Margaret Thompson: Our Family History

Generation: 1

1. Margaret Thompson was born about 1776 (daughter of William Thompson and Jane Shilladay).

Generation: 2

2.	William Thompson was born about 1755 in Campbell Co., Virginia (son of John Thompson and Margaret Davidson); died before 1791. William married Jane Shilladay. Jane (daughter of George Shilladay and Esther Baker) was born about 1756. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

3.
Jane Shilladay was born about 1756 (daughter of George Shilladay and Esther Baker).
Children:

1. Margaret Thompson was born about 1776.

David Thompson was born about 1777.

Generation: 3

4.	John Thompson was born in 1716 in Delaware (son of Rev. John Thompson and Esther Osbourne); died on 5 Jan 1791 in New London, Virginia. John married Margaret Davidson. Margaret was born about 1717; died about 1795. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret Davidson was born about 1717; died about 1795.

Children:

Esther Thompson was born about 1746.
Matthew Thompson was born about 1765 in Campbell Co., Virginia; died after 1829.
Elizabeth Thompson was born after 1744 in Campbell Co., Virginia.
Jane Thompson was born about 1745.
2. William Thompson was born about 1755 in Campbell Co., Virginia; died before 1791.
John Thompson, Jr. was born in Apr 1744 in Virginia; died on 8 Apr 1830 in New London, Virginia.
Andrew Thompson was born about 1745 in Campbell Co., Virginia.

6. George Shilladay was born about 1736.
George married Esther Baker about 1755. Esther (daughter of Douglas Baker and Jane Thompson) was born about 1737. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7.
Esther Baker was born about 1737 (daughter of Douglas Baker and Jane Thompson).
Children:

Esther Shilladay was born about 1760.

3. Jane Shilladay was born about 1756.

Generation: 4

Rev. John Thompson was born about 1690 in Donegal, Northern Ireland; died in Sep 1753 in Statesville, Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina; was buried in Centre Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Charlotte, North Carolina.

Notes:

[Tennessee Cousins]

The maternal ancestor of the CROCKETES and the paternal ancestor of the THOMPSONS was that certain distinguished minister and Divine, of History, REV. JOHN THOMSON, who is buried in Baker's Graveyard near Beatty's Ford, in Mecklenburg County N. C.

[The Scotch-Irish, or the Scot in North Britain, North Ireland and North America]

The Rev. John Thomson, a Presbyterian minister who had removed from Chestnut Level, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, to the Virginia valley about 1744, was ordered by the Synod in May of that year, to correspond with "many people" of North Carolina, who had petitioned the Synod for supplies. Either before or after that date, a daughter of Mr. Thomson had married Mr. Baker, who was one of the earliest settlers on Davidson's creek, locating about five miles from Beattie's ford, within the bounds of what afterwards became Centre Congregation, in Iredell county. Mr. Thomson visited this settlement in the summer of 1751, probably with the intention of remaining there. He was the first minister of any denomination to preach in that region. It is supposed by his biographer that he went at the solicitation of Moses Winslow, George Davidson, and other settlers in the vicinity of his son-in-law, who had known him in Pennsylvania. In 1751 Mr. Baker lived between the present Centre Church and Statesville. While in North Carolina, Mr. Thomson visited the new settlements within a radius of twenty miles from his home. He had a preaching station at William Morrison's near the present Concord Church, on Third Creek (an affluent of the South Yadkin), six miles northwest from Statesville; another station was within the bounds of what is now Fourth Creek Church; another, in Third Creek Congregation; another at Cathey's Meeting-house, afterwards Thyatira, ten miles from Salisbury; another, at what was then Osborne's Meeting-house; another, just below the present village of Davidson College, in Mecklenburg county. Mr. Thomson may also have had another preaching station farther south, within the bounds of what afterwards became Hopewell and Sugar Creek congregations. He died near Statesville in 1753.

John married Esther Osbourne about 1710 in Ireland. Esther was born about 1693; died between 1733 and 1734. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Esther Osbourne was born about 1693; died between 1733 and 1734.

Children:

Mary Thompson was born in 1715 in Sussex Co., Delaware; died in 1761 in Prince Edward Co., Virginia.
Jane Thompson was born about 1718 in Lewes, Sussex Co., Delaware; died about 1780 in Prince Edward Co., Virginia.
Elizabeth Thompson was born in 1732 in Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died in Aug 1776 in Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina.
Abraham Thompson was born about 1718 in Lewes, Sussex Co., Delaware; died between 1772 and 1784.
Esther Thompson was born in 1710 in Northern Ireland; died on 19 Nov 1770 in Wythe Co., Virginia.
4. John Thompson was born in 1716 in Delaware; died on 5 Jan 1791 in New London, Virginia.
Roger Thompson was born in 1723 in Amelia Co., Virginia; died in May 1771 in Orange Co., North Carolina.
Sarah Thompson was born about 1717; died about 1780.
Ann Thompson was born about 1728; died between 1776 and 1785.
Margaret Thompson was born about 1729; died between 1771 and 1788.
Unknown Thompson was born about 1730.
Unknown Thompson was born about 1720; died about 1800.

14.

Douglas Baker was born in 1714 in Chester Co., Pennsylvania (son of Robert Baker and Susanna Packer); died in 1765 in Prince Edward Co., Virginia.

Douglas married Jane Thompson between 1734 and 1744 in Prince Edward Co., Virginia. Jane (daughter of Rev. John Thompson and Esther Osbourne) was born about 1718 in Lewes, Sussex Co., Delaware; died about 1780 in Prince Edward Co., Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

15.

Jane Thompson was born about 1718 in Lewes, Sussex Co., Delaware (daughter of Rev. John Thompson and Esther Osbourne); died about 1780 in Prince Edward Co., Virginia.

Children:

Unknown Baker was born about 1734.
Martha Baker was born about 1735.
Joshua Baker was born between 1737 and 1745.
Robert Baker was born about 1736; died in Aug 1773 in Prince Edward Co., Virginia.
7. Esther Baker was born about 1737.
Andrew Baker was born about 1741; died on 3 Jan 1804.
Douglas Baker, Jr. was born about 1743; died in 1778 in Prince Edward Co., Virginia.
Jane Baker was born about 1750 in Prince Edward Co., Virginia.
Joseph Baker was born between 1753 and 1762.
Samuel Baker was born about 1755.