Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Robert Thompson and Mary Gordon




Husband Robert Thompson 1 2 3

           Born: Abt 1732 - Ireland
     Christened: 
           Died: 1802 1 2 3
         Buried: 
       Marriage: 



Wife Mary Gordon 1 2 3

           Born: Abt 1751
     Christened: 
           Died: 1846 1 2 3
         Buried: 


Children
1 M Moses Thompson 4 5 6

           Born: 1772 - Chambersburg, Franklin Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 10 Nov 1853 - Indiana Co, PA 2
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Jane Jamieson (Abt 1778-1801) 3
         Spouse: Nancy Coleman (Abt 1781-1855/1861) 3 5 7
           Marr: 30 May 1806 2


2 F Ruth Thompson 2 3 8

           Born: Abt 1778
     Christened: 
           Died: 1871 - Young Twp, Indiana Co, PA 3 8
         Buried: 
         Spouse: James Latimer (Abt 1779-1824) 8


3 M Alexander Thompson 2 3

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1888 - Hanover, Jefferson Co, IN
         Buried: 



4 M Adam Thompson 2 3

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died:  - Indiana Co, PA
         Buried: 



5 M William Thompson 2 3 9

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 1817 - Altman's Run, Indiana Co, PA 10
 Cause of Death: Small pox
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Agnes Jamieson (      -Bef 1880) 3



General Notes: Husband - Robert Thompson


This family was Scotch, and had settled in Ireland, whence they emigrated to America in 1716. They located in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. In 1790 the Thompson family with about twelve cousins or relatives crossed the Allegheny mountains with packhorses, settling in the wilderness near Altman's Run, Indiana County.

He was born in Ireland in 1732 and came to America in 1770, settling near Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. In 1790 he migrated to Indiana County, near Lewisville. [HIC 1913, 611]

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Sources


1 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 337.

2 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 611.

3 Editor, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 7.

4 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 337, 359, 434.

5 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 611, 966.

6 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 945.

7 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 337, 360, 434.

8 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 508.

9 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 359.

10 Editor, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 8.


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