Notes for: Michael DUNNELL

He was the first physician ever recorded in Topsfield (MA), and is styledon old deeds as physician and chirurgeion. What were his medical studiesprevious t his acquiring his title are not known at this day. His willwas like that of his father, signed with his seal and mark, and not byhimself, and therefore I do not deem it conclusive proof it had beenwritten correctly, for it was written in his 84th year, and is pelledDwinel.

Dunnel Genealogy, p. 14