James THOMPSON (1666-aft1714)

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William THOMPSON, son of Robert THOMPSON and Helen SIBBALD, was born on 11 Sep 1632 in Scotland. He married Mary Elizabeth WHITE c. 1656. He died on 22 Jun 1676 in Kittery, York, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. He was buried in First Congregational Church Cemetery, Kittery Point, Kittery, York, Maine, United States.

William Thompson, #105 on George S. Stewart's Captured at Dunbar list1

Surname variations: Thompson (common in England), Thomson (common in Scotland)

IMPORTANT UPDATE! (Jul 2018)

According to, Christopher Gerrard, Pam Graves, Andrew Millard, Richard Annis, and Anwen Caffell, Lost Lives, New Voices: Unlocking the Stories of the Scottish Soldiers at the Battle of Dunbar 1650, (England: Oxbow Books, 2018),2 on page 252, William is categorized as:

Probable [that he is a Dunbar prisoner transported on the Unity]

Thompson/Thomson/Tompson/Tomson, William. Residences: Dover NH, Kittery ME. Appears: 1656. D.1676. Granted land at the same time as Scots who worked at the Great Works. However, a Thompson family was already living in the area, so he may not be a Scot. [Exiles; Banks; DR; SPOWS; Ch.7 & 8]34516

Suggested edit: "Scotch Prisoners Deported to New England by Cromwell, 1651-1652, William is listed as being from the Battle of Dunbar and working at the Great Works Saw Mill managed by Richard Leader, who fled to Barbados in 1656 after getting into a bit of trouble with ruling politics between Maine and

Massachusetts. He left the SPOWs destitute and it is unclear if he set them free at that time. However, grants of land for these men began appearing in court records at that time."

Contributor: Valarie Thompson Orcutt (47099294) •

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William THOMPSON (1630c.-1676) received a grant of land in Dover, New Hampshire in 1656. This was laid out, 17 March 1558/59, "beyond Cocheco Logg Swamp." There is no evidence that William THOMPSON ever lived on this grant. On 15 October 1656, a grant made to John WHITE in 1651, was assigned to William THOMPSON. It was in Kittery, Maine, a short way below Sturgeon Creek. "Several indications suggest that he had married, about this time, the daughter of John WHITE."

Sinnett, Rev. Charles N., OUR THOMPSON FAMILY in MAINE, NEW HAMPSHIRE and the WEST (Concord, N.H. 1907), p.5.

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William THOMPSON married about 1656, probably to a daughter of John WHITE. They had children: John; William; Robert; James; Alexander; and Judith.

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William Thompson was presented at York court in 1659 "for rebellion against his father and mother-in-law." He bound himself to the court in a bond of 20 pounds "that he will be of good behavior towards all men, especially towards his father and mother." (State copy of Court Records, Vol. I, page 331.)

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William THOMPSON died 1676 in Kittery, Maine. His estate ---was appraised, June 22 of that year, at 52 pounds and 18 shillings. He left twenty-three acres of land, a house and orchard in Kittery, Maine, and fifty acres in Dover, N.H., which he gave to his sons, William and Robert and to John WHITE. His wife appears to have died before 1676.

In 1677 the names and ages of the children of William THOMPSON, deceased, are given as follows:

John THOMPSON, aged 18; [He married Sarah WOODMAN.]

William THOMPSON, aged 16; [he m. 4 Sep 1692 to Mary LOVERLING.]

Robert Thompson, aged 13; "living with Toby Hanson in Dover;"

James THOMPSON, aged 11; [He married 3 March 1700/1 to Elizabeth FRYE.]

Alexander THOMPSON, aged 6; [He married Anna CURTIS.]

Judith THOMPSON, aged 2.

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Mary Elizabeth WHITE, daughter of John WHITE and Lucy, was born in 1641 in Durham, New Hampshire, British Colonial America. She died on 23 Nov 1709 in Kittery. She was buried in First Congregational Church Cemetery. She and William THOMPSON had the following children:

Mary Elizabeth WHITE had the following children:

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Robert THOMPSON, son of Robert THOMPSON and Christiana CLARK, was born c. 1605 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. He was christened on 22 Jan 1605 in Dunfermline. He married Helen SIBBALD on 1 Nov 1631. He died in 1652 in Durham (now Dover) New Hampshire.

In Durham as early as 1635, Thompson's Point just south of Cocheco River was named for him.

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Helen SIBBALD, daughter of David SIBBALD OF GIBLISTOUN and Annabel LINDSAY, was born c. 1607 in Dunfermline. She was christened on 17 May 1607 in Dunfermline. She and Robert THOMPSON had the following children:

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John WHITE was born in 1609 in State of Maine. He married Lucy.

In Kittery before 1610. age 70 on 5 May 1679.

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Lucy has few details recorded about her. She and John WHITE had the following children:

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Robert THOMPSON was born c. 1578. He was christened on 27 Aug 1578 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. He married Christiana CLARK on 6 Feb 1599.

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Christiana CLARK was born in 1579 in Dunfermline. She and Robert THOMPSON had the following children:

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David SIBBALD OF GIBLISTOUN, son of James SIBBALD OF OVER RANKEILOUR and Margaret BARCLAY, was born c. 1587 in Fife, Scotland. He had the title 'Sir'. He married Annabel LINDSAY c. 1608. He died in 1680.

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Annabel LINDSAY was born c. 1587 in Fife. She had the title 'Lady'. She and David SIBBALD OF GIBLISTOUN had the following children:

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James SIBBALD OF OVER RANKEILOUR, son of Andrew or Archibald SIBBALD OF RANKEILLOR and Margaret LEARMONTH BALCOMIE, CRAIL, FIFESHIRE, SCOTLAND, was born c. 1560 in Over Rankeilour, Fife, Scotland. He had the title 'Sir'. He married Margaret BARCLAY in 1606. He died on 21 May 1650 in Cupar, Fife, Scotland.

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Margaret BARCLAY was born c. 1570 in Collairnie, Dunbog, Fife, Scotland. She and James SIBBALD OF OVER RANKEILOUR had the following children:

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Andrew or Archibald SIBBALD OF RANKEILLOR was born c. 1545 in Balcomie, Fife, Scotland. He married Margaret LEARMONTH BALCOMIE, CRAIL, FIFESHIRE, SCOTLAND.

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Margaret LEARMONTH BALCOMIE, CRAIL, FIFESHIRE, SCOTLAND was born "ABT 15645" in Scotland. She and Andrew or Archibald SIBBALD OF RANKEILLOR had the following children: