John Twisden

Spencer’s :Pioneer on Maine Rivers, 1930 p 140:

Early settlers who bought lots of Edward Godfrey on the easter side of Scituate path were Joseph Jenks, Abrahm Preble, Thomas Chambers, Richard Banks, John Twisden and Henry Simpson in the order named. All except the last came from Scituate Mass. This would be about where York Village is now, on the path from York Harbor to Point Christian, which is now the same highway.

p 145 “Twisden, John, born 1610, planter at Scituate 1638-1640; York 1640-8, died 1680, widow Susanna; children John born 1634, and Samuel.” [Dates are not plausible, if born 1610, married at age 10, child born age 14 !]

John Twi-den Senior on Grand Jury list Oct 1649 in Gorgeanna ME, [NEHGR 35:43]

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John Twisden Scituate Early Families 1623 - 1640 Family # 83

1st. Generation

John Twisden b. Sept. 1592 in England d. Nov. 1660 in York, Maine m. 5-8-1620 Elizabeth Stuppell in England children:

2nd. Generation

John b. 1621, died unmarried Samuel b. 5-13-1627, d. 1680, no family record

Child b. 1629, d. 1629 Child b. 1630, d. 1630 Elizabeth b. 3-31-1633, m. Dea. Joseph Tilden in Scituate children:

3rd. Generation

Nathaniel b. 1649, m. Mary Sharp 1673 John b. 1652 Rebecca b. 1654, M. Lt. James Briggs 1673 Joseph b. 1656 Stephen b. 1659 Samuel b. 1660 Elizabeth b. 1665, m. Samuel Curtis, Jr. 1690 Lydia b. 1666, m. William Ticknor Jr. 1696 Benjamin b. 1668, unmarried

Susan b. 5-22-1636 Lydia b. 1640, m. Arthur Bragdon Jr.

References: "History of York, Maine," Charles E. Banks "Scituate Men's Row, Jean Treadwell, April, 1965

Set in 20 acres of parkland, Bradbourne House was the home of the Twisden family for 300 years, until the death of Sir John Twisden in 1937, when the property was put up for sale.

A year later, with 200 acres of land, it was bought by the East Malling Trust for Horticultural Research, supported largely by donations from commercial fruit growers.

The fruit garden at Bradbourne was created by Sir Ronald Hatton, director of the East Malling Research Station from 1918 until 1948.

Here are hundreds of fruit trees, including specimens of apple, pear, medlar, peach and fig, that are put through their horticultural paces.

The research station is owned by the trust and is linked to the nation's commercial and domestic tree fruits, involved, as it is, with the development of rootstocks for fruit trees.

The label of a fruit tree, with a number attached, indicates much to the fruit enthusiast about the vigour, health and height of the tree.

Beside this numbering system, Sir Ronald's other great pioneering scheme was the performing fruit garden.

He believed that the skills of tree training and pruning, then practised mainly by head gardeners on private estates, might soon disappear.

To ensure that these skills would endure, fruit trees were planted in a series of groups within the one acre, walled kitchen garden, and pruned and shaped into a variety of forms.

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