Johann Christopher THOMPSON (1768-1819)

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Johann Christopher THOMPSON, son of James THOMPSON Jr Jr (bap.1737, d.bef1771) and Catharine BEYER (1743-1821), was born on 2 May 1768 in Robeson Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. He married Catharine STOCKER on 10 Feb 1789 in Schwartzwald Reformed Church, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA. He died on 19 Jun 1819 in Gibraltar, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Catharine STOCKER, daughter of Michael STOCKER Jr Jr (c. 1731-1771) and Anna Maria SCHWARTZ (c. 1740- ), was born in Dec 1763 in Dillingersville, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America. She was baptised on 16 Dec 1764 in Dillingersville. She died on 18 May 1844 in near Macungie, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. She was buried in Saint John's Church Gibraltar, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. She and Johann Christopher THOMPSON had the following children:

John THOMPSON (1789-1863). John was born on 25 Dec 1789 in Gibraltar, Berks, Pa. He married Sarah Beidler CHRIST on 20 Apr 1834. He died on 9 Feb 1863 in Gibraltar. He was buried in St Johns Church, Gibraltar, Berks, Pa.

Second Generation

James THOMPSON Jr Jr, son of James THOMPSON and Rachel MILLARD, was baptised on 7 Jul 1737 in Saint Gabriel's Douglassville, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. He married Catharine BEYER c. 1761 in Berks, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America. He died bef 15 Apr 1771 in Gibraltar, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States.

3.	Catharine BEYER, daughter of Johann Christopher BAYER and Anna Maria, was born on 23 May 1743 in Exeter Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America. She died on 15 Apr 1821.

Under 16 when arrived in Philadelphia in 1731

m. (2) John Warren.

James THOMPSON Jr and Catharine BEYER had the following children:

		Henry THOMPSON (c. 1765- ). Henry was born c. 1765 in West Hamburg, Tilden Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States.
1		Johann Christopher THOMPSON (1768-1819)
		Maria Elizabeth THOMPSON (1770- ). Maria was born on 17 Dec 1770 in Gibraltar, Robeson Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America.
		James THOMPSON (1772-1853). James was born in 1772 in Berks. He died on 15 Sep 1853 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. He was buried in Sep 1853.

Third Generation

4.	James THOMPSON,¹ son of John THOMPSON and Elizabeth, was born in 1680. He married Rachel MILLARD c. 1736 in Douglassville, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. He died in Exeter T., Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. He had his estate probated on 14 Aug 1783.

Notation in tax records of 1779 states that James Thompson was 100 years old.

5.	Rachel MILLARD, daughter of Thomas MILLARD and Jane LINCOLN (?), was born c. 1713 in Douglassville, Amity Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America. She was christened c. 1730 in Douglassville. She and James THOMPSON had the following children:

James THOMPSON Jr (bap.1737, d.bef1771)

6.	Johann Christopher BAYER was born in Grünstadt, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. He died in Nov 1778 in Exeter Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. He married Anna Maria.

7.	Anna Maria has few details recorded about her. She and Johann Christopher BAYER had the following children:

Catharine BEYER (1743-1821)

Fourth Generation

8.	John THOMPSON married Elizabeth.

John Thompson m. Elizabeth Reid, 18 DEC 1679

Edinburgh Parish, Midlothian, Scotland.

9.	Elizabeth has few details recorded about her. She and John THOMPSON had the following children:

James THOMPSON (1680- )

10.	Thomas MILLARD married Jane LINCOLN (?).

11.	Jane LINCOLN (?) has few details recorded about her. She and Thomas MILLARD had the following children:

Rachel MILLARD (c. 1713- )

Sources

1.: Pennsylvania Archives, (Exeter Township Tax records). Annotation giving Thompson's age.