An Inventory of the goods and Chattles which Leiftenant James Torrey was seased of when hee Departed out of this life; taken by us whose names are heere underwritten as they were shewen unto us the 15th of September 1665 and exhibited to the Court held an Plymouth the 11th of October 1665 on the oath of mistris Ann Torrey Widdow

Impr: his wearing apparrel 07 00 00
Item 6 yards of woolen Cloth 02 00 00
Item a Remnant of Carsy 00 15 00
Item a Remnant of Penistone 01 02 00
Item a Remnant of serge 00 06 00
Item Beding & other linnins 08 05 00
Item 2 oxen 11 00 00
Item 3 Cowes 11 00 00
Item I bull 03 00 00
Item a 3 yeare old steer 03 00 00
Item a two 2 yeare old steers 04 10 00
Item halfe a two yeare old heiffer 01 02 00
Item I yeare old heiffer 01 10 00
Item 3 Calves and an half 03 10 00
Item I horse 07 00 00
Item Cotten woole hempteer and Course yearne 01 10 00
Item brasse & pewter 01 10 00
Item Iron potts a tammell a spitt gridiron and tonges 01 09 00
Item Cart wheeles plow yeokes & other
plow tacklings 02 15 00
Item sawes axes howes with other tooles 01 05 00
Item guns swords belts bandaleers & patteson 03 10 00
Item bookes 01 10 00
Item barrells Tubbs Chestes Tables Chaires
trayes and other lumber 01 15 00
Item 2 loomes with there Tackling 01 10 00
Item provisions in the house 01 10 00
Item Tobacco 00 05 00
Item Corn and fruite 04 00 00
Item Swine 05 10 00
Item Cedare bolts and Cooper stuffe 09 10 00
Pr nos James Cudworth 102 01 00

Thomas Kinge
John Cushen
Joseph Tilden

(Plymouth Colony Records, Wills and Inventories 1633-1669. Volume 1 Edited by C. H. Simmons, Jr., Picton Press, Camden, Maine. LC F63.S56. Page 2:30)

Deane, Samuel, 1784-1834.   History of Scituate, Massachusetts, pages 359, 405.  In our account of the family of Torrey, we mentioned a tradition that Josiah [sic, James] lost his life by an explosion of gunpowder.  We made this statement from tradition: but having discovered an important error, we add the following extract from the Church Records of Roxbury.  "July 5, 1665, there happened a very sad accident at Scituate.  Lieut. Torrey, having received order from the Gov. of Plymouth (by  reason of the king's letter, that informs us that the Hollanders are coming against us) to look to the powder and ammunition of the towne; he went into the house of Goodman Ticknor, where the magazine of the town was, which was but two barrels of powder and opened them: and while the said Lieut. was drying some of the powder abroad upon boards, by some accident, he knows not what, the powder was fired, both that in the house and the abroad, the house blown up and broken in pieces, and the woman of the house, Goodwife Ticknor miserably burnt on her body (for it seems that she was at that instant, stepping up on the barrel that was in the house, to reach something) and a little child was sadly burnt, and buried in the rubbish and timber: but the woman and child lived several hours after, (about ten or eleven.)  Also the Lieut. was sadly burnt in his breast, face, hands and armes, yet he lived till the next day, and then died."  The unfortunate gentleman was the father of Josiah, and town Clerk at the time of his decease.  The wife of Serjeant Ticknor, who perished by this accident, was Hannah, the daughter of Mr. John Stockbridge.