 Abt 1690 - 1753 (~ 63 years)
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| Name |
John Thompson |
| Title |
Rev. |
| Birth |
Abt 1690 |
Donegal, Northern Ireland  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
Sep 1753 |
Statesville, Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina |
| Burial |
Centre Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Person ID |
I763 |
Gregory Gen |
| Last Modified |
12 Aug 2023 |
| Family 1 |
Esther Osbourne, b. Abt 1693 d. Between 1733 and 1734 (Age ~ 40 years) |
| Marriage |
Abt 1710 |
Ireland |
| Children |
| | 1. Mary Thompson, b. 1715, Sussex Co., Delaware d. 1761, Prince Edward Co., Virginia (Age 46 years) [Father: natural] |
| | 2. Jane Thompson, b. Abt 1718, Lewes, Sussex Co., Delaware d. Abt 1780, Prince Edward Co., Virginia (Age ~ 62 years) [Father: natural] |
| | 3. Elizabeth Thompson, b. 1732, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania d. Aug 1776, Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina (Age 44 years) [Father: natural] |
| | 4. Abraham Thompson, b. Abt 1718, Lewes, Sussex Co., Delaware d. Between 1772 and 1784 (Age ~ 54 years) [Father: natural] |
| | 5. Esther Thompson, b. 1710, Northern Ireland d. 19 Nov 1770, Wythe Co., Virginia (Age 60 years) [Father: natural] |
| | 6. John Thompson, b. 1716, Delaware d. 5 Jan 1791, New London, Virginia (Age 75 years) [Father: natural] |
| | 7. Roger Thompson, b. 1723, Amelia Co., Virginia d. May 1771, Orange Co., North Carolina (Age 48 years) [Father: natural] |
| | 8. Sarah Thompson, b. Abt 1717 d. Abt 1780 (Age ~ 63 years) [Father: natural] |
| | 9. Ann Thompson, b. Abt 1728 d. Between 1776 and 1785 (Age ~ 48 years) [Father: natural] |
| | 10. Margaret Thompson, b. Abt 1729 d. Between 1771 and 1788 (Age ~ 42 years) [Father: natural] |
| | 11. Unknown Thompson, b. Abt 1730 [Father: natural] |
| | 12. Unknown Thompson, b. Abt 1720 d. Abt 1800 (Age ~ 80 years) [Father: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F263 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
12 Aug 2023 |
| Family 2 |
Mary McKean, b. Abt 1710 d. Abt 1780 (Age ~ 70 years) |
| Marriage |
Aft 1732 |
| Children |
| | 1. Hannah Thompson, b. Between 1735 and 1736 d. Abt 1769 (Age ~ 34 years) [Father: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F264 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
12 Aug 2023 |
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| 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.
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