Don, Thanks for your corrections. I'll check them out and see if I agree with them all. Some may just be typos done some time ago. Betty Sullivan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bryants" <bryant@wellswooster.com> To: <MA-MENDON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 9:08 AM Subject: Re: [MA-MENDON] Albee > Betty, > > I looked over your information. Allow me to make a correction. I noticed in > your Gen. 3: > > " 11. John3 THOMSON, Jr. (Hannah2 WIGHT, Hannah1 ALBEE) was born 28 December > 1689 in Mendon, MA, and died 18 September 1739 in Mendon, MA. He married > (1) Abigail WHITE18 31 March 1712 in Mendon, MA19. She was born 13 July > 1685 in Mendon, MA20, and died Bef. 1715 in Mendon, MA20. He married (2) > Abigail THAYER 22 March 1719/20 in Mendon, MA21, daughter of Thomas THAYER > and Abigail VEASEY. She was born 03 September 1701 in Braintree, MA, and > died 27 February 1759 in Charlton, Worches, MA. " > > John3's second wife, Abigail THAYER was born (on the same date you have - 3 > Sept 1701) but recorded in Mendon : "Abigal, daughter of Ebenezer and > Martha" (THOMPSON) THAYER, not Thomas and Abigail. MendonVR:179 > > Also, Abigail did die in Charlton as "THOMSON, Abagial, w[ife] of John3, > Aug. 25, 1756". But, her husband, John3 also died in Charlton earlier that > same year 27 Feb 1756. CharltonVR:262 > > The John THOMPSON who died in Mendon 18 Sep 1739 was the 24 year old son of > Ebenezer and Dorothy (FAIRBANKS) THOMPSON, recorded as "Johon THOMPSON." > His 17 year-old sister died about a month later in Mendon, "Dorrity > Thompson, d. of Ebenezer, Oct. 23, 1739." Mendon VR:507 > > Additional source: http://www.hodgman.org/thomson/amy.html > Amy, Henry Joseph - Descendants of David and Amyes (Colle) Thomson and > Their Son John, 1962 > > Cheers, > > don bryant > > At 04:54 PM 1/2/2004, you wrote: > >Bob, > > Well, I just managed to delete everytrhing I hads on Benjamin while > >trying to copy part of my data on his line. Anyway, here is my line down to > >me -- preobablyt a lot more than you want.If you can shae with me what you > >have on Benjamin, I'd appreciate it. Someone wrote tro me a few years back, > >and had a lot of stuff on him in Mendon, but that see,s to be lost. also. > >Betty Sullivan > > > >Descendants of Hannah ALBEE > > > > > >Generation No. 1 > > > > 1. Hannah1 ALBEE was born 16 August 1641 in Braintree, MA1,2, and died 24 > >April 1723 in Medfield, MA3. She married Samuel WIGHT4 25 March 1663 in > >Medfield, MA5,6, son of Deacon WIGHT and Alice ROUNDY. He was born 05 > >February 1639/40 in Dedham, MA7, and died 21 December 1716 in Medfield, MA8. > > > >Notes for Samuel WIGHT: > > Samuel and Hanah lived at Medfield, MA. He and his brother, Thomas, both > >suffered great losses during King Phillip's War and applied to the General > >court in 1678 for relief. (Source: "Genealogical Dictionary", Vol. 4, p. > >543). > > He was the earliest WIGHT mentioned in the Dedham records - his birth. At > >age 20, in 1650, he moved to Medfield with his father. In the Medfield > >History it tells us that he and three others were hired to burn part of the > >woods, much as the Indians sis, to keep down weeds. He was made a Freeman 8 > >OCT 1672. He was settled in the north part of the town by 1673, and that > >year he was chosen to be Constable. His name appears in the list of > >Medfield proprietors in 1675. > > Samuel' and Hannah's home was burned during King Phillip's War, but was > >rebuilt in the same spot, on the west side of North St. Because of his > >losses in the war, he was forgiven his subscription of one bushel of corn to > >the new college at Cambridge was forgiven. > > He also petitioned for forgiveness from his taxes, and the court granted > >this request. Apparently he then moved on to Dedham. His name appears in > >the early tax payers list. He ans his wife were members of the Medfield > >church in 1697. And he was a proprietor of the "black swamp" Medway in 1702, > >according to the History of Medway. Both Samuel and Hannah died at > >Medfield. (Wight, Wm. Ward, "The Wights", Swain & Tate, Milwaukee, 1890, > >Reprinted 1980). > > > >Children of Hannah ALBEE and Samuel WIGHT are: > > 2 i. Hannah2 WIGHT, born 25 March 16649. > > 3 ii. Samuel WIGHT, born 11 November 166410. > >+ 4 iii. Hannah WIGHT, born 04 February 1667/68 in Medfield, MA; died 24 > >November 1759 in Bellingham, MA. > > 5 iv. John WIGHT, born 22 May 167010. > > 6 v. Nathaniel WIGHT, born 11 October 167210. > > 7 vi. Benjamin WIGHT, born 30 January 1674/7510. > > 8 vii. Ahiel WIGHT, born 03 November 167610. > > 9 viii. Joseph WIGHT, born 07 September 1675 in Medfield, MA11; died 25 > >October 1758 in Bellingham, MA12. He married Martha(THOMSON) THAYER 15 > >February 1724/25 in Boston, MA13; born 28 August 167514; died 14 