James P Thompson was born on 1 September 1750, in Virginia, British Colonial America as the son of William John Thompson and Mary Polly Russell. He married Ruth Peyton on 10 April 1784, in Lincoln, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. He died on 6 April 1825, in Abingdon, Washington, Virginia, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Lancaster, Garrard, Kentucky, 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 .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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