<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Seekers, <DIV><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>If you go on line with <Walking Tour of Mendon, MA .you will notice in item #7 on George Street the explanation of the former site of a Friends Meeting Place. Quint<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Feb 12, 2009, at 3:58 PM, morrisb wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <DIV class="Section1"><P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN class="EmailStyle20"><B><FONT size="4" color="navy" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family: Arial;font-weight:bold">Genevieve,<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN class="EmailStyle20"><B><FONT size="4" color="navy" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family: Arial;font-weight:bold"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Your comments of February 3<SUP>rd</SUP> are very helpful in my quest to find sources that show that our John Thompson was the son of David.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I would like to pursue the connection of William Crowne and Samuel Maverick to Weymouth where our John Thompson settled and would appreciate any suggestions you might have for sources that would place them there.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>What was William Crowne’s connection with David (or John) Thompson?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I know Samuel Maverick was John’s stepfather.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If you think of any sources that would help I will try to check them out.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Thanks!<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN class="EmailStyle20"><B><FONT size="4" color="navy" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family: Arial;font-weight:bold"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Betty Lou <O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN class="EmailStyle20"><FONT size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Tahoma"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black">-----Original Message-----<BR> <B><SPAN style="font-weight:bold">From:</SPAN></B> tommies-bounces@wellswooster.com [<A href="mailto:tommies-bounces@wellswooster.com">mailto:tommies-bounces@wellswooster.com</A>]<B><SPAN style="font-weight:bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B><A href="mailto:gcfraser@peoplepc.com">gcfraser@peoplepc.com</A><BR> <B><SPAN style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tuesday, February 03, 2009 9:45 PM<BR> <B><SPAN style="font-weight:bold">To:</SPAN></B> Discussion list for David THOMSON & Amias COLE descendantsandresearchers.<BR> <B><SPAN style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [Tommies] John Thompson, son of David</SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt"> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Betty,</SPAN></FONT><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Thanks for taking the time to research the RIHS records. Mrs. Haviland also wrote on Medfield and Uxbridge History. Uxbridge is important if you are looking for a Quaker connection - which I suspect from one of my ancestors who moved to Smithfield, RI - a Quaker hotbed that met in Uxbridge for meetings. Medfield is where our ancestors escaped to when the Indians turned their anger on Mendon during the King Philip War.</SPAN></FONT><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Along with the date of birth, the association with the Whites in Weymouth and Mendon, and William Crowne offer additional clues. Crowne was also associated with Thomas Howard, the Earl of Arundel</SPAN></FONT><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-family:Arial;color:black">as was David Thomson (remember his 3-page letter in 1625 to the Earl.) Also, Samuel Maverick also held land in Weymouth. It was where the Gorges associated folks lived while the Pilgrims and Puritans spread their wings throughout the Commonwealth.</SPAN></FONT><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Refer back to the Massachusetts grant naming David as the governor under the Council for New England. He is referred to Mr. David Thompson, Gent. To use Mr. and Gent. in the same title is redundant. It is believed by at least one major historian, David Howarth, author of Arundel and His Circle, that David was a ship's Master. I have also found a Mr. Thompson, Master of the ship Jonathan in early Virginia Records - about 1619. Recall the letter - he mentions his impression of folks in the South - not flattering.</SPAN></FONT><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black;mso-color-alt: windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">John was referred to as Mr. John Thompson when he was a ship's master, but we all know he lost everything. Goodman means landowner. A person can be more than one thing in one's lifetime. Frankly, I find Richardson's analysis to be idiotic. Because he is referred to as Goodman in Mendon he cannot be the same person as Mr. John Thomson - a title he held when he was a ship's master!!</SPAN></FONT><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black; mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Best Wishes,</SPAN></FONT><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black;mso-color-alt: windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Genevieve</SPAN></FONT><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">PS The Mendon Families by Havilard is also on microfilm available from Mormon Research Centers. </SPAN></FONT><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P> <DIV style="border:none;border-left:solid black 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt"><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:38.5pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt"><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">----- Original Message ----- </SPAN></FONT><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:38.5pt;background:#E4E4E4;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt"><B><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black; font-weight:bold"> </SPAN></FONT><DIV style="font-color:black"><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Arial">From:</FONT><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"> <A href="mailto:morrisb@libcoop.net" title="morrisb@libcoop.net">morrisb</A> </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <FONT size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family: Arial;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></B></P><B><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:38.5pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt"><B><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black; font-weight:bold">To:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"> <A href="mailto:tommies@wellswooster.com" title="tommies@wellswooster.com">'Discussion list for David THOMSON & Amias COLE descendantsandresearchers.'