First Generation 1. Jonas TWITCHELL was born on 8 Aug 1802. Second Generation 2. Daniel TWITCHELL was born on 26 Nov 1779 in Richmond, Cheshire, New Hampshire. Daniel TWITCHELL and Rhoda KELTON were married on 26 Nov 1801 in Richmond, Cheshire, New Hampshire. 3. Rhoda KELTON was born about 1783 in Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts. Daniel TWITCHELL and Rhoda KELTON had the following children: 1 i. Jonas TWITCHELL. ii. Abner TWITCHELL was born on 4 May 1813. iii. Dulcena TWITCHELL was born on 24 Nov 1817. iv. Rhoda TWITCHELL was born on 11 Aug 1820. v. Daniel TWITCHELL was born on 28 May 1822. Third Generation 4. Abner TWITCHELL was born on 23 Dec 1753 in Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts. He died in 1831 in Athol, Worcester, Massachusetts. Genealogy of the Twitchell Family, Record of the Descendants of the Puritan Benjamin Twitchell - Dorcester, Lancaster, Medfield and Sherborn, Massachusetts, 1632 - 1927. Compiled and Edited by Ralph Emerson Twitchell, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Private printing by Herbert K. Twitchell, New York, N.Y. 1929. p. 84. With his brother, Jonas Twitchell, he removed to Richmond, N.H. First resided on the "Caleb Curtiss Place," Lot 21, Range 9. He purchased, in 1806, the farm wich later became the property of Sylvester Daniels. He and his brother were among the very first settlers of Richmond. He was a signer of the "Association Test" submitted to the people of the New Hampshire colony. He was a Quaker and affiliated with the Society of Friends. There were three children: one by his first wife, and two by his second wife. He died and ws buried in Athol, Mass. Abner TWITCHELL and Sarah B. CASS were married on 1 Feb 1779 in Richmond, Cheshire, New Hampshire. 5. Sarah B. CASS was born on 19 Nov 1759 in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island. She died about 1785 in Richmond, Cheshire, New Hampshire. Abner TWITCHELL and Sarah B. CASS had the following children: 2 i. Daniel TWITCHELL. 6. Thomas KELTON was born on 7 Jul 1751 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts. Genealogical Records (Births, Marriages, Deaths) 1739 - 1900 - The Town of Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, Compiled by Marilyn Allred. Private Printing, Feb. 2000. p. 93. of Warwick, Mass. Thomas KELTON and Martha R. SIMMONS were married on 27 Dec 1772. 7. Martha R. SIMMONS was born in 1755 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts. She died in 1790 in Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts. Thomas KELTON and Martha R. SIMMONS had the following children: i. Lovel KELTON was born on 12 Sep 1773 in Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts. ii. Elizabeth KELTON was born on 5 Mar 1776 in Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts. iii. Martha KELTON was born on 15 Sep 1778 in Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts. She died on 26 Aug 1811 in Richmond, Cheshire, New Hampshire. iv. Sarah KELTON was born about 1780 in Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts. Genealogical Records (Births, Marriages, Deaths) 1739 - 1900 - The Town of Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, Compiled by Marilyn Allred. Private Printing, Feb. 2000. p. 53. of Warwick, Mass. 3 v. Rhoda KELTON. vi. Nellie KELTON was born about 1786 in Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts. She died on 22 Nov 1862 in Richmond, Cheshire, New Hampshire. vii. Amaziah KELTON was born about 1790 in Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts. He died on 14 May 1832 in Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts. Fourth Generation 8. Daniel TWITCHELL was born on 22 Feb 1714 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts. He died in 1754 in Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts. Genealogy of the Twitchell Family, Record of the Descendants of the Puritan Benjamin Twitchell - Dorcester, Lancaster, Medfield and Sherborn, Massachusetts, 1632 - 1927. Compiled and Edited by Ralph Emerson Twitchell, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Private printing by Herbert K. Twitchell, New York, N.Y. 1929. p. 35. He served as a private soldier in the Expedition against Louisburg in 1745. In February, 1753, with his brothe, Benjamin, and twenty-one others, he signed a petition to the governor of New Hampshire, asking for a grant of lands at Upper Ashuelot. In the year following, he was massacred by the Indians near his home at Walpole. Daniel TWITCHELL and Keziah HOLBROOK were married on 12 Jul 1742. 