By Muriel Bristol | November 16, 2025
Samuel Twombly [III] was born in Rochester, NH, February 22, 1750, son of Samuel [Jr.] and Sarah (Wentworth) Twombly.
Early in the summer of 1776, Samuel Twombly, a nephew of the first settler, Jonathan Twombly, could have been seen, with a pack well strapped upon his back, wending his way up the side of Teneriffe, to search out a home for his lady love, returning and bringing her to this wild region the next year. Stephen Wentworth very soon became a neighbor of the Twomblys (Hurd, 1882; Scales, 1914).
Samuel Twombly, Jr. [III], married in Lebanon, ME, December 21, 1777, Mary “Molly” Burrows. Rev. Isaac Hasey performed the ceremony. She was born July 30, 1755.
(The known children of Samuel [III] and Mary (Burrows) Twombly were: Mary Twombly (1778–1850), Samuel Twombly [IV] (1780-1868), Mehitable Twombly (1782–183?), Sarah Twombly (1785–1846), Eunice Twombly (1787–1853), Joanna Twombly (1789–1852), Louisa Twombly (1792-1816), Lucy Twombly (1795–1864), Rebecca Twombly (1798–1803), and Rachel Twombly (1801–1801)).
Daughter Mary Twombly was born in Rochester, NH, July 7, 1778.
Son Samuel Twombly, Jr. [IV], was born in Rochester, NH, March 26, 1780.
Daughter Mehitable Twombly was born in Rochester, NH, July 26, 1782. Daughter Sarah Twombly was born in Rochester, NH, March 15, 1785.
Daughter Eunice Twombly was born in Rochester, NH, March 25, 1787. Daughter Joanna Twombly was born in Rochester, NH, June 15, 1789.
Samuel Twombly headed a Rochester, NH, household at the time of the First (1790) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 16-plus years [himself], six females, one male aged under-16 years [Samuel Twombly, Jr.]. His household appeared in the enumeration between those of Jona Ham and Nathl Pinkham. (See Northeast Parish in the First (1790) Federal Census).
Daughter Louisa Twombly was born in Rochester, NH, December 2, 1792.
Father Samuel Twombly [Jr.] of Rochester, NH, husbandman, made his last will, March 10, 1794. He devised the customary one-third share in his estate to his dear and well beloved wife, Sarah [(Wentworth)] Twombly, and shelter for his daughters, Sarah Twombly and Dorothy Twombly, while single:
… the one third part of the whole of my real and personal estate, to be well managed by my children to whom it is hereafter bequeathed and the product to be brought and delivered to her annually, and each year, during her life, and for her sole use and benefit, and the Stock of Cattle to be kept nearly the same s at my decease; and also I bequeath to her the use of one room in the house in which I live, with my two daughters, Sarah and Dorothy, for them to improve so long as they shall live single, that is Sarah and Dorothy, with their Mother and to her during her life, and such part of the Cellar, as shall be necessary for them.
He devised his gun to his beloved son, Samuel Twombly [III]. He devised one Spanish milled dollar to his well beloved son, Wentworth Twombly. He divided his real and personal estate into seven shares or proportions for his beloved children, David Twombly (1.5 shares), Stephen Twombly (2.5 shares), Sarah Twombly (1.0 share), Lydia Twombly (0.5 shares), Joanna Twombly (0.5 shares), and Dorothy Twombly (1 share). He named his son, Tobias Twombly, as executor. [Rev.] Joseph Haven, James Horr, and Nathaniel Hayes signed as witnesses (Strafford County Probate, 4:132). His last will was proved in Strafford County Probate Court, March 26, 1794 (Strafford County Probate 4:133).
Daughter Lucy Twombly was born in Rochester, NH, March 7, 1795.
Daughter Rebecca Twombly was born in Rochester, NH, July 7, 1798.
Saml Twombly headed a Rochester, NH, household at the time of the Second (1800) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 45-plus years [himself], one female aged 45-plus years [Mary (Burrows) Twombly], one male aged 16-25 years, one female aged 16-25 years, one female aged 10-15 years, and two females aged under-10 years [Louisa Twombly and Rebecca Twombly]. (See Northeast Parish in the Second (1800) Federal Census).
