THOMSON GENEALOGY
(Also sometimes spelled THOMPSON)
SURNAMES CONNECTED TO "THOMSON":
ALBIE, ALDRICH, ALDRIDGE, APPLIN, BALLOU, BARTLETT, BELDING, BLY, BOYCE, BRIANT, COLLE, COOK, CROFF, DANIELS, DARLING, EDDY, FAIRBANK, FISH, FLETCHER, FRANCIS, FREBRAY, GAY, GOLDTHWAIT, GUILD, HARBOR, HASKINS, HAYWARD, HINSDALE, HOLBROOK, INGRAM, KELLY, KNIGHT, MANN, MAVERICK, MORSE, NICHOLS, REMINGTON, ROCKWOOD, SABIN, SEALD, STANNARD, THAYER, TWITCHEL, WARD, WHITE, WHITEHORN, WIGHT, WINTER, WOODLAND
Thomson descendants of King Robert II (Stewart)
1 Robert II - 1390 = Elizabeth Mure (parts of Corstorphine had belonged to the Queen's family)
...2 Prince Alexander (Steward) Earl of Buchan
......3 Alexander Stewart - Earl of Mar - 1435
.........4 Sir Thomas (Stewart), Knight - Bef 1435
............5 father of Alexander Thomson (literally son of Thomas)
...............6 Alexander Thomson (1460 - 1513 said to be the grandson of Alexander Earl of Mar, died at Flodden)
= Margaret Forrester (great-grandchild of Sir John Forrester of Corstorphine, Lord High Chamberlain)
..................7 Alexander (Stewart) Thomson d. 1587 Corstorphine m. Janet Gourlay
.....................8 Bernard Thomson - 1600 = Agnes Balzert
........................9 Rev. Richard Thomson, Magister 1564 - 1606
(mother of David unknown, Richards' second wife = Agnes Foulis)
...........................10 David Thomson 1587/88 - 1627 = Amias Colle
..............................11 John Thomson 1619 - 1685 = Sarah Trevore (based on scribbled marriage entry, her father, Captain Trevore, came to John's rescue when he was trying to claim Thomson's Island)
REV. RICHARD THOMSON
"Magister"
1564 - 1606
Rev. (Magister) Richard THOMSON's ecclesiastical appointments were from King James (possibly as a distant relation). He also received preferential treatment in terms of large sums of money each year for his services and was given a second lucrative assignment on the Borders at the time of the King's journey into England after Queen Elizabeth's death.
Rev. Richard THOMSON was the Clerk (legal position) at the Kirk Assembly in 1605 and was put in a position of siding with his King or everyone else. He sided with the King which resulted in several clergyman having to go to trial in England, many were exiled. Richard may have been a witness at the trial. He died at the time of the trial. His nephew-in-law Thomas Hamilton was the lawyer for the King.
Richard THOMSON married (1) Florence CROMLAN? (2) Agnes Foulis (widow of Rev. Adam Hepburn)
CHILDREN OF RICHARD THOMSON AND FLORENCE CROMLAN:
DAVID THOMSON was born before 17 DEC 1592 in Corstorphine, Scotland (near Edinburgh) Baptized St. James, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, 17 December 1592, Married in St. Andrews, Plymouth, Devonshire, 18 July 1613 Amias COLE (COLLE), born about 1593, daughter of William Cole (COLLE) [NHGR 9:113].
DAVID THOMSON
1592-1628
David THOMSON was born 17 DEC 1592 in Corstophine, Scotland and died in December 1628 on THOMSON's ISLAND, MA at age 36 years. He married Amyes COLLE ( Amias Cole) on 13 July 1613 in Plymouth, England. She was born in England, place and date unknown to William COLLE and Agnes BRIANT.
David THOMSON was appointed First Acting Governor of MA
Amyes COLLE died in Massachusetts, place and exact date unknown, sometime after 1649.
MARRIAGE: St. Andrews, Plymouth, Devonshire, 18 July 1613 Amias Cole, born about 1593, daughter of William Cole [NHGR 9:113]. She married (2) about 1630 Samuel Maverick (her son John Thomson calls him "my father Mr. Samuell Maverick" [ Aspinwall 70]), son of Rev. JOHN MAVERICK . She was living 3 September 1672 when her son Nathaniel Maverick of Barbados mentioned her in his will [ NEHGR 69:158].
