senior, died September 5, 1829.
Drusilla Torrence, wife of James, senior, died August 21, 1830.
James Torrence, senior, died July 4, 1839.
Simmons died February 19, 1874.
James Simmons, Jr., died March 8, 1844.
Doctor Lloyd Dorsey, died September, 1856.
John Simmons died September 25, 1857.
Mrs. Mary Simmons, wife of Isaac Simmons, senior, died January 28, in the year 1862.
SOURCE: Vol, 3, No 6, June 1913 Genealogy: a journal of American ancestry