John Thwing

1670 - Bef 1709  (< 38 years)

• Name	John Thwing
  Birth	16 Oct 1670	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Bef 1709  [2]
  Person ID	I43857	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	29 Sep 2025

  
  

  Father	John Thwing,   b. 21 Nov 1644, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts d. 6 Sep 1690, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts (Age 45 years)
  Mother	Mary Messenger,   b. Abt 1650, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts d. Between 1705 and 1706, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts (Age 55 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1670	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [3]
  Family ID	F25620	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha Leatherland,   b. Bef 4 May 1673   d. Aft 1709 (Age > 37 years)
  Children	+ 1. Nathaniel Thwing,   b. 17 Aug 1703, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts d. 18 Apr 1768, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts (Age 64 years)
  Family ID	F25619	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Sep 2025

  
  

• Notes

  He was a shipwright and a sailmaker. His wife is recorded as a widow in 1709.

  
  

• Sources

  [S8693] Thwing: A Genealogical, Biographical and Historical Account of the Family by Walter Eliot Thwing. Boston: David Clapp & Son, 1883. [S8694] Winifred Lovering Holman, "Thwing." The American Genealogist 24:259, 1948. [S101] The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes 1-3 and The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volumes 1-7, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996-2011.