Who were the Nuns?

A Prosopographical study of the English Convents in exile 1600-1800

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Jane Thwing, in religion Jane.
Born: 1659 in London.
Died: 19 Jan 1725 in Hammersmith, Middx.

father: Augustus Thwing
mother: Constantia Constable

Mary Ward Institute choir nun.
She entered 30 Jan 1680.
Munich

She was the sister of Joanna Thwing.
She was the cousin of Catherine Thwing, Anne Thwing, Helen Thwing.

Sources: biog dic; mbm.

Notes:

She was in Paris with Mary Portington in 1697. From 1703 until her death she was in Hammersmith.

Sr Kirkus (biog dict p. 186)assumes she was a niece of the daughters of George Thweng. The pedigrees established by Foster from the Visitations show that their father Augustus was a younger brother of George. Father also appears in convent records as Albertus.