John Tompson (1740 - 1828)

Born Oct 1740 in Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Died 21 Dec 1828 at age 88 in Berwick, York, Maine, United States

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Note: Maine was part of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts until 1820, when it voted to secede from Massachusetts to become a separate state. Therefore, location references to 'Maine' prior to 1820 in the biography below were then in 'Massachusetts'.

Biography

John Tompson, the son of William Tompson and Anna Hubbard, was born in October 1740, based on his stated age at death, probably in Maine.^[1][2]

Rev. John Tompson died at South Berwick, Maine, on December 21, 1828, aged "88 years and 2 months." He had been pastor of the First Church of Berwick for forty one years. He is buried in the Old Fields Cemetery in South Berwick.^[1][2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1990," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKM1-75N6 : 3 March 2021), John Tompson, 21 Dec 1828; citing Burial, South Berwick, York, Maine, United States, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,787,561.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Anderson, Joseph Crook. Records of The First and Second Churches of Berwick, Maine (Picton Press, Rockport, Me, 1999) Page 134.

See also:

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50046358/john-tompson : accessed 23 April 2022), memorial page for Rev John Tompson (1739–21 Dec 1828), Find A Grave: Memorial #50046358, citing Old Fields Cemetery, South Berwick, York County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by Jeffrey James (contributor 47902931).