WILLIAM THOMPSON DESCENDANTS
Last Updated on 11/27/2009
ELISHA THOMPSON FAMILY PICTURES BELOW:
Click here to download the book: A Legacy In The Land.
The following PDF file contains all known ancestors for Guilema Rebecca Brock Thompson. This includes the Smith, Wattenbarger, and Brock families.
Click here to download Guilema Rebecca Brock Thompson ancestrial file.
A brief summary of the Thompson lineage is:
Based upon test comparisons the Thompson DNA profile is a 24 of 25 marker exact match to that which researchers originally thought to belong to Colla Uais. A couple of
years after that opinion was made public the researchers have renounced their opinion. So it appears that very little credibility can be attributed to
the researchers who establish various profiles as belonging to historical figures. This loose cannon research by genealogists is detrimental.
Click here for an Appendix file showing DNA test results from descendant Ron Thompson
Note 1: The Thomson surname was originally spelled as "Thomson" but after the second generation the English record keepers spelled the name as "Thompson." Even as late as 1858 the Thompsons still spelled their name as "Thomson."
Note 2: All of the proof documents (wills, deeds, court suits, ect.) for the following statements are contained within the book "The Covenanter's Quest" which can be downloaded
from a link at the bottom of this web page. Also included in the book are pictures of the properties the Thompsons owned, maps of the exact location with
gps coordinates, and deed abstracts. Pictures and articles from the Montgomery County, Maryland Historical Society are included as well. The link to Mike Marshall's web site provides his abstracts of
the original William Thomson Northern Neck court records, wills, and deeds in addition to the book.
William Thomson, a gent from Edinburgh, Scotland migrated to America about 1685 to escape religious persecution. He and his brother Christopher Thomson were transported by the Col. Ninian Beall to Charles County, Maryland and were settled onto landgrants that were provided by the Col. Ninian Beall. William Thomson's landgrant was named Scotland and that property is now the site of the Historic Fort Lincoln Cemetery Click here for location and picture of Plaque with William Thompson's name and tract name Scotland William's brother
Walter Thomson was a merchant in Edinburgh, Scotland and was married to a lady named Margaret. One of their sons was William Thomson, a mariner who lived in London, England. Walter had a land grant near William and Christopher in Charles County, Maryland but never migrated to America.
William Thomson and brother Christopher attended the Presbyterian Church at Bladensburg, Maryland. Most likely they are interred in Evergreen Cemetery which is located at that site. Christopher was listed as a trustee on the deed for the church on property donated by the Col. Ninian Beall. The first pastor of the church was Rev. Nathanial Taylor and the second pastor was the Rev. Hugh Conn who was a close friend to the Thomsons. That close relationship was evidenced by the love gift of 100 acres of White Lackington to the Rev. Hugh Conn from Christopher Thomson.
William Thomson was married to Ann Chittam and Christopher Thomson was married to a widow whose maiden name was Grace Young. William and Ann Chittam Thomson had four children. Christopher Thomson, the eldest son, died before he married. One daughter was Mary Thomson who married James Marcy Pearre. The other daughter was Margaret Thomson who married first James Shaw and second either John or Robert Riddle. James Shaw died young.
There is no record of Christopher Thomson having any children although Grace, the widow he married, had children by a former husband. Christopher was illiterate but William was literate and probably studied for the ministry since he bequeathed "divinity books" to a grandson. One
document showed that Christopher was a planter, another document showed he was a merchant, and other records indicated that he was a land developer who probably laid out Thompson's Town. He was also referenced as a constable in another document.
William and Ann Chittam Thomson's second son was John Thomson, named after his grandfather John Chittam. Proof of the relationship is the John Chittam will which bequeathed a first born calf to his grandson John Thomson. When John Thomson died about 1747 his will listed his next of kin as Mary Pearre.
There is an unbroken link of multiple wills, deeds, and court documents beginning with William and Ann Chittam Thomson and continuing through descendants John Thomson, grandson William Thomson, and great-grandson James Fields Thomson. John Thomson was married to Yacominte Eltinge, daughter of Cornelius Eltinge and Rebecca Van Meteren Eltinge. Those Dutch maternal ancestors first settled in Kingston, Ulster County, New York and migrated south, next living in New Jersey. About 1720 Cornelius Eltinge built a grist mill at the outlet of Seneca Creek to the Potomac River in what is now Montgomery County, Maryland.
John and Yacomintye Eltinge Thomson had four children who are listed on the John Thomson will and various other deeds and court records. Their oldest son was named William after his grandfather. The second son was named Cornelius after his maternal grandfather Cornelius Eltinge. The third son was named John after his father. (One document indicates that a second given name for John could have been Anthony.) William Thomson married his neighbor Susannah Fields and named his second son James Fields Thomson after his maternal Fields ancestors. Proof of this fact was later found in an Augusta County, Virginia Court document which named one of William's sons as James.
Maternal ancestor John Van Meteren obtained 40,000 acres as a land grant from the English Crown. He sold this land grant to a relative but the grant was disputed by the Lord Fairfax who also claimed the land. Because of this dispute an Augusta County, Virginia court document was filed by William Thomson's son John in about 1794 and this document listed the living children of William and Susannah Fields Thomson. The document also included the fact that William moved from Maryland to Virginia about the time that his parents died. The specific links between John Van Meteren as defendant in the law suit, the fact that William originally lived in Maryland, and the names of the William's children as indicated on the 1776 census of Frederick County, Maryland are sufficient to prove that this document could apply ONLY to the William Thomson who was the great-grandson of John Van Meteren.
The 1776 census of Fredericks County, Maryland and the 1790 census of the same location which had become part of then Montgomery County, Maryland are records that show the Thomsons, the Fields, the Packs, and others living in adjoining houses as neighbors. Also included in the 1790 census record are Henry Thomson and James Thomson.
Some details of interest are that migrating ancestor William Thomson owned the property upon which the Historic Fort Lincoln Cemetery now sits, his son John and son-in-law James Marcy Pearre signed as witnesses on the Allison property transaction (purchase of the property upon which the White House now sits), and grandson William Thomson and his brother-in-law Angus McDonald are listed in George Washington's diary as dinner guests.