NOTE: On 26 May 1648, Aspinwall received two documents from "Amies or Emes" (Cole) (Thomson) Maverick. The first stated that on 1 April 1615, "William Cole of Plymouth in the County of Devon, shipwright," and "David Thompson of Plymouth aforesaid apothecary and Ems his now wife ... in consideration of a marriage already had and solemnised between the said David Thomson & Ems the daughter of the said William" created a lease to several rooms in a house in Plymouth "wherein the said William Cole now dwelleth" for threescore years if all three should live so long. The second document, dated 3 January 1625[/6], stated that whereas "I W[illia]m Cole of Plimouth, shipwright, have had & received of my daughter Amies Thomson the sum of fifty pounds which money I was to have towards the buying of my land upon condition that I should make my land over to my daughter & her children, which I have done as by my will appeareth, now I have received of her above in writing of the sum of thirty pounds, which I am to give an account for to her husband David Thomson". In 1876 Charles Deane published a lengthy account of the life of David Thomson, including the full text of the indenture between David Thomson and the other merchants of Plymouth In 1973 Ralph E. Thompson and Matthew R. Thompson compiled a history of Pascataway: De Facto Capital of New England, 1623-1630 (Portsmouth, New Hampshire [cited above as Pascataway]
David THOMSON came to New England in 1623 on the ship "Jonathon", sailing from Plymouth, England in the spring of 1623 and settled at a place called Little Harbor on the west side of Piscataqua River where he is found in that year by Robert Gorges and by Christopher Levett About the year 1626 he took possession of the island in Boston Harbor which now bears his name where he soon after died leaving a wife and an infant son to whom the General Court of Massachusetts subsequently granted this island. In Robert Gorges's patent he is styled David Thomson "gent" Winslow calls him a "Scotchman" In this indenture he is described as of Plymouth His name is often mentioned in the Records of the Council for New England .
NOTE: "On October 22, 1622 the "Council for the affairs of New England In America" grantd one David Thomson "6000 acres of land and one Island in New England". Thomson undoubtedly was a man of standing in Plymouth and doubtless enjoyed an honorable position with King James.
The Island in Massachusetts Bay aquired by David Thomson was the only Bay Island which had a boat harbor. Comprising an area of 157 acres, it was situated about 8 miles from Weymouth, slightly more than a mile from Braintree and about a mile from Dorchester. It was named after Thomson and still bears his name."
From: Descendants of David and Amyes (Colle) Thomson and their son John : ten generations of Thomsons descended from David, who died on Thompson's Island in Massachusetts Bay, and his son John, of Me Descendants of David and Amyes (Colle) Thomson and their son John : ten generations of Thomsons descended from David, who died on Thompson's Island in Massachusetts Bay, and his son John, of Mendon, Massachusetts
Eastchester, N.Y.: unknown, 1962, 215 pgs. By: Amy, Henry Joseph
NOTE: Amyes COLLE married a second time before 1634 to Samuel MAVERICK.
Amias Maverick signature and seal
CHILDREN OF DAVID THOMSON AND AMYES COLLE:
ANN THOMSON was born St. Andrews 1 October 1615; burial there 14 October 1615
PRISCILLA THOMSON was born St. Andrews 23 October 1616; presumably living 1635 when her mother mentions "her fatherless children" [Trelawny Papers 76-78], but no further record.
JOHN THOMSON born 5 JAN 1618/19 in St. Andrews England. Died 9 NOV 1685 in Mendon, MA. Married Sarah UNKNOWN before 1642 in probably Weymouth, MA.. Called "John Thompson of London".
ANN THOMSON was born St. Andrews 22 November 1620; burial there 26 November 1620.
JOHN THOMSON
1619-1685
John THOMSON was born about 1619 in England and died in Mendon, MA on 9 NOV 1685. He married before 1642 to Sarah UNKNOWN.
Note: In his will, made March 27, 1684, probated April 27, 1686, he called himself John THOMSON Sr. , he named his wife Sarah; son John, sole executor; daughter Mehitable HAYWARD, wife of Samuel; son-in-law John ALDRICH, husband of daughter Sarah. (Suffolk Pro. Recs. Lib. 6-530)
CHILDREN OF JOHN THOMSON AND SARAH UNKNOWN:
JOHN THOMSON born 1642. Died between 1704 and 1712. Married about 1665 to Thankful WOODLAND.
MEHITABLE THOMSON Born and died unknown. Married in Medfield, MA on 28 NOV 1666 to Samuel HAYWARD, son of William HAYWARD and Margery (KNIGHT?). Samuel was born in 1646 and died in Mendon, MA on 29 JULY 1713.