Daughter Rachel Twombly was born in Rochester, NH, February 10, 1801. She died in Rochester, NH, March 25, 1801, aged one month.
Samuel Twombly and his son, Samuel Twombly, Ju., both signed the Rochester division petition of May 28, 1802.
Daughter Sarah Twombly married in Berwick, ME, May 15, 1803, James A. Goodrich. He was born in Berwick, ME, May 20, 1775, son of Paul and Mary (Guptill) Goodrich.
Saml Twombly and his son, Saml Twombly, Jr., were among “a number of respectable inhabitants & freeholders” that sought a special Town Meeting to reconsider the proposed Meeting House site. They thought that the site should be instead ninety or a hundred rods lower down, on the south side of the brook at the head of the Northwest Pond. The special Town Meeting was held at the home of Lieut. Elijah Horn, September 1, 1803, and that meeting decided not to change the proposed Meeting House site.
Daughter Rebecca Twombly died in Milton, September 22, 1803, aged five years.
Saml Twombly, Jotham Nute, and Stephen Wentworth were one of the nine Milton district school committees in 1804.
Daughter Mehitable Twombly married, circa 1805, Jonathan Howe. He was born in Rochester, NH, July 26, 1782, son of Dr. James and Lucy (Fisher) Howe.
Samuel Twombly and his son, Samuel Twombly, Jr., were among the fifty-two Milton petitioners that sought to have Jotham Nute appointed as a Milton justice-of-the-peace, in August 1805.
Saml Twombly and his son, Saml Twombly Jur, were both assessed in the Milton School District No. 5 of John Fish in 1806 (See Milton School Districts – 1806).
Son Samuel Twombly Junr married in Milton, December 25, 1809, Sophia D. Fish, both of Milton. She was born in Townshend, VT, April 6, 1792, daughter of John and Rebekah (Ober) Fish.
Daughter Joanna Twombly married in Milton, March 4, 1810, Hopley Meserve. He was born in Milton, March 31, 1789, son of Stephen and Abigail (Yeaton) Meserve.
Saml Twamb [Twombly] headed a Milton household at the time of the Third (1810) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 45-plus years [himself], one female aged 45-plus years [Mary (Burrows) Twombly], one male aged 16-25 years, two females aged 16-25 years [Louisa Twombly], and one female aged 10-15 years. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Sephen Wentw [Stephen Wentworth] and Saml Twombley, Jun. (See Milton in the Third (1810) Federal Census).
Saml Twombley, Jun, headed a Milton household at the time of the Third (1810) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 26-44 years [himself], one female aged 16-25 years [Sophia (Fish) Twombly]. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Saml Twamb [Twombly] and Wentworth Dore.
Jonathan How headed a Milton household at the time of the Third (1810) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 26-44 years [himself], one male aged 16-25 years, one female aged 16-25 years, one male aged under-10 years, and one female aged under-10 years. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of James Goodwin and Shubil Roberts.
James Goodridge [Goodrich] headed a Berwick, ME, household at the time of the Third (1810) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 26-44 years [himself], one female aged 26-44 years [Sarah (Twombly) Goodrich], two males aged under-10 years, and one female aged under-10 years. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Benjamin Hodsdon and John Gerrish.
Hopley Meservy headed a Milton household at the time of the Third (1810) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 16-25 years [himself], one female aged 16-25 years [Joanna (Twombly) Meserve], one female aged 10-15 years, and one female aged 45-plus years. His household appeared in the enumeration between those of Ephraim Prummer [Plummer] and Daniel Hayes.
Daughter Louisa Twombly married in New Durham, NH, November 11, 1813, Ira Fish, both of Milton. Rev. Joseph Boodey performed the ceremony. Fish was born in Townshend, VT, January 4, 1790, son of John and Rebekah (Ober) Fish. (He was the older brother of Sophia (Fish) Twombly).
Daughter Lucy Twombly married in Milton, December 4, 1814, Isaac Wentworth. He was born in Rochester, NH, December 6, 1782, son of Elihu and Lois (Pinkham) Wentworth.