John Thomson owned the property upon which the Great Falls Visitor Center now sits. He also owned Thompson's Pasture which was located at the head of the upper falls on the Montgomery County, Maryland side of the river. John also owned the two islands that are located in the Potomac River at that point. John's father-in-law Cornelius Eltinge owned the grist mill which was located at the outlet of Seneca Creek to the Potomac River, that location being about four miles north of Great Falls, Maryland.
Another interesting historical note is that General George S. Patton was descended from Yacomintye Elting Thompson's sister Eleanor who married Col. Isaac Hite.Click here to download a PDF fan file which shows the ancestry of George S. Patton. This file wrongly shows Sara as married to Isaac Hite but
she was married to Isaac's brother John Hite. Sara's sister Eleanor was instead married to Isaac Hite.
(Click here for a picture of William Thompson's first cousin Isaac Hite Jr., a picture of the house he built, and a picture of his wife Nellie Madison, sister of President James Madison.)
It should be noted that the Hite family wealth probably came from the 40,000 acres that Joist Hite bought from John Van Meteren. The Thompsons inherited some property from their parents but since they were eight years old and younger
when they were orphaned they were placed into the care of relatives, some of whom took the children's property and land rents for their OWN use. It was only after 1790 before anything was received from the stolen assets. The guilty parties never paid
the court judgement to the Thompsons and properties were sold by the Sheriff to make a partial payment. The only evidence that William Thompson owned property when he died was indicated by the Augusta County, Virgina court suit of Marshall vs Thompson indicating a disputed property
located in Hampshire County, Virginia having the same adjoining neighbors as indicated on the Isaac Hite deed. Probably the Thompsons received about $100.00 each from William Thompson's estate because James Fields Thompson was a poor tenant farmer in
Montgomery Maryland working on the Trail property. Yet when he migrated to Rowan/Davie County, N. C. in 1794 he purchased a property from Benjamin Gilpin for about $100.00. He later purchased a better property and sold the first after Nancy Pack Thompson received $100.00 for her father's estate.
(Click here for ancestrial line for General George S. Patton and Thompsons all descended from the daughters of Cornelius and Rebecca Van Meteren Eltinge.)
The specific details, deeds, wills, and other proof documents are contained in the various chapters of the book "The Covenanter's Quest" which can be downloaded from this web site.
The paternal line of Taylors descended from Elizabeth "Betsie" Taylor Thompson's brother George have a family reunion web site as linked below:
Click here to go to the web site provided by paternal line descendants of George and Unity Wyatt Taylor.
PDF file with Elizabeth "Betsie" Taylor Thompson's parents, siblings and their descendants.
****Take note that this is a corrected file replacing errors contained in the previous file. Some errors can possibly still remain in this file.****
GED file with Elizabeth "Betsie" Taylor Thompson's parents, siblings and their descendants.
****Note: It is clear from the above file that these Taylors are probably related to an Earlier George Taylor whose descendant married Elizabeth Harwood. That is significant because this George Taylor's daughter Sarah married William Harwood.****
Copyright Notice: The collection of documents and discussion of the proofs thereof about James Thompson who died 1814 in Rowan County, North Carolina are copyrighted by the James Thompson descendants.
Prior to this documentaion the middle name of James Thompson was not known to be Fields. It is OUR research that determined his middle name to be Fields and OUR research that determined that his father
was William Thompson and mother was Susannah Fields. It is our research that developed the family tree below. Any organization which has copied our material and posted it for sale to the general public is in deliberate and criminal violation of the U. S. Copyright laws. That includes the LDS if they have picked up our information and made it public in their data base. Our research showed NO reference to these
facts in LDS or otherwise. The efforts of multiple Thompson researchers uncovered these facts. The 1776 Census of Frederick County, Maryland shows the children of William and Susannah Thompson except for Henry
and James who were probably married and not living with their parents. Then the Augusta County, Virginia Court document named EXACTLY the same male children as in the census record as being the living children of
William and Susannah Thompson and included James and Henry Thompson. This is PROOF that there were no other living male children and contradicts one arrogant and ignorant paid researcher who usurpted our material and twisted the details
to fit her own warped conclusions. She then sold it in the form of a report. NO ONE other than our researchers made the connection between James Thompson and his full identity as James Fields Thompson, son of
William and Susannah Fields Thompson. It was OUR research that determined William's wife was Susannah Fields and these plus other conclusions are documented in the two books we wrote and copyrighted. It is legal for
paid researchers to use our material PROVIDED that they take it without altering the details and provide the required credits of ownership and source as REQUIRED BY U. S. copyright laws. Failure to comply with
these copyright restrictions will henceforth result in PROSECUTION and legal action.
New DNA test results for John Harvey Thompson descendant Cecil Thompson are an exact match to the results for Elisha Thompson descendant Ron Thompson. These results from descendants of two seperate children of
James Fields Thompson are sufficient to prove this profile as that of James Fields Thompson. It also proves that the paid researcher was totally in error by contradicting our research. Both our research documentation
and the scientific data are in agreement. Case closed!
In 1747 John Thompson and Yacomintye Eltinge Thompson lived approximately six miles south of what is now Rockville, Maryland and within about 1 mile of Great Falls, Maryland. In 1776 their son William Thompson and his sons were listed in the census of Sugarland
Hundred and again in the 1790 census but the same location in 1790 was called Seneca Hundred which then extended to the East as far as Great Falls, Maryland. In 1747 John Thompson owned the two islands there and also owned the property upon which the Great Falls Visitor Center now sits. Offut's Crossroads was north of
that location and is now called Potomac, Maryland. Exerpts from the 1861 Civil War map of that area are contained in chapter 6 of the book "The Covenanter's Quest" on this web site and shows the location of all houses of that time period. This
map provides the names of several Thompsons who then lived near Rockville, Maryland. Their given names indicate that most likely they were the descendants of William and Susannah Fields Thompson who named their male
children Joseph, Henry, James, William, and John. Their son James migrated to Rowan/Davie County, North Carolina but it appears that the other children remained in the area. So if the Rockville Thompsons who are seeking
their ancestry will go to the trouble of taking a male Thompson DNA test it will most likely match the profile of Ron Thompson's test which is provided in the Appendix of the book "The Covenanter's Quest."
