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.