Grandson Ezra Ober Fish was born in Milton, May 10, 1815, son of Ira and Louisa (Twombly) Fish.
Daughter Mary Twombly married, circa 1816, Jonathan Hanson.
Daughter Louisa (Twombly) Fish died in Milton in December 1816.
Daughter Eunice Twombly married in Rochester, NH, April 20, 1817, Israel Hanson, Jr. He was born in Dover, NH, October 16, 1771, son of Israel Hanson. (She was his second wife).
Widowed son-in-law Ira Fish married (2nd) in Milton, March 6, 1820, Abra Hayes. She was born in Milton, June 14, 1795, daughter of James C. and Betsy (Twombly) Hayes.
Samuel Twombly, his son, Samuel Twombly, Jr, and his sons-in-law, Jonathan Howe and Isaac Wentworth, all signed the June 1820 remonstrance petition requesting that Milton not be divided in two parts. (See Milton Anti-Division Remonstrance – June 1820).
Mary (Burrows) Twombly died August 18, 1820.
Samuel Twombly headed a Milton household at the time of the Fourth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 50-59 years [himself], one female aged 30-39 years [Sophia (Fish) Twombly], two males aged 15-19 years [Thomas B. Twombly and Josiah F. Twombly], one female aged 15-19 years, one male aged 5-9 years [Ira F. Twombly], two females aged under-5 years [Sophia Twombly and Rebecca Twombly], and one male aged 80-89 years [Samuel Twombly Sr.]. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of John Wentworth and Wentworth Dore. (See Milton in the Fifth (1830) Federal Census).
Mary [(Twombly)] Hanson headed a Dover, NH, household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. Her household included one female aged 50-59 years [herself]. Her household appeared in the enumeration between those of Jos. Hanson 3rd and Saml Howard (and just a few households beyond that to Israel Hanson on the same page- out of over thirty pages for Dover overall).
[N.B. There seems to be some substantial lacunae in the available documents regarding daughter Mary Twombly. No marriage certificate, newspaper notices or other identifications appear regarding either her or a spouse. She was mentioned in a Wentworth genealogy published in the next generation, as having married one Samuel Hanson and having died without children in 1849. This does not seem to be true. An alternative theory or speculation is preferred here in which she married Jonathan Hanson, who died prior to the Fifth (1830) Federal Census, as did at least four of their children, save Susan G. Hanson, who died in 1838, and a fifth, Samuel Hanson, 2nd. She would seem to have been the older woman residing after the Fifth (1830) Federal Census in the Hanson households of her younger sister, Eunice (Twombly) Hanson, in the Sixth (1840), and Seventh (1850) Census enumerations, and who died in Dover in 1850 and was buried there as the widow of Jonathan Hanson. (See the Wentworth genealogy, the Federal Census enumerations, and the newspaper obituary and gravestones of the Mary Hanson that died in September 1850, and those of her young children)].
Jona Howe headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 40-49 years [himself], one female aged 40-49 years [Mehitable (Twombly) Howe], one female aged 10-14 years [Hannah Howe], one female aged 5-9 years [Mehitable J. Howe], and one male aged 5-9 years. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Nathl Davis and Ira Howe. (See Milton in the Fifth (1830) Federal Census).
James Goodridge [Goodwin] headed a Berwick, ME, household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 40-49 years [himself], one female aged 40-49 years [Sarah (Twombly) Goodrich], one female aged 15-19 years, three females aged 10-14 years, and one male aged 5-9 years. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Ivory Hodsdon and James Hodsdon.
Israel Hanson headed a Dover, NH, household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 50-59 years [himself], one female aged 40-49 years [Eunice (Twombly) Hanson], one male aged 40-49 years, one male aged 20-29 years, one female aged 20-29 years, one female aged 15-19 years, one male aged 10-14 years [Israel T. Hanson], and two females aged under-5 years [Lucinda K. Hanson].
Hopley Meservy headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 40-49 years [himself], one female aged 40-49 years [Joanna (Twombly) Meserve], three males aged 15-19 years [Stephen M.Y. Meserve, Hopley T. Meserve, and Charles Y. Meserve], one female aged 10-14 years [Louisa Meserve], one female aged 5-9 years [Mary I. Meserve], and one female aged under-5 years. His household appeared in the enumeration between those of Moses Nute and Mary Wingate. (See Milton in the Fifth (1830) Federal Census).