SARAH THOMSON Born unknown and died in Bridgewater, MA on 25 FEB 1678. Married in Mendon, MA on 9 JUNE 1670 to John ALDRIDGE, son of George ALDRIDGE and Catherine SEALD. John ALDRIDGE was born in Braintree, MA on 2 APRIL 1644 and died in Bridgewater after 27 MARCH 27, 1684.
JOHN THOMSON
John THOMSON Thankful Woodland THOMSON
Old North Cemetery on Hartford St., North Bellingham, MA
1642-Bet 1704/12
John THOMSON was born about 1642 in probably Dorchester, MA and died in Mendon, MA between 1704 and 1712. He married about 1665 in probably Dorchester, MA to Thankful WOODLAND, daughter of John WOODLAND and Martha UNKNOWN. Thankful was born in Dorchester, MA 9 AUG 1646.
CHILDREN OF JOHN THOMSON AND THANKFUL WOODLAND:
ELIZABETH THOMSON was born about 1666 in Mendon, MA and died 3 APRIL 1687. She married John DARLING about 1686 in probably Braintree MA. John DARLING was the son of Denice DARLING and Hannah FRANCIS and was born 12 SEPT 1664 in Braintree, MA. He died 29 MAY 1753 in Bellingham, MA at age 90.
JOHN THOMSON was born 1667 in Mendon, MA and died 1749. He married Hannah WIGHT.
SARAH THOMSON was born 12 MAY 1669 in Mendon, MA and died unknown.
MARTHA THOMSON was born 28 AUG 1675 in Mendon, MA and died 14 OCT 1759 at age 82. She married (1) Ebenezer THAYER on 13 JUNE 1695 in Milton, MA. He was the son of Ferdinand THAYER and Huldah HAYWARD and was born in Mendon MA about 1674. He died in Bellingham, MA in March of 1723. Martha married (2) Joseph WIGHT on 15 FEB 1725 in Boston, MA. He was the son of Samuel WIGHT and Hannah ALBIE and was born in Medfield, MA on 7 SEPT 1679 and died 25 OCT 1758 in Bellingham, MA at age 81.
EBENEZER THOMSON was born 1677 in Mendon, MA and died 1748. He married (1) Susannah ROCKWOOD (widow HINSDALE) about 1697. He married (2) Dorothy FAIRBANK in 1713.
SAMUEL THOMSON was born 4 FEB 1679 in Mendon, MA and died 10 AUG 1704; unmarried
WOODLAND THOMSON was born 1681 in Mendon, MA and died 1745. He married (1) Charity TWITCHEL in 1704. He married (2) Hannah UNKNOWN about 1722. He married (3) Sarah UNKNOWN (widow WINTER and DANIELS).
BENJAMIN THOMSON was born 1684 in Mendon MA and died 1750. He married (1) Sarah ALDRICH in 1710. He married (2) Mary BLY in 1732.
DAVID THOMSON was born 1687 in Mendon, MA and died unknown. He married (1) Mercy THAYER in 1711. He married (2) Bethia BOYCE in 1732.
HANNAH THOMSON was born 3 AUG 1689 in Mendon, MA and died 18 SEPT 1704 , Mendon, MA; unmarried
JOHN THOMSON
1667-1749
John THOMSON was born 25 DEC 1667 in Mendon, MA and died 6 MARCH 1749 in Bellingham, MA at age 82. He married about 1689 to Hannah WIGHT . She was a daughter of Samuel WIGHT and Hannah ALBIE and was born in Medfeild, MA on 4 FEB 1668. Hannah died in Bellingham, MA 24 NOV 1759 at age 93.
Tombstone of Hannah Wight THOMSON
"Hear Lies The
Body of Hannah Thompson, The
Wife of John
Thompson "
Old North Cemetery on Hartford St., North Bellingham, MA
(John is probably buried next to her as there is a twin stone base
in place but the stone is broken off.)
CHILDREN OF JOHN THOMSON AND HANNAH WIGHT:
JOHN THOMSON was born in 1689 Mendon, MA and died 1756. He married (1) Abigail WHITE in 1712. He married (2) Abigail THAYER in 1720
HANNAH THOMSON was born 21 APRIL 1692 Mendon, MA and died 4 MARCH 1781 in Bellingham MA at age 89. She married (1) Samuel HAYWARD in Boston, MA on 25 SEPT 1717. He was the son of William HAYWARD and Hester HARBOR. Samuel was born 22 NOV 1696 Mendon MA and died before 1723, Mendon, Ma. Hannah THOMSON married (2) Cornelius DARLING in 1723. He was the son of Cornelius DARLING and Mary FREBRAY and was born in Rehoboth, MA about 1698. He died 17 FEB 1783 in Bellingham, MA.
