Generation XI
Ralph TWIST = Margaret BAILEY
Married June 1686
Ralph TWIST: Born of Bretherton
Died Halsall
Buried 11 March 1727, St Cuthbert, Halsall
Will of Ralph Twist of Halsall proved in 1728.
Margaret BAILEY:
Buried 16 February 1712, St Michael, Aughton
Children
Ann = Thomas PEET
Married 4 April 1714, Aughton.
Ann: Baptised 3 May 1686, St Michael, Aughton
John = [Unknown]
John: Baptised 7 April 1689, St Michael, Aughton
Died Halsall
Buried 3 February 1712, St Cuthbert, Halsall
Family
Married by license, bond dated 18 june 1686. Bondsman James Bromfield of
Somerford.
Generation X
John TWIST= [Unknown]
Children
James Born 1711, Halsall
Baptised 26 August 1711, St Cuthbert, Halsall
James = Ann RYMER
Married 13 April 1735, St Cuthbert, North Meols.
James: Died Marshside, North Meols
Buried 5 January 1787, St Cuthbert, North Meols
Yeoman
Will of James Twist, yeoman of North Meols dated 6 dec 1786 and proved 15 feb
1787. Left a mess and ten in North Moels, in possession of Peter Sutch & others to
son William who must pay £40 to James Twist aka Ball, son of his daughter Mary
and £24/10/- to Mary. Parcel of land lately belonging to Edward Hunt and called
Christophers also left to William Twist. Mess & ten in Church Town in possesion of
Robert Cadwell left to Mary. Jane Twist, widow of son John left 1/-. Ann, daughter
of John Twist, wife John Sutch left 1/-. Isabel daughter of John Twist left 1/-. Son
William also left feather bed and furnishings. Daughter Mary left feather bed &
furnishings. James Twist aka Ball left a feather bed and furnishings and a silver
watch. Any remainder left to William and Mary. Executors William Twist,
neighbour James Hunt and Mary Twist. Marked James x Twist and witnessed by
Hugh Blundell, Robert Wright & Peter Rymer.
Ann: Born of Blowick
Died Marshside
Buried 14 January 1779, St Cuthbert, North Meols
Generation IX
James TWIST = Ann RYMER
Married 13 April 1735, St Cuthbert, North Meols.
Ann RYMER:
Born of Blowick
Died Marshside
Buried 14 January 1779, St Cuthbert, North Meols
Children
Jennet Born 1737, Rowe Lane
Baptised 2 May 1737, St Cuthbert, North Meols
Died Rowe Lane
Buried 4 May 1737, St Cuthbert, North Meols
James Born 1738, Rowe
Baptised 24 September 1738, St Cuthbert, North Meols
Buried 11 October 1738, St Cuthbert, North Meols
Mary = Peter BALL
Mary: Born 1739, Rowe Lane
Baptised 2 September 1739, St Cuthbert, North Meols
Died Church Town, aged 54
Buried 4 April 1794, St Cuthbert, North Meols
Dropsy
Peter: Born of Birkdale
Husbandman
James Born 1744, Rowe Lane
Baptised 5 August 1744, St Cuthbert, North Meols
William = Ann WILKINSON
Married 25 September 1786, St Cuthbert, North Meols.
William: Born 1751, Birkdale
Baptised 7 April 1751, St Cuthbert, North Meols
Died Marshside, aged 86
Buried 1 August 1837, St Cuthbert, North Meols
Yeoman
Will of William Twist, yeoman of North Meols proved jan 1838.
Ann: Born 1755
Died Marshside, aged 73
Buried 22 July 1828, St Cuthbert, North Meols
James = Mary SUMNER
Married 25 November 1787, Ormskirk
James: Died before 1841
Mary:
Married Thomas Meadow at Ormskirk on 27 dec 1841.
John = Jane BALL
Married 19 May 1762, St Cuthbert, North Meols.
John:
Died High Park
Buried 2 January 1781, St Cuthbert, North Meols
Generation VIII
John TWIST = Jane BALL
Married 19 May 1762, St Cuthbert, North Meols
Children
Ann = John SUTCH
Married 8 April 1782, St Cuthbert, North Meols.
