The Thompson Paternal Ancestors
This paper summarizes the ancestral immigartion of my primary paternal ancestors. The Thompson
surname in itself traces its roots back to Reverend William Thompson (abt. 1598 to abt 1666). Within
this paternal lineage are the surnames Willis, Meade, and Stevenson. Reverend William Thompson
The exact lineage of Reverend Thompson has not clearly been established through primary sources
and was only correlated when a series of 128 chromosone paternal DNA tests showed exact matches
with two difinitively known direct male descendents. I am related to Reverend Thompson by way of
Gary Thompson; James Thompson, William Thompson, William Thompson, Green Thompson, Joseph
Thompson, Jack Thompson, Benjamin Thompson, and William, William, and, finally, William
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He married Abigail Collins in 1625 in England, daughter of John Collins and Grace Wagger. She was
born around 17 October, 1591 in Bramford, Suffolk, England, and died on January 1st, either 1642 or
1643 in Braintree, MA. He married his second wife, Ann Brigham, in 1647. She was the daughter of
Thomas Brigham and Isabel Watson. She was born in 1607 in England, and passed away on October
1st, 1675 in Braintree, MA.
Reverend William Thompson was born at Winwich, Lancashire, and preached there before coming to
New England. Like many other immigrants of this time period, William Thompson fled England in the
seeking religious freedom. He first settled at York, Maine, and was a minister there between 1637 and
1639. He was ordained as minister of the First Congregational Church at Braintree, Massachusetts
(now Quincy), 19 November 1639. He normally wrote his name Tompson, but few scholars have
continued to refer to him in that
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