An American Family History

"[L]iberty must at all hazards be supported.
We have a right to it, derived from our Maker.
But if we had not, our fathers have earned and bought it for us,
at the expense of their ease, their estates, their pleasure, and their blood."

Benjamin Dwinnell was born on November 10, 1726 in Boxford, Essex County, Massachusetts. He was the son of Michael Dwinnell and Elizabeth Fiske. He was a yeoman.

He married Mary Estey in 1750 when he was 24 years old. Their children and life together are described in detail in the section on Benjamin and Mary Dwinnell.

In 1762 Benjamin Dwinnell was seated in church in

The mens 1st seat in y^e west gallery [and] . . . Mr. Benjamin Dwinel’s wife was in the women’s 1st seat in y^e east gallery.

Benjamin served in Massachusetts Militia during the Revolutionary War. He was on the muster roll of Captain Jacob Gould's Company in Colonel Samuel Johnson's Regiment of Militia which marched on the alarm April 19, 1775.

He died on July 29, 1805 at the age of 76 years in Keene, New Hampshire. He was buried in the North or Court Street Burial Ground in Keene with his wife, Mary.

Keene, Cheshire County, New Hampshire was settled after 1736 and was a fort protecting Massachusetts during the French and Indian Wars. It was called Upper Ashuelot. When New Hampshire separated from Massachusetts in 1741 it became Keene, New Hampshire. During King George's War, the village was attacked and burned.

Chiildren of Dr. Michael and Hannah Dwinnell Thomas Dwinnell Sarah Dwinnell Foster Mary Dwinnell Gott Peabody Michael Dwinnell Stephen Dwinnell Hannah Dwinnell Bowery Curtis Jacob Dwinnell Abigail Dwinnell Deering of Dr. Michael and Elizabeth Fiske Benjamin Dwinnell Thomas Dwinnell of Dr. Michael and Elizabeth Cave Samuel Dwinnell Elizabeth Dwinnell

Children of Benjamin Dwinnell and Mary Estey Jonathan Dwinnell Thomas Dwinnell Mary Dwinnell Pomeroy Elizabeth Dwinnell Banks Abigail Dwinnell Francis Hannah Dwinnell Wheeler Benjamin Dwinnell Israel Dwinnell Sarah Dwinnell Colony Esther Dwinnell Metcalf