Daughter of John and Margaret Torrey who emigrated from Paisley, Argyleshire, Scotland, about 1765, and eventually settled in the upper Cape Fear Region of North Carolina, in Cumberland County. Beatrice was one of six children, having three brothers and two sisters.
At a young age, she married her first husband, Malcolm "The Giant" Purcell (b. abt 1748, Scotland) who is believed to have also come to North Carolina about 1765. Beatrice and Malcolm reportedly had a large home west of the Cape Fear River known as "The Purcell Place." The couple had only one child, John Purcell (b. 1772), before Malcolm was killed in 1776.
Following Malcolm's death, she and her young son John, moved south of the Lumber River to live with her brother, David Torrey, near the town of Lumberton in Robeson Co., NC. A few years thereafter, she married Daniel McEachern (1755-1812), a Robeson County widower. The couple moved to Rockfish Creek in Cumberland Co. where they lived for several years before moving back to Robeson Co. Two children were born to the marriage of Beatrice Torrey Purcell and Daniel McEachern: Sarah "Sallie" McEachern and Archibald McEachern.
Beatrice's grave is believed to be the first in this cemetery. She reportedly died while visiting her daughter, Sallie McEachern Patterson, wife of Archibald Patterson, whose home was on Buffalo Creek.
At a young age, she married her first husband, Malcolm "The Giant" Purcell (b. abt 1748, Scotland) who is believed to have also come to North Carolina about 1765. Beatrice and Malcolm reportedly had a large home west of the Cape Fear River known as "The Purcell Place." The couple had only one child, John Purcell (b. 1772), before Malcolm was killed in 1776.
Following Malcolm's death, she and her young son John, moved south of the Lumber River to live with her brother, David Torrey, near the town of Lumberton in Robeson Co., NC. A few years thereafter, she married Daniel McEachern (1755-1812), a Robeson County widower. The couple moved to Rockfish Creek in Cumberland Co. where they lived for several years before moving back to Robeson Co. Two children were born to the marriage of Beatrice Torrey Purcell and Daniel McEachern: Sarah "Sallie" McEachern and Archibald McEachern.
Beatrice's grave is believed to be the first in this cemetery. She reportedly died while visiting her daughter, Sallie McEachern Patterson, wife of Archibald Patterson, whose home was on Buffalo Creek.
Daughter of John and Margaret Torrey who emigrated from Paisley, Argyleshire, Scotland, about 1765, and eventually settled in the upper Cape Fear Region of North Carolina, in Cumberland County. Beatrice was one of six children, having three brothers and two sisters.
At a young age, she married her first husband, Malcolm "The Giant" Purcell (b. abt 1748, Scotland) who is believed to have also come to North Carolina about 1765. Beatrice and Malcolm reportedly had a large home west of the Cape Fear River known as "The Purcell Place." The couple had only one child, John Purcell (b. 1772), before Malcolm was killed in 1776.
Following Malcolm's death, she and her young son John, moved south of the Lumber River to live with her brother, David Torrey, near the town of Lumberton in Robeson Co., NC. A few years thereafter, she married Daniel McEachern (1755-1812), a Robeson County widower. The couple moved to Rockfish Creek in Cumberland Co. where they lived for several years before moving back to Robeson Co. Two children were born to the marriage of Beatrice Torrey Purcell and Daniel McEachern: Sarah "Sallie" McEachern and Archibald McEachern.
Beatrice's grave is believed to be the first in this cemetery. She reportedly died while visiting her daughter, Sallie McEachern Patterson, wife of Archibald Patterson, whose home was on Buffalo Creek.
At a young age, she married her first husband, Malcolm "The Giant" Purcell (b. abt 1748, Scotland) who is believed to have also come to North Carolina about 1765. Beatrice and Malcolm reportedly had a large home west of the Cape Fear River known as "The Purcell Place." The couple had only one child, John Purcell (b. 1772), before Malcolm was killed in 1776.
Following Malcolm's death, she and her young son John, moved south of the Lumber River to live with her brother, David Torrey, near the town of Lumberton in Robeson Co., NC. A few years thereafter, she married Daniel McEachern (1755-1812), a Robeson County widower. The couple moved to Rockfish Creek in Cumberland Co. where they lived for several years before moving back to Robeson Co. Two children were born to the marriage of Beatrice Torrey Purcell and Daniel McEachern: Sarah "Sallie" McEachern and Archibald McEachern.
Beatrice's grave is believed to be the first in this cemetery. She reportedly died while visiting her daughter, Sallie McEachern Patterson, wife of Archibald Patterson, whose home was on Buffalo Creek.
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Erected by Archibald McEachern in memory of his mother, Batrisch, consort of Daniel McEachern, deceased, who died September 8, 1828. Aged seventy years.
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