Brief Life History of Lydia
When Lydia Thompson was born on 1 March 1779, in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Isaac Tomson, was 34 and her mother, Lucy Sturtevant, was 24. She married Rev. Elijah Dexter on 8 May 1824, in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. She lived in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States in 1850. She died on 10 July 1861, in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Lydia Dexter in household of Elijah Dexter, "United States Census, 1850"
- Lydia Tomson, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Lydia Thompson, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"
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1781 · The First Constitution
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.
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.
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
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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