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John Thompson
Birth 1630 England
Death 1695 (aged 64–65) Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, USA
Burial
Setauket Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Setauket, Suffolk County, New York, USA
Memorial ID 192511120 · View Source

sources: The American Genealogist 11:184-189, 13:221-233 (both early 1930s)

Note: No record of death or burial has been found for John. The death year is an approximation based on his being alive in 1691 but dead by 1698. The birth year is also an approximation based on a possible similar birth year for his wife. While the place of his burial is unknown, he has a son buried in this ancient cemetery, and if a memorial is ever erected for him, it should go in this cemetery.

John Thompson, born say 1630, was living on 16 June 1691 when he, a blacksmith, deeded property to his son Samuel. He was dead by 28 Aug 1699 when his son William of Stonington mentioned land in a deed that did belong to his father John Thompson deceased. John m. Mary _______, who was his wife on 9 Dec 1680, and who was the mother of eldest son William, and therefore the mother of all of the children. Mary was living on 10 Oct 1685 when she witnessed a deed, but possibly dead by 16 June 1691 when she did not cosign a deed of conveyance to son Samuel. However, she may also be the Mary Thompson who died in Stonington, Connecticut, Feb. 1698 at age 67, which means she was likely visiting or living with one of her sons there. John is first of record on 7 May 1667, when he, a gunsmith and resident of Stamford (CT), conveyed his house, lot, shop, tools, etc. to Jonathan Selleck for the use of Capt. Thomas Delanall, to answer a debt due to the latter. He appears to have been already well established in the area, but was shortly thereafter on Long Island when on 10 Oct 1668 the town of Oyster Bay gave a home lot of five acres and other compensation to "Our Smith John Thomson". By 1671 the relationship between Thompson and the town of Oyster Bay had gone sour, when on 28 Aug 1671 it was "ordered by ye Town yt ye Constable Tho:Townsend Shall in ye behalf of ye town Give notice to John Tompson to resine up ye Land which ye Town formerly Gave him for Breach of Covenant..." On 3 Feb 1672[/3] "the Town made void all grants to John Tompson, hee, togeather wth his famely haveing, deserted, ye Towne". He was able to liquidate his Oyster Bay property through attorneys, one of whom was John Thompson of Newtown (LI). The subject was living in Brookhaven, Long Island by 1673, after receiving the "smiths acomadations" from that town on 15 July 1672. Thompson appears to have found a much more compatible arrangement with Brookhaven than with his two previous residences, and was selected as constable there in 1684, and as commissioner or selectman in 1686. Children:

• William, eldest son, b. c. 1658, d. 13 June 1705 "in the 42 year of his age", m. 7 Dec 1692 Bridget CHEESEBROUGH, b. Stonington 15 March 1669, d. there 28 Nov 1720, the daughter of Nathaniel Cheesebrough and Hannah Denison. William was of Brookhaven, Long Island in 1680 when his parents deeded land to him, and was called a blacksmith there in 1685. He is last of record at Brookhaven on 8 April 1687 when he sold land there, and in Stonington by 1692 when he was married. The inventory of William's estate, dated 16 Nov 1705, showed a value of over 300 pounds, and states that he left behind a widow and four children, indicating one of his five children, born 1695 to 1704, had died in early childhood. Following William's death, Bridget m. (2) 7 Dec 1709 Joseph Miner, b. Hingham (Plymouth Colony) 25 Aug 1644, d. Stonington 31 Jan 1712, the son of Thomas Miner and Grace Palmer. Bridget and Joseph had a daughter, Bridget. William has an extant gravestone in the Wequetequock Cemetery in Stonington, and while the death date is correct, his age of 42 is certainly in error because if that were his age, he would have conveyed land at the age of 17. His aged was more likely 47. Bridget and her second husband Joseph Miner have extant gravestones in Taugwonk Cemetery in Stongington.
• Isaac, b. c. 1667, bur. Westerly, RI 24 Aug 1738, m. Mary HOLMES.
• Samuel, b. 4 March 1668[/9?], d. 1 July 1749 in his 81st year. In 1691 he was conveyed a 50-acre lot in Mount Misery by his father, along with use of his shop. He m. c. 1692 Hannah (BREWSTER) Muncey, b. say 1672, living in 1745, widow of John Muncey who d. 1691, and supposed daughter of Rev. Nathaniel Brewster. Samuel's will, dated 23 April 1745, was proved 11 June 1750, naming wife Hannah, children, and grandchildren. Samuel's gravestone was partially missing in the 1930s, but still stood in the Presbyterian Churchyard at Setauket, Long Island. More modern complete gravestones have been erected in this cemetery for both Samuel and Hannah. They had six known children, born about 1695 to 1710.

Here are some other possible children:

John and Mary had only two children known for certain (from deeds): (1) William Thompson b. ca 1659; m. 7 Dec. 1692 in Stonington, CT, Bridget Chesebrough; d. 13 June 1705; and (2) Samuel Thompson b. 4 March 1668; m. Hannah (Brewster) Muncey; d. 14 July 1749 Brookhaven, L.I. Stercula thought that other children might include: (3) Elizabeth Thompson m. Job Smith s/o Richard Smith and Sarah Folger of Smithtown, Long Island, NY; (4) Abigail Thompson m. John Tooker of Brookhaven, L.I.; (5) John Thompson resided Brookhaven, L.I., N.Y.; and (6) Isaac Thompson.

http://longislandgenealogy.com/Surname_Pages/thompson.htm John Thompson probably William's eldest son, was a gun-smith living in Stamford Conn in 1667, according to the Stamford Land Records of that date. In 1668 he moved to Oyster Bay where he was accepted as the town smith. After some seeming difficulties with the Town fathers he left in 1672, removing to Setauket in Brookhaven. According to the Brookhaven Town Records he prospered here as Blacksmith for on June 6th, 1674, "the towne doth engage to pay Mr Tomson duely and truly and every yere for what work he doth for them in wheet pork Ingen (Indian I.e. wampum) or other pay that doth Satisfie him." He seems to have acquired considerable real estate, both by allotments and by purchase, as the records refer to many of his transactions. He stood well in Brookhaven, being made constable in 1684, and commissioner or selectman in 1686. In 1691 he conveyed to his son, Samuel a 50 acre lot on Mount Misery, along with use of the shop. He died before 1699. http://longislandgenealogy.com/Surname_Pages/thompson.htm

"The Family of Richard Smith of Smithtown, Long Island" Frederick Kinsman Smith Smithtown Historical Society, Smithtown, NY, 1967:

"John Thompson was one of the fifty-five early proprietors of Brookhaven, going to Setauket in 1656. He was born 3 June 1609, died 14 Oct 1688, married Hannah Brewster, a sister of the Rev. Nathaniel Brewster and daughter of Francis Brewster of New Haven."

links

• http://jrm.phys.ksu.edu/genealogy/needham/d0003/I3681.html

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