Ira Fish headed a Lincoln, ME, household at the time of the Fourth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 40-49 years [Ira Fish], one female aged 30-39 years [Abra (Hayes) Fish], two males aged 20-29 years, one male aged 15-19 years [Ezra O. Fish], one female aged 15-19 years, and one male aged 5-9 years [Ira D. Fish]. His household appeared in the enumeration between those of Daniel Forbes and Hiram Wiley.
Isaac Wentworth headed a Milton household at the time of the Fourth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 40-49 years [himself], one female aged 30-39 years [Lucy (Twombly) Wentworth], one male aged 10-14 years, two female aged 10-14 years, one male aged 5-9 years, one female aged 5-9 years, and three females aged under-5 years. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Saml Bragdon and Joseph Walker. (See Milton in the Fifth (1830) Federal Census).
Granddaughter Mary T. (Howe) Twombly died in Milton, October 23, 1831, aged twenty-two years.
DIED. In Milton, on the 23rd inst., Mrs. Mary T. Twombly, daughter of Mr. Jonathan Howe, and wife of Mr. Stephen Twombly, aged 22 years. Although confined over seven months with a distressing complaint of the lungs, she bore it with Christian fortitude and patience; on her dying bed she observed that her greatest fear was she should not have patience to wait for the time of her departure. She frequently asked her friends if they saw any alteration – her aged grandmother informed her that she thought that she was dying. She then told her friends that death was not a terror and that she longed for the time to come. In that distressing scene she exhorted her parents and friends to get religion & be prepared to meet her in the realms above. She observed to her respected husband that it was hard parting, but she hoped that they should meet in heaven. – She retained her senses to the last, and died in the arms of her blest redeemer. Mrs. Twombly was a worthy member of the Christian Church in Milton, and was respected by all her acquaintance – Com. (Dover Enquirer, November 1, 1831).
Daughter Mehitable (Twombly) Howe died, probably in Milton, between 1830 and August 1835.
Widowed son-in-law Jonathan Howe married (2nd), August 30, 1835, Abigail Wentworth. She was born in Rochester, NH, February 1, 1789, daughter of Ichabod and Mercy (Wentworth) Wentworth.
Grandson Ezra Ober Fish died in Lincoln, ME, April 10, 1836, aged twenty years.
DIED. In Lincoln, Penobscot County, Mr. Ezra Fish, son of Hon. Ira Fish, aged 21 (Kennebec Journal (Augusta, ME), April 27, 1836).
Samuel Twombly headed a Milton household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 60-69 years [himself], one female aged 40-49 years [Sophia (Fish) Twombly], one male aged 15-19 years [Ira F. Twombly], two females aged 10-14 years [Sophia Twombly and Rebecca Twombly], one male aged under-5 years [Samuel Twombly], and one male aged 90-99 years [Samuel Twombly Sr.]. Two members of his household were engaged in Agriculture. His household appeared in the enumeration between those of Joshua Hanson and Dudley Wentworth.
Jonathan How headed a Milton household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 50-59 years [himself], one female aged 50-59 years [Abigail (Wentworth) Howe], one female aged 15-19 years, and one male aged 10-14 years. Two members of his household were engaged in Agriculture. His household appeared in the enumeration between those of Ira F. How and Ebenezer Wakeham.
Israel Hanson headed a Dover, NH, household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 60-69 years [himself], one female aged 50-59 years [Eunice (Twombly) Hanson], one male aged 20-29 years [Israel T. Hanson], one male aged 15-19 years, one female aged 10-14 years [Lucinda K. Hanson], and one female aged 60-69 years [Mary (Twombly) Hanson]. Three members of his household were engaged in Agriculture.
Hoply Meserve headed a Milton household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 50-59 years [himself], one female aged 50-59 years [Joanna (Twombly) Meserve], one female 15-19 years [Mary I. Meserve], one male 10-14 years [John S. Meserve], one female 80-89 years. Two members of his household were engaged in Agriculture. His household appeared in the enumeration between those of Joseph Goodwin and Sarah Matthews [or Mathes].
