1848 TWISS Birth Certificate. Where in Ashton-in-Makerfield???

[Rowan Tree]

Register copy! That's the phrase I'm looking for. Thanks, Jon. Can you tell that I'm fairly unfamiliar with wills..? 

I'm about to check out the Thomas Knowles will that you mentioned. James TWISS' mother was a KNOWLES and he had a sibling who married a KNOWLES.

Jon, can I ask for your opinion, please? In James TWISS' will, he mentions his sister, Sarah FAIRHURST. I'm not aware of a sister or sister-in-law named Sarah FAIRHURST. Have you any suggestions or opinions on how I could work out who Sarah FAIRHURST is?

Rowan Tree 

[Rowan Tree]

Among other things, there is an original will of Thomas Knowles of Haydock, 1833, which a mentions a Twiss sister and nephew
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DW53-WRV?view=fullText&keywords=Twiss%2CHaydock&lang=en&groupId=

This is great! Straight away I can see that this is James TWISS' uncle or Sarah TWISS nee KNOWLES' youngest brother, Thomas KNOWLES.

MODIFIED: Thomas KNOWLES wrote his will on the 8th April 1833 and was buried on the 5th May 1833. He died of consumption.

[Rowan Tree]

And a copy will, fairly brief, proved in 1857, of a Matthew Twist of Parr near St Helens, with property and Twist relatives in Haydock. Who he?
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DKRS-KWR?view=fullText&keywords=Haydock%2CTwist&lang=en&groupId=

I've been looking into Matthew TWIST. Matthew is definitely a TWIST and not a TWISS. The TWISS' and TWIST's may originate with the same ancestor, but I haven't proved that (yet).

I don't currently have Matthew TWIST b. 1793 in my tree, but I do have one of his brother's, Samuel TWIST b. 1776. Samuel is in my tree through marriage. He's married to Peggy/Margaret LONGBOTTOM/LONGBOTHAM. I'm a descendant of Peggy's sister, Cicely b.1789 who marries William FORSHAW.