This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Thompson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0NC.2ACE/395 Message Board Post: I have reason to believe my ancestor, Aaron Thompson, was in Northumberland at the time of the 1861 census. An "Aron" Thompson, age 15, was in Chatham at the time of the 1851 census. (I believe the age of 15 may be slightly inflated.) He was born in NB and is either of Irish or Scottish descent (depending on the source). Many thanks!