Ira Fish headed a Lincoln, ME, household at the time of the Fifth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 50-59 years [Ira Fish], one female aged 50-59 years [Abra (Hayes) Fish], one male aged 20-29 years [Ezra O. Fish], two males aged 15-19 years [Ira D. Fish], one male aged 5-9 years [Charles Fish], and one female aged under-5 years [Louisa Fish]. His household appeared in the enumeration between those of Daniel Emery and Israel Hall.
Isaac Wentworth headed a Milton household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 50-59 years [himself], one female aged 40-49 years [Lucy (Twombly) Wentworth], one male aged 20-29 years, one female aged 20-29 years, one male aged 15-19 years, two females aged 15-19 years, two females aged 10-14 years, one male aged 5-9 years, and one female aged 5-9 years. Three members of his household were engaged in Agriculture. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Joseph L. Walker and Theodore C. Lyman.
Grandson Samuel Hanson, 2d, appeared in the Dover, NH, directory of 1843, as a farmer, east of Village.
Samuel Twombly died in Milton, December 15, 1843, aged ninety-four years, nine months, and four days.
Deaths. In Milton, Samuel Twombly, Esq., aged 94 years, 9 months and 4 days (Dover Enquirer, January 23, 1844).
Son-in-law Israel Hanson died of acute bronchitis in Dover, NH, February 21, 1844, aged seventy-three years.
Deaths. [In this town …] On the morning of the 21st inst., of Acute Bronchitis, Mr. ISRAEL HANSON, in the 74th year of his age. Mr. Hanson was a native of Dover, and had discharged his duties as a husband, father and citizen with no ordinary fidelity and success. He was kind, generous and hospitable, and his loss will be regretted and his memory cherished by a large circle of relatives and friends. – Com (Dover Enquirer, February 27, 1844).
Jonathan Howe of Milton made his last will, April 30, 1845. He devised to his beloved wife, Abigail [(Wentworth)] Howe, the use and income of the field where his dwelling house stands, sole use of the house itself, and one-half the barn, pasturing for two cows, wood sufficient for one fire, use of a horse and carriage when necessary, and four sheep, all for so long as she lived unmarried, and whatever personal property she brought to their marriage. He devised to his son, Ira F. Howe, all the real and personal estate not allocated, and that given to his wife, Abigail Howe, after he decease. He devised $12 to his daughters, Lucy Durrell, Hannah Cook and Mehitable Jane Wentworth. He devised $1 to Stephen Twombly. Joseph Cook, Jacob Davis, and John H. Davis signed as witnesses (Strafford County Probate, 80-25).
Daughter Sarah (Twombly) Goodrich died September 11, 1846, aged sixty-one years, five months, and twenty-six days.
Son-in-law James A. Goodrich died October 14, 1847, aged seventy-two years, four months, and twenty-four days.
Mary Hanson of Dover, NH, made her last will, July 22, 1850. She bequeathed $500 to her nephew, Israel T. Hanson. She bequeathed $500 and her gold finger ring to her sister, Eunice [(Twombly)] Hanson. She bequeathed $300 to her sister, Joan [(Twombly)] Meserve, and $200 to her sister’s husband, Hopley Meserve. She bequeathed $200 to her sister, Lucy [(Twombly)] Wentworth. She bequeathed $200 and her desk to her son, Samuel Hanson, 2d, and $200 to his son, Samuel Hanson.
She bequeathed $100, her gold necklace, and her earrings to Mary [(Horne)] Hanson, wife of [her aforementioned nephew,] Israel T. Hanson. She bequeathed $100 and her best bureau to her niece, Lucinda K. Hanson. She bequeathed $100 to Jonathan Hanson, son of [her nephew,] Samuel [H.] Hanson. She bequeathed $100 to [another nephew,] Ira How of Milton. She bequeathed $100 to [another nephew,] Ezra Goodridge of Berwick, Me. She bequeathed her best table cloths, silver tea spoons and large spoons to Eunice [(Burrows)] Twombly of Milton. She bequeathed $100 to Amos Burrows. She bequeathed all the rest and residue to [her aforementioned nephew,] Israel T. Hanson, and named Dr. Jeremiah Horne as her sole executor. She signed with “her mark.” Jeremiah Horne, Nathan Horn, and Samuel R. Horn signed as witnesses (Strafford County Probate, 60:459).
