Dr. Michael Dwinnell, II

References

• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Michael_Dwinell_%281%29
• Long, Henry Follansbee. "The Physicians of Topsfield", in Essex Institute Historical Collections. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute Press), 47:203. "Doctor Dwinell was married at least five times, and family tradition has increased the number to seven..."
• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Jan 18 2017, 21:41:47 UTC

Another of his wives is Mary Balch.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61913815/michael-dwinnell

Dr. Michael Dwinnell, Jr, was a large property owner in Topsfield and he claimed to be the first physican ever recorded in Topsfield, and a chirurgeion, although his previous medical studies were unknown. As a citizen, he served on the Jury of Triels and on "ye Grand Jury", as a selectman, for parambulating with Wenham Last Spring, and as an "Enspector of the Clay Ground".

(The preceding notes were taken from "The Story of Dr. Dwinnell", as added by "nathan" this 2 Jun 2012, to originally submitted by Betty Wiebe to the Dwinnell Family Tree ON 19 Mar 2011. The whole story is an interesting read!)

He claimed to have had seven wives, but genealogists have been able to document only five of them. Among his marriages were Hannah Cove on September 27, 1692, in Salem, Essex County, Massachusettes, Elizabeth Fiske on December 10, 1724, in Topsfield, Masschusettes, and Mary (Shaw) Balch, widow of Cornelius Balch, on February 1, 1753 in Topsfield. "Early Vital Records of Mass. (Topsfield Marriages)".