Andrew Thompson 1769/MD-1835/OH and
Elizabeth Denbow 1773/MD-1843/OH
their family and the Thompson surname
 in Harford County Maryland and Harrison & Carroll Counties of Ohio.

The Fayette County Iowa Thompson line of interest
 was Scotch/Irish
 and pioneers in Maryland,  Ohio, Iowa and states west as Kansas and Nebraska.
The Fayette County, Iowa connection is Zachariah 1 Caleb Thompson and Priscilla Albaugh and their descendents,
primarily of the areas around  Brush Creek (Arlington), Fayette, Taylorville, Mill Grove, Wadena, Lima/Albany,
Elgin, West Union, Brainard, Scott Grove, Seaton, Stanley, Maynard.

....Newer granite grave marker of Andrew and Elizabeth Denbow Thompson in Allen Cemetery, located on Kilgore Ridge Road, about 3 miles to the NW of New Rumley. Andrew and Elizabeth Denbow Thompson moved their family of nine children from Maryland through Pennsylvania into Harrison Co, Ohio,  by ox train accompanied by Elizabeth's brother John Denbow and family.
....The Thompson and Denbow Clans homesteaded to the NW of New Rumley, Harrison Co, Ohio, in 1817. Harrison, Carroll, Monroe, Tuscarawas, and other Counties in E&SE Ohio had a major concentration of Thompson descendents. 

Surnames of interest:  Albaugh, Allen, Amos, Capper, Custer, Denbow, Hendricks, Kirby, Sell, Shambaugh, Sherman, Stewart, Thompson, and other collateral surnames near the Ohio River in E&SE Ohio starting in the early 1800's.  In Fayette Co, of NE Iowa in the early 1850's.  Points west in Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska in the late 1800's; and beyond to the west coast.
Geographical locations of interest:  Scotland and Ulster, Northern Ireland.  Winter's Run, Bush River Lower One-Hundred, Baltimore and Harford Co, Maryland in the early 1700's to 1820.  Harrison and Carroll Co's, and other counties of E,SE Ohio along the Ohio River from the 1800's.  Fayette Co, Iowa. starting in the early 1850's.

 

THOMPSON, Thomas Andrew b: 1746 in Winter's Run (river) area, near Bush Town, Baltimore (Harford) Co, Maryland d: Abt. 1835 in Bush R. Lower Hundred, Harford (Baltimore) Co, MD Note 3: 1776 In Bush River Lower Hundred, Harford Co, MD. Note 4: Living on tract called 'Chestnut Ridge.' Note 9: Minister, Babtist Ch's of Harford Co, MD. Note 11: Death? 1800??
.. +DONHAUE, Sarah b: 1746 in Winter's Run (river) area, near Bush Town, Baltimore (Harford) Co, Maryland d: 1800 in Bush R. Lower Hundred, Harford (Baltimore) Co, MD
2 THOMPSON, Andrew b: 1769 in Bush R. Lower Hundred, Harford (Baltimore) Co, MD d: 10 Apr 1835 in Perry Twp, Carroll Co., Ohio Burial: 1835 Allen Cemetery, Row 5, Lot 4, Perry Twp., Carroll Co., Ohio Note 1: 22 Oct 2007 Andrew Thompson line, last reviewed; Barry Zbornik, Hannibal, MO, iowaz@hotmail.com Note 4: Abt. 1810 Mail at Havre de Grace, Harford Co, Md. Note 6: 1812 Harford Co, MD to Franlkin(?) Co PA. Note 9: Bet. 1815 - 1817 Somewhere in PA or had moved to OH. Note 10: 1815 Family history mentioned moved to OH in 1815. Note 11: Abt. 1817 In Rumley Twp, Harrison Co, OH. Note 12: 1819 Harrison Co., Ohio, on a 15 acre farm Note 13: 1820 Also keeping tavern, New Rumley. Later purchased by Custer family, where Gen. George b. 1839. Note 14: 1826 Farm, 15a, deeded from William & Sarah Thompson (Andrew's sister) Albaugh. Note 15: 1830 Census; New Rumley Twp, Harrison Co, OH. Note 20: Religion, Universalist.
... +DENBOW, Elizabeth b: 1774 in Bush River Lower Hundred, Harford Co. area of Baltimore Co., Maryland d: 1848 in Perry Twp, Carroll Co, Ohio Burial: 1848 Allen Cemetery, Row 5, Lot 4, Perry Twp., Carroll Co., Ohio m: Abt. 1794 in Harford Co, Maryland Father: John DENBOW Mother: Martha UNKNOWN Note 1: Denbow, Thompson, Amos familes, neighbors in Maryland. Note 3: Surname analog: Denspaugh. Note 5: 1835 Likely stayed on 15a farm with dau Clemency & her husb John Kirby.
3 THOMPSON, Josiah b: 1795 in Bush River Lower Hundred, Hartford Co, MD d: 1870 in New Rumley Twp, Harrison Co, OH Note 3: 1830 Census; North Twp, Harrison Co, OH.
.... +DENBOW, Cassandra b: 1805 in Harford Co, Maryland d: 1878 in Harrison Co, OH m: 1825 Father: Thomas DENBOW Mother: UNKNOWN Note 3: No records?, early deaths of children.
3 THOMPSON, Zachariah Caleb b: 20 Feb 1796 in Bush River Lower Hundred, Hartford Co, MD d: 15 Nov 1880 in Brush Creek (Arlington) , Fairfield Twp, Fayette Co, Iowa Burial: Groat (Brush Creek, Arlington) Cem, Fairfield.Twp, Fay.Co.IA. Note 1: Jun 2010 Zach Caleb Thompson line, last reviewed; Barry Zbornik, Hannibal, MO, iowaz@hotmail.com Note 6: 1815 With parents, 21y, Harford.Co. MD>PA> to New Rumley, Harrison.Co.OH (1817?). Note 10: 1830 Census; farming near Lamartine, New Rumley Twp, Harrison Co, OH. Note 12: 1833 Now in Carroll Co, OH; formed from part of Harrison Co. Note 13: Aft. 1833 Farm now near Perryville, Perry.Twp, Carroll.Co.OH. Note 14: Bet. 1833 - 1865 Farmer, JP, Preacher in Carroll Co, Ohio Note 15: 1842 Ordained minister in United Brethern Christian Church. Note 17: 1866 With other family, joined sons at Brush Creek, Fairfield.Twp, Fay.Co.IA. Note 20: Bet. 1866 - 1880 Farmed land entered by sons, SE of 6corners in BrushCreek, Fairfield.Twp, Fay.Co.IA.
.... +ALBAUGH, Priscilla b: 15 Dec 1805 in Farm near Kilgore, Harrison Co, Ohio d: 08 Sep 1874 in Brush Creek (Arlington), Fairfield Twp, Fayette Co, Iowa Burial: Groat (Brush Creek, Arlington) Cem, Fairfield.Twp, Fay.Co.IA. m: 15 Jan 1822 in New Rumley, Harrison Co, Ohio Father: Morris ALBAUGH Mother: Mary Catherine BEAMER Note 4: Married by B.W. Vier. Note 16: Age at death; 68y8m23d.
3 THOMPSON, Eli M. b: 1798 in Bush River Lower Hundred, Hartford Co, MD d: 1876 in Carroll Co, OH Note 3: 1830 Census; New Rumley Twp, Harrison Co, OH.
.... +SELL, Sarah b: 1812 d: 1873 in Carroll Co, OH m: 12 Feb 1829 in Allen Church, Harrison Co, Ohio Note 3: Married by Morris Albaugh.
3 THOMPSON, Sarah Denbow b: 1801 in Bush River Lower Hundred, Hartford Co, MD d: 1878 in Richland.Twp, Shawnee.Co.KS Note 6: 1830 Census; New Rumley Twp, Harrison Co, OH. Note 8: 1877 Osage Co, Kansas.
.... +ALBAUGH, William b: 1802 in Harford.Co.MD d: 06 Nov 1879 in Richland.Twp, Shawnee.Co.KS m: 18 Sep 1823 in New Rumley, Harrison Co, Ohio Father: Morris ALBAUGH Mother: Mary Catherine BEAMER Note 4: 1830 Census; New Rumley Twp, Harrison Co, OH. Note 5: Bet. 1823 - 1849 Farmed in Perry Twp, Carroll Co, OH. Note 6: 1849 Farm, 1mi W, Scio, North Twp, Harrison Co, OH. Note 9: 1877 46a in Osage Co, KS
3 [1] THOMPSON, Gabriel Donohugh b: 28 Apr 1803 in Bush River Lower Hundred, Hartford Co, MD d: 09 Feb 1879 in Perry Twp, Carroll Co., Ohio Burial: 1879 Allen Cemetery, Row 10, Lot 2, Perry Twp., Carroll Co., Ohio Note 3: 1830 Census; New Rumley Twp, Harrison Co, OH.
.... +ALLEN, Elizabeth b: 27 Jul 1811 in Otsego Lake, Otsego.Co.NY d: 26 Aug 1866 in Perry Twp, Carroll Co., Ohio Burial: 1866 Allen Cemetery, Row 10, Lot 3, Perry Twp., Carroll Co., Ohio m: 1830 in Carroll Co, Ohio Father: Joseph ALLEN Mother: Sarah MANCHESTER
*2nd Wife of [1] THOMPSON, Gabriel Donohugh:
.... +ROBY, Tacy m: 08 Aug 1869 in Carroll Co, Ohio
3 THOMPSON, Unknown b: 1806 in Bush River Lower Hundred, Hartford Co, MD d: in OH??
3 [2] THOMPSON, Eliza b: 18 Feb 1808 in Bush River Lower Hundred, Hartford Co, MD d: 19 Mar 1846 in Perry Twp, Carroll Co., Ohio Burial: Allen Cemetery, Row 7, Lot 14, Perry Twp., Carroll Co., Ohio
.... +HENDRICKS, Emanuel
*2nd Husband of [2] THOMPSON, Eliza:
.... +HENDRICKS, Emanuel b: 03 Jun 1806 d: 09 Jun 1888 in Perry Twp, Carroll Co., Ohio Burial: Allen Cemetery, Row 7, Lot 13, Perry Twp., Carroll Co., Ohio m: 06 Nov 1828 in Harrison Co., Ohio Father: John HENDRICKS Mother: Susanna CUSTER
3 THOMPSON, Clemency b: 04 Aug 1810 in Bush River Lower Hundred, Harford Co, Maryland d: 1845 in Perry Twp, Carroll Co., Ohio Burial: 1845 Allen Cemetery, Row 5, Lot 3, Perry Twp., Carroll Co., Ohio Note 3: Aug 1835 Living alone with mother, Eliz Debow Thompson, just before marriage. Note 4: Married by, Joseph Walters, JP.
.... +KIRBY, John b: 1813 in Maryland or Penn. d: 1892 in Carroll Co, OH m: 01 Oct 1835 in Carroll Co, Ohio Father: Joseph KIRBY Mother: Catherine ANDERSON
3 THOMPSON, Basil b: 06 Aug 1813 in Bush River Lower Hundred, Hartford Co, MD d: 1895 in North Twp, Harrison Co, OH Note 6: OH homestead called 'Chestnut Ridge.' Same name as grandfather's in MD/ Note 8: Bef. 1860 Moved to North Twp, Harrison Co, Ohio. Note 13: Decendents, diverse occupations. Note 14: Decendents involved wtih Scio Pottery. Note 15: Many descendants remained in area. Note 16: Farmer and stone mason.
.... +SCHICK, Sarah b: 1809 d: 1905 in North Twp, Harrison Co, OH m: 28 Nov 1833 in Harrison Co, Ohio
2 THOMPSON, Elizabeth b: 1771 in Bush R. Lower Hundred, Harford (Baltimore) Co, MD
2 THOMPSON, Ann Susanna b: 1772 in Bush R. Lower Hundred, Harford (Baltimore) Co, MD d: 1863 in Columbia Co, OH
... +MCGAVRAN, William b: 11 Feb 1769 in Harford Co, MD d: 1853 in Lee Twp, Carroll Co, OH m: 17 Mar 1791 in Harford Co, MD Father: John MCGAVRAN Mother: Margaret HILL
2 THOMPSON, Mary b: 1773 in Bush R. Lower Hundred, Harford (Baltimore) Co, MD
2 THOMPSON, Martha b: Jan 1776 in Bush R. Lower Hundred, Harford (Baltimore) Co, MD
2 THOMPSON, Unknown b: 1776 in Bush R. Lower Hundred, Harford (Baltimore) Co, MD
2 THOMPSON, Cassandra b: 1778 in Bush R. Lower Hundred, Harford (Baltimore) Co, MD
2 THOMPSON, Clemency b: 1779 in Bush R. Lower Hundred, Harford (Baltimore) Co, MD d: 1860
... +ARTHUR, John b: 1787 d: 1873
3 ARTHUR, Robert C. b: 1811
.... +DURHAM, Mahala b: 1815 d: 1892
3 ARTHUR, George b: 1812 d: 1888
.... +THOMPSON, Susannah b: 1813 d: 1895
3 ARTHUR, Joseph Owen b: 1817 d: 1899
.... +GRIER, Mary Jane b: 1821 d: 1871
3 [3] ARTHUR, Samuel H. b: 1819 d: 1896
.... +LINDEMORE, Catherine b: 1820
*2nd Wife of [3] ARTHUR, Samuel H.:
.... +AYERS, Martha R.
*3rd Wife of [3] ARTHUR, Samuel H.:
.... +PHILLIPS, Martha Ann b: 1833 d: 1872
3 ARTHUR, John b: 1822
.... +UNKNOWN, Anna Marie
3 ARTHUR, Richard b: 1825 in Harford Co, MD d: 1863 Note 3: 1854 Farmed near Stewartstown, York Co, PA Note 4: 1856 Removed, Iowa, farmed, raised stock. Note 5: 01 Jun 1863 Wounded, died, Battle of Vicksburg. Note 6: Bet. 1862 - 1863 Co B, 22nd, Ia Vol Inf.
.... +JORDON, Mary Jane b: 10 May 1826 in Hopewill Twp, York Co, PA d: 1898 m: 1851 in York Co, PA Father: A. X. JORDON Mother: Rebecca TURNER Note 2: 1863 Husband died, Battle of Vicksburg. Note 3: 1867 Returned, IA to York Co, PA.
2 THOMPSON, Elen b: 1781 in Bush R. Lower Hundred, Harford (Baltimore) Co, MD
2 THOMPSON, Unknown b: 1785 in Bush R. Lower Hundred, Harford (Baltimore) Co, MD
2 THOMPSON, Unknown b: 1788 in Bush R. Lower Hundred, Harford (Baltimore) Co, MD
2 THOMPSON, Unknown b: 1790 in Bush R. Lower Hundred, Harford (Baltimore) Co, MD

 

 

 



Information souces: 
Blanche Horton's 1940-1950 Thompson Scrapbooks (genealogy/history notes).
"The Thompson Genealogy,"  by Thomas  W. (Tommie) Thompson, of Whitmore Lake, MI (utilized much of Blanche's work).
Internet Data/Interpretations/Deductions.
Internet email communication.
Personal collections and knowledge of Fayette County, Iowa.


