You may want to contact my husband, Gary Thompson. He has done quite a bit of research on the Thompson line. His email is orangegary@gmail.com. On 3/12/07, Suzanne Russell <auntsue@twlakes.net> wrote: > > I am a Thompson descendant, but do not recognize any of the names given > here. Do any connect with Thomas Thompson, born about 1731 in North > Shields, > Tynemouth Parish, Northumberland, England? He came to the colonies about > 1747, settled first in Maryland and was in Orange County, what is now > Alamance I think, by 1762. His wife was Ellender Hagan from Maryland. > Thanks, > Suzanne > > -----Original Message----- > From: ncorange-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ncorange-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of bebenjohn@aol.com > Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 5:48 PM > To: ncorange@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [NCORANGE] Attn.: Thompson Descendants > > Hello Nancy, > > I am glad that you posted the information about Thomas and Ann Finney > Thompson, as I am just into researching them and their ties to the Eno > area. > These folks were all intertwined with the Tinnin and Mebane families of > old > Orange County, NC; in the part which is now Alamance. Thomas and his > brother > Lawrence married Finney sisters, most probably in the old Chester County, > PA > area, and moved down together and settled into the Eno River region. Ann > and > her sister, Sarah, wife of Lawrence, were daughters of Captain Samuel and > Sarah Finney. Another daughter, Rebecca Finney married James Hart, and > they > also settled on land on the Eno. > > Lawrence and Sarah Finney Thompson's daughter, Sibella,became the wife of > Col. Hugh Tinnin, who served during the American Revolution. He was a son > of > John Tinnin and Jane Mebane of Chester County, PA and Orange County, NC. > Jane Mebane was a sister of Alexander Mebane, Sr. and John Tinnin was a > brother of Alexander Mebane's wife, Mary (Jane?) Tinnin. > > Thomas and Ann Finney Thompson's daughter, Rebecca, married John Tinnin, > brother of Col. Hugh Tinnin. > > Another offspring of Thomas and Ann Thompson, Capt. Laurence Thompson, who > married Keziah Hart, daugther of Nathaniel Hart and Sarah Simpson. > Nathaniel > Hart was a major player in the Transylvania Company who promoted the > settlement of the Tennessee area which at that time included what is now > Kentucky. > > On a more personal research level for me, is the story that Col. Hugh > Tinnin was known to arrange hunting parties into this Tennessee territory. > In 1794, Col. Hugh Tinnin took several people on one final excursion, > which > included my GGG Uncle, William Mebane Graham. The hunting party > encountered > some renegade Indians and were killed. > > Best regards, > > John Fox > Winston Salem, NC > > -----Original Message----- > From: nancybrister621@bellsouth.net > To: NCORANGE@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 3:34 PM > Subject: [NCORANGE] Attn.: Thompson Descendants > > Jane Gray Buchanan has asked me to post a notice to the list > announcing > a > dedication service at Eno Presbyterian Church, where a memorial marker > will > be > placed in the church's cemetery for Thomas and Ann Finney Thompson, who > are > buried there, but whose markers are no longer visible. She writes that, > "The > land that the original church and old cemetery are on originally belonged > to > > Thomas and Ann Thompson. It was deeded to be used for a 'meeting house' > in > 1755." > The dedication service will be held on Sunday, May 6, at 2 p.m.. at Eno > Presbyterian Church Cemetery. If you would like further information, > please > > e-mail Jane at BUCHANANJG@aol.com . > Nancy > > > > Nancy > www.thepastwhispers.com > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NCORANGE-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body > of > the message > > ________________________________________________________________________ > AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free > from > AOL at AOL.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NCORANGE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NCORANGE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Anggie Fight Breast cancer......no one should die from it