Samuel Tompson (1691 - 1724)

Born 1 Sep 1691 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Norwood) Tompson — married 26 Nov 1716 in Gloucester, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Died 8 Dec 1724 at age 33 in Gloucester, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Birth & Early Life

Samuel Tompson, son of Edward Tompson and Sarah Webster, was born in Newbury, Massachusetts, September 1, 1691.^[1][2][3][4]

Samuel graduated Harvard University in 1710. He was hired by the selectmen of Gloucester, Massachusetts, in December, 1712, to keep school for three months and preach in the village of Annisquam. He was then renewed for one year. He was liked by the village and further qualified for the ministry by receiving a second degree in 1713. When the second parish was organized it called Mr. Tompson to the ministry.^[1]

Marriage

On November 26, 1716, eight weeks after Samuel was called to the ministry, he married at Gloucester, Hannah Norwood ("Mrs. Hannah Norwood" in the town record).^[1][5]

Ordination

On November 28, 1716, two days after his marriage, Samuel was ordained in Gloucester and became pastor of Gloucester Second Church.^[1]

Death & Burial

Rev. Samuel Tompson died in Gloucester, Massachusetts, on December 8, 1724, "aged 33 years" (Gravestone). He was eulogized in a contemporaneous newspaper obituary as follows: "He was of a pleasant aspect and mien; of a sweet temper; inoffensive in his whole behaviour; pious and peaceable in his conversation; his ministerial gifts superior, and his fidelity, diligence, and success answerable; orthodox in his faith, and a fast Mend to the constitution of these churches. And, as he preached, so he lived and died in the faith."^{[1][6][7][8][9]}

He is buried in the Second Parish Cemetery in Gloucester, where his gravestone is documented to read:^[6][9][8]

💀

HERE LYES BURIED

Yͤ BODY OF Yͤ REV^d

M^r SAMUEL TOMPSON

PASTOUR OF Yͤ 2^d

CHURCH OF CHRIST IN

GLOUSESTER AGED 33

YEARS DEC^d DECEMBER

Yͤ 8 1724.

Estate

"The inventory of his estate amounted to £416. 2s., of which his books were appraised at £22. 78s 6d. The parish paid Mrs. Tompson her husband's salary to the close of his year, and generously voted £30 in bills of credit to pay his debts. She probably soon removed from town with her family, as none of them are again mentioned here."^[8]

Children

Children of Samuel and Hannah Tompson, Gloucester, Massachusetts, births:^[1]

1. Edward Tompson, baptized August 10, 1718, at Gloucester West Parish;^[10][1] probably died young.
2. Mary Tompson, born July 29, 1719.^[11][1]
3. Samuel Tompson, born May 21, 1721;^[12] died June 12, 1721, aged about 3 weeks.^[13][1]
4. Edward Tompson, 2nd, born April 27, 1722.^[14][1]
5. Abigail Tompson, July 20, 1724;^[15] died August 8, 1724.^[16][1]
6. Samuel Tompson, 2nd, born July 18, 1725.^[17][1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11} Sibley, John Langdon. Biographical Sketches of Graduates of Harvard University (Charles William Sever, Cambridge, 1885). Vol. 5 1701-1712. Pages 544-5. Citing: "Class of 1710. Samuel Tompson."
2. ↑ Sibley, Biographical Sketches of Graduates of Harvard University: Vol. 3. 1678-1689. Pages 306-309. Citing: "Edward Tompson ... by his wife Sarah Tompson had...."
3. ↑ Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., 1911). Volume I. Births. Page 526. Citing: "Tompson, Samuell, s. Edward and Sarah, Sept. 1. 1691."
4. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHLB-G5T : 15 January 2020), Samuell Tompson, 1691.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-92QB : 18 February 2020), Samuel Thompson and Hannah Norwood, 26 Nov 1716; citing Marriage, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011153.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Vital Records of Gloucester: Volume III, Deaths. Page 309. Citing: "Tompson, Samuel, Pastor of the 2d Church, Dec. 8, 1724, a. abt, 32 y. [a. 33 y. G. R. 4.]"
7. ↑ "Massachusetts Town Deaths Index, ca. 1640-1961", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH1T-66G : 23 October 2020), Samuel Tompson, 8 Dec 1724.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2} Babson, John James. History of the Town of Gloucester, Cape Anne, Including the Town of Rockport (Procter Brothers, Gloucester, 1860). Pages 262-264. Citing: "Chapter IX. Second Parish. — Rev. Samuel Tompson: his Ministry and Death."
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97391846/samuel-tompson: accessed 12 January 2024), memorial page for Rev Samuel Tompson (1692–8 Dec 1724), Find A Grave: Memorial #97391846, citing Second Parish Cemetery, Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by John McNally (contributor 47723782).
10. ↑ Vital Records of Gloucester: Volume I, Births. Page 725. Citing: "Tompson, Edw[ar]d, s. Sam[ue]ll, bp. Aug. 10, 1718. C. R. 2."
11. ↑ Vital Records of Gloucester: Volume I, Births. Page 725. Citing: "Tompson, Mary, d. Rev. Samuel and Hannah, July 29, 1719."
12. ↑ Vital Records of Gloucester: Volume I, Births. Page 725. Citing: "Tompson, Samuel, s. Rev. Samuel and Hannah, May 21, 1721."
13. ↑ Vital Records of Gloucester: Volume III, Deaths. Page 309. Citing: "Tompson, Samuel, s. Rev. Samuel and Hannah, June 12, 1721, a. abt. 3 w."
14. ↑ Vital Records of Gloucester: Volume I, Births. Page 725. Citing: "Tompson, Edward, s. Rev. Samuel and Hannah, Apr. 27, 1722."
15. ↑ Vital Records of Gloucester: Volume I, Births. Page 725. Citing: "Tompson, Abigail, d. Rev. Samuell and Hannah, July 20, 1724."
16. ↑ Vital Records of Gloucester: Volume III, Deaths. Page 309. Citing: "Tompson, Abigail, d. Rev. Samuell and Hannah, Aug. 8, 1724."
17. ↑ Vital Records of Gloucester: Volume I, Births. Page 725. Citing: "Tompson, Samuel, s. Rev. Samuel and Hannah, July 18, 1725."

See also:

• Vital Records of Gloucester, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, Mass., 1917-1924).

• Pringle, James Robert. History of Gloucester, Cape Ann, Massachusetts (Privately Printed, Gloucester, Massachusetts, 1892). Page 56. Citing: "The Second Parish."