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- 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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