Joan Wheeler La Grone wrote June 18, 2000 2:34 PM Subject: Re: [THOMPSON-L] THOMPSON GRAVEYARD, MONTGOMERY CO., VA > Hello, > Who was the father of John who married Mary and did they come from PA > Thanks, > Joan Joan, If you can find out, I'll dance at your wedding. This John's son, Archibald, b. 1736, wrote in his diary "Farewell Sweet Ireland Wherein I Was Bred." But where the family disembarked is still unknown. Thanks, Jemima > > > > Jemima Gee Morse wrote: > > > > "Annette Limmer" <[email protected]> wrote June 12, 2000 > > Subject: Re: [THOMPSON-L] THOMPSON GRAVEYARD, MONTGOMERY CO., VA > > > > > Did John and Mary Thompson also have a son named William? > > > > So far as I know John Thompson and Mary Unknown did not have a > > son named William. Births of their children are recorded in > > Archibald Thompson's Diary, beginning with Anne, b. 1734. > > Interestingly, "William" is not a common Christian name in the > > descendants. > > I've wondered whether John's marriage to Mary could have been a > > second marriage, but I've been unable to connect him to the other > > Thompsons in Augusta, Montgomery or Tazewell areas. > > > > According to [probably Harman} Blickley, in his history of > > Tazewell County, Va., a William Thompson, the first, had son > > John and Archibald, by his first wife; and three or more sons by > > his second wife, "Lawyer James Thompson." William "Roan Billie" > > and Andrew. The latter, according to this excerpt, erected the > > tombstones that mark the grave of his father and the > > graves of other kin in the Thompson family graveyard. One of > > these stones > > records the fact that William Thompson was born in the year 1722, > > and died in > > 1798; and another stone gives the date of the birth and death of > > "Lawyer James > > Thompson." > > > > I believe the excerpt from the book on this family is available > > at the Tazewell Co., Va., RootsWeb or GenWeb site. > > > > I've always thought this Tazewell group connects somehow to my > > fifth great-grandfather, but can find nothing to prove it. > > > > ==== THOMPSON Mailing List ==== > > List problems? Contact the THOMPSON listowner Monya Havekost <[email protected]> >