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The extensive territory in Maine seems to indicate he was a minor member of the Kennebeck Proprietors.----------------------------------------------"Nathaniel, born in 1703, became a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in 1736; was commissioned a lieutenant in Boston in 1743, of which Hon. Jacob Wendell was colonel. He served as major and captain of the Third company of the Eighth Massachusetts Regiment under Colonel John Choate, against Louisburg, and was on February 18, 1755, commissioned a lieutenant-colonel of a Regiment of Foot whereof Richard Gridley, Esquire, was colonel, being a part of the forces raised to protect His Majesty's territories from further encroachments of the French at Crown Point. In 1752 he went to Frankfort on Kennebec to open the county for settlement for the Plymouth Company who owned the land. He died April 18, 1768, and was buried in King's Chapel burying ground."He rejoined the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in 1761, while a major of militia. On March 12, 1764, he was chosen (with others) one of the Selectmen of Boston. He resigned his office Nov. 17, 1765. He was a gentleman well respected. He was seized with an apoplectic fit in the street as he was returning home from public worship on Sunday, April 17, 1768, and died the next day.His wife died Sept. 6, 1749, and he married, second, Martha Clap of Woburn, widow of Rev. Supply Clap, Jan. 1750.
Children of Nathaniel Thwing born in Boston:
Mary Thwing b: 18 Dec 1728Sarah Thwing b: 17 Mar 1730Nathaniel Thwing , Jr b: 26 Jun 1731James Thwing b: 15 Apr 1733John Thwing b: 22 Aug 1734Benjamin Thwing b: 5 Jan 1736Sarah Thwing b: 4 May 1737Joanna Thwing b: 28 Nov 1738William Thwing b: 16 May 1740Joanna Thwing b: 21 Jun 1741Daniel Thwing b: 3 Dec 1742 Samuel Thwing b: 1 Jun 1744Martha Thwing b: 13 Nov 1746Mary Thwing b: 27 Sep 1750 (presumably daughter of Martha (Clap))

Birth	17 Aug 1703	Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Marriage	17 Aug 1727	Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts - Joanna Davis
Marriage	Jan 1750	Martha Fowle
Death	18 Apr 1768	Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Burial		Kings Chapel Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Spouse	Joanna Davis (1707 - 1749)
Child	Mary Thwing (1728 - 1748)
Child	Nathaniel Thwing J. P. (1731 - 1817)
Child	Sarah Thwing (1737 - 1753)

Spouse

Martha Fowle (1709 - 1794)

Father	John Thwing (1670 - 1709)
Mother	Martha Mary Drew ( - 1771)
Sibling	John Thwing III (1693 - 1769)
Sibling	Mary Thwing (1695 - 1765)
Sibling	Martha Thwing (1699 - 1784)
Sibling	James Thwing (1700 - 1720)
Sibling	Rachel Thwing (1705 - 1746)
Sibling	Sarah Thwing (1709 - 1789)

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