<html><body>Have you tried "The Descendants of David and Amyes Thompson" by Col. (Retired) Henry Joseph Amy (1962)..?<br>As I recall, that source lists David's children, and John's wife, Sarah Trevore as well as their descendants. <br>Dexter Edge , <br><br><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: morrisb <morrisb@libcoop.net><br>To: 'Discussion list for David THOMSON & Amias COLE descendants andresearchers.' <tommies@wellswooster.com><br>Sent: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:58:47 +0000 (UTC)<br>Subject: Re: [Tommies] John Thompson, son of David<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><!--[if !mso]><br><br><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><br> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings><br> <o:DoNotRelyOnCSS/><br> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings><br></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><br> <w:WordDocument><br> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom><br> <w:DocumentKind>DocumentEmail</w:DocumentKind><br> <w:EnvelopeVis/><br> <w:Compatibility><br> <w:ForgetLastTabAlignment/><br> <w:DoNotUseHTMLParagraphAutoSpacing/><br> </w:Compatibility><br> </w:WordDocument><br></xml><![endif]--><br><br><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><br> <o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1027"/><br></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><br> <o:shapelayout v:ext="edit"><br> <o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1"/><br> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><br><br><br><br><br></tommies@wellswooster.com></morrisb@libcoop.net><div class="Section1"><br><br><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="EmailStyle20"><strong><span color="navy" style="font-family: Arial" size="4;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">Genevieve,</span></span></strong></span></p><br><br><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="EmailStyle20"><strong><span color="navy" style="font-family: Arial" size="4;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;"><span> </span>Your<br>comments of February 3<sup>rd</sup> are very helpful in my quest to find<br>sources that show that our John Thompson was the son of David.<span> </span>I would like to pursue the connection<br>of William Crowne and Samuel Maverick to Weymouth where our John Thompson<br>settled and would appreciate any suggestions you might have for sources that<br>would place them there.<span> </span>What was William<br>Crowne’s connection with David (or John) Thompson?<span> </span>I know Samuel Maverick was John’s stepfather.<span> </span>If you think of any sources that would<br>help I will try to check them out.<span> <br></span>Thanks!</span></span></strong></span></p><br><br><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="EmailStyle20"><strong><span color="navy" style="font-family: Arial" size="4;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;"><span> </span>Betty Lou<br></span></span></strong></span></p><br><br><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="EmailStyle20"><span color="navy" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></span></span></p><br><br><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span color="black" style="font-family: Tahoma" size="2;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; color: black;">-----Original<br>Message-----<br><br><strong><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></strong><br>tommies-bounces@wellswooster.com [mailto:tommies-bounces@wellswooster.com]<strong><span style="font-weight: bold;">On Behalf Of </span></strong>gcfraser@peoplepc.com<br><br><strong><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></strong> Tuesday, February 03, 2009<br>9:45 PM<br><br><strong><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></strong> Discussion list for David<br>THOMSON & Amias COLE descendantsandresearchers.<br><br><strong><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></strong> Re: [Tommies] John<br>Thompson, son of David</span></span></p><br><br><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman" size="3;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></p><br><br><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="3;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Betty,</span></span><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></p><br><br><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="3;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Thanks<br>for taking the time to research the RIHS records. Mrs. Haviland also<br>wrote on Medfield and Uxbridge History. Uxbridge is important if you are<br>looking for a Quaker connection - which I suspect from one of my ancestors who<br>moved to Smithfield, RI - a Quaker hotbed that met in Uxbridge for<br>meetings. Medfield is where our ancestors escaped to when the Indians<br>turned their anger on Mendon during the King Philip War.</span></span><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></p><br><br><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span color="black" style="font-family: Times New Roman" size="3;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;"> </span></span><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></p><br><br><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="3;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Along<br>with the date of birth, the association with the Whites in Weymouth and Mendon,<br>and William Crowne offer additional clues. Crowne was also associated<br>with Thomas Howard, the Earl of Arundel</span></span><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"> </span></font><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black;">as was David Thomson (remember his 3-page<br>letter in 1625 to the Earl.) Also, Samuel Maverick also held land in<br>Weymouth. It was where the Gorges associated folks lived while the<br>Pilgrims and Puritans spread their wings throughout the Commonwealth.</span></span><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></p><br><br><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span color="black" style="font-family: Times New Roman" size="3;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;"> </span></span><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></p><br><br><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="3;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Refer<br>back to the Massachusetts grant naming David as the governor under the Council for<br>New England. He is referred to Mr. David Thompson, Gent. To<br>use Mr. and Gent. in the same title is redundant. It is believed by at<br>least one major historian, David Howarth, author of Arundel and His Circle,<br>that David was a ship's Master. I have also found a Mr. Thompson, Master<br>of the ship Jonathan in early Virginia Records - about 1619. Recall the<br>letter - he mentions his impression of folks in the South - not<br>flattering.</span></span><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></p><br><br><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span color="black" style="font-family: Times New Roman" size="3;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;"> </span></span><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></p><br><br><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="3;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">John<br>was referred to as Mr. John Thompson when he was a ship's master, but we all<br>know he lost everything. Goodman means landowner. A person can be<br>more than one thing in one's lifetime. Frankly, I find Richardson's<br>analysis to be idiotic. Because he is referred to as Goodman in Mendon he<br>cannot be the same person as Mr. John Thomson - a title he held when he was a<br>ship's master!!</span></span><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></p><br><br><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span color="black" style="font-family: Times New Roman" size="3;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;"> </span></span><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></p><br><br><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="3;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Best<br>Wishes,</span></span><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></p><br><br><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="3;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Genevieve</span></span><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></p><br><br><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="3;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">PS <br>The Mendon Families by Havilard is also on microfilm available from Mormon<br>Research Centers. </span></span><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></p><br><br><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span color="black" style="font-family: Times New Roman" size="3;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;"> </span></span><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></p><br><br><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span color="black" style="font-family: Times New Roman" size="3;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;"> </span></span><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></p><br><br><div style="border-style: none none none solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color black; border-width: medium medium medium 1pt; padding: 0in 0in 0in 3pt;"><br><br><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; margin-left: 38.5pt;"><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">-----<br>Original Message ----- </span></span><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"></span></span></p><br><br><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; background: #e4e4e4 none repeat scroll 0%; margin-left: 38.5pt; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black; font-weight: bold;"><br><br><div>From:<font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> <a href="mailto:morrisb@libcoop.net" title="morrisb@libcoop.net" target="_blank">morrisb</a> </span></span></div><br><br><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"></span></span></span></font></strong></p><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><br><br></span></strong><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; margin-left: 38.5pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black; font-weight: bold;">To:</span></span></strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> <a href="mailto:tommies@wellswooster.com" title="tommies@wellswooster.com" target="_blank">'Discussion<br>list for David THOMSON & Amias COLE descendantsandresearchers.'</a> </span></span><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"></span></span></font></strong></p><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><br><br></span></strong><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; margin-left: 38.5pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black; font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></span></strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> Tuesday, February 03,<br>2009 3:00 PM</span></span><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"></span></span></font></strong></p><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><br><br></span></strong><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; margin-left: 38.5pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black; font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></span></strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> Re:<br>[Tommies] John Thompson, son of David</span></span><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"></span></span></font></strong></p><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><br><br></span></strong><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; margin-left: 38.5pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;"> </span></span><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></font></strong></p><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><br><br></span></strong><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; margin-left: 38.5pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Genevieve,</span></span></strong></strong><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></font></strong></p><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><br><br></span></strong><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; margin-left: 38.5pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> Yes, I believe it is probably the book you describe. <br>Early last month Ms. Lee Teverow, Reference Librarian at the RIHS, <br>answered my inquiry about a hand-written book of records or recollections about<br>early Mendon. She wrote: </span></span></strong></strong><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></font></strong></p><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><br><br></span></strong><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; margin-left: 38.5pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> "Thank you for your inquiry regarding the book<br>about Mendon, MA. There are two items listed in our catalog that might be what<br>you're looking for. The first is "Mendon families," by Elizabeth<br>Seamans Haviland (RR F 74 .M59 H28) and it comprises 5 volumes of handwritten<br>genealogical materials arranged alphabetically by name of family. The second is<br>"The proprietors records of the town of Mendon, MA, incorporated May 15,<br>1667," transcribed from manuscript records (RR F 74 M59 M54.)"