</A> </SPAN></FONT><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:38.5pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt"><B><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black; font-weight:bold">Sent:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"> Tuesday, February 03, 2009 3:00 PM</SPAN></FONT><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:38.5pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt"><B><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black; font-weight:bold">Subject:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"> Re: [Tommies] John Thompson, son of David</SPAN></FONT><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black; mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:38.5pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt"><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:38.5pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt"><STRONG><B><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:black">Genevieve,</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:38.5pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt"><STRONG><B><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:black"> 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: </SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:38.5pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt"><STRONG><B><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:black"> "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></FONT></B></STRONG><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:38.5pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt"><STRONG><B><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:black"> 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:</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P> </B></DIV><B> <TABLE border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="575" style="width:431.0pt; mso-cellspacing:0in;margin-left:38.5pt;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <TBODY><TR><TD valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><P class="MsoNormal"><STRONG><B><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">"The two books you suggested I evaluate are as described. I was not allowed to make copies from either:</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><B><FONT color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold"><BR> <BR> <STRONG><B>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.</B></STRONG><BR> <BR> <STRONG><B>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. </B></STRONG><BR> <STRONG><B>Contained the following:</B></STRONG><BR> <BR> <STRONG><B>David and Amyes (sic)</B></STRONG><BR> <STRONG><B>son John Thomson 1619- 9 Nov 1685, m. Sarah</B></STRONG><BR> <STRONG><B>son John b. 1642- 1715 m. Thankful Woodland</B></STRONG><BR> <STRONG><B>dau Mehitable (no birth date given) m. Samuel Hayward 9 June 1670</B></STRONG><BR> <STRONG><B>dau Sarah b. 2 July 1644 m. John Aldrich 1678 son of George and Catherine</B></STRONG><BR> <BR> <STRONG><B>A list of John's- b. 1642- children was also given as follows.</B></STRONG><BR> <STRONG><B>John 1667-1749 one of the early settlers of Bellingham</B></STRONG><BR> <STRONG><B>Sarah 12 May 1669</B></STRONG><BR> <STRONG><B>Ebenezer 1 Oct 1677</B></STRONG><BR> <STRONG><B>Samuel 4 Feb 1679-1704</B></STRONG><BR> <STRONG><B>Woodland 27 Jan 1681</B></STRONG><BR> <STRONG><B>Benjamin 17 Sept 1681</B></STRONG><BR> <STRONG><B>David 24 May 1687</B></STRONG><BR> <STRONG><B>Hannah 3 Aug 1689</B></STRONG><BR> <BR> <STRONG><B><U>There was no indication of sources or mention of Thompson's Island."</U></B></STRONG></SPAN></FONT></B><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><STRONG><B><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"> 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></FONT></B></STRONG><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><STRONG><B><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"> Betty Lou.</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><FONT color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-color-alt: windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <DIV style="border:none;border-left:solid black 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt"><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt; margin-left:74.5pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt"><STRONG><B><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Tahoma"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Tahoma; color:black">-----Original Message-----</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><B><FONT color="black" face="Tahoma"><SPAN style="font-family:Tahoma;color:black;font-weight: bold"><BR> <STRONG><B>From: tommies-bounces@wellswooster.com [<A href="mailto:tommies-bounces@wellswooster.com">mailto:tommies-bounces@wellswooster.com</A>]On Behalf Of <A href="mailto:gcfraser@peoplepc.com">gcfraser@peoplepc.com</A></B></STRONG><BR> <STRONG><B>Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 11:16 PM</B></STRONG><BR> <STRONG><B>To: Discussion list for David THOMSON & Amias COLE descendantsandresearchers.</B></STRONG><BR> <STRONG><B>Subject: Re: [Tommies] John Thompson, son of David</B></STRONG></SPAN></FONT></B><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:74.5pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt"><STRONG><B><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:black">Betty,</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:74.5pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt"><STRONG><B><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:black">Is the Mendon Families a cloth bound, hand-sewn document which mentions Amias and David at the top of the Thompson section?</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:74.5pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt"><STRONG><B><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:black">Genevieve</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:74.5pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt"><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:74.5pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt"><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:74.5pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt"><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:74.5pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt"><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:74.5pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt"><STRONG><B><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black"><A href="mailto:morrisb@libcoop.net" title="morrisb@libcoop.net"><STRONG><B>morrisb</B></STRONG></A><STRONG><B> </B></STRONG></SPAN></FONT><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black; mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P> </DIV> <DIV style="border:none;border-left:solid black 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt"><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:77.0pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt"><STRONG><B><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:black">To: </SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"><A href="mailto:tommies@wellswooster.com" title="tommies@wellswooster.com"><STRONG><B>'Discussion list for David THOMSON & Amias COLE descendantsandresearchers.'