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Rev William Thompson

Rev William Thompson[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23]

Male 1597 - 1666  (69 years)


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  • Name William Thompson  [1, 2, 7, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23] 
    Title Rev 
    Birth 1597  Preston, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 21, 23] 
    Gender Male 
    Burial Dec 1666  Hancock Cemetery, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [23] 
    Death 10 Dec 1666  Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 21, 23] 
    Person ID I312684223798  Oswald Genealogy
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

    Family 1 Abigail Collins,   b. 17 Oct 1591, Bramford, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 1626  Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Rev William Thompson,   b. 14 Oct 1629, Winwick, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt. 22 Dec 1699, Westmoreland, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)  [Mother: unknown]
     2. Eleazer Thompson,   c. 21 Oct 1635, Winwick, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
     3. Joseph Tompson,   b. 01 May 1640, Braintree, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Oct 1732, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
     4. Dr. Benjamin Thompson,   b. 14 Jul 1642, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Apr 1714, Roxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
     5. Samuel Thompson,   b. Winwick, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jun 1695, Quincy, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
     6. Ellin Thompson,   b. Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Apr 1711, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
    Family ID F1639  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

    Family 2 Anne Brigham,   b. Abt. 1606, Holme upon Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Oct 1675, Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Marriage Abt. 1648  Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Robert Thompson,   b. 1650, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1700, Maryland, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
     2. Anne Thompson,   b. Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Oct 1737, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
    Family ID F1654  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

  • Notes 
    • From Find a Grave
      Rev. William Tompson was born in Lancaster, England in 1597. He matriculated at Oxford Unversity 13 March 1617/8 and was admitted to Brazenose College 9 May 1618. He was elected a Nowell Scholar 24 October 1620 and was graguated with a Bachelor of Arts degree on 28 February 1621/2. He was Curate of Newton Chapel Winwick, Lancashire, England 1623 to 1635. He arrived in New England in 1636. He preached at York, Maine 1637 to 1639. He was installed as preacher of the First Church Braintree (now Quincy) Mass. 16 September 1639. He died the 10 December1666. (prepared from original sources by Ralph N. Thompson a tenth generation descendant)

      The gravestone reads: HERE LYES BURIED YE / BODY OF YE REVEREND / MR WILLIAM TOMPSON / YE FIRST PASTOR OF / BRAINTRY CHURCH WHO / DECEASED DECEMBER YE 10 / 1666 AETATIS SEE 68 / HE WAS A LEARNED SOLID SOUND DIVINE / WHOS NAME & FAME IN BOATH ENGLANDS / DID SHINE.

      Inscription
      Here lies buried the body of the Rev. William Tompson the first pastor of Braintrey Church Who deceased 10 December 1666 Aetatis suae 68. He was a learned, solid, sound Divine Whose name and fame in both Englands did shine And by his side lies Mrs. Ann Tompson, his wife Deceased October ye 11, 1675 Aged 68 years.


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  • Sources 
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    2. [S1173462465] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Ancestry.com: "Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988"
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    13. [S1173462465] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Place: Braintree, Massachusetts; Page Number: 286.

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    19. [S1173462465] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Place: New England; Year: 1637; Page Number: 467.

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