1659 - 1720 (61 years)
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Name |
Stephen TWINING |
Suffix |
Sr. |
Birth |
6 Feb 1659 |
Eastham, Barnstable County, MA |
Gender |
Male |
AFN |
1B6G-Q2 |
Death |
8 Apr 1720 |
Newtown, Bucks County, PA |
Notes |
- (1) Davis, W. W. H., History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, New York, NY: Lewis Publishing Co., 1905, vol. 3, p. 409:
Stephen Twining, son of William and Elizabeth (Deane) Twining, was born at Eastham, Massachusetts, February 6, 1659, and died at Newtown, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, April 8, 1720. He married, January 13, 1682-3, Abigail Young, daughter of John and Abigail Young of Eastham, Massachusetts, and came to Bucks county with his father in 1695, where he became a large landholder and a prominent and influential citizen. He was one of the original members of Wrightstown Friends' Meeting, and meetings were frequently held at his house prior to the erection of the meeting house. He had children: Stephen, Nathaniel, Eleazer, John, Rachel, Mercy, Joseph, David and William. His wife Abigail died April 9, 1715.
(2) http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/bucks/wills/willabstbk1.txt:
Wills: Abstracts: Books A and 1: Bucks Co, PA 1685-1739 . . .
INDEX Will Books A and 1 . . .
TWINING, STEPHEN
Newtown.
May 19, 1720.
1.48. . . .
1.27. WILLIAM BUCKMAN of Newtown.
7th mo., 4th day, 1716. Proved October 26, 1716.
Wife Elizabeth and eldest son William exrs. Son Thomas, land at Newtown when 21 years of age. Son David. 2 youngest daus. Elizabeth and Rebecca Buckman. Dau. Ruth Blaker, son-in-law Edward Beck and his children, Sarah, Francis, and Edward. Dau. Mary Strawhen and her five children Ruth, Sarah, William, Henry, and John.
Wit: Stephen Twining, John Frost, Joseph Fell.
Signed William Buckman.
1.48. STEPHEN TWINING of Newtown.
12th mo., 20th day, 1719/20. Proved May 19, 1720.
Sons John and Stephen, Plantation at Newtown bought of John Ward adj. land formerly Michael Hough's. Son John, land left me by Government of New England. Sons Eleazer and Nathaniel, land adj. Wm. Buckman, where Jos. Lupton lived, 230 acres. To daus. Rachel Twining and Mercy Lupton, grandchildren each 5 shillings Sons Stephen and Nathaniel exrs.
Wit: James and Agnes Yeates and Abrm. Chapman.
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Person ID |
I10320 |
Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families |
Last Modified |
26 Mar 2024 |
Family |
Abigail YOUNG, b. Oct 1660, Eastham, Barnstable County, MA d. 9 Apr 1715, Bucks County, PA (Age ~ 54 years) |
Marriage |
13 Jan 1683 |
Eastham, Barnstable County, MA |
Children |
| 1. Mercy TWINING, b. 9 Nov 1690, Eastham, Barnstable County, MA d. 25 May 1726 (Age 35 years) |
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Family ID |
F4847 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
26 Mar 2024 |
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