This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: silveryfox Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.thompson/19458.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Just picked up on this from this and other Ancestry threads. On the basis that you are looking for a family named Thompson from around the Warrenpoint area who were "well to do" and knew the Hall family of Narrow Water castle. There was such a family who historically owned an estate between Narrow Water Castle (the seat of the Halls) and the town of Newry. The estate comprised c526 acres and was called Greenwood Park. The big house on the estate was demolished in the 1940s, and all that is left is a tower and some gatehouses. The Thompson family made their money as merchants in Newry in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, carrying on an international trade. The Park was purchased by Ross Thompson in c1810, and the family occupied it until c1884. Family members were Ross Thompson (? - c1845) and his wife Margaret (? - c1884) nee Livingston. Their children were Helen Thompson (? - 1911, married Lt Colonel Robert Julian Baumgartner KCB), George Henry Thompson (11 Mar 1822 - 6 Feb 1850, married Susanna Simms (? - 2 Jan 1850), Thomas Jefferson Thompson (13 Sep 1829 - 18 Mar 1907, married Charlotte Potter Higginson (11 Dec 1831 - 11 Apr 1906), TJ is noted as Ross's fifth son), Eliza Anne Thompson (? - ?, married Samuel Livingston Frazer (? - 2 Sep 1856) on 17 Feb 1836. This has a strong chance of being the family you are seeking, however records are sparse. Happy to help further if needed. Jim 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.