Samuel Twombly, a farmer, aged seventy years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Sophia [(Fish)] Twombly, aged fifty-eight years (b. NH), and Samuel Twombly, aged thirteen years (b. NH). Samuel Twombly had real estate valued at $3,500. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Mark H. Hart, a farmer, aged forty-three years (b. NH), and Dudley Wentworth, a farmer, aged fifty-five years (b. NH).
Jonathan Howe, a farmer, aged sixty-seven years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Abigail [(Wentworth)] Howe, aged sixty-one years (b. NH), Jane Brown, aged fourteen years (b. NH), and Levi W. Hayes, aged fourteen years (b. NH). Jonathan Howe had real estate valued at $200. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of David Place, a shoemaker, aged fifty-eight years (b. NH), and Ira F. Howe, a farmer, aged forty-three years (b. NH)
Israel Hanson, a farmer, aged thirty years (b. NH), headed a Dover, NH, household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Mary [(Horne)] Hanson, aged thirty-one years (b. NH), Eunice [(Twombly)] Hanson, aged sixty-two years (b. NH), Mary [(Twombly)] Hanson, aged seventy-two years (b. NH), and Silas Foss, a farmer, aged fifteen years (b. NH). Israel Hanson had real estate valued at $1,500. Eunice Hanson had real estate valued at $500.
Hopley Meserve, W.I. [West India] goods, aged sixty-one years (b. NH), headed a Charlestown, MA, household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Joanna [(Twombly)] Meserve, aged sixty-one years (b. NH), John S. Meserve, aged twenty-three years (b. NH), Ruth M. [(Brooks)] Meserve, aged twenty-two years (b. VT), Amanda C. Brooks, aged eighteen years (b. VT), and Joseph H. Brooks, a clerk, aged nineteen years (b. VT).
Ira Fish, a lumberman, aged sixty years (b. VT), headed a Patten, ME, household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Abra [(Hayes)] Fish, aged fifty-five years (b. NH), and Charles Fish, a student, aged seventeen years (b. ME).
Isaac Wentworth, a carpenter, aged sixty-seven years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Lucy [(Twombly)] Wentworth, aged fifty years (b. NH), Lois Wentworth, aged twenty-four years (b. NH), Lucy Wentworth, aged twenty years (b. NH), and Seth Wentworth, a farmer, aged fifteen years (b. NH). Isaac Wentworth had real estate valued at $3,000. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Isaac Wentworth, a farmer, aged twenty-six years (b. NH), and John Bragdon, a farmer, aged forty-nine years (b. NH).
Daughter Mary (Twombly) Hanson died in Dover, NH, September 19, 1850, aged seventy-two years. (Her death took place but ten days after she was enumerated in the Seventh (1850) Federal Census).
DEATHS. In this town, 19th inst., Mrs. Mary Hanson, aged 72, wife of the late Mr. Jonathan Hanson (Dover Enquirer, September 24, 1850).
The last will of Mary (Twombly) Hanson was proved in a Strafford County Probate Court held in Farmington, NH, October 1, 1850 (Strafford County Probate, 60:461)
State of New Hampshire. STRAFFORD SS. – The Judge of Probate for said County to the Heirs at Law of the Estate of May Hanson, late of Dover in said County, deceased, testate, and to all interested therein. YOU are hereby notified that Jeremiah Horne, the Executor of the last will of said deceased will exhibit his account of the administration of the Estate of said deceased at a Court of Probate to be holden at Rochester in said County, on the first Tuesday of December next, when and where you may appear and shew cause, if any you have, against the allowance of said account. And it is ordered that the said Executor give notice, by causing the foregoing citation and this order thereon, to be published three weeks successively in the Dover Enquirer, printed at Dover, in said County, the last publication whereof to be at least thirty days before said Court. Given at Dover, in said County, this 14th day of October, A.D. 1850. 20. JOHN H. WHITE, Register (Dover Enquirer, October 15, 1850).
