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John Twining

Born about 1 Jan 1761 in Newtown, Bucks, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America

Ancestors

Son of Samuel Twining and Mary (Jenks) Twining

Brother of Thomas Twining, Samuel Twining, Isaac Twining, Nathaniel Twining and Sarah Twining

Husband of Rebecca (Bennett) Twining — married 19 Jan 1786 in Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA

Descendants

Father of Mary Twining, William Twining, Thomas Twining, Rachel A (Twining) Wardell, John Twining, Samuel Twining, Benjamin Twining, Sarah Twining, Mahlon Twining, Joseph Twining, Rebecca Ann Twining and Henry Clifton Twining

Died 25 Mar 1849 at about age 88 in Union, Broome, New York, USA

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1 Biography
- 1.1 Birth
2 Note
3 Sources
- 3.1 Acknowledgements

Biography

Profile adopted August 2013, research still undertaken.

Any (supported) information to verify or refute the details presented here is most welcome. Any unsupported clues or leads also appreciated.

Birth

John was born in Pennsylvania in 1761, apparently one of ten children in his family. He was the son of Samuel Twining and Mary Jenks His birth was recorded by the Middletown Monthly Meeting as 31 Dec 1759^[1]

Note

Per the book , Genealogy of The Twining Family, Descendants of William Twining, Sr. by Thomas J. Twining Publ. 1890., pg. 59, the birthdate of 1761 was in a family bible owned by John. This is the date of birth apparently given on his tombstone. The tombstone photograph on FAG shows a very old tombstone with the date of birth worn away. http://www.memory.loc.gov/service/gdc/scd0001/2008/20080822001ge/20080822001ge.pdf

At this time it is not possible to know which birthdate is correct. John was disowned by the Quakers in 1782 for joining the militia, so no further Quaker records have been found for him after this time. His marriage and death is in the Twining book, but no sources are given for the information.

Marriage

John married Becca Bennett. John was 29 and Becca was 22.

Family

John and Becca had thirteen children.

Death

John died in 1849 in New York.

Sources

↑ Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Minutes, 1664-1807; Collection: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes; Call Number: MR-Ph 305; Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 Ancestry Record 2189 #99995141

"Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6CTY-HWZD : 11 January 2021), John Twining, 1759.
Find A Grave: Memorial #56354248

Acknowledgements

Profile originally created by Linda Vermilyea (Vermilyea-1).

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:

~0.78% Scott Metzler : MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch NP7288083 [compare], yourDNAportal METc3ee8980

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Jean (Jenks) Adams

The 1759 date of birth in your biography is correct. John is a patriot in the DAR. The date of birth on the application is 1-1-1761. I do not know the source for this date of birth. His father, Samuel, was disowned by the Quakers for "not discharging his just debts" in 1767, when John was a child, so there may not be any other Quaker records for him in this timeframe. A testimony was brought against him by the Middletown MM in 1781 for engaging with the militia for which he admitted, but was disowned in 1782.

posted Feb 20, 2021 by Jean (Jenks) Adams
edited Feb 20, 2021 by Jean (Jenks) Adams

John is 14 degrees from Robert Beheathland, 15 degrees from Bartholomew Gosnold, 10 degrees from Thomas Graves, 15 degrees from Anne Laydon, 18 degrees from Alice Amoll, 14 degrees from Samuel Mathews, 17 degrees from Christopher Newport, 13 degrees from John Smith, 12 degrees from Nathaniel Tatum, 13 degrees from Temperance West, 15 degrees from Francis Wyatt and 19 degrees from Valerie Penner on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.

John Twining (abt. 1761 - 1849)

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