Tompson, Alexander

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Battle:Battle of Worcester at Worcester, Worcestershire, England on 03 Sep 1651
Ship/Arrival:John & Sara – May 1652 – Massachusetts Bay Colony
Prisoner and List:Tompson, Alexander; John & Sara Passenger list1
Name Variations:Thompson, Thomsen, Thomson, Tompson, Tomson, Allexander
Residences:Ipswich, Essex County, MA
Other SPOW Associations: Robert M’Lachlan/Claflin (Unity), Alexander Brebner/Bravender (Unity), John Ross (Unity), a probable Dunbar prisoner named Alexander Maxey who was also a legatee of Alexander Bravender, and Daniell Davison of Ipswich.
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Published: 30 May 2018; Updated: 11 Sep 2020
Researcher: Teresa Rust
Contributors: Robert Benson, Heather Wilkinson Rojo.
Editor: Teresa Rust

First Generation in the New World

1. ALEXANDER¹ TOMPSON, was born presumably in Scotland about 1627,2 and died at Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts in April 1696 will dated 01 Apr 1696. He married, at Ipswich on 19 Sep 1662, DELIVERANCE HAGGETT.3

Biographical Notes:
1.He knew DANIEL DAVISON, another Scotchman and probable SPOW from the Battle of Worcester.4
2. An Allexander Tompson is mentioned in several deeds in York County, Maine: Deed in York County, 16 May 1694 and 1698.5 Could this be a son of the immigrant Alexander?
3. Alexander Bravender, a SPOW, “to Alexander Tomson a paire of stockings“
4. Similar Names on Lists:
Thompson, George. (IWI)
Thompson, James. (IWI)
Thompson, William. (CD), of Dover NH, Kittery ME; yDNA Study
Resided: York County, Maine
5. Alexander Thompson received part of the distribution of the estate of Alexander Bravender in 1678. Robert Mackclaflin also received part of the distribution of the Alexander Bravender estate. [The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts, Vol. III 1675-1681, (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1920), p. 285].
6. On 22 May 2018, Robert Benson shared:
“Alexander Thompson was a Scottish prisoner of war who was sent to Massachusetts as a passenger on the John & Sara in 1651 [TAG 51: 14-16].

Records and files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts by Essex County (Mass.). Quarterly Courts; Essex Institute; Dow, George Francis, 1868-1936 https://archive.org/details/recordsfilesofqu07esse/page/360

Children of Alexander and Deliverance (Haggett) Tompson:

Children’s names are from Alexander’s will dated 01 April 1696.6

2. DAVID TOMSON, b. at Ipswich on 19 May 1664; m., MARY (_____).
2. JOHN TOMSON,
2. MARY TOMSON,
2. ELIZABETH TOMSON,
2. HANNAH TOMSON,
2. WILLIAM TOMSON,
2. ALEXANDER TOMSON,
2. HENRY TOMSON,
2. SARAH TOMPSON, bef 1696; married at Ipswich on 03 Jan 1704, JOSEPH INGALLS.7
2. MATTHEW TOMSON,

Will of Alexander Tomson, 1 Apr 1696. Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB515/i/13880/27481-co1/248365725

SECOND GENERATION

2. DAVID TOMPSON, (Alexander), was born at Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts on 19 May 1664 and died at Ipswich on 11 Dec 1706. He married, at Ipswich by 1694, MARY (_____), she was alive in 1722.8

Children of David and Mary (_____) Tompson:9
3. MARY TOMPSON, (David, Alexander) b. at Ipswich on 27 Sep 1694.
3. DAVID TOMPSON, (David, Alexander) b. at Ipswich on 11 Nov 1696.
3. JOHN TOMPSON, (David, Alexander) b. at Ipswich on 10 Feb 1698.
3. HANNAH TOMPSON, (David, Alexander) b. at Ipswich on 23 Jul 1700.
3. JACOB TOMPSON, (David, Alexander) b. at Ipswich on 30 Apr 1703.
3. MARTHA TOMPSON, (David, Alexander) b. at Ipswich on 16 Jan 1704/5.

2. JOHN TOMSON,

2. MARY TOMSON,

2. ELIZABETH TOMSON,

2. HANNAH TOMSON,

2. WILLIAM TOMSON,

2. ALEXANDER TOMSON, married at Ipswich on 3 Aug 1699, MARY SNELL.10

2. HENRY TOMSON,

2. SARAH TOMPSON, bef 1696; married at Ipswich on 03 Jan 1704, JOSEPH INGALLS.11

2. MATTHEW TOMSON,

Additional Information:

  1. The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.)
    https://www.americanancestors.org/DB522/rd/21065/378/1425475573 [↩]
  2. Alexander Tompson, birth 1627, Early Settlers of Essex and Old Norfolk, Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB522/rd/21072/163/1427109746 [↩]
  3. “(see also Thompson), Alexander, and Deliverance Haggett, Sept 19, 1662. CT. R.”; Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/rd/7725/428/141499448 [↩]
  4. Essex County, Massachusetts Probate records, 1635 – 1681. p 418 [↩]
  5. Maine: Early Wills and Deeds, 1640-1760. CD-ROM. Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2006. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB84/i/7515/103/22206881 [↩]
  6. Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB515/i/13880/27481-co1/248365725 [↩]
  7. Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7725/428/141499448 [↩]
  8. TOMPSON, David (1664-) & Mary ____; by 1694; Ipswich {Paul Anc. 174}; https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/rd/21176/1506/426906661 [↩]
  9. Ipswich Births https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Ipswich/aBirthsT.shtml [↩]
  10. see also Thomson, Tompson, Alexander, and [wid. int.] Mary Snell, Aug. 3, 1699.* Intention also recorded. Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/rd/7725/423/141499414 [↩]
  11. Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7725/428/141499448 [↩]