Good Morning, Group!!! The real proof as to the Thompson/Brown connection comes in the fact that Bernard Brown, son of Benjamin and Sarah Thompson, name one son Robert Thompson Brown b. 1-16-1777, this birth occurred at about the same time Robert Thompson died, how appropriate. The Brown family and the Thompsons were very close families and intermarried several times. While I lived in the area I visited all but one of the Brown Cemeteries. However, at that time I was not aware of the connection to the Thompsons or the connection to the Via. Shortly before I moved from White Hall I became aware of the Thompson/Via connection. I have several friends, however, in the area that I can get the cemetery informatiion from. One of the cemeteries is on very private land and that one will be hard to get the data from. It was called, many years ago Trinidad. It was the main home of Benjamin Brown, he is buried in a clearing west of the house. Benjamin Brown's first wife was said to be a Hescott. I visited with several descendants of the Brown family, the surnames have changed many times but the middle name of Hescott was still used. One family had inherited the silver or I should say pewter flatware of some of the early Browns. It used the initial H. for Hescott. There was a big age difference between Benjamin Brown and Sarah Thompson, twenty years or more. The second family's children did not start until about 1745. I know nothing yet of the children of the first wife, or if there were any, but I suspect they were. I will have to track the lines back of the Jones family who were descendants of the Browns. They were the one using the Hescott name. Anyone have anything to add to this I would appreciate it. William Albertson [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, November 02, 2002 5:40 AM Subject: Re: [VIA-L] Thompsons >In a message dated 10/31/2002 11:19:41 PM Eastern Standard Time, >[email protected] writes: > >> For those of you who do not know William Albertson he has been researching >> the Maupin lines for many many years. He also researches allied families. >> >> Below is an e-mail that he sent to me and said I could share it with the >> Via >> group. He has been working to prove Jean Thompson was a daughter of >> Amer's. >> > >Judy - It has always seemed to me that Jane was the daughter of Amer Via. My >reasoning is thus: > >When Margaret (Via) Maupin's husband died, she was described in his obituary >thus, "His wife, now about the same age, alive and hearty and never a female >of her generation known to die under the age of 85 years that grew to be a >woman" (Virginia Independent Chronicle, 22 October 1788, Richmond Virginia). > >Jane and Robert Thompson were pioneers to Albemarle County, arriving in 1745 >from Hanover County, same time and place as William Via and Margaret (Via) >Maupin. In Ruby G. H. Maupin's, "History of the Maupin Family", 1969, pages >12, 62, Sarah Thompson 1726-1815 who married Benjamin Brown, of Brown's Cove, >Albemarle County, Virginia was described as a niece of Margaret Via . >Bernard Brown, who was a son of Sarah and Benjamin, was described as a >descendant of a sister of Margaret Via. According to a genealogy of this >Brown family ("Magazine of Albemarle County History", volume 8, pages 55-70), >Benjamin Brown's wife was Sarah Thompson, the daughter of Robert Thompson. >Sarah Thompson was said to be an immigrant to Albemarle/Louisa County in 1745 >and settled at Brown's Cove. > >Dorothy (Maupin) Shaffet also mentions this Via connection in her book. > >~~<A HREF="http://www.ednabarney.com">Edna Barney</A> >ednabarney.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >