Married first Rhoda Leland on 23 Sept 1784. Married second Lucy Segur. He moved to Bethel when it was still a wilderness, with only 10 white inhabitants. He became a blacksmith, carpenter, cooper, watch and clock-maker and the manufacturer of his own tools to attend to the needs of the settlement. He was wounded in the arm at the Battle of Bunker Hill. This arm would trouble him until the day of his death. He was a member of the first Court of Sessions for Oxford County, and represented Bethel in the House and Oxford county in the Senate of the State of Maine.
Married first Rhoda Leland on 23 Sept 1784. Married second Lucy Segur. He moved to Bethel when it was still a wilderness, with only 10 white inhabitants. He became a blacksmith, carpenter, cooper, watch and clock-maker and the manufacturer of his own tools to attend to the needs of the settlement. He was wounded in the arm at the Battle of Bunker Hill. This arm would trouble him until the day of his death. He was a member of the first Court of Sessions for Oxford County, and represented Bethel in the House and Oxford county in the Senate of the State of Maine.
Inscription
"A Soldier of the Revolution"
age 88 yrs
Gravesite Details
Aged 88 years; called "Esq."
Family Members
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Capt. Samuel Twitchell
1740–1820
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Lieut Joseph Twitchell
1741–1813
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Elizabeth Twitchell Wight
1743–1800
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Eleazer Twitchell
1745–1818
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Deacon Ezra Twitchell
1746–1821
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Martha Twitchell Bixby
1747–1822
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Deborah Twitchell
1749–1750
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Abel Twitchell
1751–1837
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Mary Twitchell Ryder
1755–1820
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Capt Peter Twitchell
1761–1855
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Jula "Julia" Twitchell Tucker
1766–1796
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