 

Iowaz Index Page
Iowaz Photo Hosting Site
Last uploaded: 2000-2006,  May 2010
This is primarily a note storage  page started in 1998 regarding the Thompson surname.

Thompson Reunion
Thompson Reunion  2nd sunday in August
Thompson Reunion History, Early Years



Thompson pages
1100 Andrew Thompson X Elizabeth Denbow (parents of Zach Caleb)
1120 Zachariah Caleb Thompson X Priscilla Albaugh (parents of below)
1121 William Thompson X Jane Capper
1122 Eli Isaac Thompson X Eliza Kirby
1123 Samuel Andrew Thompson  Martha Sherman
1124 Morris Jackson Thompson X Sarah Jane Brown & Catherine Holman
1125 Catherine Thompson X John Mordecai Amos
1126 Alexander Thompson X Lavina Foster
1127 Martha Thompson X William J. Allen
1128 Allen Caleb Thompson X Louisa Sell & Helen Billings
1129a Elizabeth Thompson X Wm. Henry Moore (2nd/late wife)
1129b David Bradford Thompson X Mary Ellen Hill

Allen Cemetery, Carroll Co, Ohio

Thompson photo folder with a variety of photo albums
http://public.fotki.com/iowaz/thompson-genealogy--1/
Other Fayette Co Iowa related folders are in the photo hosting site.

http://public.fotki.com/iowaz/


 


The name Thompson??
....The pure Scotch add "son" to a prefix to indicate the sons of a ''father."
....Thomas means twin.
....The pet or nickname for Thomas is "Thom."
....Thus the son of Thom in pure Scotch is Thomson.
....Then with the intrusion of the English "p" the name becomes Thompson.  
....The "p" seems to have been added after the "first plantation" into northern Ireland of the Scotch-Irish, by the early to mid 1600's.

Surnames and Hundred Rolls
....In 1085 William the Conqueror sent appointed commissioners into every province of his realm to check on every estate.  It seems to have been a census of persons and possessions as a basis for establishing tribute (tax).
....The results of this is known as the "The Doomsday Book."  It is probably true that the surname Thompson first appeared in the "Doomsday Book," about 1085.  However, rarely can surnames be researched back farther than the actual Church records of old England, and in most cases only a few families into the 1700's, with the 1800's being most common.
....Of particular interest is the fact that for the first time Surnames were used in the recording in "The Doomsday book.  This was the beginning of the Surname period.
....The "Hundred Rolls" appeared for the first time in 1275, in the "Doomsday Book."  These hundred rolls in a modified form were used in Colonial Maryland for taking census and collecting taxes. Thus when reference is made of the Thompson Clan living in the Bush River Lower One Hundred, they were living up a tributay known as Winter's Run (river) which opened up into a bay (Bush River) of the northern portion of the Chesapeake Bay.  An area up the Bush River which would support 100 pioneer families was called the Bush River Lower Hundred, while farther up the river there would be the Bush River Upper Hundred. This form of land organization was utilized until the English Survey method of townships and sections started to be used around 1800 in the northwest territory.



The Earliest of our Thompson Descendants
in my data files at this time (2004)

1 Unknown THOMPSON
..... 2 Andrew 1THOMPSON 1710 -
............. 3 Thomas THOMPSON 1746 -
................. +Sarah UNKNOWN 1746 -
..................... 4 Andrew 2 THOMPSON 1769 - 1835 Burial: Allen Cemetery, Perry Twp., Carroll Co., Ohio
......................... +Elizabeth DENBOW 1774 - 1848 Burial: Allen Cemetery, Perry Twp., Carroll Co., Ohio m: Abt. 1794 in Harford Co, Maryland Note: Denbow/Thompson familes, neighbors in Maryland. Father: John Denbow Mother: Martha Unknown
..................... 4 Elizabeth THOMPSON 1771 -
..................... 4 Ann Susanna THOMPSON 1772 -
..................... 4 Mary THOMPSON 1773 -
..................... 4 Martha THOMPSON 1776 -
..... 2 Alexander THOMPSON 1710 -

...Andrew (1) Thompson probably was born between 1700-1710, in Ulster of Ireland and came to America with his brother Alexander, and perhaps others siblings before 1735, and landing in the Chesapeake Bay, somewhere in the Baltimore area of the Colony of Maryland,  then moving up the Bush River into Winter's Run (river) and settling around the Chestnut Ridge area near Bush Town. The Denbow Clan had been the area since the early 1600's.

....Thomas (son of Andrew 1) and Sarah Thompson, parents of Andrew (2) had a farm on the banks of Bush River, or more probably farther upstream on Winter's Run. He appears in an early Maryland census in Harford Co.  The family apparently consisted of 12-13 children, with Andrew being the oldest, born in 1769.  Thomas fought in the American Revolution.  The couple apparently lived and died in the area of their farm in Harford Co, Maryland.
 


Maryland 1826


...Andrew (2) and Elizabeth Denbow Thompson  moved their their family of nine children from Maryland by ox train accompanied by Elizabeth's brother , John Denbow and family.  The Thompson and Denbow Clans homesteaded to the NW of New Rumley, Harrison Co, Ohio, in 1817. Harrison, Carroll, Monroe, Tuscarawas, and other Counties in SE Ohio had a major concentration of Thompson and Denbow descendents. 

....The Thompson and Denbow Clans were closely linked together by location, lifestyle and marriage in the Baltimore and Harford County area of Maryland and  in Harrison County, Ohio, beginning in 1817, and then later in other SE Ohio counties near the Ohio River.


Background History of the Maryland area of the Thompson's

Harford County Timeline
1608--Captain John Smith explored the Chesapeake Bay and mapped the Harford County area.
1632--Maryland Charter granted - - passed to Cecil Calvert, Lord Baltimore.
1634--First Maryland settlement, St. Mary’s City.
1658--Havre de Grace was settled. It is first known as Susquehanna Lower Ferry and was a stop on the old Post Road.
1661--The town of Old Baltimore on the east bank of the Bush River was established.
1674--Old Baltimore was authorized as the first Baltimore County Seat.
1691--County Seat was relocated to Fork of the Gunpowder.
1709--Joppatowne (called Joppa at the time) became the site of the County Seat.
1771--Henry Harford, son of Fredrick Calvert the Sixth Lord of Baltimore, inherited the Province of Maryland. Henry Harford was the last proprietary of Maryland.
1773--Harford County was separated from Baltimore County. It was named after Henry Harford. The County Seat was moved to Bush.
1775--The Bush Declaration was signed.
1780--The Town of Bel Air was first planned out by Aquilla Scott on a portion of his inheritance called Scott’s Improvement Enlarged, also known as Scott’s Old Fields.
1781--Revolutionary War troops camped in Havre de Grace in September in route to Yorktowne and once again after Cornwallis’ surrender. As Washington’s troops came through Maryland they were fully resupplied.
1782--Plans for the Bel Air Courthouse were laid out by Daniel Scott. Scott’s Improvement Enlarged, Bel Air became the County Seat.
1784--The Act of 1784 changed the name of Scott’s Improvement Enlarged to “Belle Aire.”
1785--Havre de Grace was incorporated.
1788--Maryland’s Convention ratified (by a vote of 63 to 11) the proposed new Constitution for the United States. Samuel Chase, William Paca (born in the Abingdon Area), and Luther Martin argued that it must be amended.
1790--Baltimore has become a boomtown, ranking only behind Philadelphia, New York, and Boston among American cities (with 13,500 inhabitants in the census of 1790).
1813--May 3, the British burned and plundered the town of Havre de Grace during the War of 1812.
1836--The Baltimore and Port Deposit Rail Road was completed as far as Havre de Grace.
1839--The Susquehanna and Tidewater Canal opened.
1852--The Susquehanna River froze so hard that railroad tracks were run across the ice at Havre de Grace.


Several clips of Harford Co. history

The Colonial History of Maryland
....The country near the head of Chesapeake Bay was first explored by Captain John Smith. It afterwards formed part of the grant that was made by Charles I. to Sir George Calvert, by title Lord Baltimore, a Roman Catholic nobleman. Inspired by the same feeling that had moved the Puritans, he sought to establish a refuge in America for men of his religious faith, who were persecuted in England. With this purpose he planted, in 1621, a Catholic colony in Newfoundland. But the unfavorable soil and climate, and annoyances from the hostile French, soon ended his hopes in that quarter. He next visited Virginia, but found there a religious intolerance hostile to his purposes. The territory finally granted him extended from the upper Chesapeake to the fortieth degree, the latitude of Philadelphia.
....The charter given to Lord Baltimore, unlike any previously granted, secured to the emigrants equality in religious rights and civil freedom, and an independent share in the legislation of the province. The colony was formed in 1634 by two hundred emigrants, mostly Roman Catholics, who entered the Potomac and purchased of the Indians a village on the St. Mary's River, about ten miles from its junction with the Potomac. The policy of paying the Indians for their land, and their subsequent equitable treatment, inaugurated peaceful relations, though these did not remain long undisturbed. The treaty of Calvert with the Indians, though less dramatic, resembled in principle the celebrated one made many years afterwards by William Penn
....Maryland has the honor of being the first country to establish the principle of religious toleration to people of all faiths. George Calvert "was the first," says Bancroft, "in the history of the Christian world, to seek for religious security and peace by the practice of justice and not by the exercise of power; to plan the establishment of popular institutions with the enjoyment of liberty of conscience; to advance the career of civilization by recognizing the rightful equality of all Christian sects." The religious toleration which already existed by charter was further established by a law of the Maryland Assembly, of April 2, 1649. Rhode Island had previously passed a similar law.

Harford County, Maryland (originally part of Baltimore Co.)
....In 1608, Captain John Smith (of Pocahontas fame) discovered a neck of the Cheseapeake Bay, reaching into what would become Harford County, that he would name in honor of the town in England where he was born, Willowby.  He named the narrowing tributary into the Bay, Willowby's Run.  Later this Run would be named Bush River, and reached a few miles into Baltimore Co (Harford Co), after which the stream name becomes Winter's Run
....Thomas and Sarah Thompson, father of Andrew had a farm on the banks of Bush River, or more probably farther upstream on Winter's Run (river). He appears in an early Maryland census in Harford Co.  The family apparently consisted of 12-13 children, with Andrew (2) being the oldest, born in 1769.  Thomas fought in the American Revolution.  The couple apparently lived and died in the area of their farm in Harford Co, Maryland.
....It is probably that Andrew (1) Thompson/Thomson was the original immigrant from the Ulster, Irish migration and probably settled into this area before 1735.
....In 1637, Lord Baltimore took proprietary possession of Baltimore Co.
....Almost immediately Lord Baltimore directed his brother the appointed governor of Maryland to appoint six men as a general assembly of free men to meet with Lord Baltimore at his town of St. Mary's on Jan 25, 1638, to consult and advise of "affairs of the Province.
....It would appear by 1640 the basic principals of representative legislature had been established in Maryland, at a time of suppression of political and religious freedom back in England.  Other models of popular government were also springing up.
....Maryland was originally a Roman Catholic settlement and continued so until 1649, when the great Toleration Act was passed.  Thus Maryland would take the lead in religious freedom, and was the first community in modern times where the civil and religious power was separated.
....The laws of the times were very stringent.  Working on Sunday meant forfeiting 200 lbs. of tobacco to the county.  Bacons Laws stated:  Blasphemy against God, denying our Saviour Jesus Christ or Holy Trinity, or the God-head of any of the three persons shall be punished with death and confiscation of lands and goods.
....In 1659 Thomas Thurston, belonging to the Society of Friends, acquired about 1000 acres and settled near the present site of Bush town, also known as Harford Town.  
....The Old Post Road established in 1666 started at Philadelphia, and wound its way through the wilderness to Annapolis and into Virginia.  Bush town was on the Old Post Road, and had a most popular Inn where George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Henry Clay and many other notables of that early day, gathered to discuss affairs of State in the 1770's.
....In 1771 the Sixth Lord Baltimore died, leaving no legitimate heirs, so the title of Lord became extinct.  He did have a son born out of wedlock, Henry Harford, who by his father's will became proprietary of the Maryland Colony.  
....In 1773, after almost 125 years, the self-governing freemen of Maryland, being petitioned by the populous, passed a law forming a new county out of the eastern half of Baltimore County, naming it Harford after the proprietary, Henry Harford.  
....The same Assembly of Freemen directed the first term of court for Harford County be held at Harford Town or Bush Town on March 22, 1774.
....England would impose the Stamp Act but the furor of the colonists caused it to be repealed.  Intolerances for old world presecutions and institutions would soon lead to an uprising, and the American Revolution would be started.  

....Thomas Thompson became a Maryland Militia Man September 14, 1775.  He would later muster (join) into the Continental Army, April 2, 1778, and be honorably discharged December 4, 1780.

Discovery and Exploration of Harford County
....Harford County, Maryland was first discovered in 1608 by Captain John Smith of the Virginia Colony (the same John Smith of the Pocahontas legend).  He made a fairly accurate map of the upper country and its islands and shores.  On this map, he designated many places whose names as still in use today.
....The island now called Poole's, he named "Powell's Isles" after Nathaniel Powell in his crew.  He named Willowbye's River (today's Bush River) after the town in which he was born and in honor of his friend, Lord Wollowby.
....Smith proceeded northward from the Bush River, passing what is known today as Spesutia Island and Havre de Grace, and into the Susquehanna River.  He traveled up the Susquehanna to a stream flowing from the northeast, which is believed to be Deer Creek.
....he first settlement in the region was made by a young Englishman, Edward Palmer in approximately 1622. Having heard about the Smith exploration, Palmer decided to establish a fur trading post in a spot where he could trade with the Indian trappers to the north.  This location, at the mouth of the Susquehanna, was also accessible by water to other trading posts on the Bay and rivers to the south. The name was changed to Garrett Island, in honor of the president of the B & O Railroad John W. Garrett, in 1885.
....One of the first permanent settlements in the county was on Poole's Island, which was granted to Captain Robert Norris in 1659.  About 1649, Col. Utie came from Virginia to explore the upper bay region and find a place to settle.  In 1658, Bearson's Island, located a few hundred yards south of Havre de Grace, was granted to Nathaniel Utie.   He changed the name to Spesutie, using the latin Spes-Utie, meaning Utie's Hope.  The spelling was later changed to Spesutia as it is known today.

