Person:Benjamin Twitchell (8)
Benjamin Twitchell
b.Est 1656 prob Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts
d.29 Jun 1730 Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1649
  1. Elizabeth TwitchellEst 1649 - 1717
  2. Joseph TwitchellEst 1653 - 1710
  3. Benjamin TwitchellEst 1656 - 1730
  4. Mary Twitchell1658/59 -
  5. Hannah Twitchell1660 -
  6. Abiel Twitchell1663 - 1744
  7. Bethia TwitchellAbt 1665 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Benjamin TwitchellEst 1656 - 1730
  • W.  Mary WhiteAbt 1667 -
m. 5 Apr 1683
  1. Benjamin Twitchell1684 -
  2. John Twitchell1688/89 - 1770
  3. Ebenezer Twitchell1691 -
  4. Mary Twitchell1694 -
  5. Abigail Twitchell1699 -
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Benjamin Twitchell
Gender Male
Birth[1] Est 1656 prob Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts[date est from the est birth of his brother Joseph who was the eldest son]
Marriage 5 Apr 1683 Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United Statesto Mary White
Death[3][1] 29 Jun 1730 Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Family Recorded, in Twitchell, Ralph Emerson. Genealogy of the Twitchell family: record of the descendants of the Puritan, Benjamin Twitchell, Dorcester, Lancaster, Medfield, and Sherborn, Massachusetts, 1637-1927. (New York, N.Y.: H.K. Twitchell, 1929).

    p 4 -
    ... Those [children] who survived, so far as we have authentic record, were:
    ... 4 BENJAMIN, b. pr. in Dorchester, in 1650.
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    [Note: states that it is entirely possible that Joseph was "... born in Lancaster, as the early records of that place are lost or were burned."]

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    4 BENJAMIN TWITCHELL (Benjamin1), son of Benjamin Twitchell and Mary (Riggs) Twitchell, was born, probably in Dorchester, Mass., in 1650 or 1652. He may have been born in Lancaster. He married MARY WHITE, daughter of John White, ... [and Elizabeth Gobel] ...
    Benjamin Twitchell drew a home-lot of fourteen acres in West Sherborn, in 1679, and settled immediately west of his older brother Joseph. He appears upon the Proprietors' Records, in 1686, as having been assessed for the extinguishing of the Indian title in the sum of two shillings, six pence. He signed the "Social Compact" of Sherborn in 1679, and was assessed ten shillings, two pence, for the salary of the minister of Sherborn, in 1721. He died June 29, 1730, leaving all his real estate in Sherborn to his son, Ebenezer. Inasmuch as the son, Ebenezer, had a claim of right in the Sudbury-Canada grant, given on account of services of his father in the Indian Wars, it is plain that Benjamin Twitchell participated in the military activities of his time. ...
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    [Note of Caution: modern researchers, such as Anderson and Smith 4, estimate Benjamin's birthdate at abt 1656, based the birthdate of Benjamin's older brother, Joseph - see his page for details.]

  2.   Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    4:354.

    Benjamin Twitchell, Medfield; son of Benjamin the first; married, 5 April 1685, Mary White, perhaps as second wife; had some years dwelt at Sherborn; and there had Benjamin, born 15 September 1684; John, 4 January 1688; Ebenezer, 10 December 1691; Mary, 28 August 1694; and Abigail, 5 June 1699.

  3. ↑ Death Record, in Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Sherborn, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Mass: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911)
    225.

    TWITCHELL,
    Benjamin, June 29, 1730.

  4.   Family Recorded, in The Genealogist (American Society of Genealogists). (New York, New York: Organization for the Promotion of Scholarship in Genealogy, 1980-).

    Vol 23 (2009), p 137 -
    THE GENEALOGY OF EDWARD RIGGS OF ROXBURY, MASSACHUSETTS, REVISITED, by Robert Charles Anderson, F.A.S.G., and Alvy Ray Smith.
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    3 Benjamin Twitchell, b. say 1656, d. Sherborn 29 June 1730;48 m. Medfield 5 April 1683, Mary White, 49 and had five children.50 Benjamin appears in the first town records of Sherborn in 1675-1678/9.51 In 1679 Benjamin "Twitchel" signed with his mark the resolutions of the new town of "Shearborne," and three signatures later is that of Joseph "Twitchel." This and the fact that their Sherborne lands in 1683 were adjacent argues that they were brothers.52
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    48 [citing 3]
    49 [citing 5]
    50 [citing 3 pp 87-89]
    51 Sherborn, Mass., Town Records, 2, FHL microfilm 872790, item 2, "[March 8, 1675] B. Twitchel" was employed for the laying out of the Sherborn plantation, 8, "1677: 8 month, 26 day" [26 Oct. 1677] "Benja twitchell," 11, "1678, 8 mo 5 day" [5 Oct. 1678] "Benjm twitchell," and 12, "1678 11 mo 1 day" [1 Jan. 1678/9] "Benjam twitchell."
    52 Sherborn, Mass., Town REcords, 12-14, for the town resolutions, 40, for a description of highways to be layed out including one that "runs through Between Joseph Twitchels and Benjamin Twitchels Land."

  5.   Marriage Record, in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1903)
    179.

    TWICHELL,
    Benjamin [and] Marie White, Apr. 5, 1683.* * Intention not recorded.

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