Joseph Thompson

1733 - 1795  (61 years)

• Name	Joseph Thompson  [1]
  Born	25 Mar 1733	Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	1795	Virginia, Coshocton, Ohio   [2]
  Buried	Virginia, Coshocton, Ohio   [2]
  Person ID	I27821	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of AP
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2020

  
  

  Father	James Thompson
  Mother	Mary
  Family ID	F16604	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Abigail Sherman,   b. 29 Nov 1732, Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
  Married	19 Feb 1754	Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts   [1]
  Children	+ 1. Amherst Thompson,   b. 20 May 1762, Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts ,   d. 21 May 1857  (Age 95 years)
  Last Modified	8 Apr 2020
  Family ID	F16599	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  According to a DAR lineage book, he "commanded a company of minute men on the Lexington Alarm and in 1779 was made lieutenant colonel of the 10th Massachusetts regiment. He was born in Brimfield, Mass.; died in Marietta, Ohio." According to his son's 1832 testimony, Joseph Thompson was a major in "Col. Nixon's Regiment", was then transferred to Col. Thomas Marshall's regiment at West Point, and was captured by the enemy in an engagement at Tarrytown.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3961] Vital Records of Brimfield, Massachusetts To the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1931. [S3928] Revolutionary War Soldiers buried in Coshocton County, Ohio.