Harford County Established
....Harford County had its beginnings as a part of Baltimore County, which was created in 1659 and included the territory of Baltimore, Harford and Cecil counties.
....The first county seat, the town of Old Baltimore situated on the east bank of Bush River in what is now Aberdeen Proving Ground, was authorized in 1674.  In 1712, the county seat was moved to "Gunpowder Town", located at Joppa on the east side of the Little Gunpowder where Joppatowne now stands.  In 1768, after many difficulties in Joppa, including a smallpox epidemic, the county seat was moved to Baltimore.
....Harford was not organized into a county until 1774.  At that time the present territory was fairly well settled; the population, including blacks, amounted to thirteen thousand people.  Roads had been laid out, bridges made, churches built and our progenitors lived in a peaceful and well-governed section as citizens of Baltimore County.
....The Act of the General Assembly of 1773, called for the division of Baltimore County and for the erecting of a new one by the name of Harford. The boundaries of the county were established as follows:  "That...all that part of Baltimore county which is included within the bounds following, to wit:  Beginning at the mouth of the little falls of Gunpowder river, and running with the said falls to the fountain head, and from thence north to the temporary line of this province, and thence with the temporary line to Susquehanna river, thence with Susquehanna to Chesapeake bay, and thence with the said bay, including Spesutia and Pool's Islands, to the mouth of the Gunpowder river, and thence up the said river to the beginning aforesaid, shall be and is hereby erected into a new county, by the name of Harford county." 
....The first court for the new county was held on March 22, 1774 at Harford Town, or Bush, located at what is now the junction of Route 7 and Route 136.  In 1775, the citizens of Harford county passed "The Bush Declaration", becoming the first organized body of men in the country to proclaim independence from Britain.
....After the Revolution, in 1782, an election was held to move the County Seat to Bel Air, where it remains to this day.

County Hundreds & Boundaries using Baltimore County as an example:
....When researching Harford county before  1820, you will encounter two terms referring to an area of land. One of the terms is Hundreds and the other is parishes Hundreds as a political subdivision date back to the Roman occupation of Britain. 
....Their are several variations of the original meaning of the term. The most commonly accepted is that is was an area that contained 100 families. Another variation is that it was an area that was large enough to raise an army of 100 men
....From the late 1600s to early 1800s in Maryland the term was applied as a political subdivision of the county primarily for tax purposes and judicial affairs. The latter being that there was a constable appointed for each hundred and a justice of the peace for each hundred. 
....The 1790 and 1810 Federal census for Baltimore and Harford counties are at least partially broken down by hundreds. The equivalent term today for a hundred is an election district within the county. Although Maryland was founded by Catholics (the family of Lord Baltimore), its religion was dominated by Puritans in the 1650s and then later the Church of England. In June of 1692 the General Assembly passed an act that essentially established the Church of England as the "state church", required the establishment of parish boundaries and also required each parish to establish a register of births, marriages, and deaths within the province.
When Baltimore and Harrison counties were first settled, there were no roads, except a few Indian paths; thus, travel was mostly by water, and you will find persons styled in terms of where they lived. For example in early deeds, people are styled as: William Boulton of Bush River, Richard Ball of Patapsco, John Lee planter of Bush River. The early Hundreds were thus often named for rivers.
....When Baltimore county was fist formed, its boundaries ran from the ridge dividing the watershed of the Magothy and Patapsco Rivers around to the Sassafras River. Thus it included today's Cecil county, and Harford county, parts of Carroll, Anne Arundel, and Howard counties. Also since the early boundaries were not fixed it probably also extended into Delaware and Pennsylvania. Cecil County was formed in 1674 at which point the northern eastern boundary of Baltimore county became the Susquehanna River. A formal boundary between Baltimore and Anne Arundel county was initially laid out in 1698.
....By 1698 is appears there were three hundreds in Baltimore county, the Patapsco Hundred (which ran from the south side of the Patapsco River to the north) the Gunpowder Hundred, and the Spesutia Hundred. The original county seat was at Spesutia Island off the Bush River. Apparently there was a town of Baltimore in this location in 1683. In 1707 the General Assembly directed that a town be erected on 50 acres called "Taylor's Choice" and that the county courthouse be erected there. This land was off the Gunpowder river. However in November 1712 an act of the Assembly directed that the courthouse be erected in the town of Joppa.
....There were three parishes established in Baltimore County in the 1690s. These were St Paul's, St John's, and St George's. The parish boundaries roughly corresponded to the boundaries of the three hundreds:  St Paul's Parish was the Patapsco Hundred, St John's Parish was the Gunpowder Hundred, and St George's Parish was the Sesputia Hundred
....In 1727 the Boundary between Anne Arundel and Baltimore counties was changed so that all land on the south side of the Patapsco river was to be in Anne Arundel county.
....As the county's population grew, new hundreds were created. Also because of the distances to the churches, "chapels of ease" were built. These later became their own parish. St Thomas Parish was created in 1742 and the chapel was built near Garrison Forest as part of St Paul's Parish for the western part of the county, and St James was created at Monkton in 1750 as a chapel of ease for St John's Parish. St James was recognized as an independent parish in 1777.

Harford County forms:
....Harford County was separated from Baltimore County in 1773. The County was named for Henry Harford (1759-1834), last proprietary of Maryland. He was the son of Frederick Calvert, Sixth Lord Baltimore, but because of his illegitimate birth did not inherit his father's title. 
....There are three major county streams - Deer Creek, Bynum Run, and Winter's Run. The initial Thompson farm (s) of our line was on Winter's Run (since the Thompson's were in the Lower Hundreds, their land was apparently in the several miles of Winter's Run that directly entered Bush River and the Chesapeake Bay.
....Harford County is located between Pennsylvania and the Chesapeake Bay, bordered by the Susquehanna River on the east, separating it from Cecil County. Most of Harford County's western border is the Gunpowder River, and on the other side is Baltimore County. 
....The County was originally settled by the English, followed by those from Virginia and North and South Carolina. The northern areas of the county lie in the Piedmont Plateau, and have an elevation of two hundred to seven hundred fifty feet above sea level. The southern areas are part of the Coastal Plain and range from forty to two hundred feet above sea level. 


 

 

 

 

 


Who was the father of Thomas Thompson, b 1746???  

Proababy Andrew (1), perhaps the original Thompson in America. (My guess is that Andrew (1) was born between 1700-1710 in Ireland and came to America around 1730+, bz2000.)
----Thomas Thompson was born in 1746 in Balitmore County, Maryland (the part around Bush River/Winter's Run which would in 1773 become Harford County).
.... He is the father of Andrew 2 Thompson, born 1769.  Andrew 2, is the Thompson that removed to Harrison County Ohio in 1817, starting the line of Thompson's in the Ohio, Iowa and points west of interest to my family lines. 

Records that indicate the presence of an Andrew 1 Thompson in the Bush Town area of Maryland---
1737 Bounty on Squirrels--For Andrew Thompson 1, under allowances of 1737 (Apparently there was a "pest" bounty on squirrels in 1737.  The families would have eaten the meat and turned the scalps in for a Provincial bounty.)
....Squirrel heads, 21 count.
....Bounty paid, 0.4.2
1737--Baltimore County Tax List (Spesutia Upper Hundred)
....Alexander Thompson
....Andrew 2 Thompson
....Alexander and Andrew were likely brothers.  These "hundreds" were flexible and this Spesutia Upper Hundred was in close proximity to Bush River Lower Hundred
1756--Merchants Log from Bush Town
....The name of Col. Aquilla Hall, a merchant at Bush Town, has been mentioned as the first signer of the "Bush Declaration" in 1775.  In the 1960, J. L. Hughes, of Perryman, MD, was in possession of Hall's business day book or log, which listed daily transactions. 
....There was a Thompson entry of note in 1756, for Andrew 1 Thompson 
....1 small gimblet, 0.4 (a stool used for making holes in furniture or window frames or cupboard doors, etc.).
....1 gorge (gouge), 1.6 (used in shaping a piece of wood for mortise and tenant, or tongue and groove joints in making furniture, or rabiting over lapping doors, etc. in carpentry). 
....1 pr. neabuckel, 0.8, clamp-like device to hold a piece of wood that had been soaked with water to keep it in a desired shape after it was thoroughly dried.
....Total cost 0.2.6.
....Credit by cost of a warrent of Antel Deaver.
1778---Oath of Fidelity
....The worshipful Abraham Whitaker returns; Alexander Thompson and Andrew 2 Thompson (brothers?bz) , Oath of Fidelity, March 24, 1778.  Gov. Thomas Johnson, Governor of the Sate of Maryland, Eden Town.
....There were many Tories (English sympathizers) in Maryland and the authorities (American)  were seeking them by asking every inhabitant to take the "Oath of Fidelity."  And in 1778 these same two men are declaring their allegiance to the American Government.

 


The Bush Declaration
....The Bush Declaration was made in Harford County, Maryland,  two days after Patrick Henry's speech were he said, "What would you have?  Is life so dear, or peace so sweet to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?  I know not what course others will take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death."
....This was the first such declaration made by duly elected representatives of any people and stated, "We, the committee of Harford County having most seriously and maturely considered there solved and association of the Continental Congress and the resolves of the Provincial Convention, do most heartily approve of the same, and as we esteem ourselves in a more particular manner intrusted by our constituents to see them carried into execution, we do most solemnly pledge ourselves to each other and to our country, and engage ourselves by every tie held sacred amount mankind, to perform the same at the risque of our lives and fortunes."  
....This was signed by the 34 duly elected representatives of Harford County, the first being Aquilla Hall.
....A historian states, "This cry from the obscure community of 'Bush Town' was but the beginning of fires to be kindled during the intervening sixteen mounts before the Declaration of Independence at Philadelphia, July 4, 1776.


Thomas Thompson's Oath of Fidelity
....The Oath:  "We whose names are subscribed, do hereby enroll ourselves into a Company of Militia, agreeable to the resolutions of the Provincial Convention, held at Annapolis, July 26, 1775, and we do promise, and engage that we will respectively march to such places within the Province, and at such times, as we shall be commanded by the Convention or Council of Safety of this Province or by out officers in pursuance of the orders of the said Convention or Council, and thee with out whole power fight against whomsoever we shall be commanded by such authorities as aforesaid."
....On September 14, 1775, ten months before the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Thompson, after taking the Oath of Fidelity, enrolled in the Harford County Militia, and was in Captain John Love's Company #10.
....He is the only Thomas Thompson on the Census Rolls of Bush River Lower Hundred, taken August 15, 1776, by Joseph Renshaw.  Later the same Joseph Renshaw sold a farm to Thomas Thompson.

1778---Oath of Fidelity
....The worshipful Abraham Whitaker returns; Alexander Thompson and Andrew Thompson, Oath of Fidelity, March 24, 1778.  Gov. Thomas Johnson, Governor of the Sate of Maryland, Eden Town.
....There were many Tories in Maryland and the authorities were seeking them by asking every inhabitant to take the "Oath of Fidelity."  And in 1778 these same two men are declaring their allegiance to the American Government.

 


Descendants of Andrew (1) Thompson
The  Andrew (2) Thompson family apparently consisted of 12-13 children, and is the family of our central focus as it moves from Harford Co, Marryland, west to Harrison and Carroll Co, Ohio, and on to Fayette Co, Iowa and parts west.

1 Andrew (1) Thompson b: Bet. 1710 - 1720 in Ulster, Ireland (Scotch-Irish)
..... 2 Thomas Thompson b: 1746 in Winter's Run (river) area, near Bush Town, Baltimore (Harford) Co, Maryland
......... +Sarah Unknown b: 1746 in Winter's Run (river) area, near Bush Town, Baltimore (Harford) Co, Maryland
............. 3 Andrew (2) Thompson b: 1769 in Harford County, Maryland d: April 10, 1835 in Carroll Co, Ohio Burial: Allen Cemetery, Perry Twp., Carroll Co., Ohio
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................. +Elizabeth Denbow b: 1774 in Harford County, Maryland d: 1848 in Harrison Co, Ohio Burial: Allen Cemetery, Perry Twp., Carroll Co., Ohio Father: John Denbow Mother: Martha Unknown
..................... 4 Josiah Thompson b: 1795
......................... +Cassandra Denbow b: 1805 in Maryland d: 1879 m: 1825 Father: Thomas Denbow
..................... 4 Zachariah I Caleb Thompson b: February 20, 1796 in Hartford Co, Maryland d: November 15, 1880 in Brush Creek, later Arlington, Fayette Co, Iowa Burial: Groat Cemetery, Arlington, Fayette Co., IA
......................... +Priscilla Albaugh b: December 15, 1805 in Farm near Kilgore, Carroll Co., Ohio d: November 06, 1879 in Brush Creek, later Arlington, Fayette Co, Iowa Burial: Groat Cemetry, Arlington, Fayette Co., IA m: January 15, 1822 in New Rumley, Harrison Co, Ohio Father: Morris Albaugh Mother: Mary Catherine Beamer
..................... 4 Eli M. Thompson b: 1798 d: 1876
......................... +Sarah Sell b: 1812 d: 1873 m: February 12, 1829 in Allen Church, Harrison Co, Ohio
..................... 4 Sarah Denbow Thompson b: 1801 d: 1878 in Osage, Allen Co., Kansas
......................... +William Albaugh b: 1802 in Harford County, Maryland d: November 06, 1879 in Richland, Shawnee Co., Kansas m: September 18, 1823 in New Rumley, Harrison Co, Ohio Father: Morris Albaugh Mother: Mary Catherine Beamer
..................... 4 Gabriel D. Thompson b: April 28, 1803 d: February 09, 1879 Burial: Allen Memorial Cemetery, with Samuel Thompson, in his lot.
......................... +Elizabeth b: July 27, 1811 d: August 29, 1866
..................... 4 Daughter? Thompson b: 1806
..................... 4 Eliza Thompson b: 1808
......................... +Emanuel Hendricks
..................... 4 Clemency Thompson b: August 04, 1810
..................... 4 Basil Thompson b: 1813
............. 3 Elizabeth Thompson b: 1771
............. 3 Ann Susanna Thompson b: 1772
............. 3 Mary Thompson b: 1773
............. 3 Martha Thompson b: 1776

....Thomas and Sarah Thompson, father of Andrew had a farm on the banks of Bush River, or more probably farther upstream on Winter's Run. He appears in an early Maryland census in Harford Co.  The family apparently consisted of 12-13 children, with Andrew being the oldest, born in 1769.  Thomas fought in the American Revolution.  The couple apparently lived and died in the area of their farm in Harford Co, Maryland.
....Thomas Thompson became a Maryland Militia Man September 14, 1775.  He would later muster (join) into the Continental Army, April 2, 1778, and be honorably discharged December 4, 1780 (age 34).  Many of the Thompson and Denbow men fought in the wars in America, from the Revolution through the Civil War.  Life throughout the Clans history was tough, hard work, and consistently around wars.  Most of the families lived by farming, often having another craft.


