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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Virginia,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>It is my belief that David Thomson was of Corstorphine -
outside of Edinburg, Scotland. His father's 2nd marriage to Agnes Foullis
linked him the Sec'y of State of Scotland, Thomas Hamilton. In addition,
David's step-brother, Adam Hepburn was the legal clerk to Sec'y at the time of
Thomson's grant to Piscataqua and being designated as the acting governor
of Massachusetts, according to the 1622/23 grant. King James ruled
Scotland "by the pen" as he lived in England. He did that through
Hamilton. There are many other tie-ins to King James. But
clearly, in 1625, David Thomson had a special relationship with the Earl of
Arundel and acted as his agent in America.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>David was a Scotsman according to those who knew
him. Robert Thomson was an Englishman. There may be a relationship,
but I spent years looking, but never found one.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>William Crowne, the Earl of Arundel's right hand man
eventually betrayed Arundel and settled in Mendon Mass, where John Thomson who
also settled in Mendon - David's son - considered him an enemy.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Genevieve</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=vbaldwin1@mac.com href="mailto:vbaldwin1@mac.com">Virginia
Thomson-Baldwin</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=tommies@wellswooster.com
href="mailto:tommies@wellswooster.com">tommies@wellswooster.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, May 01, 2008 11:03
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Tommies] Thomson/Earl of
Arundel/East India Company</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>In response to this comment:</DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 18px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=5>David Thomson's letter </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 18px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=5>to Thomas Howard, the Earl of Arundel proves his close relationship to
him. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 18px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=5>William Crowne in his younger days was a "servant" - clerk to Thomas
Howard,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 22px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 18px Helvetica">the Earl and
got his start through him</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><A
href="http://www.danbyrnes.com.au/business/business13.html">http://www.danbyrnes.com.au/business/business13.html</A>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 16px"><FONT style="FONT: 16px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=5>By 1639, the</FONT><FONT
style="FONT: 16px Helvetica"><B> </B>East India Company</FONT><FONT
style="FONT: 16px Helvetica" face=Helvetica size=5> at Surat owned a few
country ships (regional traders only, not necessarily beholden to Company
authority), and they in various ways saved the Company money. </FONT><FONT
style="FONT: 16px Helvetica"><B>In early 1639 the East India Company was
appalled as the Earl of Arundel with the king's backing wanted to get to the
east</B></FONT><FONT style="FONT: 16px Helvetica" face=Helvetica size=5>; his
plan resembled the Earl of Southampton's venture to settle Mauritius. And that
idea simply revived an abandoned project of Prince Rupert. <BR></FONT><FONT
style="FONT: 10px Helvetica"><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=3><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px">Earl Arundel: This was Thomas
Howard (1585-1646), fourteenth Earl Arundel, Earl Norfolk.
</SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT style="FONT: 10px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=2>See Mary F. S. Hervey, <B>The Life, Correspondence and Collections of
Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel</B>. Cambridge University Press, 1921. Kraus
Reprint, New York, 1969; genealogical tables. Lorimer, (Ed.), <B>Amazon</B>,
p. 194, Note 3. GEC, <B>Peerage</B>, Arundel, p. 255; Norfolk, pp.
624ff.</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 16px">There may be a Thomson connection, however,
Maurice Thomson's brother, Robert, was born in 1622 and he, as far as anyone
knows, was the last son born into that family.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 16px">Virginia</P></DIV>
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