When Gillies Thompson was born about 1780, in Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, William Thompson, was 43 and his mother, Sarah Carter, was 37. He married Mary Landonia Carter on 1 June 1816, in District of Columbia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He died about 1819, in Stafford, Virginia, United States, at the age of 41.
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On April 18, 1780 Richmond became the capital of Virginia. It was the temporary capital from 1780-1788.
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
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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