</B></STRONG></A><STRONG><B> </B></STRONG></SPAN></FONT><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:77.0pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt"><STRONG><B><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:black">Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 3:28 PM</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:77.0pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt"><STRONG><B><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:black">Subject: [Tommies] John Thompson, son of David</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:77.0pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt"><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:77.0pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt"><STRONG><B><FONT size="3" color="blue" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:blue">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. </SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:77.0pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt"><STRONG><B><FONT size="3" color="blue" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:blue"> One was </SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><EM><B><I><FONT color="blue" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-family:Arial;color:blue;font-weight: bold">The Proprietors' Records of Mendon, </SPAN></FONT></I></B></EM><STRONG><B><FONT color="blue" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-family:Arial;color:blue">mostly land records, and does not "appear to add anything definitive to our David/John Thompson question."</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:77.0pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt"><STRONG><B><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:black"> The second is </SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><EM><B><I><FONT color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight: bold">Mendon Families </SPAN></FONT></I></B></EM><STRONG><B><FONT color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-family:Arial;color:black">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.</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black; mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:77.0pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt"><STRONG><B><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:black"> 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.</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:77.0pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt"><STRONG><B><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:black"> Betty Lou </SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P> </DIV> <DIV style="border:none;border-left:solid black 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt"><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:.5in;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom: 12.0pt;margin-left:113.0pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt"><STRONG><B><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Tahoma"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Tahoma; color:black">-----Original Message-----</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><STRONG><B><FONT color="blue" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-family:Arial;color:blue">[Betty Lou Morris] , </SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><B><FONT color="black" face="Tahoma"><SPAN style="font-family:Tahoma;color:black;font-weight: bold"><BR> <STRONG><B>From: tommies-bounces@wellswooster.com [<A href="mailto:tommies-bounces@wellswooster.com">mailto:tommies-bounces@wellswooster.com</A>]On Behalf Of morrisb</B></STRONG><BR> <STRONG><B>Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 3:41 PM</B></STRONG><BR> <STRONG><B>To: 'Discussion list for David THOMSON & Amias COLE descendantsandresearchers.'</B></STRONG><BR> <STRONG><B>Subject: Re: [Tommies] Welcome Sharon Thompson from Alberta</B></STRONG></SPAN></FONT></B><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:.5in;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;margin-left:113.0pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt"><STRONG><B><FONT size="3" color="blue" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:blue"> 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?</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:.5in;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;margin-left:113.0pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt"><STRONG><B><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:black"> Betty Lou</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P> </DIV> <DIV style="border:none;border-left:solid black 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt"><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:.5in;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom: 12.0pt;margin-left:149.0pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt"><STRONG><B><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Tahoma"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Tahoma; color:black">-----Original Message-----</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><B><FONT color="black" face="Tahoma"><SPAN style="font-family:Tahoma;color:black;font-weight: bold"><BR> <STRONG><B>From: tommies-bounces@wellswooster.com [<A href="mailto:tommies-bounces@wellswooster.com">mailto:tommies-bounces@wellswooster.com</A>]On Behalf Of <A href="mailto:gcfraser@peoplepc.com">gcfraser@peoplepc.com</A></B></STRONG><BR> <STRONG><B>Sent: Friday, December 26, 2008 11:24 PM</B></STRONG><BR> <STRONG><B>To: Discussion list for David THOMSON & Amias COLE descendantsandresearchers.</B></STRONG><BR> <STRONG><B>Subject: Re: [Tommies] Welcome Sharon Thompson from Alberta</B></STRONG></SPAN></FONT></B><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:.5in;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;margin-left:149.0pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt"><STRONG><B><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:black">Betty Lou,</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:.5in;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;margin-left:149.0pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt"><STRONG><B><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:black">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.