Joanna (Twombly) Meserve died of consumption on Bunker Hill Street in Charlestown, MA, February 22, 1852, aged sixty-two years, eight (and one-third) months. She was married.
Daughter Eunice (Twombly) Hanson died in Dover, NH, March 26, 1853, aged sixty-six years.
DEATHS. In Dover, [March] 26th, Mrs. Eunice Hanson, widow of Israel Hanson, aged 66 (Portsmouth Daily Chronicle (Portsmouth, NH), March 30, 1853).
Samuel Twombly, a farmer, aged eighty years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Sophia [(Fish)] Twombly, aged sixty-eight years (b. NH [SIC]). Samuel Twombly had real estate valued at $10,000 and personal estate valued at $5,000. His household appeared in the enumeration between those of Henry D. Witham, a farmer, aged thirty-eight years (b. NH), and Benjamin F. Hayes, a farmer, aged forty-three years (b. NH).
Hopley Meserve, a grocer, aged seventy-one years (b. NH), headed a Charlestown, MA, household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census, His household included Sarah P. Meserve, aged sixty-one years (b. NH). Hopley Meserve had real estate valued at $3,000.
Ira Fish, a farmer, aged seventy years (b. VT), headed a Patten, ME, household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Abra [(Hayes)] Fish, aged sixty-five years (b. NH), Maxey Ordway, aged twenty-two years (b. ME), and Geo Voyer, aged sixteen years (b. Canada). Ira Fish had real estate valued at $4,000 and personal estate valued at $300. Maxey Ordway had real estate valued at $300 and personal estate valued at $300.
Eri Wentworth, a farmer, aged forty-three years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Mary J. [(Shute)] Wentworth, aged thirty-six years (b. NH), Hannah E. Wentworth, aged eleven years (b. NH), Isaac Wentworth, a farmer, aged seventy-seven years (b. NH), Lucy [(Twombly)] Wentworth, aged sixty-six years (b. NH), and Clarrissa Wentworth, aged forty years (b. NH). Eri Wentworth had real estate valued at $2,000 and personal estate valued at $500. Isaac Wentworth had real estate valued at $2,500 and personal estate valued at $500. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of John Bragdon, a farmer, aged sixty years (b. NH), and Giles Burrows, a farm laborer, aged thirty-five years (b. ME).
Daughter Lucy (Twombly) Wentworth died of consumption in Milton, September 22, 1864, aged sixty-nine years, six months, and fifteen days.
DEATHS. In South Milton, … 22d ult., Mrs. Lucy Wentworth, wife of Mr. Isaac Wentworth, aged 59 [69] years, 6 months, 15 days (Dover Enquirer, October 6, 1864).
[Her death certificate said in error only “6” years, and her newspaper obituary said in error only “59” years].
Grandson Samuel Hanson, 2nd, died in Dover, NH, December 4, 1865, aged fifty years, six months. (He was the son of Jonathan and Mary (Twombly) Hanson).
DEATHS. In this city, 4th inst., Mr. Samuel Hanson, 2d, aged 50 years, 6 months (Dover Enquirer, December 7, 1865).
Son-in-law Jonathan Howe died of apoplexy in Milton, December 21, 1866, aged eighty-four years, five months, and nine days. He was a married farmer. His last will was proved in a Strafford County Probate Court held in Dover, NH, January 1, 1867 (Strafford County Probate, 80:27).
Executor’s Notice. THE subscriber hereby gives notice that he has been duly appointed executor of the last will and testament, of JONATHAN HOWE, late of Milton, in the county of Strafford, deceased, and has taken upon himself that trust and given bond as the law directs. All persons indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment, and all having claims to present them to the subscriber for adjustment. IRA F. HOWE, Executor. Milton, Feb 21, 1867. 42 (Dover Enquirer, February 28, 1867).
Son Samuel Twombly died of consumption in Milton, November 26, 1868, aged eighty-eight years, eight months.
