Ancestors of William Twining [1791]

William Twining [1791]
(1594-1659)

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William Twining [1791] ⁴

Born: 1594, England ⁵
Marriage: Anne Doane [1790] in Mar 1614/15 in Eastham, Massachusetts ¹ ² ³
Died: 15 Apr 1659, Eastham, Boston Colony at age 65 ⁴ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸ ⁹ ¹⁰ ¹¹

bullet General Notes:

WFT 3 6399 lists the place of death as Eastham, Barnstable,Massachusetts. WFT 3 4962 lists the place of death as Eastham, Barnstable County,Massachusetts.

(I) William Twining , the immigrant ancestor, was a freeholder at Yarmouth, Massachusetts , in 1643 , and that year his name appears on a list of those able to bear arms. In 1645 he served against the Narragansetts, coming from Eastham , whither he had removed. He was admitted a freeman June 3, 1652 , and was a townsman in 1655 . He died in Eastham , April 15, 1659 . He married (probably second), in 1652 , Annie , probably a sister of Deacon Doane , who was born 1590 , came from Wales to Plymouth , 1621 , one of the founders of Eastham and assistant of Governor Prince in 1633 . Children: William , mentioned below; Stephen , born February 6, 1659 ; Isabel , married Francis Baker . -- Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut, Vol. I-IV

bullet Research Notes:

Gloucestershire: - Abstracts and Inquisitiones Post Mortem, Court of Chancery in the reign of Charles I Burialls 1604. Abstracts of the Inquisitiones Post Mortem <GR:"H3"John Higford, gentleman. County: Gloucestershire Country: England Inquisition taken at Cheltenham, 12 Aug [1636] , 12 Charles 1st, before Edward Riche, esq., escheator, after the death of John Higford, gent., son and heir apparent of William Higford, esq., who still survives, by the oath of Toby Packer, William Mason, Henry Blomer, William Barnard, Giles Mathew, Cuthbert Chandler, William Strode, junior, Ancor Hinde, William Twinning, John Okey, William Combe, John Powell, junior, Thomas Ashmead, Robert Eccle and Thomas Goodcheape who say that

b: 20 MAY 1599, Gloucester, England
d: 15 APR 1659 Eastham, Barnstable Co., MA

bullet Noted events in his life were:

• He has conflicting birth information of Alt. Birth, 20 May 1599 and Gloucester, England. ²

William married Anne Doane [1790] [MRIN: 632], daughter of John Doane [1613] and Lydia Doane nee Unknown [1614], in Mar 1614/15 in Eastham, Massachusetts.¹ ² ³ (Anne Doane [1790] was born on 17 Aug 1600 in St Erth, Cornwall, England ¹² ¹³ and died on 27 Feb 1679/80 in Eastham, Boston Colony ⁶ ¹¹ ¹⁴.)

bullet Marriage Notes:

Anne Doane may be his second wife, m 1652 in Massachusetts. Children by first wife all born in England

1 http://boreal.med.umich.edu/cgi-bin/gedsrch/n=Law?twining, mark.law@umich.edu (Univ Michigan), http://boreal.med.umich.edu/cgi-bin/gedsrch/n=Law?twining.

5 Internet re William TWINING (http://home.ici.net/~clumber/eric/d0001/g0000097.htm#I510).

9 http://boreal.med.umich.edu/cgi-bin/gedlkup/n=Law?000227343, Mark Law (Univ Michigan), http://boreal.med.umich.edu/cgi-bin/gedlkup/n=Law?000227343.

10 (www.Ancestry.com), Page 57. Twining, William, born in England, died in Eastham, April 15, 1659, Married Anne Doane, about 1652, died Feb. 27, 1680. She may have been the sister of John Doane.

He resided in Eastham near the Town Cove, probably coming there from Plymouth where he was of record as early as 1641, although at that time he may have been living in Yarmouth, whre he was able to bear arms in 1643. He held minor town offices in Eastham.

11 www.capecodgravestones.com, http://www.capecodgravestones.com/easthamvr.html.

12 Harry C. Hadaway, Jr, www.gendex.com/users/hhadaway/harry/fam02255.htm (Bow, NH hhadaway@mail.tds.net).

13 Mark S & Mariah Lawson GEDCOM, Mark S & Mariah Lawson GEDCOM (http://kunkel.hispeed.com/Kunkel/D0060/I05479.html).

14 Internet re Anne DOANE (http://home.ici.net/~clumber/eric/d0001/g0000025.htm#I511).

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