When William Thompson was born on 28 April 1767, in New Hampshire, United States, his father, Hugh Thompson, was 32 and his mother, Margaret Keen, was 33. He married Sarah Warren Thompson on 15 November 1792, in Norridgewock, Somerset, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 23 January 1851, in Veazie, Penobscot, Maine, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Veazie, Penobscot, Maine, United States.
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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 .
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