Thomas Thompson's Revolutionary War Records
....Up to the Revolutionary War, Thomas Thompson was in the Maryland Militia for duty only in the Province of Maryland, according to the "Oath of Fidelity."   
....On Page 169 of the Archives of Maryland, Vo. 18, is listed Second Regiment of Maryland, beginning with muster rolls for January 1778, Thomas Thompson, rank Private, enlisted April 2, 1778, discharged April 1, 1780.  In the remarks, Joined and December 4, 1780 discharged.  Captain John Ecclestons Co., 2nd regiment.

Full record of service (found in the Archives at Washington, D.C.)
....Thomas Thompson, private, Maryland Regiment, commanded by Col. Thomas Price.  Muster roll July 1778. Roll dated, White Plains, August 12, 1778.  Term of enlistment, 3 years.
....Thomas Thompson,   Time of service, 3 years.
....Thomas Thompson, Private, Maryland Regiment, commanded by Col. Thomas Price. Muster roll, September 1778.  Roll dated Fishkill, Oct. 5, 1778. Term of enlistment 3 years.  Remarks, hospital, September 11, 1778.
...Thomas Thompson, private.  Roll of Captain John Esslestorn's Co, 2nd Maryland Regiment, roll dated September 1778. Muster roll, November and December. Roll dated, Middlebrook, January 21, 1779.  Term of enlistment 3 years.
....Thomas Thompson, Section, Maryland regiment of men, re-enlisted in 2nd Maryland regiment, commanded by Otho H. Williams Esp.  Commandant from 7th, until February 1779.  Revolutionary War.  Return dated, Camp Middlebrook, February 24, 1779.  Bounty paid,$100.
....Thomas Thompson, Private, Captain John Gale's Company of foot in 2nd Maryland Regiment.  Commanded by Col. Thomas Price.  Muster roll, Jan. and Feb. 1780.  Camp near Morristown, March 8, 1780, term of enlistment--War.  Remarks, on furlough.
....Thomas Thompson, Private 1st Company, 2nd Maryland Regiment.  Foot, commanded by Col. Thomas Price.  Muster roll, March, 1780. Roll dated, Camp Wicks Farm, April 4, 1780.  Term--War. Remarks--Furlough.
....Thomas Thompson, Register or balances due non-commissioned officers and privates of Maryland line for Oct. 1, 1783.  Sum paid, $80. 

Thomas Thomas as a Land Owner, 1778-1779
....During the Revolutionary War, Thomas Thompson had several land transactions.
....October 30, 1778, Thomas Thompson secured from Jacob Bull (son of John), for 240 pounds, a tract of land called Aston's and Deal's Chance, 30 1/2 acres, "with all and singular, the buildings and improvements, etc."
....January 28, 1779, Thomas Thompson secured from Joseph Renshaw, "for all that part of the tract of land called by name of Aston's and Deal's Chance or otherwise called Rachael's Delight, which lyeth on the west side of road, leading from said Renshaw's, by Daniel Thompson's or the place where James Everett now lives, and between Wilson's Choice and that part of Aston's and Deal's Chance lately sold by Jacob Bull to the said Thomas Thompson, containing by estimation 4 1/2 acres more or less.  As also that part of the tract called Chestnut Ridge, heretogore patented to Benjamin Amos (son of James) which lyeth on the south east side of Winter's Run containing by estimate 25 acres more or less, with all improvements, advantages, and hereditaments whatsoever.  For this land he paid 100 pounds.  
....From the early descriptions it is nearly impossible to find names and descriptions of these land tracts, and markers as, "two bounded Spanish oaks" and names such as "Chestnut Ridge" have disapperared.
....There are reasons to find the exact tract of early ancestors; to view the habitat from which they made a living, to know their neighbors and often their marriage partner's families, to understand their religious and cultural connections, and often to locate the burial area, as often the family burial ground was on their property. 
....T.W. Thompson and relatives helping, searched every burying ground, private and public in Harford County by 1960, without finding a single grave of Andrew and his family.  They did find on the Old Brick Church rolls, the Thompson names, Martha, Susanna, Elizabeth, Cassandra, Clemency (now surname Arthur) and Elen.  The last three girls could be those born between the 1776 census and the 1790 census.  Elen was the last to subscribe to the articles of faith "Baptist Church, 4th Lord's (day) of August, 1839.
....Of interest is that Martha Thompson bought a lot with buildings on Chestnut Ridge tract when she was bout 66 years old, from Gabriel and Elizabeth Denbow.  
....The Denbow family was neighbor to the Thomas Thompson family on Chestnut Ridge.  T.W. Thompson felt that Martha bought this home after the estate of her father Andrew had been settled, and it was within walking distance of the Church she loved and attended from her early childhood.  
....In the 1800 census Thomas Thompson is listed in the 4th District which includes the neighborhood around the "Old Brick Chruch," and very probably was a part of the original "Bush River Lower Hundred" when the first Colonial Census was taken in 1776.


First Property Tax Return for Thomas Thompson, 1783
....Pt. of Aston's and Deal's Chance, 31 1/2 acres, sorry soil (poor)
....Rachael's Delight, 4 1/2 acres
....Chestnut Ridge, 25 acres
....Horses, 2
....B. Cattle, 4
....Assessed land value was 52lb (he had paid 340lb for the land)
....Assessed livestock value was 25lb
....His tax was 1pound, 2 shllings, 6 pence.
....Number of whites listed in the family was 10.

1783 Tax Returns for Harford County, Maryland
....There were listed two Aquilla's, Alexander, Andrew, James, two Joshua's, Daniel, Thomas, two John's.
....These Thomson/Thompson's were likely sons of the two early pioneer Thompson's, Alexander and Andrew (1), who were part of the first great migration from Ulster, occurring between 1718 to 1750.

 


Maryland Census of 1776 
Daniel Thomson, born 1740
....Daniel Thomson 36, Mary Thomson 39, John Thomson 15, Ann Thomson 13, Mary Thomson Jr. 11, Thomas Thomson 8, Sarah Thomson 6, Margaret Thomson 3, Alex Thomson 1, Elizabeth Thomson 1, Negro Rachael 19.
....Daniel is the man that sold a farm to James Everett, close to the farm that Thomas Thompson bought in the Chestnut Ridge tract during the war.  
....It can be noticed the similarity of the names with those in the Thomas Thompson family of the same census.  The son Alexander could be named for the uncle who appears to be the brother of Thomas.
Elizabeth Thomson, born 1745
....Elizabeth Thomson 29, Thomas Thompson 5, Mary Thomson 3, Caterine Thomson 3 wks, Elenor Edelton 23.
....Elizabeth is a widow.  Her husband very likely is a brother of Thomas and Daniel.  The first child is often a name-sake and in this case names Thomas.  ....Elenor 23 and Elizabeth 29 are likely sisters.  She is taking care of her sister until she is able to care for her family.  It seems to have been customary to include all those who were in the household at the time of this census.
....At this time, these Thompson were all living in the Bush River Lower Hundred.  
....There were 13 Baltimore County Hundreds during the mid 1700's.
1783 Tax Returns for Harford County, Maryland
....There were listed two Aquilla's, Alexander, Andrew, James, two Joshua's, Daniel, Thomas, two John's.
....These Thomson/Thompson's were likely sons of the two early pioneer Thompson's, Alexander and Andrew 1, who were part of the first great migration from Ulster, occurring between 1718 to 1750.


The Colonial History of Maryland
....The country near the head of Chesapeake Bay was first explored by Captain John Smith. It afterwards formed part of the grant that was made by Charles I. to Sir George Calvert, by title Lord Baltimore, a Roman Catholic nobleman. Inspired by the same feeling that had moved the Puritans, he sought to establish a refuge in America for men of his religious faith, who were persecuted in England. With this purpose he planted, in 1621, a Catholic colony in Newfoundland. But the unfavorable soil and climate, and annoyances from the hostile French, soon ended his hopes in that quarter. He next visited Virginia, but found there a religious intolerance hostile to his purposes. The territory finally granted him extended from the upper Chesapeake to the fortieth degree, the latitude of Philadelphia.
....The charter given to Lord Baltimore, unlike any previously granted, secured to the emigrants equality in religious rights and civil freedom, and an independent share in the legislation of the province. The colony was formed in 1634 by two hundred emigrants, mostly Roman Catholics, who entered the Potomac and purchased of the Indians a village on the St. Mary's River, about ten miles from its junction with the Potomac. The policy of paying the Indians for their land, and their subsequent equitable treatment, inaugurated peaceful relations, though these did not remain long undisturbed. The treaty of Calvert with the Indians, though less dramatic, resembled in principle the celebrated one made many years afterwards by William Penn
....Maryland has the honor of being the first country to establish the principle of religious toleration to people of all faiths. George Calvert "was the first," says Bancroft, "in the history of the Christian world, to seek for religious security and peace by the practice of justice and not by the exercise of power; to plan the establishment of popular institutions with the enjoyment of liberty of conscience; to advance the career of civilization by recognizing the rightful equality of all Christian sects." The religious toleration which already existed by charter was further established by a law of the Maryland Assembly, of April 2, 1649. Rhode Island had previously passed a similar law.


County Hundreds & Boundaries using Baltimore County as an example:
....When researching Harford county before ca 1820, you will encounter two terms referring to an area of land. One of the terms is Hundreds and the other is parishes Hundreds as a political subdivision date back to the Roman occupation of Britian. 
....Their are several variations of the orginial meaning of the term. The most commonly accepted is that is was an area that contained 100 families. Another variation is that it was an area that was large enough to raise an army of 100 men
....From the late 1600s to early 1800s in Maryland the term was applied as a political subdivision of the county primarily for tax purposes and judicial affairs. The latter being that there was a constable appointed for each hundred and a justice of the peace for each hundred. 
....The 1790 and 1810 Federal census for Baltimore and Harford counties are at least partially broken down by hundreds. The equivalent term today for a hundred is an election district within the county. Although Maryland was founded by Catholics (the family of Lord Baltimore), its religion was dominated by Puritans in the 1650s and then later the Church of England. In June of 1692 the General Assembly passed an act that essentially established the Church of England as the "state church", required the establishment of parish boundaries and also required each parish to establish a register of births, marriages, and deaths within the province.
When Baltimore and Harrison counties were first settled, there were no roads, except a few indian paths; thus, travel was mostly by water, and you will find persons styled in terms of where they lived. For example in early deeds, people are styled as: William Boulton of Bush River, Richard Ball of Patapsco, John Lee planter of Bush River. The early Hundreds were thus often named for rivers.
....When Baltimore county was fist formed, its boundaries ran from the ridge dividing the watershed of the Magothy and Patapsco Rivers around to the Sassafras River. Thus it included todays Cecil county, and Harford county, parts of Carroll, Anne Arundel, and Howard counties. Also since the early boundaries were not fixed it probably also extended into Delaware and Pennsylvania. Cecil County was formed in 1674 at which point the northern eastern boundary of Baltimore county became the Susquehanna River. A formal boundary between Baltimore and Anne Arundel county was initially laid out in 1698.
....By 1698 is appears there were three hundreds in Baltimore county, the Patapsco Hundred (which ran from the south side of the Patapsco River to the north) the Gunpowder Hundred, and the Spesutia Hundred. The original county seat was at Spesutia Island off the Bush River. Apparently there was a town of Baltimore in this location in 1683. In 1707 the General Assembly directed that a town be erected on 50 acres called "Taylor's Choice" and that the county courthouse be erected there. This land was off the Gunpowder river. However in November 1712 an act of the Assembly directed that the courthouse be erected in the town of Joppa.
....There were three parishes established in Baltimore County in the 1690s. These were St Pauls, St Johns, and St Georges. The parish boundaries roughly corresponded to the boundaries of the three hundreds:  St Paul's Parish was the Patapsco Hundred, St John's Parish was the Gunpowder Hundred, and St George's Parish was the Sesputia Hundred
....In 1727 the Boundary between Anne Arundel and Baltimore counties was changed so that all land on the south side of the Patapsco river was to be in Anne Arundel county.
....As the county's population grew, new hundreds were created. Also because of the distances to the churches, "chapels of ease" were built. These later became their own parish. St Thomas Parish was created in 1742 and the chapel was built near Garrison Forest as part of St Paul's Parish for the western part of the county, and St James was created at Monkton in 1750 as a chapel of ease for St John's Parish. St James was recognized as an independent parish in 1777.


Harford County forms:
....Harford County was separated from Baltimore County in 1773. The County was named for Henry Harford (1759-1834), last proprietary of Maryland. He was the son of Frederick Calvert, Sixth Lord Baltimore, but because of his illegitimate birth did not inherit his father's title. 
....There are three major county streams - Deer Creek, Bynum Run, and Winter's Run. The initial Thompson farm (s) of our line was on Winter's Run (since the Thompson's were in the Lower Hundreds, their land was apparently in the several miles of Winter's Run that directly entered Bush River and the Chesapeake Bay.
....Harford County is located between Pennsylvania and the Chesapeake Bay, bordered by the Susquehanna River on the east, separating it from Cecil County. Most of Harford County's western border is the Gunpowder River, and on the other side is Baltimore County. 
....The County was originally settled by the English, followed by those from Virginia and North and South Carolina. The northern areas of the county lie in the Piedmont Plateau, and have an elevation of two hundred to seven hundred fifty feet above sea level. The southern areas are part of the Coastal Plain and range from forty to two hundred feet above sea level. 

