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<DIV><SPAN class=250440620-02022009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=6>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. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=250440620-02022009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=6>
One was <EM>The Proprietors' Records of Mendon, </EM>mostly land records,
and does not "appear to add anything definitive to our David/John Thompson
question."</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=250440620-02022009><FONT face=Arial> The second is
<EM>Mendon Families </EM>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.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=250440620-02022009><FONT face=Arial> 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.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=250440620-02022009><FONT face=Arial> Betty Lou
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<SPAN class=250440620-02022009><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=6>[Betty Lou
Morris] , </FONT></SPAN><BR><B>From:</B>
tommies-bounces@wellswooster.com
[mailto:tommies-bounces@wellswooster.com]<B>On Behalf Of
</B>morrisb<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, December 31, 2008 3:41 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
'Discussion list for David THOMSON & Amias COLE
descendantsandresearchers.'<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Tommies] Welcome Sharon
Thompson from Alberta<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=990371120-31122008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>
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?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=990371120-31122008><FONT face=Arial> Betty
Lou</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
tommies-bounces@wellswooster.com
[mailto:tommies-bounces@wellswooster.com]<B>On Behalf Of
</B>gcfraser@peoplepc.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, December 26, 2008 11:24
PM<BR><B>To:</B> Discussion list for David THOMSON & Amias COLE
descendantsandresearchers.<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Tommies] Welcome Sharon
Thompson from Alberta<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Betty Lou,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>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.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Genevieve</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=quintinth@aol.com href="mailto:quintinth@aol.com">Quintin
Thompson</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=tommies@wellswooster.com
href="mailto:tommies@wellswooster.com">Discussion list for David THOMSON
& Amias COLE descendants andresearchers.</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, December 26, 2008 11:11
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Tommies] Welcome Sharon
Thompson from Alberta</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>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
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<DIV>On Dec 16, 2008, at 4:41 PM, morrisb wrote:</DIV><BR
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<DIV><SPAN class=550125622-15122008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff> 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.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=550125622-15122008><FONT face=Arial> Betty Lou
Morris</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=550125622-15122008><FONT face=Arial> Mount
Clemens, MI</FONT></SPAN></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
tommies-bounces@wellswooster.com [<A
href="mailto:tommies-bounces@wellswooster.com">mailto:tommies-bounces@wellswooster.com</A>]<B>On
Behalf Of </B>Alyce Elliott<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, December 15, 2008
8:36 PM<BR><B>To:</B> <A
href="mailto:dick@hodgman.org">dick@hodgman.org</A>; Discussion list
for David THOMSON & Amias COLE descendants
andresearchers.<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Tommies] Welcome Sharon
Thompson from Alberta<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>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:<BR><A href="http://www.wellswooster.com/tommies/alyce.htm"
eudora="autourl">http://www.wellswooster.com/tommies/alyce.htm</A><BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>Alyce Thompson Elliott<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>At 10:11 AM
12/14/2008, you wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">Tommies,<BR><BR>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. <BR><BR>Please
join me in welcoming Sharon to our group.
<BR><BR>--Dick<BR>============================<BR>Dick Hodgman<BR><A
href="mailto:dick@hodgman.org">dick@hodgman.org</A><BR><A
href="http://hodgman.org/"
eudora="autourl">http://hodgman.org/</A><BR><BR>p.s. This message
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