Alexander Thompson and Elizabeth Edmunston

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Husband Alexander Thompson ¹

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            AKA: Alexander Thomson 2
           Born: 26 Feb 1722 - near Glasgow, Scotland 1
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Wife Elizabeth Edmunston ¹

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           Born: 31 Dec 1729 1
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           Died: 12 Nov 1815 1
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         Father: William Edmunston (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Agnes Hartley (      -      ) 1

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Children

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1 M Robert Thompson ¹

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            AKA: Robert Thomson 2
           Born: 25 Feb 1749 1
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2 M William Thompson ¹

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            AKA: William Thomson 3
           Born: 15 Jan 1750 1
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           Died: 1822 1
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         Spouse: Fanny Lindsay (      -      ) 1

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3 F Agnes Thompson ¹

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            AKA: Nancy Thomson 3
           Born: 19 Feb 1752 1
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         Spouse: John Calhoun (      -      ) 1 3

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4 M Alexander Thompson ¹

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            AKA: Alexander Thomson 3
           Born: 19 Jan 1754 1
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         Spouse: Mary Grier (      -      ) 1

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5 M Archibald Thomson ²

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            AKA: Archibald Thompson 1
           Born: 24 Jun 1755 1
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           Died: 1801 1
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         Spouse: Ann Andrews (      -      ) 1 3

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6 F Elizabeth Thompson ^{1 4}

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            AKA: Mary Thomson 3
           Born: 3 Jul 1757 1
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         Spouse: John Purviance (1742-      ) 1 4

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7 F Margaret Thompson ¹

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            AKA: Margaret Thomson 3
           Born: 19 Mar 1759 1
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           Died: 11 Mar 1829 1
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         Spouse: Andrew Watson (      -      ) 1 3

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8 F Barbara Thompson ¹

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            AKA: Barbara Thomson 3
           Born: 29 Jan 1761 1
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         Spouse: William Watson (      -      ) 1 3
           Marr: 30 Apr 1793 1

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9 F Mary Thompson ¹

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           Born: 19 Dec 1762 1
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         Spouse: Joseph Callow (      -      ) 1

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10 M John Thomson ^{3 5}

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            AKA: John Thompson 1
           Born: 14 Jan 1765 1
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           Died:  - ? Franklin Co, PA
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         Spouse: Hannah Rea (      -      ) 1 5

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11 F Janet Thompson ¹

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            AKA: Jennie Thomson 3
           Born: 6 Jan 1767 1
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         Spouse: Alexander Shaw (      -      ) 1

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12 M Andrew Thompson ¹

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            AKA: Andrew Thomson 3
           Born: 5 Jan 1768 1
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         Spouse: Isabella Edgar (      -      ) 1 3

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13 F Ann Thompson ¹

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            AKA: Ann Thomson 3
           Born: 5 Mar 1770 1
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         Spouse: Matthew Logan (      -      ) 1

         Spouse: David Cowan (      -      ) 3

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14 M James Thompson ¹

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            AKA: James Thomson 3
           Born: 19 Aug 1772 - Franklin Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Nancy Wright (      -      ) 1 3

         Spouse: Margaret Peebles (      -      ) 1

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15 F Jane Thompson ¹

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            AKA: Jean Thomson 3
           Born: 20 Sep 1776 - Franklin Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Arthur Shields (      -      ) 1 3

         Spouse: Andrew McClellan (      -      ) 1 3

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General Notes: Husband - Alexander Thompson

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He came from strong Covenanter forbears; his grandfather fought in the famous battle at Bothwell in 1679.

[Surname "Thomson"] He emigrated from Scotland to Franklin County, with his family of thirteen children, in 1777, and settled midway between Shippensburg and Chambersburg, at a point called Scotland, in honor of his native place. [HCC 1886, 397]

He, his wife and eleven children embarked in the ship "Friendship," at Creenock, Scotland, in July, 1771, and arrived at Boston, Massachusetts, September 10 following. He removed to Pennsylvania, and settled in Franklin County, in July, 1772. Of his children, thirteen were born in Scotland, of whom the two oldest did not come to America; the two youngest were born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. [GPHAV, 488]

He was born five miles out from Glasgow, Scotland, and married and reared, in his native country, a family of thirteen children. In 1773 he came, with eleven of his children, to Pennsylvania, and settled in Franklin County, by advice of Dr. Witherspoon, of Princeton college, with whom he was well acquainted. He was a Scotch Covenanter, and a man of influence in his community, where he was highly respected as a consistent Christian and a reliable man. He was a farmer, lived to an advanced age, and gave name to the village of Scotland, Pennsylvania, in honor of his native country. Three or four of his sons served in the revolutionary war.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 488.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 80.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 81.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 1458.

5 —, History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warners, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 397.