The Bush Declaration
....The Bush Declaration was made in Harford County, Maryland,  two days after Patrick Henry's speech were he said, "What would you have?  Is life so dear, or peace so sweet to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?  I know not what course others will take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death."
....This was the first such declaration made by duly elected representatives of any people and stated, "We, the committee of Harford County having most seriously and maturely considered there solved and association of the Continental Congress and the resolves of the Provincial Convention, do most heartily approve of the same, and as we esteem ourselves in a more particular manner intrusted by our constituents to see them carried into execution, we do most solemnly pledge ourselves to each other and to our country, and engage ourselves by every tie held sacred amount mankind, to perform the same at the risque of our lives and fortunes."  
....This was signed by the 34 duly elected representatives of Harford County, the first being Aquilla Hall.
....A historian states, "This cry from the obscure community of 'Bush Town' was but the beginning of fires to be kindled during the intervening sixteen mounts before the Declaration of Independence at Philadelphia, July 4, 1776.
 


Thomas Thompson's Oath of Fidelity
....The Oath:  "We whose names are subscribed, do hereby enroll ourselves into a Company of Militia, agreeable to the resolutions of the Provincial Convention, held at Annapolis, July 26, 1775, and we do promise, and engage that we will respectively march to such places within the Province, and at such times, as we shall be commanded by the Convention or Council of Safety of this Province or by out officers in pursuance of the orders of the said Convention or Council, and thee with out whole power fight against whomsoever we shall be commanded by such authorities as aforesaid."
....On September 14, 1775, ten months before the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Thompson, after taking the Oath of Fidelity, enrolled in the Harford County Militia, and was in Captain John Love's Company #10.
....He is the only Thomas Thompson on the Census Rolls of Bush River Lower Hundred, taken August 15, 1776, by Joseph Renshaw.  Later the same Joseph Renshaw sold a farm to Thomas Thompson.


The First Maryland Census in 1775
....Lists:  Thomas Thompson 30, Sarah Thomson 30, Andrew Thomson 7 born 1769, Elizabeth Thomson 5 born 1771, Ann Thomson 4 born 1772, Mary Thomson 3 born 1773, Martha Thomson 8mo born 1776, servant John Thomas.
....He is the only Thomas Thompson in the Bush River Lower Hundred of proper age to enter the militia and the age of Andrew fits the age of the Andrew Thompson who migrated to Harrison County, Ohio, in 1817, with his wife and nine children, and in 1835 was buried in Allen Cemetery, near his Thompson farm.
....Note the spelling of the name of the family was different, being Thomson, but that apparently was common in that day, to have different spelling within the same household.
....Apparently while Thomas was serving in the Militia and later the Continental Army, the servant John Thomas was taking care of the farm and family.  Servants working off passage money or other debt were common in the day.  Also slave ownership was common in Maryland. The census of 1790 shows a number of Thompson families in Harford County and several were slave owners.  


Thomas Thompson's Revolutionary War Records
....Up to the Revolutionary War, Thomas Thompson was in the Maryland Militia for duty only in the Province of Maryland, according to the "Oath of Fidelity."   
....On Page 169 of the Archives of Maryland, Vo. 18, is listed Second Regiment of Maryland, beginning with muster rolls for January 1778, Thomas Thompson, rank Private, enlisted April 2, 1778, discharged April 1, 1780.  In the remarks, Joined and December 4, 1780 discharged.  Captain John Ecclestons Co., 2nd regiment.

Full record of service (found in the Archives at Washington, D.C.)
....Thomas Thompson, private, Maryland Regiment, commanded by Col. Thomas Price.  Muster roll July 1778. Roll dated, White Plains, August 12, 1778.  Term of enlistment, 3 years.
....Thomas Thompson,   Time of service, 3 years.
....Thomas Thompson, Private, Maryland Regiment, commanded by Col. Thomas Price. Muster roll, September 1778.  Roll dated Fishkill, Oct. 5, 1778. Term of enlistment 3 years.  Remarks, hospital, September 11, 1778.
...Thomas Thompson, private.  Roll of Captain John Esslestorn's Co, 2nd Maryland Regiment, roll dated September 1778. Muster roll, November and December. Roll dated, Middlebrook, January 21, 1779.  Term of enlistment 3 years.
....Thomas Thompson, Section, Maryland regiment of men, re-enlisted in 2nd Maryland regiment, commanded by Otho H. Williams Esp.  Commandant from 7th, until February 1779.  Revolutionary War.  Return dated, Camp Middlebrook, February 24, 1779.  Bounty paid,$100.
....Thomas Thompson, Private, Captain John Gale's Company of foot in 2nd Maryland Regiment.  Commanded by Col. Thomas Price.  Muster roll, Jan. and Feb. 1780.  Camp near Morristown, March 8, 1780, term of enlistment--War.  Remarks, on furlough.
....Thomas Thompson, Private 1st Company, 2nd Maryland Regiment.  Foot, commanded by Col. Thomas Price.  Muster roll, March, 1780. Roll dated, Camp Wicks Farm, April 4, 1780.  Term--War. Remarks--Furlough.
....Thomas Thompson, Register or balances due non-commissioned officers and privates of Maryland line for Oct. 1, 1783.  Sum paid, $80. 


Thomas Thomas as a Land Owner, 1778-1779
....During the Revolutionary War, Thomas Thompson had several land transactions.
....October 30, 1778, Thomas Thompson secured from Jacob Bull (son of John), for 240 pounds, a tract of land called Aston's and Deal's Chance, 30 1/2 acres, "with all and singular, the buildings and improvements, etc."
....January 28, 1779, Thomas Thompson secured from Joseph Renshaw, "for all that part of the tract of land called by name of Aston's and Deal's Chance or otherwise called Rachael's Delight, which lyeth on the west side of road, leading from said Renshaw's, by Daniel Thompson's or the place where James Everett now lives, and between Wilson's Choice and that part of Aston's and Deal's Chance lately sold by Jacob Bull to the said Thomas Thompson, containing by estimation 4 1/2 acres more or less.  As also that part of the tract called Chestnut Ridge, heretogore patented to Benjamin Amos (son of James) which lyeth on the south east side of Winter's Run containing by estimate 25 acres more or less, with all improvements, advantages, and hereditaments whatsoever.  For this land he paid 100 pounds.  
....From the early descriptions it is nearly impossible to find names and descriptions of these land tracts, and markers as, "two bounded Spanish oaks" and names such as "Chestnut Ridge" have disapperared.
....There are reasons to find the exact tract of early ancestors; to view the habitat from which they made a living, to know their neighbors and often their marriage partner's families, to understand their religious and cultural connections, and often to locate the burial area, as often the family burial ground was on their property. 
....T.W. Thompson and relatives helping, searched every burying ground, private and public in Harford County by 1960, without finding a single grave of Andrew and his family.  They did find on the Old Brick Church rolls, the Thompson names, Martha, Susanna, Elizabeth, Cassandra, Clemency (now surname Arthur) and Elen.  The last three girls could be those born between the 1776 census and the 1790 census.  Elen was the last to subscribe to the articles of faith "Baptist Church, 4th Lord's (day) of August, 1839.
....Of interest is that Martha Thompson bought a lot with buildings on Chestnut Ridge tract when she was bout 66 years old, from Gabriel and Elizabeth Denbow.  
....The Denbow family was neighbor to the Thomas Thompson family on Chestnut Ridge.  T.W. Thompson felt that Martha bought this home after the estate of her father Andrew had been settled, and it was within walking distance of the Church she loved and attended from her early childhood.  
....In the 1800 census Thomas Thompson is listed in the 4th District which includes the neighborhood around the "Old Brick Chruch," and very probably was a part of the original "Bush River Lower Hundred" when the first Colonial Census was taken in 1776.

 


First Property Tax Return for Thomas Thompson, 1783
....Pt. of Aston's and Deal's Chance, 31 1/2 acres, sorry soil (poor)
....Rachael's Delight, 4 1/2 acres
....Chestnut Ridge, 25 acres
....Horses, 2
....B. Cattle, 4
....Assessed land value was 52lb (he had paid 340lb for the land)
....Assessed livestock value was 25lb
....His tax was 1pound, 2 shllings, 6 pence.
....Number of whites listed in the family was 10.



Early Thompson Census Data

1775  The First Maryland Colonial Census

Thomas Thompson, 1746

....Lists:  Thomas Thompson 30, Sarah Thomson 30, Andrew Thomson 7 born 1769, Elizabeth Thomson 5 born 1771, Ann Thomson 4 born 1772, Mary Thomson 3 born 1773, Martha Thomson 8mo born 1776, servant John Thomas.
....He is the only Thomas Thompson in the Bush River Lower Hundred of proper age to enter the militia and the age of Andrew fits the age of the Andrew Thompson who migrated to Harrison County, Ohio, in 1817, with his wife and nine children, and in 1835 was buried in Allen Cemetery, near his Thompson farm.
....Note the spelling of the name of the family was different, being Thomson, but that apparently was common in that day, to have different spelling within the same household.
....Apparently while Thomas was serving in the Militia and later the Continental Army, the servant John Thomas was taking care of the farm and family.  Servants working off passage money or other debt were common in the day.  Also slave ownership was common in Maryland. The census of 1790 shows a number of Thompson families in Harford County and several were slave owners.  


1790 Harford County, Maryland, United States Census 
(the first American Census)

Thomas Thompson, 1746
....The purpose of the 1776 census was to enroll the people loyal to the Colonial Government of Maryland.
....The 1790 Census was a United States Census taken after independence had been gained.  Fourteen years had elapsed.
....Thomas Thompson head of family born 1746, 3 males under 16yrs, 4 males over 16, 8 females.
....At this time Andrew was 21.  The servant John Thomas is still with the family.  Four boys and three girls had been born since the Maryland Colonial Census of 1776.  
....Seven children had been added to the family in 14 years.


1800 Harford County, Maryland Census

Thomas Thompson, 1746
....Thomas Thompson head of family (born 1746), 3 males under 16, 2 males 16-26, 1 male over 45, 1 female 16-26.
....The mother Sarah had died.
....Martha would be the female 16-26.
....Andrew has married, heads a family with 3 sons.
....There are still five boys showing, so a boy was born directly after the1790 census, and therefore was placed in the 10-16 group.


1800 Harford County, Maryland Census

Andrew Thompson, 1769
....Andrew Thompson, head of family (born 1789), 3 males under 10, 1 male 26-45, 1 female 16-26.
....Andrew is 31, and his wife 26.
....They have three boys, Josiah 1795, Zachariah 1 Caleb 1796, Eli M. 1798.


1810 Harford County, Maryland Census

Andrew Thompson, 1769
....Andrew Thompson head of family (born 1769), 1 male under 10, 3 males 10-16, 1 male 26-45, 4 females under 10, 1 female 26-45.
....Gabriel, born 1804 is the youngest boy.
....The three boys 10-16 were Josiah, Zach 1 and Eli M.
....Four girls have been born since the 1800 census, Sarah in 1801, unknown daughter born 1806 and still living in 1848 after the mother died and the extate was being settled, Eliza born 1808 and Clemency in 1810.

NOTE:  This if the final Maryland Census record for the Andrew Thompson Family as they will move to New Rumley Township, Harrison County, Ohio, in 1817, and the next record of Andrew's family will be in the 1830 Ohio Census.


1830 New Rumley Township, Harrison County, Ohio Census

Andrew Thompson, 1769
....Andrew Thompson head of family (born 1769), 1 male 15-20, 1 male 60-70, 1 female 15-20, 1 female 50-60.
....Basil was born in 1813, four years before they removed to Ohio, and was 17 at the time of the Census.
....Clemency was born August 4, 1810, so was under 20 when the census was taken.
....Andrew was 61, and Elizabeth was 56.

Zachariah I Caleb Thompson, 1796
....Zachariah I Caleb Thompson head of family (born 1796), 2 males under 5, 2 males 5-10, 1 male 30-40, 1 female 5-10, 1 female 20-30, 
....Morris Jackson born 1829 was 1, Samuel born 1827 was 3, Eli born 1824 was 6, William born 1823 was 7.  
....Zachariah I Caleb was 34, Priscilla Albaugh born December 15, 1805 was 24.
....Note: there was a boy named Morris born in 1826 that lived only a short time.  Another boy, Morris Jackson, 1829, was named apparently in honor of Priscilla's father, Morris Albaugh.
....Note: this the
beginning of the Thompson and Albaugh family relationship.

Eli M. Thompson, 1798
....Eli M. Thompson head of family (born 1798), 1 male under 5, 1 male 30-40, 1 female 15-20.
....Eli was 31 when he married, his wife 17.
....The first child is Anthony Wilkin Thompson.
....Note:  Eli M. is the grandfather of Thomas W. Thompson, the author of "the Thompson Genealgoy," published 1961, 1961, 1979, which is the basic foundation for what we know about out Thompson Clan, up to 2000.

Gabriel Thompson, 1804
....Gabriel Thompson head of family (born 1804), 1 male under 5, 1 male 20-30, 1 female 15-20.
....The boy is Gilbert Thompson born 1829.  
....Gabriel is 26, his wife is Elizabeth Allen born 1811, 19 years old.
....Note:  this is the
beginning of the Allen and Thompson family relationship.

....Note Allen Church and Cemetery:  It is the mother of this Allen family that was so deeply concerned with the souls of her neighbors, that her loyal husband built her a log church, in which she proclaimed the message of salvation.  It can be assumed this was also the burning point in the life of her son-in-law, Gabriel Thompson, and was likely a potent factor in the conversion of her neighbor, Zachariah I Caleb Thompson, who became an ordained elder in this Allen Church.  In this old Church yard (cemetery) lies Gabriel and elizabeth, and several of their children as well as the Allen parents and grandparents of Elizabeth Allen Thompson
In Allen Cemetery, also rests Andrew and Elizabeth Denbow Thompson, plus their offspring Eliza Thompson Hendricks and her husband Emanuel Henricks, and Clemency Thompson Kirby.  Zach I Caleb Thompson's son Samuel died on the way back to Ohio from Brush Creek, Fayette County, Iowa, and his body was transported the remainder of the way and buried in the first lot in row six in 1865/1866 (The stone was trampled by cattle and broken in the 1960's, and is missing in 2000, bz).

