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Ralph TWOMBLY

Ralph TWOMBLY

Male Abt 1630 - 1685  (~ 55 years)

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  • Name Ralph TWOMBLY  [1
    Born Abt 1630  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Migration 1658  Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Immigrant?
    Died 28 Feb 1685  Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried unknown Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4052  Main
    Last Modified 27 Nov 2023 

    Family Elizabeth MNU,   b. Abt 1636, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1724, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 88 years) 
    Married Abt 1660  Dover Neck, Strafford, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
    +1. Easter “Esther” TWOMBLY,   b. Abt 1670, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jan 1710, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 40 years)
    +2. John TWOMBLY,   b. Abt 1658, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jul 1724, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 66 years)
     3. Joseph TWOMBLY,   b. Abt 1661, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Mary TWOMBLY,   b. Abt 1663, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1667, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 3 years)
     5. Ralph TWOMBLY,   b. Abt 1664, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Elizabeth TWOMBLY,   b. Abt 1666, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Hope TWOMBLY,   b. Abt 1666, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location
    +8. Sarah TWOMBLY,   b. Abt 1666, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1754, Durham, Strafford, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 88 years)
     9. Mary TWOMBLY,   b. Abt 1667, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location
     10. William TWOMBLY,   b. Abt 1669, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 19 Dec 2023 
    Family ID F1434  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Abt 1630 - England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMigration - 1658 - Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - Abt 1660 - Dover Neck, Strafford, New Hampshire Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 28 Feb 1685 - Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • Ralph Twombly, at first, was a resident at Dover Neck, where he had land laid out 10 Apr 1656, that had previously been granted to him by the town. He was first taxed in 1657 and then appears to have changed his residence from the Neck to Chochecho, as he had land there also. At the Neck he was a near neighbor to Governor Thomas Roberts, on the bank of Fore River.

      His Will was date 28 Feb 1684; proved 7 Aug 1686. Elicabeth, his wife, and son John, were executors. If son John should live with his mother, then they were to occupy the homestead, jointly; if not, then his wife to have the estate for life, after which John should have one-half. If son Ralph lived with his mother till he was twenty-one, then he was to have ten pounds in money or goods equivalent thereto. To son Joseph, a heifer; to daughter Mary (Tebbetts), five shillings; to each of the other chidren, Elicabeth, Sarah, Hope, Esterh, and William, when 18 years of age, a cow. Mr. Twombly appears to have been born in England, about 1630, and came over when he was about 20 years old; there is no mention of "three brothers' coming on the same ship. p482
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      Died in Dover, New Hampshire after 28 February 1684, the date his will was signed and before 7 October 1686, the date his will was proved. His wife's name was Elizabeth, whose family name is unknown.

      Ralph Twombly came from England and settled in Dover, New Hampshire, as early as 1656. He had land laid out on 10 April 1656, that had been previously granted to him by the town. He was first taxed in 1657 and was a near neighbor of Governor Thomas Roberts. He served on the coroner's jury in 1657 and was excused from training in 1670
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      JUROR IN 1657
      SUED BY RALPH HALL IN 1660,
      ABSENT FROM MEETING 1669
      EXCUSED FROM TRAINING 1670
      WILL 28 FEB 1685 - 7 OCT 1686.
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      Twombly or Twombley is probably an Americanized form of French Tremblay.,,«s12», «s39»

  • Sources 
    1. [S1] New England Historical and Genealogical Register, The, (NEHGS, Boston, MA).

    2. [S187] New England Families, Directory of the Ancestral Heads of, Frank R. Holmes, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1974), ccxlv.


Notes

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Updated 23 Dec 2023