William (Twining) Twinning III (1654 - 1735)

Born 28 Feb 1654 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Ruth (Cole) Twining — married 21 Mar 1689 in Eastham, Barnstable, Plymouth Colony

Descendants

Died 23 Jan 1735 at age 80 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

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Biography

William(3) Twining (William2, William1) was born 28 FEB 1654 in Eastham.^{[citation needed]}.

He married 23 Mar 1688/89^[1] Ruth Cole, b 1668, d aft 1735, dau of John and Ruth (Snow) Cole of Mayflower stock.

While his father and some of his siblings became Quaker and removed to Pennsylvania, William remained in Eastham, devoting his life to agricultural pursuits.

The Twining genealogy states that “very little is known of this steadfast Puritan”. I guess they deemed him a steadfast Puritan by the fact that he stayed in Eastham and didn’t become a Quaker and move to Pennsylvania.

William made his will in 1725 and gave to his wife Ruth one third of the personal estate during her widowhood. He gave his sons William and Barnabas all his lands and meadows they to comfortably support “my sd wife during the term of her widowhood”. Ruth and the two boys each got one bed and beding, his daughter Hannah a bed and furniture and one cow and his daughter Mercy one cow. “And forasmuch as my daus Elizabeth, Thankful and Ruth have heretofore had each a bed and bedding, and each a cow, I therefore give all the rest of my personal estate, in equal proportion unto my natural children namely, my two sons and five daughters”.

The inventory included:

Land at Smith’s Neck............................................£320

Land of the homestead..........................................800

Dwelling house, barn and shop............................120

Meadow at Boat Meadow & Rock Harbor.............56

Meadow at Poche Flats............................................25

Poche High Flats, 1/3 and 1/2 lots..........................30

Four small wood lots adjacent................................19

Also included were an ox, a bull, 2 cows, 4 heifers, one old and one young horse, 14 poor sheep, 3 swine, as well as coopers, joiners and turners tools, a spinning wheel, spokes for cart wheels, coons in a barrel, money scales, beef, pork, molasses and money was due the estate from Barnabas and William Twining. ^[2]

From the Eastham vital records:

William Twining Junior and Ruth Cole wear Maried the 21th of March:1688/89

William Twining Junior a daughter borne Named Elizabeth agust: 25th 1690

Thankfull Twining the daughter of William and Ruth Twining was Borne the eleventh: day: of January in the year: 1696: 7

Ruth: Twining the daughter of William and Ruth Twining was Borne at Eastham: the Seaven and twentieth day of august in the year 1699

Hannah the daughter of William and Ruth Twining was born the 2d day of April 1702

William Twining the Son of William and Ruth Twining was Born at Eastham the Secund day of September in the year 1704

Barnabas Twining the Son of William and Ruth Twining was Born at Eastham the twenty ninth day of September in the year of our Lord 1705

Mercy Twining the Daughter of William and Ruth Twining was born at Eastham the 20th day of febuary anno 1707/8 ^[3]

Alt Birth from Merge

25 Jan 1654

Children

1. Elizabeth, b 25 Aug 1690; m. Oct 1716 Joseph Merrick Jr; children: Reuben, prob m Abigail Higgins 1733; Mercy July 1717; probably m Ephraim Cook 1735
2. Thankful, b 11 Jan 1697; d 28 Aug 1779; m Apr 1719 Jonathan Matho, b abt 1694; d Eastham May 1768. Children.
3. Ruth b 27 Aug 1699; m Oct 1719 Joshua Higgins, Jr. 11 children.
4. Hannah b 2 Apr 1702; m abt 2 Jun 1731 David Young, both of Eastham; she may have m2 Nathanial Snow, Jr 26 Feb 1767.
5. William4 b 2 Sep 1704; m. 21 Feb 1728 Apphia Lewis (still alive 1776); family tradition states that he was a lawyer and practiced at Orleans, Massachusetts; made will 1769, probated shortly after his death 17 Nov 1769.
6. Barnabus, b 29 Sep 1705; m Hanna Sweet
7. Mercy, b 20 Feb 1708; m David Higgins of Eastham Oct 15, 1725. Six children.

Children of William III Twining and Ruth Cole are: i. Thankful Twining, b. 11 Jan 1696, Eastham, Barnstable Co., MA, d. 28 Aug 1777, Eastham, Barnstable Co., MA. ii. Ruth Twining, b. 27 Aug 1699, d. date unknown. iii. Hannah Twining, b. 02 Apr 1702, Eastham, Barnstable Co., MA, d. date unknown. iv. William Twining IV, d. date unknown. v. Barnabas Twining, b. 29 Sep 1705, Eastham, Barnstable Co., MA, d. 05 Mar 1766. vi. Mercy Twining, b. 20 Feb 1707, d. date unknown.

Sources

1. ↑ Births, marriages, deaths, 1649-ca.1840; intentions of marriage, 1700-ca.1905, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9979-9X2Q : 28 September 2022), FHL microfilm 007009735, image 116, Eastham, Massachusetts, Volume 2, Births, & Deaths, 1654-1797, Page 24.
2. ↑ The Twining Family- Thomas Twining, Fort Wayne, 1905- pp. 19-20
3. ↑ Eastham and Orleans Vital Records- The Mayflower Descendant- Vol. IV, p. 142

• Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). William & Ruth Twining Family
• Twining, Thomas. Genealogy of the Twining Family (Chicago, 1890) Page 33
• Leon Clark Hills, Cape Cod Series Vol. I: History and Genealogy of the Mayflower Planters and First Comers to Ye Olde Colonie (Copyright 1936, Hills Publishing Company, Washington D.C.)
• Arthur D. Dean, Genealogy of the Dean Family: Descended from Ezra Dean, of Plainfield, Conn. and Cranston, R.I. (Printed 1903, F.H. Gerlock and Co., Scranton, PA)
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=oldmankew&id=I2840

• Note: unreferenced child: Susannah, b 25 Jan 1653/4, twin to William, d c 1657

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