9. Keziah HOLBROOK was born. Daniel TWITCHELL and Keziah HOLBROOK had the following children: i. Nathan TWITCHELL was born on 12 Jan 1742 in Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts. Genealogy of the Twitchell Family, Record of the Descendants of the Puritan Benjamin Twitchell - Dorcester, Lancaster, Medfield and Sherborn, Massachusetts, 1632 - 1927. Compiled and Edited by Ralph Emerson Twitchell, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Private printing by Herbert K. Twitchell, New York, N.Y. 1929. p. 83. He resided in Walpole, Mass. After the Revolutionary War, with his wife and family, he removed to Winchester, N.H., where he was living, according to the United States census, in 1790, his family consisting of himself, wife, a son and two daughters. ii. Joanna TWITCHELL was born on 16 Feb 1744 in Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts. She died on 28 Apr 1820. She died unmarried. iii. Jonas TWITCHELL was born on 4 Feb 1745 in Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts. He died on 29 May 1829 in Swanzey, Cheshire, New Hampshire. Genealogy of the Twitchell Family, Record of the Descendants of the Puritan Benjamin Twitchell - Dorcester, Lancaster, Medfield and Sherborn, Massachusetts, 1632 - 1927. Compiled and Edited by Ralph Emerson Twitchell, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Private printing by Herbert K. Twitchell, New York, N.Y. 1929. p. 83. He was born, in all probability, on a farm near Walpole, Mass. He was left an orphan at the tender age of ten years, his father having been killed by Indians in the raid on the settlements in New Hampshire, in 1754. He seems to have spent his early years in Walpole. With his family, he removed to Richmond, N.H., along with his brother, Abner Twitchell, and settled on Lot 18, Range 9, in Richmond, where David Bolles afterward resided, and later lived on the "David Holbrook Place." He removed from Richmon, N.H. to Swanzey, where he died. He was one of the signers of the "Association Test" for the New Hampshire colony. He was selectman of Richmond in 1784. Both he and Abner Twitchell were Quakers and affiliated with the Richmond "group" of the Society of Friends. 4 iv. Abner TWITCHELL. 10. Daniel CASS was born. Daniel CASS and Mary COOK were married. 11. Mary COOK was born. Daniel CASS and Mary COOK had the following children: i. Dea. John CASS was born on 30 Jul 1763 in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island. Genealogical Records (Births, Marriages, Deaths) 1739 - 1900 - The Town of Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, Compiled by Marilyn Allred. Private Printing, Feb. 2000. p. 53. Cass or Case, John of Richmond, N.H. 5 ii. Sarah B. CASS. 12. Enoch KELTON was born on 19 Jun 1726 in Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts. Genealogical Records (Births, Marriages, Deaths) 1739 - 1900 - The Town of Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, Compiled by Marilyn Allred. Private Printing, Feb. 2000. p. 157. Fought in the Continental Army, Rev. War, in 1778. Enoch KELTON and Alethea HICKS were married. 13. Alethea HICKS was born on 18 Feb 1724 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts. Enoch KELTON and Alethea HICKS had the following children: i. Nathan KELTON was born on 9 Aug 1747 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts. He died on 30 Nov 1834 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts. ii. Sarah KELTON was born on 9 Jan 1748 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts. iii. James KELTON was born on 16 Feb 1750 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts. He died on 26 Jan 1831 in Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts. He was buried in Kelton Cemetery, Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts. Genealogical Records (Births, Marriages, Deaths) 1739 - 1900 - The Town of Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, Compiled by Marilyn Allred. Private Printing, Feb. 2000. p. 157. Fought in the Continental Army, Rev. War, in 1778. 6 iv. Thomas KELTON. v. Barnard KELTON was born on 7 Feb 1753 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts. vi. Benjamin KELTON was born on 19 May 1755 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts. He died on 26 Nov 1801 in Leyden, Hampshire, Massachusetts. vii. Aaron KELTON was born on 29 Sep 1756 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts. He died on 18 Sep 1842 in Richmond, Cheshire, New Hampshire. viii. Amos KELTON was born on 11 Mar 1760 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts. He died on 1 Nov 1841 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts. ix. Rufus KELTON was born on 11 Aug 1765 in Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts. Marriage intention was recorded on 4 Mar 1790 in Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts He died on 18 Mar 1811 in Richmond, Cheshire, New Hampshire. Genealogical Records (Births, Marriages, Deaths) 1739 - 1900 - The Town of Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, Compiled by Marilyn Allred. Private Printing, Feb. 2000. p. 44. of Warwick, Mass. x. George KELTON was born on 8 Feb 1768 in Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts.