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BENJAMIN TWICHELL (say 1625–1681), son of Joseph Twitchell and Elizabeth Lovett
MARY RIGGS (bp. 1632), daughter of Edward Riggs and Elizabeth Holmes
Benjamin Twitchell, the son of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Lovett) Twitchell, was baptized on 22 February 1617/8 in Heston, Middlesex, England. [1] He died on 17 December 1681 in Sherborn. [1][2][3] He married Mary, the daughter of Edward (Holmes) Riggs. [1][4]
Mary, the daughter of Edward and Elizabeth (Holmes) Riggs, was baptized on 1 July 1632 in Nazeing, county Essex. [2] She married second Samuel Mills on 3 February 1684/5 in Dedham or Medfield. [2] Samuel married first Frances Pimbrook. [2]
Inventory of the estate of Benjamin Twitchell of Sherborn was taken on 23 December 1681. His son Joseph testified to it on 29 December 1681; his widow said that she was too weak to appear. His estate amounted to £102-06-06. [3]
Mary and her children were mentioned in her father Edward Riggs's will of 2 September 1670. [2]
Children of Benjamin Twitchell and Mary Riggs:
i. Joseph Twitchell was born say 1653, but after 1649. He died on 24 October 1710 in Sherborn. He married Lydia Goard.
ii. Elizabeth Twitchell died in 1717. [5] She married William Allen on 15 February 1668/9 in Medfield. [6] He died in 1738. [5]
William was the father of his sister-in-law Abiel's son, probably Benoni Twitchell. [2]
iii. Benjamin Twitchell married Mary White on 5 April 1683 in Medfield. [6] He died on 24 October 1710 in Sherborn. [2] Mary was the daughter of John White and granddaughter of Captain Thomas White. [5]
iv. Mary Twitchell was born on 8 March 1658/9 in Dorchester. [7] She died on 15 September 1699 in Medfield. [6] She married Josiah Rockett on 9 May 1677 in Medfield. [6]
v. Hannah Twitchell was born on 8 October 1660 in Dorchester. [7] She married Samuel Hill on 4 November 1679 in Medfield. [6] He died on 24 March 1723. [5]
vi. Abiel Twitchell was born on 1 November 1663 in Medfield. [6] She died on 15 or 16 April 1744 in Woodstock, Connecticut. [2] She married first Robert Corbett in say 1690. [2] He died on 18 September 1695 in Woodstock. [2] She married second John Bugbee on 10 July 1696 in Woodstock. [2] He was born about 1666 and died on 6 October 1744 in Woodstock. [2]
Abiel had an out of wedlock child with her brother-in-law William Allen just after February 1681/2. [2]
After perusing the Medfield town meeting records, Henry Twitchell, Jr. reported the following: [8]
For six summer months in 1683 the Medfield town selectmen met to consider one and only one matter: Josiah Rocket was harboring one "Abiel Twichel" and her child in his house, who continuing there may have become chargeable to the [constable] to forbid said Josiah Rockett any longer to entertain ye said Abiel and also to warn her out of town. Josiah Rockett was fined 20 shillings for not obeying these orders promptly.
vii. John Twitchell probably married Sarah Pierson on 26 January 1698/9 in Derby. [2]
viii. Bethiah Twitchell died on 1 January 1706/7 in Medfield. [6] She married John Rockett on 19 July 1688 in Medfield. [6]
Endnotes:
1. Randy A. West, "A Fresh Look at Immigrant Joseph Twitchell of Dorchester, Massachusetts," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 178 (2024): 206–10.
2. Robert Charles Anderson and Alvy Ray Smith, "The Genealogy of Edward Riggs of Roxbury, Massachusetts, Revisited," The Genealogist 23 (2009): 131–73.
3. "Suffolk County, MA: Probate File Papers," database with images, AmericanAncestors.org, case 1208.
4. "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620–1633, Volumes I-III," digitized book, AmericanAncestors.org, originally published as: Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, 3 volumes (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), 1855–6.
5. Ralph Emerson Twitchell, Genealogy of the Twitchell Family (New York: privately printed, 1929).
6. Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts: To the Year 1850 (Boston: New England History Genealogical Society, 1903).
TWITCHELL 99 Abiell, d. Benjamin and Marie, Nov. 1, 1663 |
ROCKETT 232 Bethia, wife of John, Jan. 1, 1706-7 |
7. "Dorchester Births, Marriages, and Deaths to the End of 1825," (Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, 1891).
6 Mary Tuchell, dau. of Benjamin, b. 8: 1: 58–59
7 Hannah Tuchell, dau. of Benjamin, b. 8: 8: 1660
25 Joseph Tuchel, deceased 13: 7: 1657
8. Grace M. Pittman, "On My Son Benoni: A Personal Name as Marker of Family Circumstances," NEHGS NEXUS 7 (1990): 17–21.
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