Person:Michael Dwinnel (2)

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Historic homes and places and genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts By William Richard Cutter Published by Lewis historical publishing company, 1908 Item notes: v. 2 Original from Harvard University Digitized Sep 10, 2008

Michael Dwinell, the immigrant - DWINELL grant ancestor, was born about 1640, and according to family tradition was of Scotch origin. The surname Donnel, and Dunnell is found in both Scotch and English history, dating back- many centuries. The spelling has always varied. Even at the present day we find his descendants called Dwinell, Dwinnell and Dwinel. The surname as written in the town records of Topsfield, where the pioneer settled, has the following variations: Dwenell, Duenell. Doenell, Donell, Dunell, Dwinnill. But the best early authority is that of Rev. Joseph Capen, of Topsfield, who spelled the name Dwinell on his records from 1684 to 1725. The name Michael was also spelled in divers ways. Dwinell was a man of property, owning large tracts of land from Wen- ham to Middleton, Massachusetts. He died in 1717, and his will was proved March that year. He married Mary . Children: I.

Mary, born 1668; married John Hovey. 2. Michael, Jr., born 1670; first physician in Topsfield, Massachusetts. 3. Thomas, born November, 1672; mentioned below. 4. John, born 1674; married Mary Read. 5. Elizabeth. born April, 1677; died October 29, 1759, unmarried. 6. Magdalen, born 1679: married. March, 1703, James Holgate, at Salem, Massachusetts. 7. Joseph, born January, 1682:

married Prudence . 8. Susannah, born 1685; married Nathaniel Hood, of Lynn, October 16. 1706.

(II) Thomas Dwinell. son of Michael Dwinell (i), was born in November, 1672, in Topsfield, Massachusetts, where he lived and died. He married. May 23, 1701, Dinah