Benjamin Twitchell, III

1684 - Abt 1725  (40 years)

• Name	Benjamin Twitchell  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Suffix	III
  Birth	15 Sep 1684	Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	Nov 1722
  	Fought in a militia during the Indian wars, and appears on a muster roll, in a company comanded by Major Samuel Moodey
  Death	Abt 1725	Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA   [3, 4]
  Person ID	I5597	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Twitchell, Jr,   b. 1652, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA d. 29 Jun 1730, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 78 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary White,   b. 8 Aug 1666, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA d. 1730 (Age 63 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	5 Apr 1683	Massachusetts, USA   [1, 5, 6, 7]
  Family ID	F9880	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Wallis,   b. 1686, Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 1726 (Age 40 years)
  Marriage	28 May 1712	Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA   [1]
  Children	1. Jonas Twitchell,   b. 15 May 1719, Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 1763, Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA (Age 43 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1740	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 15 Sep 1684 - Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Marriage - 28 May 1712 - Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Death - Abt 1725 - Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Ancestors

  ~s Keegan-M (Vet) Keegan Male Ancestor (Veteran)

  
  

• Sources

  [S276] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2005;). [S70] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2011;). Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [S509] Sons of the American Revolution - Members, Volume: 120. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Volume: 120 [S11453] Keegan, Matthew L, Find a Grave - Ancestor (Keegan): TWITCHELL Benjamin, (Name: SmithLC.com;), TWITCHELL Benjamin III 1684-1725. Benjamin was the son of Benjamin Twitchell Jr. and Mary White of Sherborn, Mass. He was married there on 28 May 1712 to Mary WALLIS, b. Salem, Mass. 18 Dec 1693, d. c. 1725, the daughter of John Wallis and Bridget Shepard. Benjamin was in the militia during the Indian wars, and appears on a muster roll, dated April to November 1722 in a company comanded by Major Samuel Moodey. The administration of his estate was dated 1725, with Middlesex County file number 23113, but the documents have not yet been found online. It was his father who died in 1730, leaving a will. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/170640517/benjamin-twitchell [S203] Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Individual Records, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2000;), Birth year: 1638; Birth city: Lancaster; Birth state: MA. [S203] Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Individual Records, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2000;), Birth year: 1652; Birth city: Dorchester; Birth state: MA. [S136] Ancestry.com, U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2012;), Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD ; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700