Ann: Born 1762, Blowick
Baptised 5 December 1762, St Cuthbert, North Meols
Died 1787+
James Born 1765, Rowe
Baptised 17 March 1765, St Cuthbert, North Meols
John = Alice RIMMER
Married 27 May 1788, SS Peter & Paul, Ormskirk
John: Born 1767, North Meols
Alice:
Baptised 21 February 1757, Maghull
John Born 1768, Blowick
Baptised 8 May 1768, St Cuthbert, North Meols
Isabel Born 1775, Church Town
Baptised 6 January 1775, St Cuthbert, North Moels
Jane Born 1780, High Park
Baptised 23 July 1780, St Cuthbert, North Meols
Died Blowick
Buried 10 February 1783, St Cuthbert, North Meols
George Born 1783, Bickerstaffe
Baptised 9 March 1783, SS Peter & Paul, Ormskirk
Generation VII
John TWIST = Alice RIMMER
Married 27 May 1788, SS Peter & Paul, Ormskirk
John: Born 1767, North Meols
Alice RIMMER:
Baptised 21 February 1757, Maghull
Children
James = Mary
James: Baptised 19 October 1788, Formby
Died Scarisbrick aged 70
Buried 7 March 1860, SS Peter & Paul, Ormskirk
Farmer, Ag Lab
Mary: Born 1788, Wales
Mary Baptised 7 March 1790, Formby
John = Elizabeth RIMMER
Married 23 March 1818, All Saints, Wigan
John: Born 1791, Scarisbrick
Baptised 1 January 1792, SS Peter & Paul, Ormskirk
Died 1871+
Labourer, Farmer
Elizabeth: Born 1790, North Meols
Died Burscough aged 73
Buried 22 February 1861, SS Peter & Paul, Ormskirk
Ann Born 1793, Scarisbrick
Baptised 6 October 1793, St Cuthbert, North Meols
Thomas = Alice WRIGHT
Thomas: Born 1797, Scarisbrick
Baptised 22 October 1797, St Cuthbert, North Meols
Died Tarleton aged 30
Buried 8 May 1828, St Cuthbert, North Meols
Labourer, Husbandman
= Jane MONTGOMERY
= Alice BLUNDELL
Richard Born 1799, Scarisbrick
Baptised 27 October 1799, St Cuthbert, North Meols
Robert Born 1801, Burscough
Baptised 6 September 1801, St Cuthbert, North Meols
Alice = Timothy RIGBY
Alice: Born 1803, Burscough
Baptised 18 March 1803, SS Peter & Paul, Ormskirk
Timothy: Born 1807, Tarleton, Lancashire
Peter = Margaret
Peter: Born 1804, Burscough
Baptised 27 April 1804, SS Peter & Paul, Ormskirk
Ag Lab
Working at Moss House, Mawdesley, Lancashire in 1841 census.
Mary = Ralph CULSHAW
Married 16 April 1811, SS Peter & Paul, Ormskirk.
Ralph: Died Burscough, 1834
Yeoman
Will of Ralph Culshaw, yeoman of Ormskirk, proved in dec 1834.
Family
Both of the parish. Married by John Blayney. Marriage witnesses James Twist &
Richard Rimmer.
John Twist a householder in 1798 Scarisbrick census - 3 males & 3 females.
Pauper widower living with daughter Alice Rigby at Holmes, Tarleton, Lancashire
in 1851 census. HO107/2197 F74.
Generation VI
John TWIST = Elizabeth RIMMER
Married 23 March 1818, All Saints, Wigan.
John: Born 1791, Scarisbrick
Baptised 1 January 1792, SS Peter & Paul, Ormskirk
Died 1861+
Labourer, Farmer
Elizabeth: Born 1790, North Meols
Died Burscough aged 73
Buried 22 February 1861, SS Peter & Paul, Ormskirk
Children
John = Elizabeth FORSHAW
Married 26 October 1852, SS Peter & Paul, Ormskirk
John: Born 18 September 1818, Scarisbrick
Baptised 4 October 1818, SS Peter & Paul, Ormskirk
Labourer, Farmer
Elizabeth: Born 1823, Burscough father Thomas boatman
Son John Forshaw born Burscough 1844.
Thomas = Isabella
Thomas: Born 1820, Cop End
Baptised 11 June 1820, St Cuthbert, North Meols
Died 26 June 1868, Scarisbrick aged 48
Buried 29 June 1868, SS Peter & Paul, Ormskirk
Ag Lab, Farmer
Will proved at Liverpool on 13 jul 1868 by son John Twist, labourer of 36 Kirkdale
Rd, Liverpool. Effects under £200.