</span></span></strong></strong><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"> </span></font><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></font></strong></p><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><br><br></span></strong><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; margin-left: 38.5pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> I asked Christine Lamar, a researcher on the list that Ms.<br>Teverow sent to me, to look at these two books with our problem of identifying<br>John Thompson of Mendon with John Thompson, son of David and heir to Thompson's<br>Island in mind. She reported as follows:</span></span></strong></strong><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></font></strong></p><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><br><br></span></strong></div><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><br><br><table style="width: 431pt; margin-left: 38.5pt;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="575"><br> <tbody><tr><br> <td style="padding: 0in;" valign="top"><br> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">"The two books<br> you suggested I evaluate are as described. I was not allowed to make copies<br> from either:</span></span></strong></strong><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-weight: bold;"><br><br> <br><br> <strong><strong>1. The Proprietors Records of Mendon, Massachusetts, incorporated<br> May 15, 1667. Boston, Rockwell & Churchill Press, 1899. It is a printed<br> transcript produced by members of committees from six Massachusetts towns. It<br> is land records which do not appear to add anything definitive to your<br> David/John Thompson question.</strong></strong><br><br> <br><br> <strong><strong>2. Mendon Families by Mrs. Frank Haviland. n.d. (ca. 1901-1929)<br> unpub., unpaged, bound mss in 5 v. The volume I looked at was V. 5 TH-Z. </strong></strong><br><br> <strong><strong>Contained the following:</strong></strong><br><br> <br><br> <strong><strong>David and Amyes (sic)</strong></strong><br><br> <strong><strong>son John Thomson 1619- 9 Nov 1685, m. Sarah</strong></strong><br><br> <strong><strong>son John b. 1642- 1715 m. Thankful Woodland</strong></strong><br><br> <strong><strong>dau Mehitable (no birth date given) m. Samuel Hayward 9 June 1670</strong></strong><br><br> <strong><strong>dau Sarah b. 2 July 1644 m. John Aldrich 1678 son of George and<br> Catherine</strong></strong><br><br> <br><br> <strong><strong>A list of John's- b. 1642- children was also given as follows.</strong></strong><br><br> <strong><strong>John 1667-1749 one of the early settlers of Bellingham</strong></strong><br><br> <strong><strong>Sarah 12 May 1669</strong></strong><br><br> <strong><strong>Ebenezer 1 Oct 1677</strong></strong><br><br> <strong><strong>Samuel 4 Feb 1679-1704</strong></strong><br><br> <strong><strong>Woodland 27 Jan 1681</strong></strong><br><br> <strong><strong>Benjamin 17 Sept 1681</strong></strong><br><br> <strong><strong>David 24 May 1687</strong></strong><br><br> <strong><strong>Hannah 3 Aug 1689</strong></strong><br><br> <br><br> <strong><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">There was no indication of sources or mention of Thompson's<br> Island."</span></strong></strong></span></span></strong><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></p><br> <p class="MsoNormal"><span color="black" style="font-family: Times New Roman" size="3;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;"> </span></span><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></p><br> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="3;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> Ms. Lamar<br> looked at other sources at RIHS but found nothing that suggested that John<br> Thompson of Thompson's Island was the same as John Thompson of Mendon. <br> Except for the fact that they were born in the same year and that John Jr. of<br> Mendon named a son David, either man's timeline stands independent of the<br> other's. There is nothing that contradicts their being the same man<br> (except Douglas Richardson's article) but nothing connects them,<br> either. I hate to continue claiming David as an ancestor when respected<br> genealogists seem to doubt it. Let's hope we can find the "smoking<br> gun"!</span></span></strong></strong><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></p><br> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="3;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> Betty Lou.</span></span></strong></strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black;"></span></span></p><br> </td><br> </tr><br></tbody></table><br><br></font></strong><div style="border-style: none none none solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color black; border-width: medium medium medium 1pt; padding: 0in 0in 0in 3pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><br><br></span></strong><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 74.5pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Tahoma" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma; color: black;">-----Original Message-----</span></span></strong></strong><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; color: black; font-weight: bold;"><br><br><strong><strong>From: tommies-bounces@wellswooster.com<br>[mailto:tommies-bounces@wellswooster.com]On Behalf Of gcfraser@peoplepc.com</strong></strong><br><br><strong><strong>Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 11:16 PM</strong></strong><br><br><strong><strong>To: Discussion list for David THOMSON & Amias COLE<br>descendantsandresearchers.