Thomas Thompson (1616 - bef. 1676)

Born 23 Dec 1616 in Preston Capes, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England

Husband of Mary Jane (Waldrop) Thompson — married 1645 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died before 9 Sep 1676 before age 59 in Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey

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Biography

Thomas THOMPSON was born 1616.

Two possible parents are

1. Listed, not proven, on FAGM record. Thomas Richard Thomson 1593-1653 and Susan Richardson.^[1]
2. More likely - John Thompson and Alice Freeman (she married second Robert Parke II (1580 - 1664), Thomas Parke's father) had eight children - all born in Preston Capes, Northamptonshire, England:^[2]
   1. Thomas Thompson (12/23/1616 - 1696)
   2. William Thompson(1618 - 1683)
   3. Mary (Thompson) (11/14/1619 - 11/27/1651)
   4. Dorothy (Thompson) #1 (7/2/1621 - 10/19/1621)
   5. Dorothy (Thompson) #2 (7/5/1624 - 7/30/1709) m. Thomas Parke 20 Oct. 1644
   6. Bridget (Thompson) Tomson (9/11/1622 - 8/16/1643)
   7. Nathaniel Thompson (10/16/1625 - ?)
   8. Martha Thompson (12/17/1626 - ?)

He married Mary Waldrop November 4, 1645, Newmarket, Saint Mary parish, Suffolk, England. ( Source needed ) She bore him one known child, a daughter whom they named Elizabeth. Possibly ten children in all.

FS Children are:

1. Aaron Thompson 1645–1695 •
2. Moses Thompson 1647–1702 •
3. Hur Thompson 1649–1690 •
4. Hannah Thompson 1651–Deceased •
5. Mary Thompson 1655–1736 •
6. Elizabeth Thompson 1657–1747 •

The Thompsons of Massachusetts??

Thomas and his wife may have migrated to Massachusetts Bay Colony as early as 1635. ^[3] This is not confirmed by any other source. Another source says they arrived by 1649 from Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, England to Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, then 1649 they removed to Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts.

Thomas was listed in the 1654 compact for the government of the plantation of Easthampton, Long Island, NY. He was one of the founders in 1649, having come from Lynn, Massacusits by way of New London, Connecticut.

The Thompsons of New Jersey - more likely???

They removed to Elizabethtown, NJ, where Thomas is first recorded when he signed an oath of allegiance to the Crown in Feb. 1665/6, as one of the original Elizabethtown Associates (freeholders). He was also one of the original congregation of the Elizabethtown Congregational Church, later First Presbyterian. He received a 3rd lot right along with John Ogden and John Woodruff. In 1672 he was one of the deputies of Elizabethtown in the NJ Legislature. When he died his estate was valued at 152 pounds.^[4][5][6]

He was one of the founding fathers of the Elizabethtown, New Jersey area.^[7]

Goodman (Mr.) Thompson was one of the Deputies of Elizabethtown, in the Legislature of 1672.^[8] He was active in opposing the arbitrary measures of Gov. Carteret, and was mulcted for his patriotism. His house-lot contained 6 acres, bounded N, and S, by Barnabas Wines; W by a highway; and E, by Mill creek. He also had 18 acres of upland "on Luke Watson's Neck," bounded by Stephen Crane, Dennis White, George Pack, and his own land; also 20 acres of upland adjoining the last, bounded by his son, Hur, Joseph Sayre, George Pack, and unsurveyed land; also 4 acres "in Rawack Meadow;" also 18 acres of meadow on a creek, which was named for him, "Thompson's Creek," and since "Morris Creek;" in all 188 acres.

Death and Will

Thomas died on September 9, 1676, when he was in his late fifties, of unknown causes in Elizabethtown Tract (later Elizabeth, Union County), New Jersey. He is buried in the First Presbyterian Churchyard, Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey.^[1]

• November 30, 1675 - Tomson, Thomas, of Elizabethtown; will of.

Children: Aaron, Moses, Hur. Hannah. Elizabeth.

Executor—son Aaron. Witnesses—Stephen Crane, Nathaniel Tuttell.

Recorded Sept. 9, 1676.