NOTE: All of the depositions and documents pertaining to a William Thomson of Charles or Prince George's County, Maryland apply to ONE William Thompson. The dates of these documents are sometimes
contradictory but the witness and relatives in the document pertain to William Thomson, the brother of Christopher and husband of Ann Chittam Thompson.
GED file for William Thomson and descendants--This contains ALL known descendant lines.
Note: The above file requires a user name and password available only to proven William Thompson descendants.
Click here to obtain contact e-mail address from home page and submit a request for the needed information.
A brief summary of the Thompson lineage is:
Generation 1: William Thomson and Ann Chittam Thompson-children Christopher, John, Mary Thompson Pearre, and Margaret Thompson Shaw
Generation 2: John Thompson and Yacomintye Eltinge Thompson-children William Thompson, John Thompson, Cornelius Thompson Anna Thompson McDonald
Generation 3: William Thompson and wife Susannah Fields Thompson-Their children are indicated on the James Fields Thompson one line ancestry file below.
Generation 4. James Fields Thompson and wife Nancy Pack Thompson-Their children are indicated on the James Fields Thompson rtf file below.
Generation 5. Elisha Thompson and wife Elizabeth "Betsie" Taylor Thompson-Their children are indicated on the James Fields Thompson rtf file below.
Generation 6. Rev. William Thompson and wife Annie Penix Thompson;James Thompson and Rutha Estep Thompson-Their children are indicated on the James Fields Thompson rtf file below.
Generation 7. Joseph Henry Thompson and wife Martha Lucinda Thompson (first cousins)-Their children are indicated on the James Fields Thompson rtf file below.
Generation 8. James Henry Thompson and wife Hester Lily Grant Thompson-Their children are listed on the James Fields Thompson rft file below or on the above GED file..
Religious persecution was the motivation for William Thomson's migration to America? My uncle Brad Thompson told his son Clyde that two
Thompson brothers migrated to America because of religious persecution. My aunts Viola and Beulah Thompson told me that the Thompsons were
Scotch/Irish and Black Dutch. When most of the research had been completed and the early documents studied I found that our ancestor John Thompson
married a dutch lady called Yacomintye Eltinge. Her family originally came from the Netherlands and would have been called "black dutch". The Charles County, Maryland
documents showed that William Thompson was the father of John Thompson and that brothers William and Christopher Thompson migrated to America about
1685. Their brother Walter Thompson remained in Edinburgh, Scotland. When I studied the topic of religious persecution I found that Edinburgh,
Scotland and the Glasgow/Lanark area was a hot spot for religious persecution between 1681 and 1685. It appears that William and brother Christopher Thomson
were transported by the Col. Ninian Beall along with the 200 Scottish families that were brought over by him. It has been proven that the property "White Lackington" owned by Christopher
Thompson was formerly owned by Col. Beall and that the property "The Neck/Nock" owned by Walter Thompson was also previously owned by Col. Beall. Official Charles
County, Maryland records show that Col. Beall was a neighbor of William Thompson and a deposition sworn to by William confirms that fact. Their brother Walter Thompson owned property
in Charles County, Maryland but remained in Edinburgh, Scotland and died testate there with at least one surviving son named William who was a mariner living in England.
Walter Thompson was also survived by his wife Margaret. There is also another interesting prediction based on the naming traditions that the Scottish people used. According to that naming tradition you
could expect that William Thompson's father in Scotland would have been Christopher Thompson and his mother would have been Margaret. However, since his brother Walter Thompson's eldest
son was named William this fact would imply that their father was William Thomson. So this creates an uncertainty about the name of Walter, William, and Christopher's father.
John inherited property from his father William and later signed that property over to his nephew,
Margaret Thompson Shaw's son, William Shaw. John and Yacomintye settled in Fredericks County, Maryland. Take note that this area was orginally Charles County, Maryland and was
renamed to Prince George's County and then Fredericks County, Maryland. Fredericks County, Maryland was then split to form two counties
with the southern portion being Montgomery County and the northern portion remaining Fredericks County. So the Thompsons lived in the
same place for around 100 years but the name changed several times during that time period. It appears that John and Yacomintye
Thompson owned property obtained from her relatives and also from his own relatives.
John Thompson met and married Yacomintye Eltinge about 1737. It is obvious that he met her at her father's Grist Mill which was located at the mouth of Seneca Creek and the Potomac River. The mill
was located approximately four miles up the Potomac River from "Thompson's Hopyard" which was owned by John Thompson. Historical documents prove that Yacomintye Eltinge's father, Cornelius Eltinge, was operating the mill prior to 1737.
Confirming the accuracy of this research, genealogy records show that Henry Thompson of Brunswick, New Jersey (whose descendant matches my dna) married the first
cousin of Yacomintye Eltinge's mother. So that is both a DNA match and documentation match that connects the families via two independent sources.
Click here to download a rtf file containing the will of John Chittam which is proof that John Thompson was his grandson and William was his son-in-law.
My research has shown that this Thompson family changed their name from MacTavish to Thomson. In the 1680 time period they were living in Edinburgh, Scotland and that was the period of intense religious persecution. One indenture
document states that Walter Thompson had a son named William who was a mariner and lived in London, England. Don't be confused by those matching DNA files
which link back to England because those Thompsons migrated from Scotland to England during an earlier time period.
Beginning in Edinburgh, Scotland before 1685 and continuing through 1860 the Thompson descendants ALWAYS lived on farms near a major waterway.
In Edinburgh, Scotland they were at a seaport. In Charles County, Maryland they lived on the east branch of the Potomac River.
Then in Montgomery County, Maryland they lived on the east bank of the Potomac River and owned islands in the river. Later after 1794
James Fields Thompson owned property near the Yadkin River in North Carolina. The Cherokee County, North Carolina Thompsons owned
property near creeks and built grist mills on the creek. The Unaka, North Carolina area also was not very far from the Hiwassee River.