</strong></strong><br><br><strong><strong>Subject: Re: [Tommies] John Thompson, son of David</strong></strong></span></span></strong><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></font></strong></p><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><br><br></span></strong><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; margin-left: 74.5pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Betty,</span></span></strong></strong><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></font></strong></p><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><br><br></span></strong><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; margin-left: 74.5pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Is the Mendon Families a cloth bound, hand-sewn document which<br>mentions Amias and David at the top of the Thompson section?</span></span></strong></strong><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></font></strong></p><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><br><br></span></strong><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; margin-left: 74.5pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Genevieve</span></span></strong></strong><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></font></strong></p><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><br><br></span></strong><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; margin-left: 74.5pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;"> </span></span><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></font></strong></p><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><br><br></span></strong><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; margin-left: 74.5pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;"> </span></span><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></font></strong></p><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><br><br></span></strong><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; margin-left: 74.5pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;"> </span></span><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></font></strong></p><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><br><br></span></strong><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; margin-left: 74.5pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;"> </span></span><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></font></strong></p><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><br><br></span></strong><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; margin-left: 74.5pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">From:<br></span></span></strong></strong><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"><a href="mailto:morrisb@libcoop.net" title="morrisb@libcoop.net" target="_blank"><strong><strong>morrisb</strong></strong></a><strong><strong><br></strong></strong></span></font><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></font></strong></p><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><br><br></span></strong></div><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><br><br></span></strong><div style="border-style: none none none solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color black; border-width: medium medium medium 1pt; padding: 0in 0in 0in 3pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><br><br></span></strong><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; margin-left: 77pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">To: </span></span></strong></strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"><a href="mailto:tommies@wellswooster.com" title="tommies@wellswooster.com" target="_blank"><strong><strong>'Discussion<br>list for David THOMSON & Amias COLE descendantsandresearchers.'</strong></strong></a><strong><strong><br></strong></strong></span></span><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"></span></span></font></strong></p><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><br><br></span></strong><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; margin-left: 77pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 3:28 PM</span></span></strong></strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"></span></span></font></strong></p><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><br><br></span></strong><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; margin-left: 77pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Subject: [Tommies] John Thompson, son of David</span></span></strong></strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"></span></span></font></strong></p><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><br><br></span></strong><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; margin-left: 77pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;"> </span></span><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></font></strong></p><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><br><br></span></strong><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; margin-left: 77pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="blue" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;">To Gen Fraser and all Tommies: Trying to find evidence that<br>John Thompson son of David and John Thompson of Weymouth and Mendon are one and<br>the same person, I followed your clue that there was a hand-written item at the<br>Rhode Island Historical Society library with this information. I<br>contacted the reference librarian there and was told they had two items that<br>were hand-written and concerned Mendon. I hired a researcher from the<br>library's list to look at these two items. </span></span></strong></strong><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></font></strong></p><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><br><br></span></strong><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; margin-left: 77pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="blue" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;"> One was </span></span></strong></strong><em><strong><em><span color="blue" style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: blue; font-weight: bold;">The Proprietors' Records of Mendon, </span></span></em></strong></em><strong><strong><span color="blue" style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: blue;">mostly land<br>records, and does not "appear to add anything definitive to our David/John<br>Thompson question."</span></span></strong></strong><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></font></strong></p><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><br><br></span></strong><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; margin-left: 77pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> The second is </span></span></strong></strong><em><strong><em><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-weight: bold;">Mendon Families </span></span></em></strong></em><strong><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black;">by Mrs. Frank Haviland,<br>n.d..