October > >1759 in Bellingham, MA14. > > 10 ix. Jonathon WIGHT, born 11 September 168215. > > > > > >Generation No. 2 > > > > 4. Hannah2 WIGHT (Hannah1 ALBEE)16 was born 04 February 1667/68 in > >Medfield, MA17, and died 24 November 1759 in Bellingham, MA. She married > >John THOMSON Abt. 1689 in Mendon, MA, son of John THOMSON and Thankful > >WOODLAND. He was born 25 December 1667 in Mendon, MA, and died 06 March > >1748/49 in Bellingham, MA. > > > >Notes for John THOMSON: > > > > On 5 MAR 1711, he, along with John Corbit and others were permitted to > >build a saw mill on the town's common, "on Second Bridge (Charles) River, " > >below the Dedham Tree. This tree was on a bend of the Charles River, a > >little north of the house of Ellis Bullard in Bellingham. The sawmill was on > >the north bank of Charles River, a short distance to the northwest from the > >Bellingham Station on the Air Line Railroad. > > John received land in the sixth division, 22 DEC 1713. On 23 NOV of that > >year, he was paid for sweeping out the meeting house. On 4 MAR 1617, he > >became a Selectman. He was then Sgt. John THOMSON. On 24 JAN 1718, John , > >now Ensign, was chosen part of a committee to take care of the town's > >records. > > John received land in the seventh division of land in 1719. As one of the > >signers of the petition to make part of Mendon into Bellingham, in 1719, he > >and John Darling and John Marsh were empowered to call the first town > >meeting anytime the following March. The town was named Bellingham, after > >Go. Bellingham, and Mendon protested, but to no avail. > > A 30 x35 foot church was raised 20 MAR 1744 at Bellingham, for the Baptist > >congregation. At first, they had no settled minister, until 1650, when > >Elnathan WIGHT, one of John's mother's cousins, was ordained and accepted as > >their first minister. At that time, Baptist members were still being > >arrested for not supporting the congregational churches (Puritans). > >(Sources: Thompson, Nancy, nancythomson@funnybusiness.com,"The First > >Thomsons and the Fourth Baptist Church of Bellingham", webguy - > >bryant@iserv.net, 1998, & Thompson Family Researchers, "Excerpts > >form'TheAnnals of Mendon' ", webguy -bryant@iserv. net, 20 JUN 1998). > > > > > >Children of Hannah WIGHT and John THOMSON are: > >+ 11 i. John3 THOMSON, Jr., born 28 December 1689 in Mendon, MA; died 18 > >September 1739 in Mendon, MA. > > 12 ii. Hannah THOMSON, born 21 April 1692. > > 13 iii. Mary THOMSON, born 11 March 1693/94. > > 14 iv. Samuel THOMSON, born 1696. > > 15 v. Joseph THOMSON, born 19 October 1698. > > 16 vi. Jonathon THOMSON, born 23 October 1700. > > 17 vii. Benjamin THOMSON, born 28 April 1703. > > 18 viii. Martha THOMSON, born 25 March 1705. > > 19 ix. Peter THOMSON, born 20 March 1707/08. > > > > > >Generation No. 3 > > > > 11. John3 THOMSON, Jr. (Hannah2 WIGHT, Hannah1 ALBEE) was born 28 December > >1689 in Mendon, MA, and died 18 September 1739 in Mendon, MA. He married > >(1) Abigail WHITE18 31 March 1712 in Mendon, MA19. She was born 13 July > >1685 in Mendon, MA20, and died Bef. 1715 in Mendon, MA20. He married (2) > >Abigail THAYER 22 March 1719/20 in Mendon, MA21, daughter of Thomas THAYER > >and Abigail VEASEY. She was born 03 September 1701 in Braintree, MA, and > >died 27 February 1759 in Charlton, Worches, MA. > > > >Notes for John THOMSON, Jr.: > > This John THOMSON was referred to as Jr. after his grandfather died in > >1712. He and Woodland THOMSON, both still boys, each received a lot between > >1699 and 1705. > > On 22 DEC 1713, John paid L100 02 00 for "1 day running line" (on the river > >for fish). When the first division of land took place, this John, as well as > >his father, and Benjamin, Woodland and David THOMSON all received land. > > On 4 MAR 1717, John became Hogg constable for the town. He also received > >more land in 1719. that same year, Bellingham was founded, and he became a > >citizen of that town, and all his children were born in Bellingham. > > It wasn't until after this John THOMSON had died, that the Baptists of > >Bellingham finally got their church built, and hired the first minister. He > >died several years before his father. (Sources:"Annals of Mendon" & "The > >First Thomsons and the Fourth Baptist Church of Bellingham"). > > > >Children of John THOMSON and Abigail WHITE are: > > 20 i. John4 THOMSON, born 30 December 171222. > > 21 ii. Ichabod THOMSON, born 01 March 1715/16. > > 22 iii. Abigail THOMSON, born 08 May 1717. > > > > > >Children of John THOMSON and Abigail THAYER are: > > 23 i. John4 THOMSON, born 15 November 1721. > >+ 24 ii. Martha THOMSON, born 02 February 1723/24 in Bellingham, MA; died 23 > >October 1767 in Oxford, South Gore, MA. > > 25 iii. Deborah THOMSON, born 1726. > > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >