Family of John Thompson

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1. JOHN² THOMPSON (THOMAS¹) was born 1580 in Preston Capes, Northamptonshire, England, and died Nov 6, 1626 in London, London, England. He married ALICE FREEMAN Bef. April 1, 1616 in England, daughter of HENRY FREEMAN and MARGARET EDWARDS. She was born Abt. 1595 in Cranford, Northamptonshire, England, and died February 11, 1664/65 in Mystic, New London Co., Connecticut.

Notes for JOHN THOMPSON:

NSDAC Lineage Book Vol. I; Vol. XVII

NSDAC Ancestor Index. 1976.

THE PARKE SCRAPBOOK NUMBER 1. Collected and compiled by Ruth Parke Anderson.

Port City Press, Inc. Baltimore, MD: 1965. pp. 1, 2, 6-9.

"Newsletter of the Parke Society." Vol. XX, No. 2. 1983. pub. by the Parke

Society, Inc. (Incorporated in CT, 1964). pp. 24, 25.

Wheeler. pp. 527, 528, 620.

HEHG "Register:, v. 94:87; v. 136:98-103, 335, 336.

Pope. p. 343.

Holman (2). pp. 419-423, 427-430.

Weis. pp. 109, 110.

PEDIGREES OF SOME OF THE EMPEROR CHARLEMAGNE'S DESCENDANTS. Vol. II.

Compiled by Aileen Lewers Langston and J. Orton Buck, Jr. Genealogical

Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore: 1986. pp. 149-150.

Torrey.

Denison, E. Glenn. DENISON GENEALOGY, ANCESTORS AND DESCENDANTS OF CAPTAIN

GEORGE DENISON. Pub for the Denison Society, Inc. by the Pequot Press,

Inc. Stonington CT: 1963. pp. 1, 571.

Baldwin, John Denison & William Clift. A RECORD OF THE DESCENDANTS OF CAPT.

GEORGE DENISON OF STONINGTON CT. Worcester: 1881. pp. 6, 7.

Sources: Ancestral Roots 29A; History of Stonington; Boston Evening

Transcript; Roberts/Reitwiesner; The American Genealogist, Vols. 13, 14; The Great Migration Begins, v1, p523; A Witter Family History; Magna Charta Sureties 163-10; The Carolingian Ancestry of Edmond Hawes, Alice Freeman and Thomas James; AF.

Roots: John Tompson, gentleman. Will dated 6 Nov. 1626, probated 11 April 1627. (The bapts. of children of Alice (Freeman) Tompson and John Tompson are recorded at Preston Capes).

History of the Town of Stonington by Wheeler: "John Thompson (sic), in the year 1626, was living in 'Little Preston,' in the Parish of Preston Capes, Northamptonshire, England, with his wife Alice, and children. On the sixth day of November in that year, 1626, John Thompson made his will, signing his name to that form; both forms of spelling, with and without the 'h' are, however, used indiscriminately in the body of the will, and on the parish register. When the eleventh of April 1627, came around, John Tompson was dead, and at that date his will was probated in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. Alice was probably the second wife of John Thompson. The son Thomas, who is mentioned in his will, was, doubtless, a child of the first wife, and the eldest son, by reason of a better inheritance than the others received. Thomas probably remained in England. We do not know what date the widow and her children came to America, but previous to 1640 she was living at Roxbury, Mass."

Source: The marriage of John Thompson and Alice Freeman also appears in an extensive pedigree prepared and authenticated by a professional genealogist, Richard E. Coe.  It was prepared for P. Glenn Smith, at the time governor of the Society of Mayflower Descendants for the state of California.

This genealogy agrees with the same material gathered previously from other sources, effective 7 Feb. 1992, but 7th edition of of Ancestral Roots cuts this line off with Joan de Harley (Roots 29A, 33).

Roberts/Reitwiesner: John Thompson, gentleman, of Little Preston, Northamptonshire. Died London 6 Nov. 1626. Married before 1 May 1616, Alice Freeman, as her first husband.

"Topographical Dictionary of 2885 English Emigrants to New England" notes a John Thompson of Preston Parva Parish, Northamptonshire, went to Stonington. Itcites the Charles E. Banks Mssg. A relative? Son?

Am. Genealogist, 13/8: John Tompson, gentleman, died in Little Preston, a

hamlet in the parish of Preston Capes, Northamptonshire. Will 6 Nov. 1626,

proved 11 April 1627. Will mentions wife Alice Tompson and son Thomas Tompson, not yet 12 years old. Speaks of "all my children" but does not name them. Directs brothers-in-law William Spencer, a minister, and Henry Freeman to sell certain properties, proceeds to be distributed among children other than Thomas when they reached age 21. Wife Alice and brother-in-law Thomas Freeman were made executors of his estate. Parish records list baptisms of six children, with five surnames spelled Thompson and one Tompson. Preston Capes Parish records do not mention burial of John. He may have been buried elsewhere.