Isabella: Born 1818, Pilling?
Died Scarisbrick aged 43
Buried 3 July 1862, SS Peter & Paul, Ormskirk
Richard = Ellen
Richard: Born 15 July 1822, Scarisbrick
Baptised 28 July 1822, SS Peter & Paul, Ormskirk
Cordwainer, Coalminer, Gardener
Shoemaker apprentice of Peter Critchley living in Croston in 1841 census. 525/F23
Ellen: Born 1824, Croston
Abraham = Jane HALL
Married 14 July 1850, St Peter, Church St, Liverpool.
Abraham: Born 12 May 1824, Scarisbrick
Baptised 30 May 1824, SS Peter & Paul, Ormskirk
Died 1884, Dec Q West Derby aged 60
Labourer, Iron dresser, Engine Smith
Jane: Born 1821, Workington, Cumberland
Baptised 15 July 1821, St Michael, Workington
Peter = Elizabeth FORSHAW
Married 26 October 1852, SS Peter & Paul, Ormskirk.
Peter: Born 28 February 1826, Scarisbrick
Baptised 19 March 1826, SS Peter & Paul, Ormskirk
Died 1885, June Q Ormskirk aged 59
Labourer
Elizabeth: Born 1824, Burscough
= Elizabeth
Jane = Thomas MERCER
Married 28 May 1865, SS Peter & Paul, Ormskirk.
Jane: Born 1829, Scarisbrick
Baptised 5 April 1829, SS Peter & Paul, Ormskirk
Thomas: Born 1814, Maghull father William
Publican
Alice Born 1831, Scarisbrick
Baptised 7 August 1831, SS Peter & Paul, Ormskirk
Family
Both of the parish. Married by Edward Hile. Marriage witnesses Samuel Vizard &
Henry Wilson.
Living at Four Lane Ends, Burscough, Lancashire in 1841 census. HO107/515/2 F8.
Farming 2 acres at Stubb Lane, Scarisbrick, in 1851 census.
Widower living in Burscough Village with daughter Jane in 1861 census.
Living with daughter Jane Mercer at the Ship Inn, 14 Moor St, Ormskirk in 1871
census.
Generation V
Abraham TWIST = Jane HALL
Married 14 July 1850, St Peter, Church St, Liverpool
Abraham: Born 12 May 1824, Scarisbrick
Baptised 30 May 1824, SS Peter & Paul, Ormskirk
Died 1884, Dec Q West Derby aged 60
Labourer, Iron dresser, Engine Smith
Labouring for farmer James Berry at Lords Gate, Burscough in 1841 census.
Marriage address Ford St.
Jane: Born 1821, Workington, Cumberland
Baptised 15 July 1821, St Michael, Workington
Marriage address Bond St.
Children
John Born 1851, Comas St
Baptised 27 April 1851, St Peter, Church St, Liverpool by WH Duncan
John Roberts Born 25 April 1855, 1ct Rose Place
Baptised 28 April 1857, St Peter, Church St, Liverpool by JJ Amos
Margaret Ann = Joseph CLANCY
Married 1878, sep Q Liverpool
Margaret Ann: Born 25 January 1857, 1ct Rose Place
Baptised 28 April 1857, St Peter, Church St, Liverpool by JJ Amos
Died 1894, Sep quarter, aged 36
Joseph: Born 1856, Liverpool
Joiner, Plasterer
Sarah Jane Born 11 April 1859, Bond St
Baptised 2 May 1859, St Peter, Church St, Liverpool by WR Duncan
Died Bond St aged 2
Buried 8 September 1861, St Martin-in-the-Fields Parochial Cemetery
4/-
Alice = Seth FOULKES
Married 23 December 1883, St Peter, Church St, Liverpool
Alice: Born 1864, Liverpool
Seth: Born 1853, father carter Thomas
Carter
Family
Marriage witnesses John & Alice Twist.
Lodgers at Grosvenor Square, Liverpool, Lancashire in 1851 census.
Living at Carpenter court, Bond St, Liverpool in 1861 census. RG6/2652 F208 pg
58.
Abraham living with daughter Alice at 16 Roscommon St, Liverpool in 1881 census.
Family History Library Film 1341876 Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece/Folio 3657/90 Page Number 3.
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