Josiah Thompson, 1795
....Josiah Thompson head of family (born 1795), 1 male 5-10, 1 male 30-40, 3 females under 5, 1 female 5-10, 1 female 20-30.  
....Thomas is 6 born 1824.
....The father, Josiah is 35 born 1795, Priscilla born 1830 is an infant, Elizabeth is 3 born 1828, a girl born 1826 has died in infancy.  
....The girl 5-10, was born before the oldest son, Thomas, and died in infancy.  
....The mother was born 1805 and is 25.  
....This family is buried in the private cemetery on the old farm near Stone Creek, Ohio.  Thus, Joshia, the oldest child of Andrew from Maryland followed the same custom of a private burial ground for his family.  
....Andrew Thompson's estate called for the settlement with 9 heirs, but the 4th daughter was never found by Thomas W. Thompson during his quest for Thompson info in the 1950's.

Emanuel Hendricks, 1806
....Emanuel Hendricks heat of family (born 1806), 1 male 20-30, 1 female under 5, 1 female 20-30.
....This is Emanuel Hendricks who married Eliza Thompson, November 16, 1828.
....There appears to be no family record of this little girl, thus she probably died young and was buried in Allen Cemetery, Harrison Co, Ohio,  where her family is buried.

William Albaugh, 1802
....William Albaugh head of family (born 1802), 2 males under 5, 1 male 5-10, 1 male 20-30, 1 female 5-10, 1 female 20-30.
....Morris born 1829 is 1 yr, Basil born 1827 is 3 yrs, Joseph T. born 1824 is 6 yrs, William born 1802 is 28 yrs, Elizabeth born 1825 is 10, Sarah Denbow Thompson born 1801 is 29.  


 

1850 New Rumley Township, Harrison County, Ohio Census

Family 17
Arbaugh Rosa Ann 51 Baltimore Co. Md.
Arbaugh Margaret 27 Harrison Co. Oh.
Arbaugh Levi 24 farmer Harrison Co. Oh.
Arbaugh John 20 farmer Harrison Co. Oh.
Arbaugh Lydia A. 22 Harrison Co. Oh.

Family 39
Thompson H 31 farmer $1,500 Washington Co. Pa.
Thompson Delia 26 Washington Co. Pa.
Thompson James 4 Harrison Co. Oh.
Thompson Alexander W 1 Harrison Co. Oh.

Family 54
Albaugh John 43 farmer $2,400 Carroll Co. Oh.
Albaugh Catharine 42 Jefferson Co. Oh.
Albaugh John 18 Carroll Co. Oh.
Albaugh Samuel 16 Carroll Co. Oh.
Albaugh Margaret Ann 12 Carroll Co. Oh.
Albaugh Daniel 10 Carroll Co. Oh.
Albaugh Mary 8 Carroll Co. Oh.
Albaugh Jacob 6 Carroll Co. Oh.
Albaugh Sarah 4 Carroll Co. Oh.
Albaugh Leah 2 Carroll Co. Oh.
Albaugh Joseph 11/12 Carroll Co. Oh.

Family 55
Albaugh William 21 farmer Carroll Co. Oh.
Albaugh Mary 19 Carroll Co. Oh.
Albaugh Lorenzo 8 Carroll Co. Oh.

Family 78
Shambaugh Michael 38 farmer $4,000 Perry Co. Pa.
Shambaugh Hester 33 [Hettie] Fayette Co. Pa.
Shambaugh James 17 farmer Harrison Co. Oh.
Shambaugh Elizabeth 16 Harrison Co. Oh.
Shambaugh Mary Ann 13 Harrison Co. Oh.
Shambaugh Simon 11 Harrison Co. Oh.
Shambaugh Adam 9 Harrison Co. Oh.
Shambaugh Charlotte 7 Harrison Co. Oh.
Shambaugh Mariah 5 Harrison Co. Oh.
Shambaugh Jane 3 Harrison Co. Oh.
Shambaugh John 1 Harrison Co. Oh.

Family 81
Shambaugh George 35 farmer Pa.
Shambaugh Matilda 30 Westmoreland Co. Pa.
Shambaugh Sarah Jane 10 Harrison Co. Oh.
Shambaugh Isaac 6 Harrison Co. Oh.
Shambaugh George 2 Harrison Co. Oh.
Shambaugh George 68 farmer York Co. Pa.

Family 98
Shambaugh Philip 49 farmer $4,000 Perry Co. Pa.
Shambaugh Catharine 43 Md.
Shambaugh Levi 12 Harrison Co. Oh.
Shambaugh Sarah 11 Harrison Co. Oh.
Shambaugh Samuel 10 Harrison Co. Oh.
Shambaugh Eliza 9 Harrison Co. Oh.
Shambaugh William 8 Harrison Co. Oh.
Shambaugh Lavina 7 Harrison Co. Oh.
Shambaugh Margaret 5 Harrison Co. Oh.
Shambaugh Rachel 2 Harrison Co. Oh.

Family 129
Coulter John 30 carpenter $150 Armstrong Co. Pa.
Coulter Mary 27   Harrrison Co. Oh.
Coulter William 6   Harrrison Co. Oh.
Coulter James 3   Harrrison Co. Oh.
Coulter Sarah Jane 1   Harrrison Co. Oh.
Coulter George H. 21 tailor  Armstrong Co. Pa.

Family 131
Arbaugh William 28 stone mason $300 Harrison Co. Oh.
Arbaugh Dianna 23   Harrison Co. Oh.
Arbaugh Joshua 3   Harrison Co. Oh.
Arbaugh Chastina 1   Harrison Co. Oh.

Family 134
Heidy Thomas 38 farmer $1,200 Md.
Heidy Susannah 39   Pa.
Heidy Sarah Jane 16   Harrison Co. Oh.
Heidy John 14   Harrison Co. Oh.
Heidy Thomas 12   Harrison Co. Oh.
Heidy Elizabeth 9   Harrison Co. Oh.
Heidy Jacob 7   Harrison Co. Oh.
Heidy Samuel 5   Harrison Co. Oh.
Heidy Nancy A. 3   Harrison Co. Oh.
Heidy Isabel 1   Harrison Co. Oh.
Heidy Sarah Jane 75   Md.

Family 140
Arbaugh John 27 carpenter  Jefferson Co. Oh.
Arbaugh Martha 26   Jefferson Co. Oh.
Arbaugh Thomas 5   Harrison Co. Oh.
Arbaugh Melancthon 3   Harrison Co. Oh.
Arbaugh Jacob 1   Harrison Co. Oh.

Family 158
Arbaugh David 35 merchant  Adams Co. Md.
Arbaugh Susannah 32   Adams Co. Md.
Arbaugh Mariah 10   Harrison Co. Oh.
Arbaugh Mary 7   Harrison Co. Oh.
Arbaugh Rebecca 4   Harrison Co. Oh.
Arbaugh Catharine 1   Harrison Co. Oh.



My line, therefore my major focus is Zach Caleb 1 and Priscilla Albaugh Thompson and the Fayette County, Iowa connection.

....Zachariah Caleb 1 Thompson and Priscilla Albaugh came to Brush Creek or Arlington, Fayette County, Iowa, in 1865, following the lead of sons Samuel and Morris J.  who pioneered in the Taylorville/Brush Creek area in 1854. Sons William and Alex would soon remove to Fayette County ....The Thompson's were a true pioneer family in the southeast corner and central part of Fayette County, Iowa, in the early 1850's,  and in Harrison/Carroll County, Ohio in the 1820's.  All of  the other Thompson children would migrate to Fayette County, Iowa, and many descendents would move as pioneer farmers to the west as land opened up in the 1870's through the 1890's.
 ..... Priscilla Albaugh (1805-1879) would meet and marry Zachariah Caleb 1 Thompson (1796-1880) on January 15, 1822, in New Rumley Twp., Harrison Co., Ohio. The Thompson's were of Scottish background, having immigrated to American as part of the Scotch-Irish movement in the early 1700's. The Thompson Story will be told on another page.  Zach Caleb 1 Thompson had migrated at the age of 21 from Maryland to Harrison Co., Ohio, in 1817.  Zach and Priscilla would farm and have ten children in Harrison Co., Ohio. In 1854, two of their children Samuel and Morris Jackson Thompson would migrate and be very early settlers near Taylorsville, three miles to the NxNW of Brush Creek (later in 1895 renamed Arlington), Iowa.   Brush Creek however, would soon become the dominate village in the area for the Thompson Clan.  Other children would also migrate to Brush Creek with their siblings, and settle in Fayette County around Brush Creek, Fayette, Wadena, Elgin, West Union, Grannis Canyon.
.... Samuel (my gggrandfather) would die on the way back to Ohio in 1864 (or 1865, the date being somewhat in question), perhaps to get the parents, and be buried in Allen Cemetery (the first lot in row 6, the stone probably being broken and thrown away, so in 2000 the grave would be unmarked) in Harrison Co. Thus in 1865, Zach C 1, age 69, and Priscilla, age 60, would buy 120 acres of a government tract on the very southern edge of the tiny pioneer village of Brush Creek (the history of Brush Creek/Arlington is posted on other pages) and farm there until their deaths fifteen years later. The farm land was tall and wet grass prairie, located to the SE of the Six Corner Intersection at the south edge of Brush Creek. The old Mission Trail from Dubuque to Ft. Atkinson ran on the western edge of their land. Son Morris J. was farming two miles to the west of Brush Creek, and directly west of his father Zach 1.  Son Samuel had been farming in the Grannis Canyon area six miles to the north, and apparently ( my gggrandmother) Samuel's wife Martha Sherman Thompson, with six children (ages 1-10) were still on that farm when Zach and Priscilla arrived from Ohio, in 1865. When Samuel died on the way back to Ohio,  least some of Samuel's and Martha's children were taken in by Morris J.  Martha would go on the marry John Little, a Brush Creek farmer and cooper a couple of miles NW of Brush Creek (about one mile directly north of where Morris J. was farming and blacksmithing).
.... Thus the Thompson/Albuagh Clan connection to Taylorsville, Brush Creek/Arlington, Fayette County, Iowa, began in 1854, with the migration of the sons, and of Zach Caleb I and Priscilla Albaugh Thompson in 1865, and the migration of several other children. Zach and Priscilla, Morris J. Eli, and William. are buried in Groat Cemetery, Arlington, Iowa, along with their spouses and some grandchildren.   Many of the grandchildren of Zach and Priscilla continued the pioneer migration to the west, during the last decades of the 1800's. The Clans were true American Pioneers.
....Every year the Thompson/Albaugh Clan out of Brush Creek, Iowa, holds an annual reunion, on the first Sunday in August at the Legion Hall in Arlington.  The 100th consecutive Thompson Reunion will be in the year 2004.


Harford County, Maryland
....In 1608, Captain John Smith (of Pocahontas fame) discovered a neck of the Cheseapeake Bay, reaching into what would become Harford County, that he would name in honor of the town in England where he was born, Willowby.  He names the narrowing tributary into the Bay, Willowby's Run.  Later this Run would be named Bush River, and reached a few miles into Harford Co, after which the stream name becomes Winter's Run
....Thomas and Sarah Thompson, father of Andrew had a farm on the banks of Bush River, or more probably farther upstream on Winter's Run. He appears in an early Marylnad census in Harford Co.  The family apparently consisted of 12-13 children, with Andrew being the oldest, born in 1769.  Thomas fought in the American Revolution.  The couple apparently lived and died in the area of their farm in Harford Co, Maryland.

....In 1637, Lord Baltimore took proprietary possession of Baltimore Co, and the county was divided.  The western half becoming Baltimore, the eastern half becoming Harford County.
....Almost immediately Lord Baltimore directed his brother the appointed governor of Maryland to appoint six men as a general assembly of ree men to meet with Lord Baltimore at his town of St. Mary's on Jan 25, 1638, to consult and advise of "affairs of the Province.
....It would appear by 1640 the basic principals of representative legislature had been established in Maryland, at a time of suppression of political and religious freedom back in England.  Other models of popular government were also springing up.
....Maryland was originally a Roman Catholic settlement and continued so until 1649, when the great Toleration Act was passed.  Thus Maryland would take the lead in religious freedom, and was the first community in modern times where the civil and religious power was separated.
....The laws of the times were very stringent.  Working on Sunday meant forfeiting 200 lbs. of tobacco to the county.  Bacons Laws stated:  Blasphemy against God, denying our Saviour Jesus Christ or Holy Trinity, or the God-head of any of the three persons shall be punished with death and confiscation of lands and goods.
....In 1659 Thomas Thurston, belonging to the Society of Friends, acquired about 1000 acres and settled near the present site of Bush town, also known as Harford Town.  
....The Old Post Road established in 1666 started at Philadelphia, and wound its way through the wilderness to Annapolis and into Virginia.  Bush town was on the Old Post Road, and had a most popular Inn where George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Henry Clay and many other notables of that early day, gathered to discuss affairs of State in the 1770's.
....In 1771 the Sixth Lord Baltimore died, leaving no legitimate heirs, so the title of Lord became extinct.  He did have a son born out of wedlock, Henry Harford, who by his father's will became proprietary of the Maryland Colony.  
....In 1773, after almost 125 years, the self-governing freemen of Maryland, being petitioned by the populous, passed a law forming a new county out of the eastern half of Baltimore County, naming it Harford after the proprietary, Henry Harford.  
....The same Assembly of Freemen directed the first term of court for Harford County be hald at Harford Town or Bush Town on March 22, 1774.
....England would impose the Stamp Act but the furor of the colonists caused it to be repealed.  Intolerances for old world presecutions and institutions would soon lead to an uprising, and the American Revolution would be started.  

....Thomas Thompson became a Maryland Militia Man September 14, 1775.  He would later muster (join) into the Continental Army, April 2, 1778, and be honorably discharged December 4, 1780.


