[Tommies] John Thompson, son of David
morrisb
morrisb at libcoop.net
Mon Feb 2 15:28:33 EST 2009
To Gen Fraser and all Tommies: Trying to find evidence that John Thompson
son of David and John Thompson of Weymouth and Mendon are one and the same
person, I followed your clue that there was a hand-written item at the Rhode
Island Historical Society library with this information. I contacted the
reference librarian there and was told they had two items that were
hand-written and concerned Mendon. I hired a researcher from the library's
list to look at these two items.
One was The Proprietors' Records of Mendon, mostly land records, and does
not "appear to add anything definitive to our David/John Thompson question."
The second is Mendon Families by Mrs. Frank Haviland, n.d..(about
1901-1929) and repeats the lineage of David to John and through the Mendon
Thompsons -- as we have long accepted it to be --but includes no sources.
I continue to hope we will find proof someday that our John Thompson, of
Weymouth and Mendon was the same person as John Thompson, son of David. The
two men were born in the same year and tradition says they were the same man
but we need more than this to convince other genealogists.
Betty Lou
-----Original Message-----[Betty Lou Morris] ,
From: tommies-bounces at wellswooster.com
[mailto:tommies-bounces at wellswooster.com]On Behalf Of morrisb
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 3:41 PM
To: 'Discussion list for David THOMSON & Amias COLE
descendantsandresearchers.'
Subject: Re: [Tommies] Welcome Sharon Thompson from Alberta
Thanks, Gen, for your response about the proof that John, son of David
Thompson, was the same person as John Thompson of Mendon. I wonder if any
of the Tommies has in his/her records the citations for the date, place and
source for (1) the birth of John, son of David and (2) John of Mendon?
Does anyone have a citation for the late 18th/early 19th century
hand-written book from Mendon at the Rhode Island Historical Society that
lists David as the father of John? I looked at the RIHS online catalogue
and did not find it there. Does anyone on the Tommies list have access to
that library?
Betty Lou
-----Original Message-----
From: tommies-bounces at wellswooster.com
[mailto:tommies-bounces at wellswooster.com]On Behalf Of gcfraser at peoplepc.com
Sent: Friday, December 26, 2008 11:24 PM
To: Discussion list for David THOMSON & Amias COLE
descendantsandresearchers.
Subject: Re: [Tommies] Welcome Sharon Thompson from Alberta
Betty Lou,
I don't have the facts at my fingertips, but John of Mendon was the same
age as John, David's son. There are other reasons too including a late 18th
century/early 19th century handwritten book in the RI historical society
from Mendon that lists David as the father of John.
Genevieve
----- Original Message -----
From: Quintin Thompson
To: Discussion list for David THOMSON & Amias COLE descendants
andresearchers.
Sent: Friday, December 26, 2008 11:11 AM
Subject: Re: [Tommies] Welcome Sharon Thompson from Alberta
Hi, Gen sometime ago you gave remarks supporting this claim. I have
a print out of it. Maybe you can up date it and pass it on to Betty Lou.
Quint
On Dec 16, 2008, at 4:41 PM, morrisb wrote:
Let me add my greetings of welcome to you, Sharon. We Tommies are
a pretty scattered and diverse group, but we all claim David Thompson as an
ancestor. My particular hang up is the question of proof that John Thompson
of Mendon, MA, from whom we all descend, is the same man as John Thompson,
son of David. If you have any information to help with this, please let us
know.
Betty Lou Morris
Mount Clemens, MI
-----Original Message-----
From: tommies-bounces at wellswooster.com
[mailto:tommies-bounces at wellswooster.com]On Behalf Of Alyce Elliott
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 8:36 PM
To: dick at hodgman.org; Discussion list for David THOMSON & Amias
COLE descendants andresearchers.
Subject: Re: [Tommies] Welcome Sharon Thompson from Alberta
Hi Sharon, thanks for joining us. I believe I know your Uncle
Frank, if it's the same Frank Thompson -- met him on this list. You and I
(and others on the list including Frank) share an ancestor: C. B. Thompson,
my great grandfather. I'm eleventh generation wrt David Thomson, see my
line here:
http://www.wellswooster.com/tommies/alyce.htm
Do we have the same line in common? At least up to Charles?
Welcome to the Tommies list and I look forward to seeing further posts from
you.
Alyce Thompson Elliott
At 10:11 AM 12/14/2008, you wrote:
Tommies,
On Monday, 11/17/08,I received the Fall 2008 newsletter from
Thompson Island Outward Bound. On the back page (attached to this message),
I found that Sharon Thompson of Alberta, Canada had visited Thompson Island
and wanted to reach out to other descendants of David Thompson. I contacted
her by email, gave her a synopsis of our 2001 (Re)union, and pointed her to
the Tommies website. She has joined our email list.
Please join me in welcoming Sharon to our group.
--Dick
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dick at hodgman.org
http://hodgman.org/
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