This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Davidson, Thompson, Thomson, Kinnerly Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4BC.2ACI/331.839.1 Message Board Post: Which John Thompson went to Botetourt, i.e., who were his parents? There was a John Thompson who was deeded the home of William and Martha (Baker) Davidson in 1781 in Rockbridge County, VA. The home was next deeded to a Thomas Thompson, after which it was deeded to a Dorothy Thompson (who married a Samuel Kinnerly, as I recall). Do you know who these Thompsons were? Martha (Baker) Davidson's mother was Jane (Thompson) Baker, a daughter of Reverend John Thompson (he was in Prince Edward County, VA before moving to NC) and his first wife Margaret Osborne. Jane (Thompson) Baker was a sister to John Thompson, Senior who went to Campbell County, VA. William and Martha (Baker) Davidson then moved to Botetourt County, VA, and they both died there (William died in 1812 and Martha apparently died between 1820 and 1830). Please also note that a Mary Thompson married a John Davidson in 1787 in Rockbridge County, VA. This John Davidson served in the Rev. War and lived in Botetou! rt for a while, but he does NOT appear to be related to the aforementioned William Davidson and his family. His wife Mary (Thompson) Davidson, however, WAS a descendant of the same Thompson family referenced herein (and hence, was related to William Davidson's wife Martha (Baker) Davidson, whose mother Jane was a Thompson). A Rockbridge County, VA marriage book shows Mary (Thompson) Davidson's parents as JOSEPH and Mary Thompson. I cannot seem to find a Joseph Thompson in this family, and I wonder if that should have been JOHN and Mary Thompson? Any help with the Thompsons in Rockbridge and Botetourt Counties would be appreciated.