When Mary Thompson was born in 1739, her father, Edward Thompson, was 27 and her mother, Jane Martin, was 24. She married Robert Philipson on 8 September 1759, in Allendale, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 2 March 1780, at the age of 41.
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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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