William Twining, Sr.

_____ - 1659

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, Jr.; Stephen, born February 6, 1659; Isabel, married Francis Baker .

Source:  Cutter, William Richard. Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation. New York, NY: Lewis Publishing Company, 1911.

---Submitted by Tina Hursh