Ralph TWOMBLY

Abt 1630 - 1685  (~ 55 years)

• Name	Ralph TWOMBLY  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1630	England
  Gender	Male
  IMMF	Y
  Immigration	1658	Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire   [2]
  _UID	639A77201AA14E9BA8D6C6E88902ABE47EA4
  Death	28 Feb 1685	Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire
  Burial	unknown
  Person ID	I4052	main
  Last Modified	27 Nov 2023

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth MNU,   b. Abt 1636, England d. 1724, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire (Age ~ 88 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1660	Dover Neck, Strafford, New Hampshire   [1]
  Children	1. John TWOMBLY,   b. Abt 1658, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire d. 18 Jul 1724, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire (Age ~ 66 years)   2. Joseph TWOMBLY,   b. Abt 1661, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire   3. Mary TWOMBLY,   b. Abt 1663, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire d. Bef 1667, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire (Age ~ 3 years)   4. Ralph TWOMBLY,   b. Abt 1664, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire   5. Elizabeth TWOMBLY,   b. Abt 1666, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire   6. Hope TWOMBLY,   b. Abt 1666, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire   7. Sarah TWOMBLY,   b. Abt 1666, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire d. 1754, Durham, Strafford, New Hampshire (Age ~ 88 years)   8. Mary TWOMBLY,   b. Abt 1667, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire   9. William TWOMBLY,   b. Abt 1669, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire   10. Easter “Esther” TWOMBLY,   b. Abt 1670, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire d. 26 Jan 1710, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire (Age ~ 40 years)
  Family ID	F1434	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Mar 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Ralph Twombly, at first, was a resident at Dover Neck, where he had land laid out 10 Apr 1656, that had previously been granted to him by the town. He was first taxed in 1657 and then appears to have changed his residence from the Neck to Chochecho, as he had land there also. At the Neck he was a near neighbor to Governor Thomas Roberts, on the bank of Fore River. His Will was date 28 Feb 1684; proved 7 Aug 1686. Elicabeth, his wife, and son John, were executors. If son John should live with his mother, then they were to occupy the homestead, jointly; if not, then his wife to have the estate for life, after which John should have one-half. If son Ralph lived with his mother till he was twenty-one, then he was to have ten pounds in money or goods equivalent thereto. To son Joseph, a heifer; to daughter Mary (Tebbetts), five shillings; to each of the other chidren, Elicabeth, Sarah, Hope, Esterh, and William, when 18 years of age, a cow. Mr. Twombly appears to have been born in England, about 1630, and came over when he was about 20 years old; there is no mention of "three brothers' coming on the same ship. p482 ----- Died in Dover, New Hampshire after 28 February 1684, the date his will was signed and before 7 October 1686, the date his will was proved. His wife's name was Elizabeth, whose family name is unknown. Ralph Twombly came from England and settled in Dover, New Hampshire, as early as 1656. He had land laid out on 10 April 1656, that had been previously granted to him by the town. He was first taxed in 1657 and was a near neighbor of Governor Thomas Roberts. He served on the coroner's jury in 1657 and was excused from training in 1670 ----- JUROR IN 1657 SUED BY RALPH HALL IN 1660, ABSENT FROM MEETING 1669 EXCUSED FROM TRAINING 1670 WILL 28 FEB 1685 - 7 OCT 1686. ----- Twombly or Twombley is probably an Americanized form of French Tremblay.,,«s12», «s39»

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] New England Historical and Genealogical Register, The, (NEHGS, Boston, MA). [S187] Frank R. Holmes, New England Families, Directory of the Ancestral Heads of, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1974), ccxlv.