Brief Life History of Mary
Mary Thompson was born about 1735, in Westerly, Kings, Rhode Island, British Colonial America. She married Charles Waterman Avery on 28 August 1753, in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died in 1776, at the age of 42.
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- Unknown in entry for Charles Avery, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
- Mary Thompson in entry for Lydia Avery, "Ontario, Births and Baptisms, 1779-1899"
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World Events (2)
1763 · First Synagogue in America
The first Jewish Synagogue in America was built in Newport, Rhode Island in 1763. It still stands today, making it the oldest synagogue in the United States.
1772 · The Gaspee Affair
On June 9, 1772, colonists that are angry with the trade restrictions that Britain put them under, board the HMS Gaspee and set it ablaze. This was the first act of violence against the British on the North American continent.
Name Meaning
English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name T(h)om(me) (see Thom ) + -son ‘son of Tom’. Thomson is usually the Scottish form, that with the intrusive -p- being English. Both forms are common in Ireland. The surname Thompson is also very common among African Americans.
Americanized form of Danish, Norwegian, and North German Thomsen and of its Swedish cognate Thomsson. Compare Thomson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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