Gilman Twitchell (1802 - 1867)

Born 27 Dec 1802 in Bethel, York, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Lucy (Harris) Twitchell — married 14 Nov 1831 in Milan, Coos, New Hampshire, United States

Descendants

Died 17 Mar 1867 at age 64 in Dummer, Coos, New Hampshire, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Gilman was born in 1802 in Bethel, Maine. He was the son of Cyrus Twitchell and Eunice Belknap, natives of Dublin, New Hampshire.^[1][2] In 1824, his parents and siblings moved to Milan, New Hampshire, and it is very likely Gilman came with them.^[3]

On November 14, 1831, in Milan, New Hampshire, he married Lucy Harris.^[4] They lived in Milan^[5] and later Dummer, New Hampshire.^[6] Their children included:^[7]

• Eunice Belknap, born November 8, 1833
• Alfred Nelson, born May 28, 1837
• Lucy A., born May 18, 1840
• Richard Eastman, born May 20, 1843
• Ransom A., born September 4, 1846
• Julia Viola, born December 20, 1851
• Gilman, born January 15, 1859

Gilman was a farmer and a blacksmith.^[5][6] He served as town clerk of Milan in 1833, and again in 1843 to 1845. He served as selectman of Milan in 1833.^[8] He served as town clerk and treasurer of Dummer in 1856; as selectman in 1859; as town clerk in 1863; and as treasurer in 1864.^[9] He was a town representative in 1861 to 1863, when Dummer was classed with Stark.^[10] He served as County Commissioner of Dummer from 1864 to 1866.^[11]

He died on March 17, 1867.^[12][2] His death record, which was made in 1905, lists his date of death as March, 1866, and lists the location as Dummer.^[13] He is buried in Hillcrest Cemetery in Milan.^[12]

Sources

1. ↑ Leonard, L. W.; Seward, J. L.; Mason, Charles. The history of Dublin, N.H. : containing the address by Charles Mason, and the proceedings at the centennial celebration, June 17, 1852, with a register of families. Dublin, N.H. : The Town, 1920. p. 716
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Lapham, William Berry. History of Bethel : formerly Sudbury, Canada, Oxford County, Maine, 1768-1890, with a brief sketch of Hanover and family statistics. Augusta, Me. : Press of the Maine farmer, 1891. p. 635
3. ↑ Merrill, Georgia Drew. History of Coos County, New Hampshire. Syracuse, N.Y. : W. A. Fergusson, 1888. p. 924
4. ↑ "New Hampshire Marriages, 1720-1920", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDVW-WLS : 24 January 2020), Gilman Twitchel, 1831.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWZD-KQR : 22 December 2020), Gilman Twitchel, Milan, Coos, New Hampshire, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7WL-RR7 : 18 February 2021), Gillman Twitchell, 1860.
7. ↑ Twitchell, Ralph Emerson. "Genealogy of the Twitchell family: Record of the descendants of the Puritan - Benjamin Twitchell, Dorchester, Lancaster, Medfield and Sherborn, Massachusetts, 1632-1927". New York, N.Y.: Priv. print. for H.K. Twitchell, 1929. p. 214
8. ↑ Merrill, 837
9. ↑ Merrill, 860
10. ↑ Merrill, 861
11. ↑ Merrill, 207
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/154364023/gilman-twitchell : accessed 24 August 2021), memorial page for Gilman Twitchell (27 Dec 1802–17 Mar 1867), Find a Grave Memorial ID 154364023, citing Hillcrest Cemetery, Milan, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA ; Maintained by FrankA. (contributor 47057719) .
13. ↑ "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSLG-HNL : 23 February 2021), Gilman Twitchell, Mar 1866; citing Dummer, Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,110.

• Milan Bicentennial Committee. Historical Notes of Milan, New Hampshire. Littleton, N.H. : Courier Print Co., 1971. p. 125
• Morse, Abner. A genealogical register of the inhabitants and history of the towns of Sherborn and Holliston. Boston, Press of Damrell & Moore, 1856. p. 353