Rev. William Thompson was a miller in McMinn County, Tennessee and lived near Mouse Creek close to Union McMinn Baptist Church. Migrating ancestor William Thompson's nephew William Thomson (son of Walter Thomson of Edinburgh) was a mariner and lived in London.
You can trace the Beall, Offutt, Thompson, Riley, Estep, and other families as they migrated to the same locations as did the Thompsons.
The wills, deeds, and other records in Montgomery County, Maryland and earlier ones from Charles County, Maryland allow you to track these families as they migrated to new locations.
North Carolina census records track the property locations which correspond to the original Davie County, Land Grant Map. Those EXACT property locations are pinpointed by maps
which can be downloaded from this web site. The public records prove that in Rowan/Davie County, North Carolina
the same famiies and their descendants are found living near the Thompsons. Further, the Pack, Fields, Riley, and Thompson families are all documented as having lived in
the same location in Montgomery County, Maryland. The Taylor maternal ancestors are documented as ALSO having lived in that location. Then the Pack, Fields, and Riley families were
members during the same time period within Seneca Primitive Baptist Church at Dawsonville in Montgomery County, Maryland. One record states that the baptist church even sponsored their
attainment of property in North Carolina.
Henry C. Peden, Jr in the book Rev. Patriots of Montgomery
County, Maryland 1776-1783 indicates on page 256 that William Pack Sr was Private, 1st Co., Middle Bn., Militia Aug 30 1777. That was James Fields Thompson's father
in law. On page 112 Peden states that James (plus brother Matthew) Fields joined as private, 4th Co., Upper Bn Miliitia Aug. 30, 1777. These were James Fields Thompson's cousins.
On page 323 Peden documents that James Thompson Private, 4th Co., Middle Bn Militia Sept 1777 joined the SAME company at the same time as did his Fields cousins.
His brother John Thompson is shown on that same page and documented as joining on the same day but was placed into 3rd Co., Middle Bn.
James Fields Thompson grandson, the Rev. William Thompson married into the maternal lines of Potts and Joshua Penix. The father of Mary Jane Potts, born 1785, is unknown although James Potts was the only Potts living in the area where she married John Penix. Mary Jane Potts Penix's census records indicate she was born before James Potts married Susannah Absher. John Penix's
daughter Annie Penix was my great great grandmother. John's father Joshua Penix fought in the Revolutionary War with Daniel Boone and is listed on the plaque at Boonesborough.
So three of these four related families are documented as
contributing in some way to the Revolutionary War efforts and are all the ancestors of James Ronald Thompson, owner of this web site.
Click here to download a pdf file containing the ancestrial fan tree for James Henry Thompson, grandfather of web site owner.
NEW Electronic book "The Covenanter's Quest"****This book does not require a password and sequentially traces the Thompsons and maternal ancestors from 1685 Scotland through the 20th century descendants. It includes PICTURES and maps of the locations
where they ACTUALLY LIVED and owned property. These are pictures of THAT PROPERTY in its current location and condition.****
The following three links require a password. These files are ONLY available to direct Thompson family descendants. You must go to the home page
and send an e-mail to Ron Thompson per the contact information from that page to obtain a password to download these files.
(Electronic book "From The Cradle To The Grave-The William Thompson Family From Edinburgh, Scotland")--13.3 megabytes main book
(Electronic book ")--.5 megabytes appendix only
(Valerie Thompson Cearley has just written a book "UNBROKEN CIRCLE" about some of the descendants of this family. Click here to obtain the details.)
Click on this link to read the true origin of the word "Redneck"."REDNECK" DOES NOT AT ALL represent the slovenly and drunken class of people as portrayed by leftist social perverts. The term "Redneck" was a
RELIGIOUS scarf or garment symbol worn around the neck by covenanter Presbyterian Scotts who objected to a carnal minded king presuming himself to be the HEAD of the church rather than Jesus. That covenant was
signed by many of the Scotts using the blood from their own bodies as the ink. Click on the above link to read the details and to view Elisha Lunsford, the
grandson of Elisha Thompson who wore the traditional scarf around his neck during the Civil War. No doubt his mother Elizabeth Thompson Lunsford made that
scarf and gave it to her son to wear into battle. It is shown as a black and white picture but very probably was the traditional red and black scarf. To obtain FACTS about
the Scottish National Covenant you can search the internet and obtain specific details about the murder ot the presbyterian Scotts by Kings Charles II and James II of
England. If you are a Thompson descendant those details including the Scottish National Covenant are included in the Thompson Family Book "From The Cradle To The Grave".
There are several lost paternal descendant lines from John and Yacomintye Eltinge Thompson. We know that their son William had property in Hampshire County, W. V.
and that his son John was living on it in 1801. We also know that William's brothers John and Cornelius died testate in Berkeley County, W. V.
If you are trying to locate your Thompson ancestors from Maryland or Virginia please check out information linked below:
Click here to check out these Thompsons of Maryland and Virginia.
Link to Mike Marshall's files pertaining to migrating ancestor William Thompson of Charles County, Maryland.
***THE FOLLOWING DETAILS PERTAIN TO MIGRATING ANCESTOR WILLIAM THOMSON AND CHILDREN***
(Click here to see EXACTLY where William Thom(p)son lived in Charles County, Maryland)
He owned the tract "Scotland" per the 1685 original landgrant and the Historic Fort Lincoln Cemetery waymark was on his property. Also, my research
indicates that the spring house later built by George Conn was ALSO on the tract "Scotland". The map and GPS coordinates will take
you to the spot where these Thomsons first lived in America. They were neighbors to the Rev. Hugh Conn and the Col. Ninian Bealle. MOST LIKELY
William's son in law James Pearre was a relative of the Admiral Commodore Perry who later lived in the same location.
(Click here to see pictures of Mill Site at Seneca Ford where maternal ancestor Cornelius Eltinge
owned a grist mill.)
He was John Thompson's father in law. The relics remaining at the site are from mills that were constructed at a later period on the same site.)