MARY THOMSON was born 11 MARCH 1694 in Mendon MA and died 7 JUNE 1740 in Bellingham, MA. She married Samuel DARLING on 5 DEC 1716 in Mendon, MA. He was a son of John DARLING and Elizabeth MORSE and was born 18 MARCH 1694 in Mendon, MA. He died 27 JULY 1782 Milford, MA.
SAMUEL THOMSON was born 1696 in Mendon MA and died 1779. He married Hannah DARLING.
JOSEPH THOMSON was born 1698 in Medfield, MA and died 1755. He married Mary HOLBROOK.
JONATHAN THOMSON was born 1700 in Medfield, MA and died 1783. He married (1) Hannah THAYER about 1726 and (2) Sarah GAY in 1762.
BENJAMIN THOMSON was born in 1703 in Medfield, MA and died in 1786. He married Martha DARLING
MARTHA THOMSON was born 28 MARCH 1705 in Medfield MA and died 5 DEC 1781 Bellingham, MA. She married Joseph WIGHT on 22 OCT in Boston, MA. He was born 14 JAN 1705 in Mendon, MA, the son of Joseph WIGHT and Mercy UNKNOWN. Joseph WIGHT died 25 APRIL 1792 in Bellingham, MA.
PETER THOMSON was born 1708 in Mendon, MA and died 1755. He married Martha THAYER.
BENJAMIN THOMSON
1703-1786
Benjamin THOMSON was born 28 APRIL 1703 in Medfield MA and died in Bellingham MA 4 JULY 1786. He married 10 MARCH 1726 to Martha DARLING. She was born 10 MARCH 1706 in Mendon, MA, the daughter of John DARLING and Elizabeth MORSE. Martha died JAN 1783 in Bellingham, MA.
CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN THOMSON AND MARTHA DARLING:
BENONI THOMSON was born 10 MAY 1727 in Bellingham MA and died the following day.
MARY THOMSON (Twin) was born 5 MARCH 1728 in Bellingham, MA. Died before 1746. Unmarried
MARTHA THOMSON (Twin) was born 5 MARCH 1728 in Bellingham MA and died unknown. Married (1) Samuel BUXTON on 28 NOV 1751 in Smithfield, RI (2) Daniel BALLOU before 1786, Daniel was the son of Abadiah BALLOU and Damaris BARTLETT. He was born 27 DEC 1722 in Wrentham, MA and died in 1801.
TAMER THOMSON was born 10 MARCH 1729 in Bellingham, MA and died 9 DEC 1788 in Mendon, MA.
BENJAMIN THOMSON was born 9 MAY 1731 in Bellingham MA and died unknown
SAMUEL THOMSON was born 1733 in Bellingham MA and died unknown. Married in 1761 to Rhoda SMITH.
TIMOTHY THOMSON was born in 1735 in Bellingham MA and died in 1788. Married Rachel DRAPER in 1760.
ELIZABETH THOMSON was born 31 AUG 1737 in Bellingham MA and died unknown.
JOANNA THOMSON was born 3 AUG 1739 in Smithfield RI and died unknown.
JOHN THOMSON was born 1741 in Smithfield, RI and died unknown. married (1) Lucy SABIN in 1764 (2) Sarah FLETCHER in 1797.
ROGER THOMSON was born in 1744 in Smithfield RI and died unknown. Married (1) Elizabeth FISH in 1769 (2) Thankful BELDING in 1773 , (3) Rachel THAYER in 1790 (4) Sarah WARD in 1802.
MARY THOMSON was born 9 AUG 1746 in Smithfield RI and died unknown. Married Micah HOLBROOK ( marriage intention recorded in Uxbridge, MA on 30 MAY 1779). Micah was the son of John HOLBROOK and Zilpha THAYER. He was born in Uxbridge, MA 11 MARCH 1744 and died in Hamburg, NY 1810.
EBENEZER THOMSON 1751 in Smithfield RI and died unkown. He married Sarah APPLIN in 1776.
