Following up on the later dialogue too (but that is downloaded on another computer) don't be so quick to write off the Tetbury Thompson's as "not one of ours" - because don't forget David Thompson (father of Edward - my GGGrandfather) was born in Tetbury. Geoff had some info on him, but I never got my head around it all well enough to put it in my main tree yet, and haven't followed up further, - have you anything more definitive on David and his Tetbury links that might prove there is no link at all, Doug?? Marilyn -----Original Message----- From: Doug Thompson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 25 August 2003 11:24 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [HWK] Fw: New to List TILLING & THOMPSON Jane The THOMPSONs are one of the most researched families of Hawkesbury. We have traced their ancestry back many generations (to the 15th century). The only Emma we know of who fits your birthtime is the daughter of William and Mary THOMPSON. She was born 1843/4 because she is 7 years old on the April 1851 census. Emma was christened in St Mary's, Hawkesbury on 18 May 1845. At present we do not have any record of her marriage or descendants so you will be able to fill that in for us. How do you know she was from Hawkesbury? If this identity is confirmed I can supply you with details of Emma's ancestry. (I would be your 5th cousin!) Correspond with me off list for details. It's a pity you are not in England. It is the Hawkesbury Summer Fair next Saturday and many of our family history group will be meeting there! Hawkesbury has such interconnected trees you will find nearly everyone is your cousin of some degree! Nice to have met you, Cousin Doug Thompson ==== ENG-GLO-HAWKESBURY Mailing List ==== Please remember when you post messages that SURNAMES should be in CAPITALS. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

on 26/8/03 10:37 pm, Marilyn moffat at [email protected] wrote: > Following up on the later dialogue too (but that is downloaded on > another computer) don't be so quick to write off the Tetbury Thompson's > as "not one of ours" - because don't forget David Thompson (father of > Edward - my GGGrandfather) was born in Tetbury. > Geoff had some info on him, but I never got my head around it all well > enough to put it in my main tree yet, and haven't followed up further, - > have you anything more definitive on David and his Tetbury links that > might prove there is no link at all, Doug?? > > Marilyn Well, not quite so close as you imply Marilyn. David wasn't born in Tetbury but he did marry in Tetbury. Ann Baker (Edward's mother) was born there. So we've no known connection with Tetbury Thompsons. I've still been unable to make much progress with the Tetbury Bakers. Of course, it's always possible that the William Thompson in question was descended from someone who moved up from Hawkesbury but that's stretching it a bit, especially since Thompsons go back further in Tetbury than Hawkesbury. When we eventually find out where our Hawkesbury Thompsons come from we can think about the Tetbury connections again. Doug