THE TWING/THWING PAGE
BENJAMIN THWING, From all who bear the name in America are descended, was born in England, about 1619. He emigrated
from London to America in April, 1635, in the ship or vessel called "Susan & Ellen", Edward Payne, master, as one of the servants
or apprentices of Ralph Hudson. His wife Deborah is reported to have come with him, although there is no mention
of her name among the list of passengers. Her full name at present is unknown.
Benjamin was admitted to be a townsman, along with others, at the town meeting held March 28, 1642. He was a
joiner by trade, and a Proprietor both in Watertown and Concord, Mass. Both he and his wife were members of
the First Church of Boston.
----Twing Genealogy, Walter Eliot Thwing, 1883
The "h" in Thwing seems to have been dropped by many of those who moved to Wisconsin/Minnesota/Michigan
Benjamin's descendant, JOHN THWING (1671) served in the revolutionary war as a private in Captain Joseph
Browning's Company, Col. Seth Murray's First Massachusetts Regiment. WILLIAM ARTHUR TWING, served in the
civil war as a private in the 6th Regiment of the Wisconsin
Infantry.
| ANCESTOR & --SPOUSE | BIRTH | DEATH |
| BENJAMIN THWING | 1619 - London, England | 1672 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts |
| -- DEBORAH | Abt. 1621 - London, England | Abt. 1673 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts |
| JOHN THWING | November 21, 1644 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts | September 06, 1690 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts |
| -- MARY MESSENGER | January 07, 1649/50 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts | 1705-1706 - Boston, Suffolk, Mass. |
| JOHN THWING | October 16, 1670 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts | Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts |
| -- MARTHA DREW | Abt. 1671 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts | ( ) |
| JOHN THWING | June 02, 1693 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts | May 18, 1769 - Worcester, Mass |
| -- MERCY JONES | September 03, 1697 - Hull, Massacusetts | Aft. May 18, 1769 - Worcester, Mass |
| JAMES THWING | March 03, 1724/25 - Mendon, Mass | December 11, 1789 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts |
| -- PRISCA MEECHAM | Somers, , Connecticut | Hampden Co., MA |
| JOHN THWING | January 27, 1761 - Hampden Co., MA | June 19, 1844 - Geauga Co., OH |
| -- RUTH BEEBE | July 05, 1766 - New London, Connecticut | July 01, 1853 - Geauga Co., OH |
 SILAS T(H)WING |
9/15/1803 - Wilbraham, MA | 10/10/1892 - Lafayette Co., WI |
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