William Thompson

Abt 1597 - 1649  (~ 52 years)

• Name	William Thompson
  Birth	Abt 1597  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Between 3 Jan 1649 and 11 Jan 1649	Newtown Hundred, St. Mary's County, Maryland   [2]
  Person ID	I9760	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of PNH
  Last Modified	10 Oct 2020

  
  

  Family	Anne   d. Bef 1667
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth Thompson
  Family ID	F4609	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Oct 2020

  
  

• Notes

  Claimed by some as a passenger on the Ark or the Dove, but he's not one of the "qualifying ancestors" for the Order of First Families of Maryland. Arrival in Maryland given variously as 1634 and 1641, the latter more likely. Mary Louise Donnelly's John Medley 1615-1660 gives his birth year as 1594, referencing Archives of Maryland 4: 354. But that page of the Archives, on which "Willm Tompson" is described as "aged 50 yeares or thereabouts", appears to be from "Court and Testamentary Business" conducted in 1647. Possibly Donnelly was misled by the presence of the date "Janvary the 14th 1644" toward the top of page 354, which appears to refer to the case referenced in that paragraph, not to the overall page.

  
  

• Sources

  [S935] Archives of Maryland Online. [S312] John Medley (1615-1660), St. Mary's County Maryland, His Descendants, by Mary Louise Donnelly. Ennis, Texas: Mary Louise Donnelly, 1995.