John TORLESSE [1715]

  General Notes:

John Torlesse was from Hamburg. Only 3 children of this marriage survived infancy. The record of this family was contained in a red bound Bible belonging to John Torlesse endorsed "The gift of my worthy good Uncle, Mr Anthony Torlesse,1725".

Bygone Days Page 23, 24.
It appears that in the seventeenth century two families of Torlesse had settled, one at Milford, near Coda!ming, in Surrey, the other in London, but I cannot say anything definite about either family, till we come to John Torlesse, who settled at Hamburg, and was married on December 1st, 1734, to Rachael, daughter of Julius Borchenstein. This John Torlesse left behind him a red Bible, on the flyleaf of which is written " the gift of my worthy good uncle, Mr. Antony Torlesse, 1725."
This Bible contains the names of fifteen children of John and Rachael, with the dates of their baptisms, the name of the minister who baptized each child, and the names of their sureties. Of these fifteen children only three survived infancy, ie., John, born 1738, John Henry, 1744; and Rachael, 1749. John Henry never married ; Rachael married a Mr. Jackson, and her daughter, Rachael Jackson, left the red Bible to her cousin, Charles Martin Torlesse, from whom it passed into the possession of his grandson, Arthur Ward Torlesse.
Nothing whatever is known about the life of John and Rachael Torlesse in Hamburg.

  Other Records

1. Torlesse Tree: From Liveing Archive.

John married Rachel BORCKENSTEIN [1716] [MRIN: 566], daughter of Julius BORCKENSTEIN [1978] and Unknown, on 1 Dec 1734.