When Samuel Thompson was born on 16 April 1707, in York, York, Maine, United States, his father, Alexander Thompson, was 36 and his mother, Anna Curtis, was 36. He married Hannah Brackett on 11 November 1730, in York, York, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 24 October 1759, in York, Maine, United States, at the age of 52.
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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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