(Click here to see a picture of Great Falls, Maryland.)
John Thompson owned property in 1751 called Thompson's Hopyard.
The southernmost boundary of that property lay near the second falls, per old Maryland State Archives. John Thompson also owned Darby Island and Fair Island when he died. It
seems very likely that Olmstead Island is one of those tracts. The name was changed in about 1850 to honor a "politician".
(Click here for details about deeds recorded by William and John Thompson and descendants-from Montgomery Cnty. Hist. Society files and Charles County, Md records)
****It should be noted that the Potomack River landscape has changed and the names of the Islands are different now.****
John Thompson married Yacomintye Elting around 1737. She was the daughter of Cornelius and Rebecca Van Meteren Eltinge who operated a grist mill at the outlet of Seneca Creek to the Potomac River. John inherited property
from his father William and later signed that property over to his nephew, Margaret Thompson Shaw's son William Shaw.
John and Yacomintye settled in Fredericks County, Maryland. Take note that this area was orginally Charles County, Maryland and was
renamed to Prince George's County and then Fredericks County, Maryland. Fredericks County, Maryland was then split to form two counties
with the southern portion being Montgomery County and the northern portion remaining Fredericks County. The area where William Thompson was living
is now part of Washington, D. C. and the area where John Thompson lived is now Montgomery County, Maryland. It appears that John and Yacomintye
Thompson owned property obtained from her relatives and also from his own relatives. The locations of those properties can be seen pinpointed on an 1861 map found in the appendix A of the above listed book "The Coveanter's Quest."
Also found in that book are pictures of the Thompson properties. Listed below is a link to a modern Street Atlas map which also shows Thompson property locations.
The DNA test results indicate that other relatives probably
migrated to Ulster County, New York because there was a DNA match to a Henry Thompson in Brunswick, N. J. who married a relative
of the Elting family. There also was another slightly more distant DNA match to a descendant of another Henry Thompson of Ulster
County, New York. Then there was a similiar match to a William McTavish from Lanark, Scotland. Some historical sources
state that the McTavish family were Highlander Scots who were defeated by the British in war duing the fifteenth century
and afterwards changed their name to Thomson to avoid persecution.
(Click here for background about the Lord Fairfax Court Case referenced below. Fairfax disputed the land grant given to William Thompson's Great Great
great grandfather John Van Meter/Meteren. Since John and Yacomintye Eltinge Thompson's son William inherited part of that property he HAS TO BE the William Thompson referenced in the suit. James Thompson
is specifically named in the suit and as one of William's Children. This document combines a history of the Van Meteren pioneers in America with an account about the faith of Sarah Dubois' mother. Both Sarah
Dubois and Joost (John Van Meteren) were captured by Indians as infants. The couple later married and were the maternal ancestors of the John Thompson family because their grand daughter Yacomintye Elting married
John Thompson.
(Click here for details about Virginia Court Case listing William Thompson died 1793. It names the living children.) ***This should be a
proof document showing that William Thompson had a son named James. Also the location was apparently Berkeley County, W. V.
(Click here for details about the Seneca Primitive Baptist Church-Fields and Packs attended this church
(Map location--Seneca Primitive Baptist Church was located at Dawsonville, Md. William Thompson probably lived between Dawsonville and the Potomac River.
****The small Islands located on the Potomac River are named differently now but probably belonged to John Thompson in 1751.****
John Thompson died between 1747 and 1751. His will named Yacomintye Eltinge Thompson and their children as heirs. But Yacomintye Eltinge
Thompson also died shortly thereafter. When you consult the will of Yacomintye's widowed mother, Rebecca Eltinge, you find that she left her
estate to her son Isaac Eltinge and nothing to her daughter Yacomintye. That was because Yacomintye was already deceased prior to her mother. Isaac Eltinge was the executor of Yacomintye Eltinge's estate and the guardian for her underaged children. But Isaac Eltinge
also died and that responsibility fell to Rudolph Eltinge. Court records show that Isaac's widow Mary Eltinge was not satisfied with her share
of the estate as outlined by the Isaac Eltinge will. So she filed a court document asking for her share per law. Internet sources state
that Sarah Elting, the widow of Rudoplh Elting, took control of the property belonging to the Thompson children and took it for her own use
until 1761. Sarah then married a Clappet and Mary Elting married John Cary. One Chancery court record was a petition by Sarah and John Clappet
for relief in lieu of paying the amount ordered by a previous court. Chancery Court records as late as 1791 document that the Thompson
children never received their property, although some records indicate a distribution of the estate.
LOCATION MAPS SHOWING THE SITE OF EACH HOME PLACE/PROPERTY OF THOMPSON MIGRATIONS
****Note: These maps trace William Thomson family origin in Edinburgh, Scotland and each successive generation thereafter beginning in Charles County, Maryland
and ending in McMinn County, Tennessee****Take note that beginning in Edinburgh, Scotland and through 1828 the Thompsons ALWAYS lived near
a major waterway. Edinburgh,Scotland was a port for seafaring ships. William Thomson migrated to America and lived near the Eastern Branch of the Potomac River and
a ferry landing was located on his property. John Thompson lived near the Potomac River in Fredericks/Montgomery County, Maryland and owned Islands on the Potomac
River. William Thompson lived on property willed to him near the Potomac River in Montgomery County, Maryland. James Fields Thompson bought property that was
located within 1/4 mile of the Yadkin River in Davie County, North Carolina (formerly Rowan County). Elisha Thompson and descendants lived in Cherokee County, North
Carolina not far from the Hiwassee River.
JAMES THOMPSON 1814 WILL PAGE 1
JAMES THOMPSON 1814 WILL PAGE 2
TRANSCRIPTION OF JAMES THOMPSON WILL
Nancy Pack Thompson's Pack ancestors
Street Atlas driving directions to James Thompson farm in Davie County, N. C.
Map Showing 1814 James Thompson Property Location: Davie County, N. C.
