Peter
Twiss
Jr.
Born in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Son of Peter (Twist) Twiss
and Anne (Callum) Twiss
Brother of
Ann Twiss, Edward Twiss, John (Twist) Twiss, Daniel (Twist) Twiss, Sarah (Twiss) Very, Mary Twiss, Martha (Twiss) Nurse and William Twiss
Husband of
Sarah (Nurse) Twiss
— married
20 Dec 1699 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Died
at age 76
in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay
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Biography
Peter Twiss, Jr. was born 1 September 1681 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, the son of Peter Twiss and Anne Callum.
He married Sarah Nurse 20 December 1699. They had
- Daniel Twiss 1697–1796
- Joseph Twiss 1700–1796 M. Sarah Laskin
- Jonathan Twiss 1702–1743 M. Elizabeth Trask
- Sarah Twist 1715–1806? M. Joseph Gould
- Benjamin Twiss 1717–1769 M. Sally Batchelder
- Peter Twiss 1718–1769
- Martha Twiss 1719–1806 M. Joseph jennison
- Ann Twiss 1725–1806 M. Ephraim Brown
- Elizabeth Twiss 1727–1806 M. Joseph Doughty, Jr.
He died 29 September 1757 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts,.
Sources
- Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0761210.
- Peter, Jr. Twist
- Spouse: Sarah Nurse
- Marriage Date: 20 Dec 1699
- Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
- Peter Twist Jr
- Marriage Date: 20 Dec 1699
- Marriage Place: Salem, Massachusetts
- Spouse Name: Sarah Nurse
- City: Salem
- County: Essex
- Massachusetts Will and Probate Records, Easex, Twiss, G-Twiss, W, 1828-1991
- Peter Twiss
- Probate Date: 6 Feb 1769, Essex, Massachusetts
- Inferred Death Year: Abt 1769, Massachusetts,
- Case Number: 28417
- Massachusetts Will and Probate Records, Easex
- Name: Peter Twiss
- Probate Date: 6 Feb 1769
- Residence Place:Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts
- Occupation: Minor
- Probate Type: guardianship
- Inferred Death: 1769, Massachusetts
- File Number: 28418
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:M7TG-T3P : accessed 2016-06-04), entry for Peter TWIST.
- Dearborn, David Curtis. The Callum/Collum Family of Salem and Mendon, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, The American Genealogist (Barrington, RI, 1995) Vol. 70, Page 3.
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Doreen (Borrott) Matters
Twiss-98 and Twiss-24 appear to represent the same person because: same spouse, same daughter, Sarah, location of children same
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Susan Fitzmaurice
Twist-166 and Twiss-98 appear to represent the same person because: I'd like to merge these under the Peter Twiss Jr. name. I have additional sources to add. He is my 7th Great grandfather.
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by Susan Fitzmaurice
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