• 1676, April —. Inventory made by Aaron Tomson (£152.15.6). E. J. D., Lib. 3, pp. 126, 127.^[9]

His three sons also, were among the original associates. Moses, who took the oath in Feb, 1665/6, had a warrant for 180 acres, but the survey is not on the record. Aaron, came into possession of the homestead, at his father's death, Sept 1676, and had a warrant for 60 acres. Hur, another son, had a house-lot, containing 4 acres; bounded S and E by a highway, N by Thomas Osborn, and E, by unsurveyed land. He also had 12 acres of upland, bounded by Leonard Headley, Joseph Osborn, John Wilson, and a highway; also 45 acres of upland, bounded by William Pardon, a small brook, the Westbrook, and unsurveyed land; also 6 acres of meadow on the Bay, 4 acres on Woodruff's Creek, and 10 acres more; in all 161 acres. The father's estate was valued at L152."

Name, Goodman

Thomas is sometimes referred to as "Goodman" Thompson. Goodman is not a name but a title, equivalent to "Mr." for a person of lower social status. Comparable to Goodwife or Goody for a woman. See Wikipedia.

Research Notes

• Thomas has son Aaron. But NC?^[10]

• Note H120Feb 2004, Russ and Rita Felt visited Southampton Long Island in search of Thomas Thompson. The little museum had its second floor renovated into an Archive for the area. Thomas Thompson was not to be found in Southampton records. The person helping us suggested he look in Easthampton records (10 miles east of Southampton, south shore of Long Island). There was Thomas. The Boston Massachusetts area had simply run out of land with so many immigrants. South Shore Long Island had been burned clear of trees by the Indians who wanted more grass land to attract game to make hunting and providing easier. Cleared ground was very attractive to farmers.

• • There were 9 early settlers who went to Easthampton and one of them was Thomas Thompson or Thomson. He moved from Lynn, Mass. to New Haven to Long Island. He had a parcel of land o n the southwest side of the business district in Easthampton.

• • He did not stay on Long Island very long and moved to Elizabethtown New Jersey where he raised a family, lived and died. …It appears that a Thomas Thompson came from England to Mass, married, raised a family including this Thomas. This Thomas went to Long Island in about 1635 at about 18 yrs of age and then relocated to New Jersey. Some work needs to be done to clarify these names, date s and family positions. New England records show another Thomas Thomson who lived in Farming ton Mass and died there. He was married to an Ann Welles and they had several children. …one account says this Thomas on "may" have been the one shown on the Abigail ship manifest as the 18 yr old Thomson. I suspect it is our Thomas who lived in Lynn, then New Haven, Easthampton, Long Island, and Elizabeth, New Jersey living to 59 yrs of age.

• Conover Record shows birth date of circa 1620 at South Hampton, Long Island, New York . Reading above makes corrections - Thomas colonized East Hampton ^[11] has promised research when Thomas moved to Elizabeth, New Jersey [O'Bryan extended Family tree.FTW]

• On 9 September 1676, when he was in his late fifties, Thomas died of unknown causes in Elizabethtown Tract (later Elizabeth, Union County), New Jersey.

• Imigrated from London, England in 1635 aboard the "Abigail" (likely in the Purtian Great Mirgration). May have landed in Boston. A Thomas Thompson is on the passenger list for Abigail 1635. He was 18 years old (that matches with supplied birthdate).^[12]
  • The Abigail of London (Master: Richard Hackwell) sailed from foreign ports, the last being Plymouth, England on June 4, 1635. She sailed with about 220 passengers aboard along with livestock. She arrived in Boston about October 8, 1635 with smallpox aboard.