Original Davie County, N. C. landgrant map showing James Thompson Property Locations
****Note: Between 1794 and 1807 James Thompson lived on 164 A. property bought from Benjamin Gilpin. From 1807-1832 the family lived on property that
was formerly owned by John Harry. That 216 acre tract lay between John's (Harry's) Creek and (Giles) Mill Creek.****
Download pages from History of Davie County about Fork Baptist Church-written by James W. Wall.
Download continuation page of above article.
Download Wordpad Document containing deed abstracts for James Fields Thompson property
DOWNLOAD JPG 1790 Montgomery County, MD Census file with William Thompson, William Pack Sr, Thomas Pack, Fields family + many more relatives
****Note: The above Montgomery County, Md census record indicates where James Thompson's father in law William Pack Sr. lived + other likely relatives ie William Thompson and Fields Family.
DOWNLOAD various Rowan County/Davie County, N. C. deed abstracts that pertain to James Thompson children and inlaws
DOWNLOAD JPG Historical 1878 Map of Davie County, N. C.
DOWNLOAD JPG Historical map showing original Davie County land grant owners AND the ORIGINAL LOCATION OF FORK BAPTIST CHURCH--probably site of lost cemetery
DOWNLOAD JPG 1800 Rowan Cnty Census file with James Fields Thompson, Reason Pack, Azariah Pack, + many more relatives
DOWNLOAD JPG 1820 Rowan Cnty Census file with Nancy Pack Thompson, Reason Pack, Azariah Pack, + many more relatives
*****Note: The above Rowan County Census records are for that area now in Davie County just north of the Yadkin River.
DOWNLOAD RTF DATA FILE ABOUT Margaret Thompson Taggart Descendants
DOWNLOAD RTF DATA FILE ABOUT William J. and Lucy Banks Thompson Descendants
DOWNLOAD RTF DATA FILE ABOUT Zadock and Elizabeth Mullican Thompson Descendants
DOWNLOAD RTF DATA FILE ABOUT Reason and Hannah Robards Thompson Descendants
DOWNLOAD RTF DATA FILE ABOUT Azariah Pack Thompson Descendants
DOWNLOAD RTF DATA FILE which lists James Thompson's children and son Elisha Thompson descendants.
The above RTF file was compiled mostly by Elisha Thompson descendent Mike Colucci. I have managed to tie several internet files together regarding some of the James Thompson
descendents. A special thanks is given to Mike for his efforts and hopefully he will not mind me sharing it with Thompson family researchers. The other files pertaining to James
Thompson and Nancy Pack Thompson's children have been created with the assistance of researchers Barbara Turner and Virginia Helms Thompson. A special thank you is due both
researchers. These files may have errors in them and definitely lack all of the descendants. They are here for research only. If any reader has information regarding James
Thompson/Nancy Pack or descendants please contact me via e-mail address found on my home page.
Go To another internet site to view John Harvey Thompson files
A couple of years ago I began trying to locate the records for the James Thompson who is shown as married to Nancy Pack. I had a copy of the 1814 James Thompson Will which
is discussed at the bottom of this paragraph. Reading that will I noted a couple of FACTS. William Thompson was listed as the executor for that will, the property was
supposed to be rented for Nancy's upkeep until she died, and then the property was to be sold with the proceeds divided among the heirs. So beginning with the Rowan County
Deed abstracts of 1814 I searched through the records until I found where William J. Thompson, the executor for the James Thompson estate, sold the property.
The location of the James Fields Thompson property was located in what is now Davie County, North Carolina. Previous to 1836 that area was Rowan County, North Carolina.
In Rowan County, North Carolina deed books there is a record found in deed book 33 page 151. 22 Sept. 1831. William J. Thompson, as executor of James Thompson,
to William Wyatt for $500, 216 A on the Yadkin River at Harry's Branch adj Robert Foster, Peter Hairston, Jack Anthony, and Anderson P. Bailey. Wit: Daniel Click,
H. H. Click. Prv'd by H. H. Click at Aug Ct. 1836. When I took the property description and searched the deed abstracts looking for the purchase record I found that
the property was purchased by James FIELD Thompson on 12 Sep 1807 from Joseph Booe. for 216 pounds. The deed was registered in 1828, most likely by the executor of the
James Thompson estate. The purchase document is in Rowan County deed book 30 page 13. Noteworthy is that the parties involved in this transaction as seller and
witness are those who came from Fredericks/Montgomery County, Maryland where James Thompson's wife Nancy Pack's father William Pack Sr. lived and where James Thompson
most likely married Nancy. Also there are two more land entry records for James Field Thomson with one located in deed book 15 page 333 dated Oct. 20, 1794 where Benjamin
Gilpine/Gilpin and wife Rebeka sold James Fields Thomson 146 A for 75 pounds. Then in deed book 21 page 301 James Field (T) Thomson on 12 Sept 1807 sold Haley Tatum the
146 A for $100.00. Take note that James Fields Thomson did not use an "X" mark but signed with a "T". It is clear from these FACTS
that James Fields Thomson bought property in 1794 and sold it on 12 Sept 1807 which is same date he purchased the 216 A property that he owned when he died. For those
who would contest the FACT that the deed registrations are referencing the James Thompson who wrote the 1814 will PLEASE look at the original copy of the will AND you will
find that James Thompson signed his name with the same "T" mark. I searched through EVERY deed abstract ever written in the Rowan County records
and found that NO ONE else ever signed a deed in that manner. Everyone else used an "X". A handwriting expert could testify in a court of
law that the same James Thompson who wrote the will was the James Fields Thompson who bought and sold the properties. I guess I loose patience with those persons who
argue with court legal documents but ignorance is not a virtue. You might be interested to know also that the only other person who used the first letter of his surname
for a mark was Edward (B) Buckner who was James Thompson's son in law who married Nancy Thompson. You might also like to know that the same mark used by
James Fields Thompson was formed into a branding iron and used to mark his animals. I have one such branding iron which was given to my dad by the
Elisha Thompson North Carolina descendants. The iron was forged on an anvil. James Thompson may have possibly made it himself or maybe it was made by
his son Elisha Thompson who was my ancestor.