(about 1901-1929) and repeats the lineage of David to John and through the<br>Mendon Thompsons -- as we have long accepted it to be --but includes no<br>sources.</span></span></strong></strong><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></font></strong></p><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><br><br></span></strong><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; margin-left: 77pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> I continue to hope we will find proof someday that our John<br>Thompson, of Weymouth and Mendon was the same person as John Thompson, son of<br>David. The two men were born in the same year and tradition says they<br>were the same man but we need more than this to convince other genealogists.</span></span></strong></strong><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></font></strong></p><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><br><br></span></strong><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; margin-left: 77pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> Betty Lou </span></span></strong></strong><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></font></strong></p><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><br><br></span></strong></div><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><br><br></span></strong><div style="border-style: none none none solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color black; border-width: medium medium medium 1pt; padding: 0in 0in 0in 3pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><br><br></span></strong><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; margin-right: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 113pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Tahoma" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma; color: black;">-----Original Message-----</span></span></strong></strong><strong><strong><span color="blue" style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: blue;">[Betty Lou Morris] , </span></span></strong></strong><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; color: black; font-weight: bold;"><br><br><strong><strong>From: tommies-bounces@wellswooster.com<br>[mailto:tommies-bounces@wellswooster.com]On Behalf Of morrisb</strong></strong><br><br><strong><strong>Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 3:41 PM</strong></strong><br><br><strong><strong>To: 'Discussion list for David THOMSON & Amias COLE<br>descendantsandresearchers.'</strong></strong><br><br><strong><strong>Subject: Re: [Tommies] Welcome Sharon Thompson from Alberta</strong></strong></span></span></strong><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></font></strong></p><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><br><br></span></strong><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left: 113pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="blue" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;"> Thanks, Gen, for your response about the proof that John,<br>son of David Thompson, was the same person as John Thompson of Mendon. I<br>wonder if any of the Tommies has in his/her records the citations for the date,<br>place and source for (1) the birth of John, son of David and (2) John of<br>Mendon? Does anyone have a citation for the late 18th/early 19th<br>century hand-written book from Mendon at the Rhode Island<br>Historical Society that lists David as the father of John? I looked at<br>the RIHS online catalogue and did not find it there. Does anyone on the<br>Tommies list have access to that library?</span></span></strong></strong><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></font></strong></p><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><br><br></span></strong><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left: 113pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> Betty Lou</span></span></strong></strong><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></font></strong></p><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><br><br></span></strong></div><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><br><br></span></strong><div style="border-style: none none none solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color black; border-width: medium medium medium 1pt; padding: 0in 0in 0in 3pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><br><br></span></strong><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; margin-right: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 149pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Tahoma" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma; color: black;">-----Original Message-----</span></span></strong></strong><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; color: black; font-weight: bold;"><br><br><strong><strong>From: tommies-bounces@wellswooster.com [mailto:tommies-bounces@wellswooster.com]On<br>Behalf Of gcfraser@peoplepc.com</strong></strong><br><br><strong><strong>Sent: Friday, December 26, 2008 11:24 PM</strong></strong><br><br><strong><strong>To: Discussion list for David THOMSON & Amias COLE<br>descendantsandresearchers.</strong></strong><br><br><strong><strong>Subject: Re: [Tommies] Welcome Sharon Thompson from Alberta</strong></strong></span></span></strong><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></font></strong></p><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><br><br></span></strong><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left: 149pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Betty Lou,</span></span></strong></strong><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></font></strong></p><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><br><br></span></strong><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left: 149pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">I don't have the facts at my fingertips, but John of Mendon was<br>the same age as John, David's son. There are other reasons too including<br>a late 18th century/early 19th century handwritten book in the RI historical<br>society from Mendon that lists David as the father of John.