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Stephen TWINING, Sr.

Male 1659 - 1720  (61 years)


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  • Name Stephen TWINING 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Birth 6 Feb 1659  Eastham, Barnstable County, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    AFN 1B6G-Q2 
    Death 8 Apr 1720  Newtown, Bucks County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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.
    Person ID I10320  Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families
    Last Modified 26 Mar 2024 

    Family Abigail YOUNG,   b. Oct 1660, Eastham, Barnstable County, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Apr 1715, Bucks County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 54 years) 
    Marriage 13 Jan 1683  Eastham, Barnstable County, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Mercy TWINING,   b. 9 Nov 1690, Eastham, Barnstable County, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 May 1726 (Age 35 years)
    Family ID F4847  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 Mar 2024