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==Early life==

==Early life==

Matthew Thornton was born in [[Ireland]]. At age three, he immigrated to the United States with his father and settled in Wiscasset, [[Maine]] before moving to Worcester, [[Massachusetts]]. He received a formal education in the study of medicine and in 1740 started his own practice. Thornton was appointed surgeon of New Hampshire troops in the expedition against Cape Breton.<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000242 THORNTON, Matthew, (1714 - 1803), Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]</ref> Eventually he became Colonel of the New Hampshire Militia during the [[American Revolution]].  

Matthew Thornton was born in [[Ireland]]. At age three, he immigrated to the United States with his father and settled in Wiscasset, [[Maine]] before moving to Worcester, [[Massachusetts]]. The family paid their way across the Atlantic through [[Indentured servitude]], and Thornton spent many of his early years in indenture.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=zO4ulIkeKX8C&pg=PA63 America at 1750: A Social Portrait], by Richard</ref> He received a formal education in the study of medicine and in 1740 started his own practice. Thornton was appointed surgeon of New Hampshire troops in the expedition against Cape Breton.<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000242 THORNTON, Matthew, (1714 - 1803), Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]</ref> Eventually he became Colonel of the New Hampshire Militia during the [[American Revolution]].  

==Politics==

==Politics==