</span></span></strong></strong><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></font></strong></p><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><br><br></span></strong><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left: 149pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Genevieve</span></span></strong></strong><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></font></strong></p><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><br><br></span></strong></div><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><br><br></span></strong><div style="border-style: none none none solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color black; border-width: medium medium medium 1pt; padding: 0in 0in 0in 3pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><br><br></span></strong><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left: 151.5pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">----- Original Message ----- </span></span></strong></strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"></span></span></font></strong></p><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><br><br></span></strong><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; background: #e4e4e4 none repeat scroll 0%; margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left: 151.5pt; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"><br><br><div>From: <font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"><a href="mailto:quintinth@aol.com" title="quintinth@aol.com" target="_blank"><strong><strong>Quintin<br>Thompson</strong></strong></a><strong><strong> </strong></strong></span></span></div><br><br><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"></span></span></span></font></strong></strong></font></strong></p><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><br><br></span></strong></strong></font></strong><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left: 151.5pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">To: </span></span></strong></strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"><a href="mailto:tommies@wellswooster.com" title="tommies@wellswooster.com" target="_blank"><strong><strong>Discussion<br>list for David THOMSON & Amias COLE descendants andresearchers.</strong></strong></a><strong><strong><br></strong></strong></span></span><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"></span></span></font></strong></strong></font></strong></p><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><br><br></span></strong></strong></font></strong><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left: 151.5pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Sent: Friday, December 26, 2008 11:11 AM</span></span></strong></strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"></span></span></font></strong></strong></font></strong></p><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><br><br></span></strong></strong></font></strong><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left: 151.5pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Subject: Re: [Tommies] Welcome Sharon Thompson from Alberta</span></span></strong></strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"></span></span></font></strong></strong></font></strong></p><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><br><br></span></strong></strong></font></strong><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left: 151.5pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;"> </span></span><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></font></strong></strong></font></strong></p><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><br><br></span></strong></strong></font></strong><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left: 151.5pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Hi,<br>Gen sometime ago you gave remarks supporting this claim. I have a<br>print out of it. Maybe you can up date it and pass it on to Betty<br>Lou. Quint </span></span></strong></strong><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></font></strong></strong></font></strong></p><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><br><br></span></strong></strong></font></strong><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left: 151.5pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;"> </span></span><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></font></strong></strong></font></strong></p><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><br><br></span></strong></strong></font></strong><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left: 151.5pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;"> </span></span><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></font></strong></strong></font></strong></p><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><br><br></span></strong></strong></font></strong><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left: 151.5pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;"> </span></span><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></font></strong></strong></font></strong></p><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><br><br></span></strong></strong></font></strong><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left: 151.5pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">On<br>Dec 16, 2008, at 4:41 PM, morrisb wrote:</span></span></strong></strong><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></font></strong></strong></font></strong></p><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><br><br></span></strong></strong></font></strong><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left: 151.5pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><br><br><br><br></span></span><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></font></strong></strong></font></strong></p><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><br><br></span></strong></strong></font></strong></div><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><br><br></span></strong></strong></font></strong><div style="border-style: none none none solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color black; border-width: medium medium medium 1pt; padding: 0in 0in 0in 3pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><br><br></span></strong></strong></font></strong><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; margin-right: 1in; margin-left: 187.5pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><strong><strong><font color="blue" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;"> Let me add my greetings of welcome to you, Sharon. We<br>Tommies are a pretty scattered and diverse group, but we all claim David<br>Thompson as an ancestor. My particular hang up is the question of<br>proof that John Thompson of Mendon, MA, from whom we all descend, is the same<br>man as John Thompson, son of David. If you have any information to help<br>with this, please let us know.