</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:.5in;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;margin-left:149.0pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt"><STRONG><B><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:black">Genevieve</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P> </DIV> <DIV style="border:none;border-left:solid black 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt"><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:.5in;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;margin-left:151.5pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt"><STRONG><B><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:black">----- Original Message ----- </SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:.5in;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;margin-left:151.5pt;background:#E4E4E4;border:none;mso-border-left-alt: solid black 1.0pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt"><STRONG><B><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:black"> </SPAN></FONT></B><DIV style="font-color:black"><B><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Arial">From: </FONT></B><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:black"><A href="mailto:quintinth@aol.com" title="quintinth@aol.com"><STRONG><B>Quintin Thompson</B></STRONG></A><STRONG><B> </B></STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <FONT size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family: Arial;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></STRONG></P><STRONG><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:.5in;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;margin-left:151.5pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt"><STRONG><B><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:black">To: </SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"><A href="mailto:tommies@wellswooster.com" title="tommies@wellswooster.com"><STRONG><B>Discussion list for David THOMSON & Amias COLE descendants andresearchers.</B></STRONG></A><STRONG><B> </B></STRONG></SPAN></FONT><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:.5in;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;margin-left:151.5pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt"><STRONG><B><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:black">Sent: Friday, December 26, 2008 11:11 AM</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:.5in;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;margin-left:151.5pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt"><STRONG><B><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:black">Subject: Re: [Tommies] Welcome Sharon Thompson from Alberta</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:.5in;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;margin-left:151.5pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt"><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:.5in;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;margin-left:151.5pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt"><STRONG><B><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">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. 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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.</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:1.0in;mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:187.5pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt: solid black 1.0pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt"><STRONG><B><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:black"> Betty Lou Morris</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:1.0in;mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:187.5pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt: solid black 1.0pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt"><STRONG><B><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:black"> Mount Clemens, MI</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P> </DIV> <DIV style="border:none;border-left:solid black 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt"><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:1.0in;mso-margin-top-alt:auto; margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:223.5pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt"><STRONG><B><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Tahoma"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Tahoma; color:black">-----Original Message-----</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><B><FONT color="black" face="Tahoma"><SPAN style="font-family:Tahoma;color:black;font-weight: bold"><BR> <STRONG><B>From: <A href="mailto:tommies-bounces@wellswooster.com">tommies-bounces@wellswooster.com</A> [</B></STRONG></SPAN></FONT></B><FONT color="black" face="Tahoma"><SPAN style="font-family:Tahoma;color:black"><A href="mailto:tommies-bounces@wellswooster.com"><STRONG><B>mailto:tommies-bounces@wellswooster.com</B></STRONG></A><STRONG><B>]On Behalf Of Alyce Elliott</B></STRONG><B><SPAN style="font-weight:bold"><BR> <STRONG><B>Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 8:36 PM</B></STRONG><BR> <STRONG><B>To: </B></STRONG></SPAN></B><A href="mailto:dick@hodgman.org"><STRONG><B>dick@hodgman.org</B></STRONG></A><STRONG><B>; Discussion list for David THOMSON & Amias COLE descendants andresearchers.</B></STRONG><B><SPAN style="font-weight:bold"><BR> <STRONG><B>Subject: Re: [Tommies] Welcome Sharon Thompson from Alberta</B></STRONG></SPAN></B></SPAN></FONT><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:1.0in;mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:223.5pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt: solid black 1.0pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt"><STRONG><B><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">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:</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><B><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black;font-weight:bold"><BR> </SPAN></FONT></B><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black"><A href="http://www.wellswooster.com/tommies/alyce.htm" eudora="autourl"><STRONG><B>http://www.wellswooster.com/tommies/alyce.htm</B></STRONG></A><BR> <BR> <STRONG><B>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.</B></STRONG><B><SPAN style="font-weight:bold"><BR> <BR> <STRONG><B>Alyce Thompson Elliott</B></STRONG><BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <STRONG><B>At 10:11 AM 12/14/2008, you wrote:</B></STRONG><BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"> <BR style="mso-special-character:line-break"> </SPAN></B></SPAN></FONT><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black; mso-color-alt:windowtext"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P> </DIV> <DIV style="border:none;border-left:solid black 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt"><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:1.5in;mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:259.5pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt: solid black 1.0pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt"><STRONG><B><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">Tommies,</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><B><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black;font-weight:bold"><BR> <BR> <STRONG><B>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. </B></STRONG><BR> <BR> <STRONG><B>Please join me in welcoming Sharon to our group. </B></STRONG><BR> <BR> <STRONG><B>--Dick</B></STRONG><BR> <STRONG><B>============================</B></STRONG><BR> <STRONG><B>Dick Hodgman</B></STRONG><BR> </SPAN></FONT></B><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black"><A href="mailto:dick@hodgman.org"><STRONG><B>dick@hodgman.org</B></STRONG></A><BR> <A href="http://hodgman.org/" eudora="autourl"><STRONG><B>http://hodgman.org/</B></STRONG></A><BR> <BR> <STRONG><B>p.s. 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