An American Family History

Mary Estey Dwinnell

The settlement of New Meadows was incorporated as the Town of Topsfield in 1650. The church "gathered" on November 4, 1663. The third Meeting House was built in 1703 with Rev. Joseph Capen as pastor.

Women played an essential role in American society as mothers and homemakers.

Mary Estey (Estes) Dwinnell was born on June 1, 1730 in Topsfield. Her parents were Aaron Estey and Esther Richards.

She married Benjamin Dwinnell in 1751 when she was about 22 years old. Their children and life together are described in detail in the Benjamin and Mary Dwinnell Family section.

She was left a widow in 1805 when her husband died. She appeared as the “Widow Dwinel" in the 1810 census.

She died on March 5, 1820 when she was 92 years old in Keene, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. She is buried in the North or Court Street Burial Ground in Keene with her husband, Benjamin.

New Hampshire was first settled by Europeans in 1623. It was separated from Massachusetts in 1679.

Most Americans were farmers in the 18th and early 19th centuries.

The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) was between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the 13 colonies which became the newly formed United States.

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.

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

Children of Aaron Estey
& Esther Richards

Isaac Estey

Aaron Estey

Hannah Estey Towne

Mary Estey Dwinnell

Isaac Estey

Abigail Estey

Esther Estey

William Estey

Three daughters of William Towne and Joanna Blessing were wrongly accused of practicing witchcraft in Salem. Rebecca Towne Nurse, Mary Towne Estey, and Sarah Towne Bridges Cloyes were persecuted in 1692. The children of people in the line below are all descendants of Mary Estey.
	William Towne, Mary Towne Estey, Isaac Estey, Aaron Estey, Mary Estey Dwinnell, Israel Dwinnell, Isaac Davis Dwinnell, Sr., Isaac Davis Dwinnell, Jr., Victoria Zellena Dwinnell, Robert Wilson Miller, Sr., Robert Wilson Miller, Jr.

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DNA match with other descendant in this line.
Richard Kimball
John Kimball
Abigail Kimball Estey
Aaron Estey
Mary Estey Dwinnell
Israel Dwinnell
Isaac Davis Dwinnell, Sr.
Isaac Davis Dwinnell, Jr.
Victoria Dwinnell Miller
Robert Wilson Miller, Sr.
Robert Wilson Miller, Jr.

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