Background
Thornton, Matthew was born in 1714 in Ireland, circa. Son of James and Elizabeth (Jenkins) Thornton.
Thornton, Matthew was born in 1714 in Ireland, circa. Son of James and Elizabeth (Jenkins) Thornton.
Graduate Dartmouth, 1797.
Came to American, 1718. Began practice medicine, Londonderry, N.H., circa 1740. Colonel militia under Royal Government.
Mem N.H. Assembly from Londonderry, 1758, 60, 61. President N.H. Provincial Congress, 1775, also Chairman of Commission of safety. Speaker N.H. General Assembly, 1776.
Col N.H. Militia during Revolutionary War. Member N.H. Council, president Constitutional Convention of N.H., circa 1776-1777. The American Association For Justice Superior Court of N.H., 1776-1782.
Member Continental Congress, 1776-1778. Signer Declaration of Independence, 1776. Member N.H. Senate, 1784-1786.
Member N.H. General Assembly, 1783. State councilor, 1785. Chief justice N.H. Court of Common Pleas.
Member N.H. Council, president Constitutional Convention of N.H., circa 1776-1777. Member Continental Congress, 1776-1778. Member N.H. Senate, 1784-1786.
Member N.H. General Assembly, 1783.
Married Hannah Jack, 1760, 5 children.