In the deed book 15 page 333 you find that the first property sale was to James FIELDS Thomson. The other documents use the name as James FIELD Thompson. It is my opinion
that the true name was James Fields Thomson/Thompson. They were of scot descent and signed their name as THOMSON. But today we use the Thompson form of that name. The middle
given name of Fields is a traditional indicator of a maternal ancestor. It was common to use that name to honor the mother's surname so it is VERY likely
that James Fields Thompson's mother was a FIELDS. Along that same line I find a John Thompson living with a Joseph Fealds/Fields in the 1776
census of Frederick/Montgomery County, Maryland. Living nearby was a William Thompson who was the right age to be the father of James Fields Thompson.
But since James Thompson is presumed to marry Nancy Pack in 1775 he was no longer living with parents and not included in the family census. Why James was not
listed in the 1776 census I don't know unless he was fighting in the Revolutionary War and not at home. However James Thompson was listed in 1778 as living
near these families and also near Thomas Pack. Take note also that Abraham Fealds/Fields is documented as marrying Johanna Pack in 1778 in Montgomery County, Maryland.
Johanna Pack was Nancy Pack's first cousin so this is a DEFINITE link to the Fields family as well.
If you check the Rowan County, North Carolina deed abstracts you find that Nancy Pack's brothers lived north of the James Thompson property and very likely
the properties joined. You can find a family location of every son or daughter in law if you consult these deed abstracts.
James Thompson's 216 Acre property was adjacent to property bought by John (Harvey) Thompson for $268 on the S. side of the North Fork
of Yadkin River on Jiles Mill Crk per deed book 26 p. 58. 2 Mar 1819. Benjamin Buckner's Mill was located on nearby Peeler's Creek and Jesse Buckner also lived nearby.
Elisha Thompson's father in law John Taylor was apparently already deceased when the Taylors migrated to Rowan/Davie County, N. C. There was a John Taylor who owned 328 A. on N. side of Hunting Creek and is buried there in Taylor Family Cemetery #2 along with his wife Elizabeth.
Whether John was the brother to George has not been determined. Lewis Mullikin, Zadock Thompson's father in law owned property in the Forks of the Yadkin River on the E. fork of Big Branch. Nancy Patrick's brother Jeremiah owned
property which was located on Bear Creek. The Thompson family attended Fork Baptist Church which is located on highway 64 east from Mocksville approximately one
mile before the intersection of highway 64 and highway 801. Nancy Thompson's brothers Reason and Azariah Pack owned property located on North creek immediately
north of the James Thompson property and possibly adjoining it. The approximate GPS coordinates for the James Thompson property are N35: 50.56' W80: 27.43' .
The will of James Thompson can be found in will Book G, pp. 331, 332 in Rowan County, North Carolina. The testator was James Thompson and the date was
March 26, 1814. The beneficiaries were wife: Nancy, daughters Nancy Buckner, Polly, Rachel, Susanna, and Margaret and sons Rezin, Elisha, James, John, Zadok,
Asee, Azariah, Bryant, and William. The second given names are missing for all of these children. Other internet sources indicate that son John's complete name
was John Harvey Thompson. Polly Thompson was daughter Mary "Polly" Thompson. Nancy Thompson married Edward Buckner on Sept. 30, 1807.
The previously listed Augusta County Court case and circumstantial evidence supports
the conclusion that James Fields Thompson was the son of William Thompson and Susannah Fields Thompson because there was no other Thompson old enough to be his father living in the same area. It seems very likely that the son of William Thompson would marry
the daughter of his close neighbor. It has been proven that James Fields Thompson's middle name was "Fields" because he used it when he bought his Rowan County, North Carolina property.
Based on the Scottish naming tradition alone it is predictable that James Fields was named after his maternal Fields family. The ancestry of James Fields Thompson matches family tradition that the Thompsons descended from Scots/Irish
and black dutch. William Thompson's mother Yacomintye Eltinge was of dutch descent. Also, the religious association of the family has always been protestant, usually baptist and definitely
calvinistic. The Eltinge Family were members of the Kingston, Ulster County, New York Dutch Reformed Church. There was also an early Dutch Reformed Church in Frederick County,
Maryland. I think it very likely that the marriage record for William Thompson and the baptismal records of his children were possibly recorded by the Dutch Reformed Church of
Fredericks County, Maryland (now Montgomery County). But the Thompsons were associated with Charles County, Maryland and it is possible the marriage records were part of the reformed
presbyterian church of which William's great uncle Christopher Thompson was a trustee.
Another object of this web page is to display and allow downloads of images of 1800 and
1900 era pictures of the descendants of James Thompson/Nancy Pack of Rowan County, Cherokee County, and Buncombe County
North Carolina.
Recent research has confirmed that several Thompson maternal ancestors also followed the same migrational path as did the William Thompson descendants. In particular,
the Estep family migrated from Charles County, Maryland to Fredericks/Montgomery County, Maryland and thence to Rowan/Davie County, North Carolina. Then a later migration took
place toward Buncombe County, North Carolina with some ties to Wilkes and Burke Counties, North Carolina. Elisha Thompson's son James married Ruth Estep during that migration and
some Esteps also migrated with the Thompsons to Cherorkee County, North Carolina. It appears that Ruth was the daughter of Henry Estep and wife Sarah MNU and the granddaughter of
Samuel Estep and Susanna Adams Estep who lived within two miles of the James Fields Thompson property in Rowan/Davie County, North Carolina but the details haven't been proven.
Some of the later generations of Thompsons and Esteps migrated from Cherokee County, North Carolina into McMinn County and Polk County, Tennessee. It appears very likely that
the Taylor family relationships to Elisha Thompson's wife Elizabeth Taylor join with those Taylors who married into the Eltinge Maternal ancestors as well but the exact relationship
has not been determined yet. Another maternal tie is between Joshua Penix and son John Penix via his daughter Annie Penix who married William Thompson, another of Elisha's sons.
Those maternal family files are now included below in PDF format but keep in mind that part of the files came from other internet sources.
***NEW***Click here to view the picture of Lousia Penix Banks' tombstone located in Maney Cemetery in Buncombe County, N. C.
