It was "Sir William Twisden, Knight" who signed the Virginia Charter... Sir Roger was Sheriff of Kent for a while..... ----- Original Message ----- From: Jody Roberts <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday June 27, 1999 3:30 PM Subject: [SALEM-WITCH-L] Question about ancesters of one of Rebecca Towne's Descendents (Twisden) > This is a long shot... but I have a one or two generation gap I can't seem > to fill in one of my ancestors. > > Rebecca Towne's great-grandson Samuel Bowden (Rebecca -> Sarah --> > Samuel -->Samuel, who married a Sarah Twisden. I can trace her back to her > father Samuel Twisden born in 1676, probably Isle of Shoals, NH, and died > October 5, 1743 in Marblehead. I then have a gap, where the next Twisden I > find is another Samuel born May 13, 1627, Kent, England and died August 21, > 1693, in New England (location uncertain, I believe he died in Maine or the > Isle of Shoals). > > I'm almost certain that the two Samuels are either father-son or > father-grandson, but I have yet to find a shred of evidence supporting this > (other than the fact that there only seems to have been one or two Twisden > families in New England at the time). Any help would be appreciated, as my > next step will then be to trace the elder line back to England, and > (hopefully) start making the connections there. > > The reason I'm so intrigued by the Twisdens, is it seems to be a surname on > the verge of extinction (though I have found references as far back as the > 13th century to it in various snippets of information). Perhaps the most > notable Twisden I found seems to be a Sir Roger who was a signer of the > Virginia Charter. (I think it was Sir Roger... I don't actually have all > the data open in front of me) > > And it was actually my research into the Twisdens and my Bowden lines that > led me to Rebecca Nurse ("Why on EARTH is this Nurse woman showing up so > often? OK, I've gotta look into this in more detail...." ) > > I realize this borders as being off topic, but as the two lines DO intermix > a generation or two down the road I figured it was worth the risk of > asking.... > > - Jody Roberts > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.user1.netcarrier.com/~jroberts ICQ UIN 1362302 > >