This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: tunnelm1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.thompson/19288.1.2.2.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am not sure just what to make of the "connections" mentioned below, but I see where a Catherine McNairy....a daughter of a John McNairy....married a Jason Thompson, and their children included a John McNairy Thompson and a Jason Hazard Thompson. Whether that older Jason Thompson was truly a descendant of Rev. John Thompson of PA and Amelia/Prince Edward Co., VA, I do not know (but in truth, I would not be too surprised if that should turn-out to be a "bogus" connection). As I stated in one of my earlier posts, there is a "Davidson" man who recently took the DNA test, but his "DNA matches" are to a descendant of the Hazard Thompson who was born about 1814....and also to another Mr. Thompson who descends from an Abraham Thompson who was born in VA around 1776. Note: At present, no one seem to know just how Hazard (who was a son, grandson and great-grandson of men who were all named Robert Thompson, apparently) and Abraham Thompson were related to one another....but DNA makes it clear that they were. The reason that I am mentioning all of the above is that the above Mr. "Davidson" (who is obviously a "biological Thompson") was almost certainly (per a lot of research) associated with a Davidson family that was in Giles Co., TN on the 1820 census. There were also some Reeds/Reids/Reads in Giles Co., TN who were on that same 1820 census, and yet another Mr. "Davidson," who was associated with the same Davidson family as the other "Davidson" DNA donor mentioned above, also took the DNA test....and his only matches were to the same Reed/Reid/Read family mentioned above (so it APPEARS that this Davidson family took-in, named and reared some infants who were born to the Thompson and Reed/Reid Read families in that area of TN). Now for the "kicker." There was also an Alexander Thompson on that same Giles Co., TN census in 1820, and as shown in the link below, that Alexander Thompson bought land in 1817 in Giles Co., TN from a John McNairy of Davidson Co., TN. I would hate to have to bet that this was not the same family as the John McNairy who was the father of Mrs. Catherine (McNairy) Thompson (the wife of Jason Thompson mentioned above). While I certainly have no proof, it would seem to me (based on all that we know) that the odds are pretty good that this Alexander Thompson was probably related in some way to the Jason Thompson/Catherine McNairy family....and perhaps also related to the family of the Hazard Thompson who was born around 1814. Maybe all of the above Thompsons were part of the same overall Thompson family as the "early" Robert Thompson who married Lettice Hazard. Anyway....I found the above land sale between a John McNairy of Davidson Co., TN and an Alexander Thompson of Giles! Co., TN in 1817 to be interesting, especially when combined with that "Davidson" man who was probably out of Giles Co., TN being a perfect DNA match to a descendant of the Hazard Thompson in TN who was born in 1814. Below is a link to the referenced land deed: http://www.lgboyd.com/boydbook/chapter10.htm Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.