Prisca (Meacham) Thwing (1730 - 1780)

Born 6 Nov 1730 in East Enfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of James Thwing — married 11 Apr 1753 in Somers, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 16 Nov 1780 at age 50 in Wilbraham, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Prisca was born in 1730 in what is now called Somers, Connecticut.^[1] The town of Somers, located in Tolland County, is in north-central Connecticut and borders Massachusetts. Once a part of Massachusetts, men from Enfield moved to the area permanently and formalized the settlement in 1713. In 1734, the town was incorporated, and in 1749 Somers became a part of Connecticut.^[2] Prisca may have been named after her immigrant paternal GG Grandmother, Margaret Prisse, or more likely her maternal grandmother, Prisca Chatwell...or both. She was baptized on 17 January 1731.^[3] She married James Thwing in Somers in 1753.^[4] She was the mother of all his children. She passed away 16 November 1780 in Wilbraham, Massachusetts.

Children

All born in Wilbraham, Massachusetts:

1. James Thwing 28 Nov 1753
2. Mercy Thwing 6 Jan 1756 m. Dalton
3. Molly 24 Jun 1858 ^[5]
4. John Thwing 27 Jan 1761
5. Hannah Thwing 29 Nov 1763 m. Weaver
6. Samuel Thwing

Research Notes

1. Disputed child: Samuel Thwing. note: No SAMUEL THWING listed in Walter Eliot Thwing genealogy
2. The above information (that the Walter Elliot Thwing genealogy did not list a Samuel as child of James and Prisca) is incorrect. Samuel (#43 in the Thwing book) is the 5th child of James Thwing (# 24 in the Thwing book) and his wife, "Prisca Meecham" (as spelled in Walter's Thwing book, of which I have a copy). One potential problem with this Thwing line is there are three individuals in a row by the name of "James Thwing"^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WK-CZZ : 7 January 2020), Prisee Meacham, 1730.
2. ↑ ConnecticutHistory.org https://connecticuthistory.org/towns-page/somers/
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. Connecticut, U.S., Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920
4. ↑ "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F759-GHW : 11 January 2020), James Irving, 1753.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCC7-X48 : 14 January 2020), Prisca in entry for Molly Thwing, 1758.
6. ↑ Thwing, Walter Eliot. Thwing: A Genealogical, Biographical and Historical Account of the Family. Franklin Classics (October 11, 2018)

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WK-CZ8 : 11 February 2018), Samuel Meacham in entry for Prisee Meacham, 06 Nov 1730; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
• Connecticut Vital Records to 1870, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928., V1 p4.