</span></span></strong></strong><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></font></strong></strong></font></strong></p><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><br><br></span></strong></strong></font></strong><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; margin-right: 1in; margin-left: 187.5pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> Betty Lou Morris</span></span></strong></strong><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></font></strong></strong></font></strong></p><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><br><br></span></strong></strong></font></strong><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; margin-right: 1in; margin-left: 187.5pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> Mount Clemens, MI</span></span></strong></strong><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></font></strong></strong></font></strong></p><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><br><br></span></strong></strong></font></strong></div><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><br><br></span></strong></strong></font></strong><div style="border-style: none none none solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color black; border-width: medium medium medium 1pt; padding: 0in 0in 0in 3pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><br><br></span></strong></strong></font></strong><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; margin-right: 1in; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 223.5pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Tahoma" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma; color: black;">-----Original Message-----</span></span></strong></strong><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; color: black; font-weight: bold;"><br><br><strong><strong>From: tommies-bounces@wellswooster.com [</strong></strong></span></span></strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; color: black;"><a href="mailto:tommies-bounces@wellswooster.com" target="_blank"><strong><strong>mailto:tommies-bounces@wellswooster.com</strong></strong></a><strong><strong>]On<br>Behalf Of Alyce Elliott</strong></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br><br><strong><strong>Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 8:36 PM</strong></strong><br><br><strong><strong>To: </strong></strong></span></strong><a href="mailto:dick@hodgman.org" target="_blank"><strong><strong>dick@hodgman.org</strong></strong></a><strong><strong>;<br>Discussion list for David THOMSON & Amias COLE descendants andresearchers.</strong></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br><br><strong><strong>Subject: Re: [Tommies] Welcome Sharon Thompson from Alberta</strong></strong></span></strong></span></span><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></font></strong></strong></font></strong></p><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><br><br></span></strong></strong></font></strong><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; margin-right: 1in; margin-left: 223.5pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Hi Sharon, thanks for joining us. I believe I know your<br>Uncle Frank, if it's the same Frank Thompson -- met him on this list. You<br>and I (and others on the list including Frank) share an ancestor: C. B.<br>Thompson, my great grandfather. I'm eleventh generation wrt David Thomson,<br>see my line here:</span></span></strong></strong><strong><font color="black"><span style="color: black; font-weight: bold;"><br><br></span></font></strong><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.wellswooster.com/tommies/alyce.htm" target="_blank"><strong><strong>http://www.wellswooster.com/tommies/alyce.htm</strong></strong></a><br><br><br><br><strong><strong>Do we have the same line in common? At least up to<br>Charles? Welcome to the Tommies list and I look forward to seeing further<br>posts from you.</strong></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br><br><br><br><strong><strong>Alyce Thompson Elliott</strong></strong><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><strong><strong>At 10:11 AM 12/14/2008, you wrote:</strong></strong><br><br><br><br></span></strong></span></font><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></font></strong></strong></font></strong></p><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><br><br></span></strong></strong></font></strong></div><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><br><br></span></strong></strong></font></strong><div style="border-style: none none none solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color black; border-width: medium medium medium 1pt; padding: 0in 0in 0in 3pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><br><br></span></strong></strong></font></strong><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; margin-right: 1.5in; margin-left: 259.5pt;"><strong><span color="black" style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><strong><strong><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Tommies,</span></span></strong></strong><strong><font color="black"><span style="color: black; font-weight: bold;"><br><br><br><br><strong><strong>On Monday, 11/17/08,I received the Fall 2008 newsletter from<br>Thompson Island Outward Bound. On the back page (attached to this<br>message), I found that Sharon Thompson of Alberta, Canada had visited Thompson<br>Island and wanted to reach out to other descendants of David Thompson. I<br>contacted her by email, gave her a synopsis of our 2001 (Re)union, and pointed<br>her to the Tommies website. She has joined our email list. </strong></strong><br><br><br><br><strong><strong>Please join me in welcoming Sharon to our group. </strong></strong><br><br><br><br><strong><strong>--Dick</strong></strong><br><br><strong><strong>============================</strong></strong><br><br><strong><strong>Dick Hodgman</strong></strong><br><br></span></font></strong><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"><a href="mailto:dick@hodgman.org" target="_blank"><strong><strong>dick@hodgman.org</strong></strong></a><br><br><a href="http://hodgman.org/" target="_blank"><strong><strong>http://hodgman.org/</strong></strong></a><br><br><br><br><strong><strong>p.s. 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