Discovery and Exploration of Harford County

....Harford County, Maryland was first discovered in 1608 by Captain John Smith of the Virginia Colony (the same John Smith of the Pocahontas legend).  He made a fairly accurate map of the upper country and its islands and shores.  On this map, he designated many places whose names as still in use today.
....The island now called Poole's, he named "Powell's Isles" after Nathaniel Powell in his crew.  He named Willowbye's River (today's Bush River) after the town in which he was born and in honor of his friend, Lord Wollowby.
....Smith proceeded northward from the Bush River, passing what is known today as Spesutia Island and Havre de Grace, and into the Susquehanna River.  He traveled up the Susquehanna to a stream flowing from the northeast, which is believed to be Deer Creek.
....he first settlement in the region was made by a young Englishman, Edward Palmer in approximately 1622. Having heard about the Smith exploration, Palmer decided to establish a fur trading post in a spot where he could trade with the Indian trappers to the north.  This location, at the mouth of the Susquehanna, was also accessible by water to other trading posts on the Bay and rivers to the south. The name was changed to Garrett Island, in honor of the president of the B & O Railroad John W. Garrett, in 1885.
....One of the first permanent settlements in the county was on Poole's Island, which was granted to Captain Robert Norris in 1659.  About 1649, Col. Utie came from Virginia to explore the upper bay region and find a place to settle.  In 1658, Bearson's Island, located a few hundred yards south of Havre de Grace, was granted to Nathaniel Utie.   He changed the name to Spesutie, using the latin Spes-Utie, meaning Utie's Hope.  The spelling was later changed to Spesutia as it is known today.


Harford County Established
....Harford County had its beginnings as a part of Baltimore County, which was created in 1659 and included the territory of Baltimore, Harford and Cecil counties.
....The first county seat, the town of Old Baltimore situated on the east bank of Bush River in what is now Aberdeen Proving Ground, was authorized in 1674.  In 1712, the county seat was moved to "Gunpowder Town", located at Joppa on the east side of the Little Gunpowder where Joppatowne now stands.  In 1768, after many difficulties in Joppa, including a smallpox epidemic, the county seat was moved to Baltimore.
....Harford was not organized into a county until 1774.  At that time the present territory was fairly well settled; the population, including blacks, amounted to thirteen thousand people.  Roads had been laid out, bridges made, churches built and our progenitors lived in a peaceful and well-governed section as citizens of Baltimore County.
....The Act of the General Assembly of 1773, called for the division of Baltimore County and for the erecting of a new one by the name of Harford. The boundaries of the county were established as follows:  "That...all that part of Baltimore county which is included within the bounds following, to wit:  Beginning at the mouth of the little falls of Gunpowder river, and running with the said falls to the fountain head, and from thence north to the temporary line of this province, and thence with the temporary line to Susquehanna river, thence with Susquehanna to Chesapeake bay, and thence with the said bay, including Spesutia and Pool's Islands, to the mouth of the Gunpowder river, and thence up the said river to the beginning aforesaid, shall be and is hereby erected into a new county, by the name of Harford county." 
....The first court for the new county was held on March 22, 1774 at Harford Town, or Bush, located at what is now the junction of Route 7 and Route 136.  In 1775, the citizens of Harford county passed "The Bush Declaration", becoming the first organized body of men in the country to proclaim independence from Britain.
....After the Revolution, in 1782, an election was held to move the County Seat to Bel Air, where it remains to this day.


Harford County Timeline
1608--Captain John Smith explored the Chesapeake Bay and mapped the Harford County area.
1632--Maryland Charter granted - - passed to Cecil Calvert, Lord Baltimore.
1634--First Maryland settlement, St. Mary’s City.
1658--Havre de Grace was settled. It is first known as Susquehanna Lower Ferry and was a stop on the old Post Road.
1661--The town of Old Baltimore on the east bank of the Bush River was established.
1674--Old Baltimore was authorized as the first Baltimore County Seat.
1691--County Seat was relocated to Fork of the Gunpowder.
1709--Joppatowne (called Joppa at the time) became the site of the County Seat.
1771--Henry Harford, son of Fredrick Calvert the Sixth Lord of Baltimore, inherited the Province of Maryland. Henry Harford was the last proprietary of Maryland.
1773--Harford County was separated from Baltimore County. It was named after Henry Harford. The County Seat was moved to Bush.
1775--The Bush Declaration was signed.
1780--The Town of Bel Air was first planned out by Aquilla Scott on a portion of his inheritance called Scott’s Improvement Enlarged, also known as Scott’s Old Fields.
1781--Revolutionary War troops camped in Havre de Grace in September in route to Yorktowne and once again after Cornwallis’ surrender. As Washington’s troops came through Maryland they were fully resupplied.
1782--Plans for the Bel Air Courthouse were laid out by Daniel Scott. Scott’s Improvement Enlarged, Bel Air became the County Seat.
1784--The Act of 1784 changed the name of Scott’s Improvement Enlarged to “Belle Aire.”
1785--Havre de Grace was incorporated.
1788--Maryland’s Convention ratified (by a vote of 63 to 11) the proposed new Constitution for the United States. Samuel Chase, William Paca (born in the Abingdon Area), and Luther Martin argued that it must be amended.
1790--Baltimore has become a boomtown, ranking only behind Philadelphia, New York, and Boston among American cities (with 13,500 inhabitants in the census of 1790).
1813--May 3, the British burned and plundered the town of Havre de Grace during the War of 1812.
1836--The Baltimore and Port Deposit Rail Road was completed as far as Havre de Grace.
1839--The Susquehanna and Tidewater Canal opened.
1852--The Susquehanna River froze so hard that railroad tracks were run across the ice at Havre de Grace.


Descendants of Thomas Thompson
The family apparently consisted of 12-13 children


1 Thomas Thompson b: 1746 in Scottland
.. +Sarah Unknown b: 1746 in Scottland (Harford Co, MD)
..... 2 Andrew Thompson b: 1769 in Harford County, Maryland d: April 10, 1835 in Carroll Co, Ohio Burial: Allen Cemetery, Perry Twp., Carroll Co., Ohio
......... +Elizabeth Denbow b: 1774 in Harford County, Maryland d: 1848 in Harrison Co, Ohio Burial: Allen Cemetery, Perry Twp., Carroll Co., Ohio Father: John Denbow Mother: Martha Unknown
..... 2 Elizabeth Thompson b: 1771
..... 2 Susanna (Ann) Thompson b: 1772
..... 2 Mary Thompson b: 1773
..... 2 Martha Thompson b: 1776

....Thomas and Sarah Thompson, father of Andrew had a farm on the banks of Bush River, or more probably farther upstream on Winter's Run. He appears in an early Maryland census in Harford Co.  The family apparently consisted of 12-13 children, with Andrew being the oldest, born in 1769.  Thomas fought in the American Revolution.  The couple apparently lived and died in the area of their farm in Harford Co, Maryland.
....Thomas Thompson became a Maryland Militia Man September 14, 1775.  He would later muster (join) into the Continental Army, April 2, 1778, and be honorably discharged December 4, 1780 (age 34)


Thompson's Listed in Harford County in the 1790 Maryland Census
Key of numbers: 
1st position = free white males under 16
2nd position = free white males over 16
3rd position = all females
4th position = all other free persons
5th position = slaves

Thompson Thomas A 2 3 7 . 4 
Thompson Jms 2 2 3 . 1
Thompson Andw 2 2 6 . 1
Thompson James 1 5 2 . .
Thompson Danl 1 1 6 . .
Thompson Thos 3 4 8 . .
Thompson Josha 1 3 3 . .
Thompson Mary . . 1 . 1
Thompson David 3 4 5 . 6
Thompson John 2 1 2 7 6
Thompson Jas 3 2 1 . 2
Thompson Edward 3 2 4 . .
Thompson Edwd 3 1 1 . 6
Thompson Ingere 3 1 3 . .

Denbow John 2 1 6 . 2



Descendants of Andrew II Thompson
and Elizabeth Denbow
 

 

1 Andrew Thompson b: 1769 in Harford County, Maryland d: April 10, 1835 in Carroll Co, Ohio Burial: Allen Cemetery, Perry Twp., Carroll Co., Ohio
.. +Elizabeth Denbow b: 1774 in Harford County, Maryland d: 1848 in Harrison Co, Ohio Burial: Allen Cemetery, Perry Twp., Carroll Co., Ohio Father: John Denbow Mother: Martha Unknown
... 2 Josiah Thompson b: 1795
....... +Cassandra Denbow b: 1805 in Maryland d: 1879 m: 1825 Father: Thomas Denbow
........ 3 Andrew Thompson b: 1832 d: 1870
... 2 Zachariah I Caleb Thompson b: February 20, 1796 in Hartford Co, Maryland d: November 15, 1880 in Brush Creek, later Arlington, Fayette Co, Iowa Burial: Groat Cemetery, Arlington, Fayette Co., IA
....... +Priscilla Albaugh b: December 15, 1805 in Farm near Kilgore, Carroll Co., Ohio d: November 06, 1879 in Brush Creek, later Arlington, Fayette Co, Iowa Burial: Groat Cemetry, Arlington, Fayette Co., IA m: January 15, 1822 in New Rumley, Harrison Co, Ohio Father: Morris Albaugh Mother: Mary Catherine Beamer
........ 3 [1] William David Thompson b: January 12, 1823 in New Rumley, Harrison Co, Ohio d: August 02, 1894 in Arlington, Fayette Co, Iowa Burial: Groat Cemetery, Arlington, Fayette Co., Iowa
............ +Eliza Jane Stewart b: 1829 d: April 14, 1848 in Carroll Co., Ohio Burial: Perryville Historical M.E. Cemetery, Carroll Co., Ohio m: March 07, 1847 in Carroll Co, Ohio Father: Mahlon Stewart Mother: Elizabeth Park
........ *2nd Wife of [1] William David Thompson:
............ +Jane Capper b: December 04, 1825 in Carroll Co., Ohio d: 1905 in Arlington, Fayette Co, Iowa m: April 25, 1850 in Carroll Co, Ohio Father: John Capper Mother: Susannah Morrison
........ 3 Eli Isaac Thompson b: November 03, 1824 in Perryville, New Rumley Twp., Harrison Co, OH d: February 03, 1903 in Sargent, Custer Co., NE Burial: Groat Cemetery, Arlington, Fayette Co., Iowa
............ +Eliza Kirby b: 1825 d: January 02, 1881 Burial: Groat Cemetery, Arlington, Fayette Co., Iowa m: December 18, 1845 in Carroll Co, Ohio
........ 3 Morris Thompson b: April 1826 in New Rumley, Harrison Co, OH d: July 01, 1826 in New Rumley, Harrison Co, OH
........ 3 Samuel Andrew Thompson I b: August 15, 1827 in Rumley Twp., Harrison County, Ohio d: April 07, 1865 in Trip to Harrison County, Ohio Burial: Allen Memorial Cem,Perry Twp, Carroll Co,Ohio
............ +Martha Jane Sherman b: January 10, 1833 in Harrison County, Ohio d: January 25, 1921 Burial: I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Harper, Kansas m: January 25, 1853 in Carroll Co, Ohio Father: Caleb J. Sherman Mother: Mary Ann Heidy
........ 3 [2] Morris Jackson Thompson b: September 03, 1829 in New Rumley, Harrison Co, OH d: 1918 in Arlington, Fayette Co, Iowa Burial: Groat Cemetery, Arlington, Fayette Co., IA
............ +Sarah Jane Brown b: 1832 d: 1870 in Brush Creek, Arlington, Fayette Co, Iowa Burial: Groat Cemetery, Arlington, Fayette Co., IA m: July 06, 1851 in Carroll Co, Ohio
........ *2nd Wife of [2] Morris Jackson Thompson:
............ +Catherine H. Briney b: 1838 d: 1926 in Arlington, Fayette Co, Iowa Burial: Groat Cemetery, Arlington, Fayette Co., IA m: June 30, 1872 in Buchanan Co., IA
........ 3 Catherine Thompson b: September 26, 1831 in New Rumley, Harrison Co, OH d: May 02, 1914 in Custer, Custer Co., Nebraska
............ +John Mordecai Amos b: March 25, 1831 in Pennsylvania d: July 13, 1907 in Wescott, Custer Co., Nebraska m: March 21, 1850 in Carroll Co, Ohio Father: John Amos Mother: Metsy
........ 3 Alexander Thompson b: November 09, 1834 in New Rumley, Harrison Co, OH d: 1894 in Carroll Co, Ohio
............ +Lavina Foster b: 1832 d: 1909 m: September 18, 1859 in Carroll Co, Ohio
........ 3 Martha Thompson b: May 15, 1836 in New Rumley, Harrison Co, OH d: 1911 in Fayette, Fayette Co., Iowa
............ +William J. Allen b: 1836 in Carroll Co, Ohio d: 1909 m: April 28, 1859 in Perry Twp., Carroll Co, Ohio Father: Joseph Allen Mother: Sarah Manchester
........ 3 [3] Allen C. Thompson b: January 30, 1838 in New Rumley, Harrison Co, OH d: 1913
............ +Helen Matilda Billings b: 1853 d: April 17, 1921
........ *2nd Wife of [3] Allen C. Thompson:
............ +Louisa Sell b: 1841 d: 1912 m: January 26, 1865 in Carrollton, Carroll Co, Ohio
........ 3 Elizabeth Thompson b: May 05, 1842 in New Rumley, Harrison Co, OH d: 1908
............ +Willian Henry Moore b: 1840 d: 1904 m: in Late in life.
........ 3 David B. Thompson b: May 01, 1845 in New Rumley, Harrison Co, OH d: July 13, 1932 in Fayette, Fayette Co., Iowa Burial: Taylorville Cemetery, north of Arlington, Fayette Co., Iowa
............ +Mary Ellen Hill b: 1848 d: 1933 Burial: Taylorville Cemetery, north of Arlington, Fayette Co., Iowa m: February 12, 1868 in West Union, Fayette Co., Iowa
... 2 Eli M. Thompson b: 1798  (Grandfather of Thomas W. Thompson, author of "The Thompson Genealogy.")
... 2 Sarah Denbow Thompson b: 1801 d: 1878 in Osage, Allen Co., Kansas
....... +William Albaugh b: 1802 in Harford County, Maryland d: November 06, 1879 in Richland, Shawnee Co., Kansas m: September 18, 1823 in New Rumley, Harrison Co, Ohio Father: Morris Albaugh Mother: Mary Catherine Beamer
... 2 Gabriel D. Thompson b: April 28, 1803 d: February 09, 1879 Burial: Allen Memorial Cemetery, with Samuel Thompson, in his lot.
....... +Elizabeth b: July 27, 1811 d: August 29, 1866
... 2 Daughter? Thompson b: 1806
... 2 Eliza Thompson b: 1808
....... +Emanuel Hendricks
... 2 Clemency Thompson b: August 04, 1810
... 2 Basil Thompson b: 1813

 

Andrew II Thompson b: 1769 in Harford County, Maryland d: April 10, 1835 in Carroll Co, Ohio


Allen Cemetery
Andrew Thompson died April 10, 1835, age 66+, and is buried in Allen Cemetery, situated about 3 miles from Scio on the Kilgore Road.

