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<DIV><SPAN class=280112819-03022009><FONT
face=Arial><STRONG>Genevieve,</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=280112819-03022009><FONT face=Arial><STRONG> Yes, I
believe it is probably the book you describe. Early last month Ms. Lee
Teverow, Reference Librarian at the RIHS, answered my inquiry about a
hand-written book of records or recollections about early Mendon. She
wrote: </STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=280112819-03022009><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>
</STRONG></FONT><FONT face=Arial><STRONG><SPAN
class=280112819-03022009>"</SPAN>Thank you for your inquiry regarding the book
about Mendon, MA. There are two items listed in our catalog that might be what
you're looking for. The first is "Mendon families," by Elizabeth Seamans
Haviland (RR F 74 .M59 H28) and it comprises 5 volumes of handwritten
genealogical materials arranged alphabetically by name of family. The second is
"The proprietors records of the town of Mendon, MA, incorporated May 15, 1667,"
transcribed from manuscript records (RR F 74 M59 M54.)<SPAN
class=280112819-03022009>"</SPAN></STRONG></FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=280112819-03022009><STRONG> I asked
Christine Lamar, a researcher on the list that Ms. Teverow sent to me, to look
at these two books with our problem of identifying John Thompson of Mendon with
John Thompson, son of David and heir to Thompson's Island in mind. She
reported as follows:</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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face=Arial><STRONG></STRONG></FONT>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=280112819-03022009>"T</SPAN>he
two books you suggested I evaluate are as described. I was not allowed to
make copies from either:<BR><BR>1. The Proprietors Records of Mendon,
Massachusetts, incorporated May 15, 1667. Boston, Rockwell & Churchill
Press, 1899. It is a printed transcript produced by members of committees
from six Massachusetts towns. It is land records which do not appear to
add anything definitive to your David/John Thompson question.<BR><BR>2.
Mendon Families by Mrs. Frank Haviland. n.d. (ca. 1901-1929) unpub.,
unpaged, bound mss in 5 v. The volume I looked at was V. 5 TH-Z.
<BR>Contained the following:<BR><BR>David and Amyes (sic)<BR>son John
Thomson 1619- 9 Nov 1685, m. Sarah<BR>son John b. 1642- 1715 m. Thankful
Woodland<BR>dau Mehitable (no birth date given) m. Samuel Hayward 9 June
1670<BR>dau Sarah b. 2 July 1644 m. John Aldrich 1678 son of George and
Catherine<BR><BR>A list of John's- b. 1642- children was also given as
follows.<BR>John 1667-1749 one of the early settlers of
Bellingham<BR>Sarah 12 May 1669<BR>Ebenezer 1 Oct 1677<BR>Samuel 4 Feb
1679-1704<BR>Woodland 27 Jan 1681<BR>Benjamin 17 Sept 1681<BR>David 24 May
1687<BR>Hannah 3 Aug 1689<BR><BR><U>There was no indication of sources or
mention of Thompson's Island."</U></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><STRONG></STRONG></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=280112819-03022009></SPAN><FONT
face=Arial><STRONG> <SPAN class=280112819-03022009> Ms. Lamar looked
at other sources at RIHS but found nothing that suggested that John
Thompson of Thompson's Island was the same as John Thompson of
Mendon. Except for the fact that they were born in the same year and
that John Jr. of Mendon named a son David, either man's timeline stands
independent of the other's. There is nothing that contradicts their
being the same man (except Douglas Richardson's article) but nothing
connects them, either. I hate to continue claiming David as an
ancestor when respected genealogists seem to doubt it. Let's hope we
can find the "smoking gun"!</SPAN></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><STRONG><SPAN class=280112819-03022009> Betty
Lou.</SPAN><BR></STRONG></DIV></FONT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></SPAN></FONT></DIV></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma><STRONG>-----Original Message-----<BR>From:
tommies-bounces@wellswooster.com [mailto:tommies-bounces@wellswooster.com]On
Behalf Of gcfraser@peoplepc.com<BR>Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 11:16
PM<BR>To: Discussion list for David THOMSON & Amias COLE
descendantsandresearchers.<BR>Subject: Re: [Tommies] John Thompson, son of
David<BR><BR></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>Betty,</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>Is the Mendon Families a cloth bound, hand-sewn
document which mentions Amias and David at the top of the Thompson
section?</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>Genevieve</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><STRONG></STRONG></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><STRONG></STRONG></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><STRONG></STRONG></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>From: </STRONG><A title=morrisb@libcoop.net
href="mailto:morrisb@libcoop.net"><STRONG>morrisb</STRONG></A><STRONG>
</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><STRONG>To: </STRONG><A
title=tommies@wellswooster.com
href="mailto:tommies@wellswooster.com"><STRONG>'Discussion list for David
THOMSON & Amias COLE descendantsandresearchers.'</STRONG></A><STRONG>