Theophilus F. Bennett, a teamster, aged forty-nine years (b. NH), headed a Charlestown, MA, household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. His household included Susan M. [(Smith)] Bennett, keeping house, aged forty-nine years (b. NH), James S. Bennett, a bookkeeper, aged twenty-two years (b. MA), Theste S. [(Carey)] Bennett, at home, aged twenty-two years (b. MA), Sarah M. Bennett, at home, aged nineteen years (b. MA), Hopley T. Meserve, retired, aged eighty-five years (b. NH), and Sarah [((Mooney) Smith)] Meserve, aged seventy years (b. NH). Theophilia F. Bennett had real estate valued at $9,000 and personal estate valued at $4,000.
Ira Fish, a farmer, aged eighty years (b. Townshend, VT), headed a Patten, ME, household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Abra [(Hayes)] Fish, keeping house, aged seventy-five years (b. Milton, NH), and Sarah Hayes, a domestic, aged fifty years (b. Lincoln, ME). Ira Fish had real estate valued at $900 and personal estate valued at $200. Abra Fish had real estate valued at $1,000.
Isaac Wentworth, a carpenter, aged eighty-six years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. His household included Clarisa Wentworth, a housekeeper, aged thirty-five years (b. NH). Isaac Wentworth had real estate valued at $2,000 and personal estate valued at $161. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Ellen H. Wentworth, keeping house, aged twenty-one years (b. NH), and Giles W. Burrows, a farm laborer, aged forty-six years (b. ME).
Benjamin F. Hayes, a farm laborer, aged fifty-three years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. His household included Sophia [(Twombly)] Hayes, keeping house, aged forty-three years (b. NH). They shared a two-family dwelling with the household of [her mother,] Sophia [(Fish)] Twombly, keeping house, aged seventy-eight years (b. VT). Benjamin F. Hayes had real estate valued at $1,000 and personal estate valued at $757. Sophia Twombly had real estate valued at $1,000 and personal estate valued at $1,000.
Son-in-law Ira Fish died in Patten, ME, May 24, 1872, aged eighty-two years.
Death of an Aged Citizen. Hon. Ira Fish of Patten died a few days since at the advanced age of 82 years. In 1824 Mr. Fish moved from New Hampshire to Lincoln, where he remained about twenty years, when he moved to Patten, which has since been his home. He was one of the most prominent and influential business men in that section of the county, had been several times elected to both branches of the Legislature, and frequently held other offices of public trust. He was respected by his neighbors, friends and acquaintances for his many excellent traits of character, as was especially testified by the immense throng which gathered to pay the last tribute of respect to their departed friend (Bangor Whig & Courier, May 31, 1872).
Daughter-in-law Sophia D. (Fish) Twombly died of old age in Milton, March 30, 1874, aged eighty-one years, eleven months. (She was said to have been born in Vermont State).
Administrator’s Notice. THE subscriber hereby gives notice to all concerned, that he was, on the 5th day of May, A.D. 1874, duly appointed and allowed to be Administrator with will annexed of the estate of Sophia Twombly, late of Milton, in the County of Strafford, deceased, and has taken upon himself that trust and given bond as the law directs. Dated this 5th day of May, A.D. 1874. BENJAMIN F. HAYES. 3w19* (Dover Enquirer, May 14, 1874).
Son-in-law Hopley T. Meserve died of pneumonia at his home at 63 Elm Street, Boston, MA, December 21, 1875, aged eighty-six years, nine months, and twenty-one years.
DEATHS. At Charlestown, Dec. 21, Hapley Meserve, 86 (Boston Post, December 24, 1875; New England Farmer (Boston, MA), January 1, 1876).
Son-in-law Isaac Wentworth died in Milton, May 22, 1879, aged ninety-six years.
Deaths. WENTWORTH, Isaac (Elihu4, Ebenezer3, Benjamin2, William1), at Milton, New Hampshire, May 22, 1879, aged 96 years, 5 mos. and 16 days, the oldest man of the name [surname] at the time of his death, and the oldest but two of the name ever living in America; and no one’s age ever reached 98 (NEHGR, July 1879).
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Find a Grave. (2013, October 6). Louisa Twombly Fish. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/118275671/louisa-fish
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