Problem Notes by J. Miller

• There appears to be no valid documentation for Thomas's birth or marriages. Records referencing the common name Thomas Thompson have been cited without good reason to suppose that they are the same person.
• Birth: Note (1) has no reference to Thomas, (2) cites Pedigree Resource File which "is not considered a reliable source" under WikiTree guidelines, likewise (3) IGI is not valid without reference to the ultimate source.
• Marriages: No sources are given. Mary Jane Waldrop's profile cites "U.S. and International Marriage Records" which is "is not considered reliable" as a source.
• An Ancestry family tree linked for Waldrop cites a number of sources, none of which supports Thomas's birth or marriage:
• American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI): Reader queries and responses from the Boston Evening Transcript Genealogical columns. Four issues cited referencing Thomas Thompsons from Connecticut and Massachusetts. There is no reason to think that any of them is our Thomas.^[13]
• Ellison, Church of the Founding Fathers of New Jersey, listed as original member of Elizabethtown congregation.^[6]
• Millenium File, "not a reliable source".
• Under "Passenger and Immigration Lists": C.H. Pope, Pioneers of Massachusetts, which has "Thomas, ae. 18, came in the A bigail in July.1635; settled at Springfield; propr. 1636."^[14] No reason to think this was the same Thomas.
• Also Meredith B. Colket, Founders of Early American Families : "Came on 'Abigail' 1635, Lynn (Mass.) 1635, New London, Southampton 1640, East Hampton 1650, Elizabeth (N.J. 1667/8, d 1676. Lieutenant Commander." (presumably meaning he was a lieutenant commanding a militia company).^[15] Abigail reference is dubious, locations probably correct. Colket's only reference is to Savage, Genealogical Dictionary whose only relevant reference is "Thompson, Thomas, Easthampton, LI, 1650", no sources.^[16]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #204788202
2. ↑ Birth and Death - The Ancestry of Nathan Lewis Harrison Revisited Nineteen Years Later by Keith G. Harrison, 2008 - Family & Relationships - pg 267
3. ↑ Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index,,Filby, P. William, ed.. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2006.Données d?origine : Filby, P. William, edit. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Research, 2005.Ancestry.com.'Lynn, Massachusetts, Year: 1635; Page Number: 167, 287
4. ↑ History of Long Island, by Benjamin Thompson p 88
5. ↑ Hatfield, Edwin F., Archive.org History of Elizabeth, New Jersey, including the Early History of Union County (New York: Carlton & Lanahan, 1869; Carlisle, MA: Applewood Books, n.d.), 57, 58, 94, 183
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Ellison, Harry C., Church of the Founding Fathers of New Jersey, a history: First Presbyterian Church, Elizabeth, New Jersey, 1664-1964 (Cornish, ME: Carbrook Press, 1964)p. 13; Ancestry.com.
7. ↑ Refers to Hur Thompson - Thayer, Theodore. As We Were: The History of Old Elizabethtown. Page 19 lists Thompson as a founding father of Elizabethtown, NJ. Repository: New England Historical & Genealogical Society Library. Boston, MA. Full Book
8. ↑ Hatfield, Edwin. The History of Elizabeth, New Jersey. 1868, New York. pg.95.
9. ↑ [ https://ia802607.us.archive.org/17/items/calendarofnewjer01newj/calendarofnewjer01newj.pdf ARCHIVES of the STATE OF NEW JERSEY -- FIRST SERIES, Vol. XXX, VOL. II OF CALENDAR OF WILLS CALENDAR OF NEW JERSEY WILLS, ADMINISTRATIONS, ETC. - VOLUME II - (1730-1750) edited by A. Van Doren (Abraham Van Doren) Honeyman 1849-1936; pg 566]
10. ↑ "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VC3P-JY1 : 8 December 2014), Aaron Matthew Thompson, ; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 1991, p. 1948, Onslow, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
11. ↑ Records from East Hampton Library Archive in possession of Russ Felt and New Jersey Archive
12. ↑ https://www.geni.com/projects/Great-Migration-Passengers-of-the-Abigail-1635/6357
13. ↑ Boston Evening Transcript, AmericanAncestors.org: 10/19/1914 #4085; 2/8/1915 #1615; 5/10/1911 #1971; 9/28/1914 #4085.
14. ↑ Pope, Charles Henry, Pioneers of Massachusetts; a descriptive list (Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1965 reprint; orig. 1900), p. 451 Ancestry.com.
15. ↑ Colket, Meredith B., Founders of early American families : emigrants from Europe, 1607-1657 (Cleveland, OH: General Court of the Order of Founders and Patriots of America, 1985), p. 288.
16. ↑ Savage, James A., Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692 (Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 1860-1862; reprint Genealogical Pub. Co., 1994), 4:288; A genealogical dictionary of the first settlers of New England showing three generations of those who came before May, 1692, on the basis of Farmer's Register by Savage, James, 1784-1873; Making of America Project; Farmer, John, 1789-1838; Dexter, O. P. (Orrando Perry), 1854-1903 .

See also:

• Gordon Stead Book and other Bacon Family knowledge and records – Barton-7380
• Find A Grave: Memorial #204788202- No picture, other sources used for Death.
• FamilySearch Person: KZ8N-K8V
• U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, 'Ancestry.com.'

Acknowledgements

• Created by Tim (Tropeck) O'Bryan at 7 Sep 2011.