Am. Genealogist, 14/145 and 146: John Tomson, married Alice Freeman before 1 April 1616. Died 6 Nov. 1626 in London. His will bears the same date, which is evidence that it was made very shortly before his death. Since no record of his burial at Little Preston was found, he may have been buried in London.

Migration: John Thompson of Preston, Northamptonshire.

Witter Family: John Thompson, born about 1580-1590. Will dated 6 Nov. 1626

and proved 11 April 1627 at Little Preston, Preston Capes, Northamptonshire,

England. "Gentleman"; apparently had land at manor of Saxby, Leicestershire.

Married Alice Freeman about 1615.

Sureties: John Tompson, gentleman, of Little Preston, Preston Capes.  Born about 1580/90, son of Thomas Tompson.  Died London, 6 Nov. 1626.

Carolingian: John Tompson.

Notes for ALICE FREEMAN:

Came to New England as a widow with 1 daughter and 3 sons.

Sources: History of Stonington by Wheeler; Boston Evening Transcript; A. Roots 29A; Roberts/Reitwiesner; The Blackmans of Knight's Creek; The

Carolingian Ancestry of Edmond Hawes, Alice Freeman and Thomas James; American Genealogist, 13/3; The Visitation of Northamptonshire 1564 and 1618-19 (film 94,956); Potter-Richardson Memorial; Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants; The Great Migration Begins, v1, p523; A Witter Family History by Edwin D. Witter Jr.; Magna Charta Sureties 163-10.

Wheeler: The baptisms of the children of Alice Freeman and John Thompson are recorded at Preston Capes, Northants. It is not known when Alice Thompson brought her son and daughters to New England, but she was living in Roxbury, Mass., before 1640. "The Thomson family in England held a high position, their social status being next to that of the county families. Mistress Alice must have been a lady of character and refinement. Her success in bringing her children through all their troubles and so well preparing them for the duties of life which they assumed, testifies to this." In New England, she married Robert Park(e). He was the father of Thomas Parke Sr., who married Dorothy Thompson, Alice's daughter. This means Robert Parke was both the father-in-law and stepfather of Dorothy. And Alice was both the mother-in-law and stepmother of Thomas Parke.

Roberts/Reitwiesner: Alice Freeman, birth and death dates unknown, immigrant. Married Robert Parke shortly after 30 May 1644.

Blackmans: Alice Freeman, died 1664/5.

Additional info from AF records. One says she was born about 1587 and another in 1595.

[Prodigy post says Parke Society has her lineage back to Charlemagne and King John, but 7th edition of Ancestral Roots cuts line off at Joan de Harley. Will have to check Parke Society. Roots says: "Other lines available for Alice Freeman" but doesn't list any.] "American Ancestors & Cousins of the Princess of Wales" by Roberts/Reitwiesner, lists a line back to Thomas Giffard and Joan Langston. The Giffard line then goes back to Ethelred II, King of England. The Langston line goes back to Hugh Capet, King of France. Both these lines are traced farther back via other sources.

Am. Genealogist, citing The Visitations of Northamptonshire: Alice Freeman, wife of John Tomson of Preston Capes, Northamptonshire.

Memorial: The baptisms of the children of Alice Freeman and John Thompson are recorded in the parish register of Preston Capes. Alice, widowed in 1627, came with her children to Roxbury, MA, by 1640. She married 30 May 1644, as second wife, Robert Parke, 1580/85-1664/5, of Wethersfield and Stonington, CT. She died in 1660.

Descents: Alice Freeman of Massachusetts and (presumably) Connecticut married (1) John Thompson; (2) Robert Parke. (Dorothy Thompson, her daughter by John Thompson, married Thomas Parke, son of Robert Parke and Martha Chaplin, his first wife) are ancestors of H.R.H. The Princess of Wales and her sons, H.R.H. Prince William and H.R.H. Prince Henry of Wales.

Migration: Alice Freeman Thompson of Preston, Northamptonshire, mother of Bridget Thompson.

Witter Family: Alice Freeman, died 11 Feb. 1664/5, New London, Conn. Had six children by John Thompson. Married (2) Robert Parke of Roxbury, Mass., who married (1) Martha Chaplin, daughter of Robert Chaplin. [My other sources say she was the daughter of William Chaplin.]

Sureties: Alice Freeman, died New London, Conn., 11 Feb. 1664/5. Married (1) about 1615, as his second wife, John Tompson, gentleman, of Little Preston, Preston Capes, son of Thomas Tompson. Married (2) at Roxbury, Mass., before 30 May 1644, Robert Parke.

Carolingians: Alice Freeman.

Visitation: Alice Freeman, ux. John Tomson of Preston Capes, Northamptonshire.

More About ALICE FREEMAN:

Burial: Old Whitehall Cemetery, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut

More About JOHN THOMPSON and ALICE FREEMAN:

Marriage: Bef. April 01, 1616, England

Children of JOHN THOMPSON and ALICE FREEMAN are:

i. BRIDGETTE THOMPSON, b. September 11, 1622, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England; d. August 1645, Roxbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts; m. CAPT. GEORGE DENISON, March 1639/40, Roxbury, Norfolk, MA; b. December 10, 1620, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England; d. October 23, 1694, Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut.

ii. (1) DOROTHY THOMPSON, d. Bef. October 19, 1621.

Notes for (1) DOROTHY THOMPSON:

Sources: The American Genealogist, 13/2; History of Stonington; Potter-Richardson Memorial.

Am. Genealogist: Dority Thompson, baptized 2 July 1621, Preston Capes Parish, Northamptonshire. Buried 19 Oct. 1621.

Stonington: Dorothy Thompson, died 19 Oct. 1621.

Memorial: Dorothy Thompson, 1621-1621.

More About (1) DOROTHY THOMPSON:

Burial: October 19, 1621, Preston Capes, Parish, Northamptonshire, England

Christening: July 02, 1621, Preston Capes, Parish, Northamptonshire, England

iii. DOROTHY THOMPSON, b. Aft. 1621, Preston Capes, Northamptonshire, England; d. 1709, Preston, New London Co., Connecticut; m. THOMAS PARKE, SR., 1642, Roxbury, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts; b. February 13, 1615/16, Hitcham, Suffolk, England; d. July 30, 1709, Preston, New London Co., Connecticut.

iv. THOMAS THOMPSON, b. December 23, 1616; d. April 20, 1655, Farmington, Connecticut.

Notes for THOMAS THOMPSON:

Source: The American Genealogist, 14/145 & 146.

TAG: Thomas Tomson, born Dec. 23, 1616. Age 9 years, 10 months, and 14 days at his father's death.

History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield mentions a Thomas Thomson of Farmington who married 14 April 1646 Ann Welles, daughter of Thomas Welles, held many CT Colony positions, p655, 656.

Not listed as a child by Potter-Richardson Memorial.

More About THOMAS THOMPSON:

Christening: December 23, 1616, Preston Capes, Northamptonshire, England

v. MARY THOMPSON, b. November 14, 1619, Preston Capes, Northamptonshire, England; d. August 04, 1693, Roxbury, Essex Co., MA..

Notes for MARY THOMPSON:

Sources: The American Genealogist, 13/2; History of Stonington;

Potter-Richardson Memorial; Royal Descents; Magna Charta Sureties 163-11.

Am. Genealogist: Mary Thompson, baptized 14 Nov. 1619, Preston Capes Parish, Northamptonshire.

Stonington: Married Rev. Richard Blinman.

Memorial: Mary Thompson, born 1619; married Rev. Blinman of Gloucester and New London.

Sureties: Mary Tompson, baptized Preston Capes, Northamptonshire, 14 Nov. 1619. Died Roxbury, Mass., 4 Aug. 1693. Married Roxbury 3 Dec. 1641, Joseph Wise of Roxbury, who died 12 Sept. 1684 in Roxbury. Had a distinguished son, the Rev. John Wise, Harvard College, 1673, who was a great apostle of liberty.

Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants says Mary Thompson married Joseph Wise and had a daughter Sarah who married Stephen Williams.

Sources: The American Genealogist, 13/2; History of Stonington;

Potter-Richardson Memorial; Royal Descents; Magna Charta Sureties 163-11.

Am. Genealogist: Mary Thompson, baptized 14 Nov. 1619, Preston Capes Parish, Northamptonshire.

Stonington: Married Rev. Richard Blinman.

Memorial: Mary Thompson, born 1619; married Rev. Blinman of Gloucester and New London.

Sureties: Mary Tompson, baptized Preston Capes, Northamptonshire, 14 Nov. 1619. Died Roxbury, Mass., 4 Aug. 1693. Married Roxbury 3 Dec. 1641, Joseph Wise of Roxbury, who died 12 Sept. 1684 in Roxbury. Had a distinguished son, the Rev. John Wise, Harvard College, 1673, who was a great apostle of liberty.

Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants says Mary Thompson married Joseph Wise and had a daughter Sarah who married Stephen Williams.

More About MARY THOMPSON:

Christening: November 14, 1619, Preston Capes Parish, Northamptonshire, England

vi. NATHANIEL THOMPSON, b. October 15, 1625, Preston Capes, Northamptonshire, England.

vii. MARTHA THOMPSON, b. December 17, 1626, Preston Capes, Northamptonshire, England.