JOHN THOMSON
1741-UNK
John THOMSON was born in Smithfield RI on 6 JUNE 1741 and died unknown. He married (1) Lucy SABIN on 4 DEC 1764. She was a daughter of David SABIN and Mary HUNT (widow of Thomas REMINGTON ). Lucy was baptised on 14 SEPT 1746 in Hardwick MA and died in Swanzey, NH before 1797. John THOMSON married (2) Sarah FLETCHER on 10 JAN 1797 in Swanzey, NH. Sarah was the widow of Daniel GUILD.
CHILDREN OF JOHN THOMSON AND LUCY SABIN:
JOHN THOMSON was born in 1765 in Uxbridge MA and died 1835. He married Lydia GOLDTHWAIT in 1797.
ISRAEL THOMSON was born in 1768 in Swanzey, NH and died in 1849. He married Merriam ALDRICH in 1796
CHLOE THOMSON was born 16 DEC 1769 in Swanzey, NH and died unknown. She married Thomas HARRIS , of Swanzey, on 24 FEB 1791 in Keene, NH
SAMUEL THOMSON was born in 1772 in Swanzey, NH and died unknown. Married in 1798 to Suzannah HASKINS.
LYDIA THOMSON was born 19 NOV 1774 in Swanzey NH and died unknown
LUCY THOMSON was born 25 JAN 1778 in Swanzey NH. Married Stephen HOLBROOK of Swanzey, on 24 OCT 1816.
CHILD OF JOHN THOMSON AND SARAH FLETCHER:
BENJAMIN THOMSON was born 17 AUG 1799 in Swanzey, NH. Died unknown.
ISRAEL THOMSON
1768-1849
Israel THOMSON was born in Swanzey, NH on 3 MARCH 1768. He died in Wallingford, Vermont on 19 DEC 1849 at age 81 years. He married Merriam ALDRICH in Richmond, NH on 17 NOV 1796. Merriam was the daughter of Silas ALDRICH and Mehitabel THAYER. Merriam ALDRICH was born 1 APRIL 1775 in Richmond, NH and died 26 JUNE 1851 in Wallingford NH. Israel and Merriam moved from Swanzey to Danby VT in 1817.
CHILDREN OF ISRAEL THOMSON AND MERRIAM ALDRICH:
LYDIA THOMSON was born about 1798 in Swanzey, NH and died in 1856 in probably Granby, NY. Married Caleb COOK in 1818 in Danby, VT. He was the son of Simeon COOK and Rhoda MANN, born 12 MAR 1796 in Swanzey, NH and died 16 FEB 1877 in Granby, Oswego, NY.
JOHN THOMSON was born about 1802 in Swanzey NH and died in Granby NY. Married Nancy WHITEHORN
ISRAEL THOMSON was born about 1805 in Swanzey NH and died unknown. Married Freelove NICHOLS in 1828.
SILAS THOMSON was born 31 JULY 1808 in Swanzey, NH and died 23 NOV 1857 in Wallingford VT at age 49. Married Lucy INGRAM.
SAMUEL THOMSON was born in 1811 in Swanzey, NH and died unknown. Married Judith KELLY
JOANNA THOMSON was born 2 APRIL 1814 in Swanzey, NH and died 19 MARCH 1886 at age 72 in Putney, VT. Married 1835 to Samuel Eddy CROFF. He was born 12 OCT 1812 in Wallingford VT to Abner CROFF and Roxy EDDY. Samuel died 11 DEC 1866 in Danby VT at age 54.
MARIAN THOMSON Born unknown in Swanzey, NH and died unknown.
LYDIA THOMSON
1798-1856
Lydia THOMSON was born about 1798 in Swanzey, NH and died 1856 in probably Granby, Oswego County, NY. She married Caleb COOK on 2 MARCH 1818 in Danby VT. Caleb COOK was a son of Simeon COOK and Rhoda MANN. He was born 12 MARCH 1796 in NH and died 16 FEB 1877 in Granby, Oswego, NY .
CHILDREN OF LYDIA THOMSON AND CALEB COOK:
CYNTHIA E. COOK was born 12 AUG 1833 in Syracuse, Oswego County, NY. Married Asa STANNARD on 17 APR 1853.
CALISTA COOK was born 18 SEP 1815
PHARES COOK 7 OCT 1817
FAUSTINA COOK 12 FEB 1820
CARLON COOK 28 MAY 1822 in Granby, Oswego, NY
ARVILLA COOK 3 MAR 1824
SIMEON COOK 10 MAY 1826
LYDIA COOK 17 APR 1830 in Granby, Oswego, NY
AQUILLA COOK 7 MAY 1834 in Granby, Oswego, NY
CALEB COOK 1 JAN 1836 in Granby, Oswego, NY