Various Soldiers with the Surname Twitchell from A List of The Revolutionary Soldiers of Dublin, N.H. (1904)

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Surname: TWITCHELL
Source:  A List of The Revolutionary Soldiers of Dublin, N.H. by Samuel Carroll Derby, 
          Columbus, Ohio, 1901, page 17

ABIJAH TWITCHELL served in Capt. John Mellen's company June-July, 1777. He died in Dublin, July
11, 1777. He was first taxed in Dublin in 1774.

SAMUEL TWITCHELL was lieutenant in Capt. John Mellen's company which went to reinforce the army 
at Ticonderoga, June-July, 1777. He was captain of a company for the Rhode Island campaign, Aug.
1778. He died in Dublin, April 16,  1820. He held higher rank than any other man who served for 
Dublin in the Revolutionary War.

STEPHEN TWITCHELL served as a private in Capt. Abijah Smith's company. He also served at New 
York, Sept. 1776; he was in Capt. John Mellen's company June-July, 1777. He removed from Dublin 
and his later history is unknown.

Pages 30-32, Listed under Captains:

SAMUEL TWITCHELL, of Dublin, b. Aug. 24, 1740, at Sherborn, Mass.; d. at Dublin, April 16, 1820.
Capt. Twitchell was the third permanent settler of Dublin, where, also, four of his brothers and
three of his sisters made their homes. He removed to Dublin in 1762 and lived on lot 7, range 1.
In addition to his farm, Capt. Twitchell owned a mill near his house and in 1769 bought the water
privilege at the outlet of Thorndike Pond, of Col. Joseph Blanchard, the agent of the Jaffrey 
proprietors. Mr. Twitchell was a leading citizen of Dublin, as is proven by the offices which he
filled there: he was moderator, 1782, '83, '91, '94; selectman, 1773, '88, '92, '93; 
representative, 1792, '93, '94; coroner for Cheshire County, 1791, and justice of the peace. He 
appears to have been a member of the church in Dublin from its organization under Rev. Joseph 
Farrar, 1772. His father, Joseph Twitchell, Esq., of Sherborn, was for many years one of the 
leading citizens of that town and, as an agent for the proprietors of Dublin, was very active and
efficient in his efforts to secure settlers for the new town at the foot of Monadnock. It is 
said that twenty-seven of the early settlers of Dublin came from Sherborn, Mass., most of them, 
presumably, through the exertions of Joseph Twitchell. Samuel Twitehell (see N. H. State Papers,
vol. XV, pp. 108, 536-37) was a lieutenant, June 28-July 2, 1777, in Capt. John Mellen's company,
Col. Einoch Hale's regiment, which marched from Fitzwilliam and adjacent towns to reinforce the
garrison at Ticonderoga. He was succeeded, it appears, by Oliver Wright of Marlboro. In August,
1778, Samuel Twitchell commanded a company from Dublin and neighboring towns, Col. Enoch Hale's 
regiment, which took part in the Rhode Island campaign. It is presumed that Capt. Twitchell had
been an officer in the military company of Dublin previous to his service in 1777. It is stated 
that he was the third commander of that company; his successor was commissioned Feb. 16, 1786. 
Capt. Twitchell's father was one of the earliest purchasers of land in Dublin, as shown by an 
entry in proprietors' records (N. H. State Papers, XXVIII, 493) "Martha Thornton Esqr Sold to 
Joseph Twitchell one Rite viz Peter Powers Rite the 41 draft Lott 14 in 4 Range & ye Lott 19 in
9 R & ye L 19 in 10." The Twitchell family once had numerous members in Dublin, but few now 
remain. Samuel Twitchell was a descendant of Joseph Twitchell who took the freeman's oath, May 
14, 1634, and father of the famous physician and surgeon Dr. Amos Twitchell of Keene, N. H. 

ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS, OCTOBER, 1904.
Abel Twitchell, b. l751; d. 1837, is to be added to the list of Dublin Soldiers. At the time of
the "Lexington Alarm," he enlisted in Capt. Henry Lealand's co., Col. John Bullard's regt. In 
1776 he enlisted at Dublin for six months in Capt. Chamberlin's co., Col. Wheelock's reg't. June
22, 1778, Dublin "voted to abate the Rates of Abel Twitchell, Samuel Williams and Ezra Morse 
that they were assessed towards hireing the men for the three years' service."