James Thompson

Brief Life History of James

When James Thompson was born on 20 April 1760, in Pelham, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, John Thompson, was 22 and his mother, Prudance Clark, was 28. He married Hannah Gray on 27 November 1788, in Greenwich, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States. He lived in Pelham, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States in 1760. He died on 11 July 1848, in Lisbon, St. Lawrence, New York, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Lisbon, St. Lawrence, New York, United States.

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James Thompson
1760–1848
Hannah Gray
1764–
Marriage: 27 November 1788

Sources (8)

  • James Thompson, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • James Thompson, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
  • James Thompson, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776

New York is the 11th state.

1783 · A Free America

The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.

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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