Louisa Penix Banks was the sister of Annie Penix Thompson and was the great-great-aunt of the web site owner. Special thanks to Valerie Thompson Cearley for doing the field trip, locating the tombstone, and taking this picture.
PDF file of Joshua Penix descendancy from his son John Penix.
This link gives a picture of Maney Cemetery in Buncombe County, N. C. where Annie Penix Thompson's sister Louisa is buried. Her tombstone indicates her as Louisa Banks, wife of Berry P. Banks and daughter of John Penix.
Click here to go to remote site to view picture.
PDF file of Ruth Estep's ancestry and descendants. Ancestors previous to Samuel Estep are unproven but taken from internet sources.
Transcription of Simon Taylor's Hampshire County, Va. Will. **** DNA test results show that the Simon Taylor descendant's DNA was not a match in modern history to the DNA results for a descendant from George Taylor of Rowan/Davie County, N. C.****
PDF file with Elizabeth "Betsie" Taylor Thompson's parents and siblings and their descendants.
The link below partially provides the ancestry of James Fields Thompson. The complete ancestrial line is found only in the Thompson Family GED file above.
DOWNLOAD ONE LINE JAMES FIELDS THOMPSON ANCESTRY GENFILE
Go To Page to View James Fields Thompson Homeplace Pictures (location Davie County, North Carolina
Go To Page To View John Harvey Thompson Family Pictures
Go To Page To View Azariah Pack Thompson Family Pictures
Go To Page To View Elisha Thompson Family Graves In Uanaka Baptist Church and Old Unaka Cemeteries
***Note:The Elisha Thompson grave is in Old Unaka Cemetery which is sometimes called Rose Cemetery ALTHOUGH the Thompson family owned BOTH properties and donated them.
Go To Page To View Thompson Family Graves In Union McMinn Baptist Church Cemetery
Thanks to Nina Bowman, descendant of Elisha Thompson's daughter Elizabeth Thompson Lunford, for the following three pictures.
Picture of Elisha Thompson's daughter Elizabeth Thompson and husband James Thomas Lunsford
Elisha Thompson's grandson Elisha Lunsford's Civil War picture -take note of red scottish scarf worn around neck-hence the term "redneck"
Picture of Elisha Lunsford's wife Sara Pruit Lunsford and family
*****Special thanks to Jim (Red) Thompson and wife Trudy of Phoenix, Az for these first four pictures.*****
NEW***Picture of Elisha Thompson's son Nehemiah M. Thompson and his wife Lucienda Jane FieldsView Nehemiah and Lucienda Jane
NEW***Picture of Turkey Creek Baptist Church (Tellico Mountains) ca 1920-30. Beginning at the left side of the picture, the man with the child in his arms is Harvey Fields Thompson.
The child in his arm is Pearley Thompson. The lady to the right of Harvey (wearing the hat) is his wife Louisa Thompson. Looking at the door way and to the left
standing in front of the 2nd man to left wearing a round hat and with a scarf is Cynthia Miller Thompson, the wife of Elijah Fields Thompson who is standing to the left of
and behind her wearing a hat and with a mustache. At the back of the picture and standing near the right side of the door holding a baby (Pauline Thompson) is Robert Oliver
Thompson and to the right of him and slightly below is his first wife Vira. There are several other Thompsons also in the picture but not identified.
Click here to view Turkey Creek Baptist Church Picture of members -Tellico Mountains-
NEW***Oct. 1951 picture of Vastine Thompson and family--L to R back row: Claude (19), Vastine (40), his wife Iva (35) holding baby Jerry (5 months), Edna (14)
L to R front row: Cecil (11), Delores (2 1/2), Betty (4 yrs 10 months), Pasty (8)
Click here to view picture
NEW***Picture of Cynthia Miller Thompson (left) and her husband Elijah Fields Thompson (right) Click here to view picture
NEW**Picture of Ruth(Estep) Thompson-wife of James A. Thompson with son William A. approx. 1880. VIEW RUTHIE
NEW**Remains of James A. Thompson and Ruth (Estep) Thompson homeplace in Hanging Dog, N. C VIEW HOME PLACE
NEW**Picture of bluegrass pickers. L to R Guitar Jim Click,fiddle Oliver H. Thompson, banjo Bill Bryson(approx. 1920) VIEW PICKERS
***It should be noted that BEFORE the BLUEGRASS LEGENDS such as Bill Monroe made BLUEGRASS Popular, THOMPSONS were playing bluegrass music. This music came from SCOTLAND with these Scottish Immigrants.***
NEW**1880 era Picture of Julia (Grant) Foland -sister to Theodrick Bradford Grant who was the father of Hester Lily (Grant) Thompson who was the wife of James Henry Thompson.VIEW JULIA
1. Unaka Log Dam built by Joseph Henry Thompson who was the son of James Thompson and a grandson of Elisha Thompson,
and the great grandson of James Thompson/Nancy VIEW PICTURE 1
2. This sawmill was located in McMinn County, Tn., was owned by Oliver Harrison Thompson, a g g grandson of Elisha Thompson
and a g g grandson of James Thompson/NancyVIEW PICTURE 2
3. This steam powered tractor furnished power to the sawmill of picture number 2. It also was used to pull a wheat
combine that was operated by the Thompson family. VIEW PICTURE 3
4. A picture of Isaac "Ike" Thompson who was a brother of Joseph Henry Thompson, the son of James
Thompson, the grandson of Elisha Thompson and the g Grandson of James Thompson/Nancy.
VIEW PICTURE 4
5. Another picture of Isaac "Ike" Thompson. VIEW PICTURE 5
6. A picture of John L. Thompson and Callie Bates. John L. was the son of James Thompson and brother to Isaac "Ike" Thompson
and of Joseph Henry Thompson who were the grand children of Elisha Thompson and g grandchildren of James Thompson/Nancy
VIEW PICTURE 6
7. A picture of Joseph Henry Thompson and wife Martha Lucinda Thompson with their children and some grandchildren.
VIEW PICTURE 7
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