</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><STRONG>Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 3:28
PM</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><STRONG>Subject: [Tommies] John Thompson, son
of David</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><BR></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=250440620-02022009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff><STRONG>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. </STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=250440620-02022009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff><STRONG> 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."</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=250440620-02022009><FONT face=Arial><STRONG> 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.</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=250440620-02022009><FONT face=Arial><STRONG> 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.</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=250440620-02022009><FONT face=Arial><STRONG> Betty
Lou </STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma><STRONG>-----Original Message-----<SPAN
class=250440620-02022009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>[Betty Lou
Morris] , </FONT></SPAN><BR>From:
tommies-bounces@wellswooster.com
[mailto:tommies-bounces@wellswooster.com]On Behalf Of morrisb<BR>Sent:
Wednesday, December 31, 2008 3:41 PM<BR>To: 'Discussion list for David
THOMSON & Amias COLE descendantsandresearchers.'<BR>Subject: Re:
[Tommies] Welcome Sharon Thompson from
Alberta<BR><BR></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=990371120-31122008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff><STRONG> 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?</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=990371120-31122008><FONT face=Arial><STRONG> Betty
Lou</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma><STRONG>-----Original Message-----<BR>From:
tommies-bounces@wellswooster.com
[mailto:tommies-bounces@wellswooster.com]On Behalf Of
gcfraser@peoplepc.com<BR>Sent: Friday, December 26, 2008 11:24 PM<BR>To:
Discussion list for David THOMSON & Amias COLE
descendantsandresearchers.<BR>Subject: Re: [Tommies] Welcome Sharon
Thompson from Alberta<BR><BR></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>Betty Lou,</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>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.</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>Genevieve</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><STRONG>----- Original Message -----
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><STRONG>From:
</STRONG><A title=quintinth@aol.com
href="mailto:quintinth@aol.com"><STRONG>Quintin
Thompson</STRONG></A><STRONG> </STRONG></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><STRONG>To: </STRONG><A
title=tommies@wellswooster.com
href="mailto:tommies@wellswooster.com"><STRONG>Discussion list for
David THOMSON & Amias COLE descendants
andresearchers.</STRONG></A><STRONG> </STRONG></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><STRONG>Sent: Friday, December 26, 2008
11:11 AM</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><STRONG>Subject: Re: [Tommies] Welcome
Sharon Thompson from Alberta</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><BR></STRONG></DIV><STRONG>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 </STRONG>
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<DIV><STRONG>On Dec 16, 2008, at 4:41 PM, morrisb
wrote:</STRONG></DIV><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline>
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<DIV><SPAN class=550125622-15122008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff><STRONG> 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.</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=550125622-15122008><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>
Betty Lou Morris</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=550125622-15122008><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>
Mount Clemens, MI</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV></DIV>
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face=Tahoma><STRONG>-----Original Message-----<BR>From:
tommies-bounces@wellswooster.com [</STRONG><A
href="mailto:tommies-bounces@wellswooster.com"><STRONG>mailto:tommies-bounces@wellswooster.com</STRONG></A><STRONG>]On
Behalf Of Alyce Elliott<BR>Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 8:36
PM<BR>To: </STRONG><A
href="mailto:dick@hodgman.org"><STRONG>dick@hodgman.org</STRONG></A><STRONG>;
Discussion list for David THOMSON & Amias COLE descendants
andresearchers.<BR>Subject: Re: [Tommies] Welcome Sharon Thompson
from Alberta<BR><BR></STRONG></FONT></DIV><STRONG>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></STRONG><A
href="http://www.wellswooster.com/tommies/alyce.htm"
eudora="autourl"><STRONG>http://www.wellswooster.com/tommies/alyce.htm</STRONG></A><BR><BR><STRONG>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></STRONG>
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type="cite"><STRONG>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></STRONG><A
href="mailto:dick@hodgman.org"><STRONG>dick@hodgman.org</STRONG></A><BR><A
href="http://hodgman.org/"
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