Col. Archibald Torrey McEachern, Sr.

Son of Daniel McEachern and Beatrice Torrey Purcell McEachern.

Half-Brother of John Purcell, Sr.
(Memorial# 80202602)

Husband of Effie Sellars

Census Date: 1850; RG: 29; Series: M432; Residence: Upper Division, Robeson, North Carolina; Roll: 642; Page: 347b

• Name Age
• Archd McEachern 60
• Effie McEachern 55
• Eliza McEachern 27
• Julian McEachern 25
• Effie McEachern 21
• Margaret McEachern 19
• Harriet McEachern 16
• Sally McEachern 13
• Purcell McEachern 11

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Origins

Beatrice Torrey (1757-8 September 1828) was the 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 migrated from Virginia to North Carolina about 1765. Beatrice and Malcolm had a large home on the western side of the Cape Fear known as "The Purcell Place". The couple had only one child, John Purcell (b. 1772) before Malcolm, a Whig, was killed by the Tories in 1776.

Following Malcolm's death, she moved with her young son to the south side of the Lumber River to live with her brother, David Torrey, near Lumberton, 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. for several years, before moving back to the Robeson Co. Beatrice had two children from her marriage to Daniel McEachern: Sarah "Sallie" 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.

References

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