The old, original slab limestone marker leaning on the newer granite marker in Allen Cemetery reads,
"Andrew Thompson, who departed this life April 10, 1835, in the 67th year of his age."  
Close by was his wife's grave marker, being badly disintegrated in the late 1950's, with only  the letters "ABETH" being legible.


Where did the children of Andrew and Eliz Denbow Thompson locate?

Where did the children of Andrew and Eliz Denbow Thompson locate?
....Josiah
, remained in Carroll.Co.OH
....Zachariah 1 Caleb---farmed near Lamartine/Perryville, then joined sons in Fayette Co, Iowa in 1865/66.
....Eli M, remained in Carroll Co. OH.
....Sarah Denbow (William, bro of Priscilla Albaugh), 1877 moved to farm in Shawnee.Co.KS
....Gabriel D., moved to Jewett, Ohio
....Eliza (Emanuel Hendricks)---farmed near Scio, Harrison Co, Ohio
....Clemency (John Kirby)---farmed near Lamartine/Perryville, New Rumley Twp, Carroll Co, Ohio
....Basil, farmed on Chestnut Ridge, south of Scio, Harrison Co, Ohio (his father Andrew raised the family on a tract in Maryland known as Chestnut Ridge).


1 Andrew Thompson b: 1769 in Harford County, Maryland d: April 10, 1835 in Carroll Co, Ohio Burial: Allen Cemetery, Perry Twp., Carroll Co., Ohio
.. +Elizabeth Denbow b: 1774 in Harford County, Maryland d: 1848 in Harrison Co, Ohio Burial: Allen Cemetery, Perry Twp., Carroll Co., Ohio Father: John Denbow Mother: Martha Unknown
... 2 Josiah Thompson b: 1795
....... +Cassandra Denbow b: 1805 in Maryland d: 1879 m: 1825 Father: Thomas Denbow
... 2 Zachariah I Caleb Thompson b: February 20, 1796 in Hartford Co, Maryland d: November 15, 1880 in Brush Creek, later Arlington, Fayette Co, Iowa Burial: Groat Cemetery, Arlington, Fayette Co., IA
....... +Priscilla Albaugh b: December 15, 1805 in Farm near Kilgore, Carroll Co., Ohio d: November 06, 1879 in Brush Creek, later Arlington, Fayette Co, Iowa Burial: Groat Cemetry, Arlington, Fayette Co., IA m: January 15, 1822 in New Rumley, Harrison Co, Ohio Father: Morris Albaugh Mother: Mary Catherine Beamer
... 2 Eli M. Thompson b: 1798  (Grandfather of Thomas W. Thompson, author of "The Thompson Genealogy.")
... 2 Sarah Denbow Thompson b: 1801 d: 1878 in Osage, Allen Co., Kansas
....... +William Albaugh b: 1802 in Harford County, Maryland d: November 06, 1879 in Richland, Shawnee Co., Kansas m: September 18, 1823 in New Rumley, Harrison Co, Ohio Father: Morris Albaugh Mother: Mary Catherine Beamer
... 2 Gabriel D. Thompson b: April 28, 1803 d: February 09, 1879 Burial: Allen Memorial Cemetery, with Samuel Thompson, in his lot.
....... +Elizabeth b: July 27, 1811 d: August 29, 1866
... 2 Daughter? Thompson b: 1806
... 2 Eliza Thompson b: 1808
....... +Emanuel Hendricks
... 2 Clemency Thompson b: August 04, 1810
... 2 Basil Thompson b: 1813


 


The Thompson's are Scotch
....This book (Thompson Genelaogy) is not presumed to be an infalible record of the Thomas and Sarah Thompson family as recorded in the Bush River Lower Hundred Census, Harford Co, MD, August 15, 1776, taken by J. Renshaw Jr.
....The primary interest is in the oldest child, Andrew Thompson, 7 years old at the time of the first Colonial census.  
....Andrew grew to manhood and married a neighbor girl, Elizabeth Denbow.  They would have 9 children while still in Harford Co, Maryland, on a farm on a tract of land known as Chestnut Ridge.
....The Andrew Thompson family would migrate to the great northwest territory in 1817, and settle in New Rumley Twp, Harrison Co, Ohio.
....The Thompson's were pure Scotch, part of the "first plantation of Ulster."  After the Thompson clan helped proclaim their native Scotland a Protestant nation, they joined the exodus to northern Ireland and took their native faith with them.  The Scotch Irish were not of Irish blood, but were purely Scotch.
....The Thompson name is common among the records of Ayrshire, the lowlands of Scotland from which the Thompson's removed to northern Ireland.  
....The Scotch-Irish immigrated from the lowlands of Ayrshire, to northern Ireland at the time of the so called "first plantation of Ulster" in 1606-1625.  Large land grants in Northern Ireland were given to Scotch nobles as their reward for faithfulness to the king.  These nobles had subjects under their leadership/command/servitude who supplied goods and warriors for battle.  Thus the nobles were obliged/needed to transplant thousands of their subjects into Northern Ireland to command and control the land for the Scottish King.  
....After these Scots had saved Ulster for Protestantism and the Scottish Crown in the revolution of 1688, they were still grievously and unjustly discriminated against in matters of religion, especially of the Presbyterian form.  Certain enactments of the Bishop's party deprived them of holding public office and required them to pay tithes (taxes) in support of the Episcopal Clergy, prohibited marriages from being performed by Presbyterian ministers, declaring illegitimate the children of such marriages; prohibited marriages from being performed by any but bishop ordained priests of Episcopal or Catholic church, and economic causes arising from tariffs levied against their goods, and raising of rents by land-lords should be sufficient reasons for the exodus from Ulster to America.
....The first migration of the Scotch-Irish to America took place in 1718-1750.  As land leases ran out in Northern Ireland, rents were raised again and the second migration took place.  From 1771-1773, the movement of the population of Scots out of Northern Ireland grew to such proportions that the Scottish governemtn feared complete depopulation, so it took stern measures to stem the migrations.  
....It was from this background that the Thompson's forefathers come form and were discussing the "British" control measures of the new Americans.  
....The Thompson's in America were listed especially as  farmers and tradesmen (carpenters, masons, cabinet-makers, blacksmiths, shoemakers, educators, lawyers, merchants, bookkeepers, postal service, technicians, bankers, congressmen, salesmen).
....Thomas Thompson became a Maryland Militia man September 14, 1775.  He would later muster (join) into the Continental Army, April 2, 1778, and be honorably discharged December 4, 1780.


Andrew (age 48) and Elizabeth Denbow (age 43) Thompson 
Remove to New Rumley Twp, Harrison Co, Ohio in 1817

....They came by wagon train, wagons pulled by ox team, with nine children, live stock and a few scant household and farming tools.  From 1803 to 1829 land in the northwest territory of Ohio was selling fro $2 per acres with a minimum of 160 acres, 1/4 in cash and the rest in three equal payments.
....New Rumley town was laid out in 1811, by Jacob Custer.  Jacob Custer's sister Susanna and husband John Hendricks came to New Rumley Township, Ohio, in 1806, from Cresaptown, Maryland.  

....In 1820 two  of the Thompson brothers, Josiah (age 25) and Zachariah Caleb 1 (age 24), took up a land grant from the American government, and situated a short distance from Lamartine, in New Rumley Twp, Carroll County, Ohio. In 1820, land was just starting to be sold for $1.25 per acre instead of the $2 in 1803.  The minimum was 80 acres, cash.
....It was a custom of homesteaders to mark some new land and build a log cabin next to a good spring of water, then file claim to the land, and this is apparently what Andrew's sons, Josiah and Zach Caleb 1 Thompson farmed together from 1820 until about 1865/1866.  The tract of land was still in the 1960's known as the "Thompson farm."  
....In 1865/1866, Zach Caleb 1, would sell out his share of the farm and move to Brush Creek, Fayette County, Iowa, to buy a 120 acre farm just south of town and join several of his sons who removed to Fayette County, Iowa starting in about 1854.  All of the offspring of Zach Caleb 1 and Priscilla Albaugh Thompson would end up living within several miles of Brush Creek (Arlington), Iowa.
....Many Maryland residents were removing to the Harrison County area in the first three decades of the 1800's. As one studies the surnames they can be seen living in close proximity and marrying.


NEW RUMLEY, Ohio (Rumley Twp.) Established Aug.16, 1813. Jacob Custer, proprietor.
...New Rumley was platted in 1813 by Jacob Custer, an uncle of the General.
....Prior to the building of the railroad in 1856, New Rumley was the half way point between Steubenville and New Philadelphia, and all stage coaches in both directions stopped there for the night. The 4 hotels or taverns, as they were called, did a thriving business. Liquor was said to have flowed freely, and many nights were filled with excitement. 
...According to records, the house where General Custer was born was originally a tavern. Another stood on the lot occupied by Van Fossan's Garage. Many of the older, residents remembered Jackie Shambaugh, who was a stage coach driver in his younger days. He was the great-grandfather of Sam and Harold Kimmel. 
...In the early days farmers who had wheat to sell had. to haul it with horses to some point of contact with the canal west of Dennison. Also, most of the articles farmers needed had to be hauled from the canal. One required item was salt, which was very expensive and was rationed by mothers carefully. The roads were very bad and the trips to the canal were tiresome for the horses and men. 
...The coming of the Steubenville and Indiana Railroad (now the Penn-Central-Amtrak) was one of the greatest boons ever to come to the community. No longer was it necessary to make the long, weary trip to the canal, instead the wheat and other products could be delivered to the Fairview or New Market, and the needed commodities were readily available. 
...New Rumley was platted 46 years before the first oil well  was drilled.. It wasn't until some years after the Civil War that kerosene lamps came into common use. In the meantime: the only lighting in homes was the tallow candle: The homes were heated by open fireplaces; using wood for fuel. Often the only light would be from the fireplace. 
...In the early days, the only public conveyance was the stage coach. People often traveled a long distance on foot. A trip to Steubenville was a day's journey on poor roads. 
...Farm labor was done by hand: All hay was cut with scythes and wheat and oats were cut with sickles, then replaced by grain cradles. Later, the reaper appeared and then the self binder. Threshing was done with flails, or the grain tramped loose from the chaff and straw by having horses walls over it continuously. 
...Schools were one-room log affairs, open for only a few months each year so that the children could help with chores at home.
...n the early days, much of the land in Rumley Township was covered with virgin timber. The finest trees were used to build log cabins, barns, and fences.


State of Ohio

On March 1, 1803, Ohio became the 17th state to enter the Union. Its entry was based upon the Northwest Ordinance, the Enabling Act of April 30, 1802, and the Ohio Constitution, adopted November 29, 1802. Formal Congressional admittance of Ohio into the Union was by a Joint Resolution of Congress (H.J. Res. 121), on August 7, 1953, to take effect March 1, 1803 (Public Law 204, Chapter 337). This 150-year lapse in formal admittance did not affect Ohio’s legal status as a state.


Harrison County, Ohio

Harrison (organized in 1813), named for General William Henry Harrison, a hero of the War of 1812. First U.S. President to have lived in Ohio.

....Harrison county comprises over 400 square miles of the ancient and deeply eroded Allegheny plateau. In general, the surface of the county consist of rounded, gently sloping ridges, thickly interspersed with valley's. A divide, situated in the eastern fourth of the county and not on which Cadiz stands, seperates the streams flowing to the Upper Ohio from these tributary to the Tuscarawas.
....Streams east o this divide, Short, Cross and Wheeling Creeks, are known for their narrow, stoney valleys and swift currents. These creeks west of the divide, Big Stillwater, Little Stillwater and Conotton, are noted for their broad,  alluvial valleys, meandering courses and sluggish flow.
....Since early settlement,  the limestone and clay soils of Harrison county has yielded abundant timber, grains, hay and pasture. Beneath this soil, s considerable mineral wealth, including coal and limestone in the eastern third of the county, sandstone near Freeport and Tippecanoe, and petroleum and gas at various points throughout the county.
....Harrison county earliest settlers, who arrived in  1796,were mostly Virginians. Later Pennsylvania contributed great numbers of pioneers to the county, most of whom were scotch-irish. People of German decent settled much of the northern fifth of Harrison. Other races and nationalities follow the Scotch-Irish and the Germans. British people, a very few French, Negroes of whom few were actually manumitted, Italians, Poles, Slovaks,and Hungarians. Of this last wave of settlers, the polish are probably the largest and most permanent single group.
....Historically, Harrison County has always been a prominent stock-raising area; at one time(1887),it was recognized as one of the nation's leading producers of fine wool. Large scale coal mining dominates in the eastern third of the county and timbering ,stock raising and ceramic production in the western part's. With the construction of Tappan, Piedmont and Clendening Dams for recreation and to satisfy the Corp of Engineers existence several natural valleys will become giant siltation ponds with the loss of natural and agricultural habitat, and the historical grounds of the Indian and Pioneer cultures (IMO, I am not a fan of land exploitation and overpopulation, bz).
....From Indian times, Harrison county has been a crossroads of paths linking the Ohio valley and the interior of the state. Improved roads through the county were established as early as 1802 and railroads by 1856.
....The development of transportation in the county was accompanied by the evolution of an educational system. Common schools existed as early as 1806 and at one time the county boasted three colleges, Franklin of new Athens,  Hopedale normal and Scio collage.
....Harrison County political system operated from earliest settlement, achieved autonomy in 1813 when the county was established from parts of Jefferson and Tuscarawas Counties,and reached a measure of maturity in 1833 when the present county boundaries and 15 townships were defined
....The Villages 0f Harrison County were Established as follows:
Bowersville,  now Bowerston,1852
Deersville,1815
Fairview, now Jewett,1851
Franklin, now Tappan,1837
Freeport,1810
Georgetown,1814
Harrisville,1814
Hopedale,1849
Jefferson, now Germano,1815
Masterville, now Conotton,1851
Moorefield,1815
New Athens,1817
Hanover,1812
New Market, now Scio,1836
New Rumley,1813
Smyrna,1817
Tippecanoe,1840
Butler-Collinsport, now Piedmont, Grew in the Years of 1880
....Cadiz founded in 1804, is the largest village and the county seat.


Carroll County, Ohio is formed in 1833

Carroll County, Ohio was formed in 1833 and took the name Carroll from Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Maryland, the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence, who died in Baltimore on November 14, 1832, at the age of 96.

 


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