Elizabeth (Hall) Thompson (abt. 1750 - 1821)

Born about 28 Feb 1750 in Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Loring Thompson — married 20 Apr 1788 in Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States

Descendants

Died 21 Oct 1821 at about age 71 in Cornish, New Hampshire

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Biography

Elizabeth Hall was baptized at Sutton, Massachusetts on February 28, 1750, daughter of Stephen Hall and Sarah Taft. ^{[1] [2]}

She married first on December 21, 1769 Benjamin Swinnerton ^[1] whose parents came from England. ^[2]

Her husband Benjamin drowned in 1786 as he was crossing the Quecha river early in the morning with an Indian, the other man fell into the water and Mr. Swinnerton, in attempting to save his life, lost his own. ^[2]

Elizabeth married second Loring Thompson, widower on April 20, 1788. Loring was born in Halifax, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts on April 25, 1756 son of Thomas Thompson and Mary Loring. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Loring Thompson came to Cornish, New Hampshire when he was 5 years of age. He bought a large farm of Gen. Jonathan Chase. He afterwards enlisted in the army and was one of LaFayette's picked men when he crossed the Schuylkill was knocked down by the wind of a cannon ball and taken up for dead but revived he was taken prisoner and retaken and came home at the end of the war sound and hearty. ^[2]

Elizabeth died on October 21, 1821, in Cornish New Hampshire. ^[2]

After her death Loring married third, Rachel Whitton. ^{[3] [4]}

Elizabeth's children were by 1st husband Benjamin Swinnerton;

1. Peter ^[2] born about 1770; died at Croyden, New Hampshire in 1773, aged 3 years. ^[6]
2. Elizabeth ^[2] born about 1774/5; died at Croyden, New Hampshire in 1779, aged 4 years ^[7] with a canker rash.
3. Cyrus ^[2] born c1775/6; died aged 3 years in 1779 ^[8]; died near at the same time with canker rash. ^[2]
4. Asa Swinnerton born December 20, 1776 ^[9] the baby, also had the same rash and whom his mother saved when near to death by lancing the swelling inside his throat, no physician being near. Asa married January 10, 1807, Chloe Hall, daughter of Samuel R, Hall; residence Cornish New Hampshire. They had only one child, Hannah Hall b. Oct. 5, 1807.^[2]
5. Hannah Swinnerton married her cousin Samuel Hallon who was born on April 23, 1782 at Croydon; died at Guildhall, Vermont March 8, 1813; married December 5, 1805 at Guildhall ^[10] She died March 12, 1813 ^[2]
6. Lucy Swinnerton born ____; married John Rogers, a lawyer of Orford, New Hampshire ^[2] on May 8, 1810. ^[11] ; died at Orford on December 5, 1856. ^[12]
7. ? John born ___; died at Dracut a little before the time set for him to be married. ^[2]
8. Betsey Swinnerton born at Cornish, New Hampshire on November 16, 1785 ^[13] ; married August 1, 1806, William Allen, son of Jolin and Sarah Allen, a farmer of Croydon, and in 1809 set off to Cornish. He died October 1, 1856; she died April 25, 1856. ^[2]

Children by 2nd husband Loring Thompson:

1. Samuel Hall Thompson born on November 19, 1789 ^{[4] [14]}; married Mary Wright of Grantham, New Hampshire. ^[2]
2. Sarah Hall Thompson born on November 26, 1792 ^{[4] [15]}; married Jesse Tracy of Plainfield. ^[2]
3. Stephen Hall Thompson born in Cornish, October 26, 1795^{[4] [16]} ; died August 11, 1880 in North Charlestown, New Hampshire; married June 5, 1816, Sarah Allen sister to William Allen. She was born on September 1, 1799, and died in Windsor, Vermont on July 16, 1836. Stephen married second Hannah C___; died in North Charlestown on August 4, 1880. ^[2]

Research notes

Sutton Births/Baptisms

HALL, Elisabeth d. Stephen, bapt. April 22, 1750. CR (p. 77)

Sutton Marriages SWINNERTON, [Swinerton in CR] Benjamin and Elisabeth Hall , Dec. 21, 1769. (p. 365) ^[1] Halifax Births

Loring Tomson was born :aprill : 25th day of 1756. (p. 52) ^[17]

Entered by Chris Hoyt, Saturday, March 8, 2014.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Systematic History Fund, Vital Records of Sutton Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Franklin P. Rice, Worcester, Massachusetts
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16} Hall David Brainerd, The Halls of New England: Genealogical and Biographical , J. Munsell's Sons, 1883, p. 376; 384-8
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Shurtleff, Nathaniel Bradstreet, Descendants of William Shurtleff of Plymouth and Marshfield, Massachusetts, Volume 1. 1912, p. 66; 119
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4} Francis Cooke of the Mayflower in: Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880; From Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620.Volume 12, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-2015, p. 614-5 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2728/i/53443/614/1423675466
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQD7-NY3 : 15 January 2020), Loring Tomson, 1756.
6. ↑ "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSLY-JQ2 : 23 February 2021), Peter Swinnerton, 1773; citing Croydon, Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,107. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DTK7-R7M?personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AFSLY-JQ2
7. ↑ "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSLY-JQN : 23 February 2021), Elizabeth Swinnerton, 1779; citing Croydon, Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,107. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DTK7-Y54?personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AFSLY-JQN
8. ↑ "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSLY-JQV : 23 February 2021), Cyrus Swinneton, 1779; citing Croydon, Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,107. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DTK7-YDY?i=4450&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AFSLY-JQV
9. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL59-2GW : 23 February 2021), Asa Swinerton, 20 Dec 1776; citing Cornish, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,042. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DHZ3-XQV?personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AFL59-2GW
10. ↑ "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQL-LG2Z : 3 March 2021), Samuel Hall and Hannah Swinerton, 5 Dec 1805; citing Marriage, Guildhall, Essex, Vermont, United States, various town clerks and records divisions, Vermont; FHL microfilm 005464935.
11. ↑ "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL6B-FVK : 22 February 2021), John Rogers and Lucy Swinerton, 08 May 1810; citing , Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,298.
12. ↑ "BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPHT-87FS : 26 June 2018), LUCY ROGERS, died 5 Dec 1856; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at Orford Village Cemetery, Orford, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States.
13. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL59-2GD : 23 February 2021), Betsa Swinerton, 16 Nov 1785; citing Cornish, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,042. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DHZ3-CKQ?personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AFL59-2GD
14. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLP6-BJK : 23 February 2021), Samuel Tomson, 19 Nov 1789; citing Cornish, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,048. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DZZ7-NVR?personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AFLP6-BJK
15. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLP6-BV9 : 23 February 2021), Sarah Tomson, 26 Nov 1792; citing Cornish, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,048. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DZZ7-6RX?personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AFLP6-BV9
16. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLP6-BVF : 23 February 2021), Stephen Tomson, 26 Oct 1795; citing Cornish, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,048. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DZZ7-NNG?personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AFLP6-BVF
17. ↑ Vital Records of Halifax Massachusetts to the Year 1850