Richard Thompson (abt. 1613 - bef. 1649)

Born about 1613 in Norwich, Norfolk, England

Ancestors

Husband of Ursula (Bish) Thompson — married 6 Nov 1641 in , Northumberland, Virginia

Descendants

Died before 25 Mar 1649 before about age 36 in Northumberland, Virginia

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Biography

Abstracted from the William and Mary Quarterly: Volume 17, pp. 58-59: [Still needs to be abstracted. This is a copy of part of a public domain article. Carole Partridge 13:54, 24 August 2014 (EDT)]

• Born about 1613 at Norwich, county Norfolk, England per Maryland Archives Volume V, p. 204)
• From 1631 to 1634, he was a servant of William Claiborne on Kent Island [in Chesapeake Bay]. After Thompson became a freeman, they continued their professional relationship, with Thompson acting as Claiborne's agent for at least a decade. (Claiborne was a major political figure, and eventually led an early uprising against the colonial government. See Wikipedia article.)
• After age 21, Thompson began trading for beaver pelts with Indians, and amassed "a considerable estate".
• In 1644, the Maryland council declared Claiborne an enemy. As his agent, Richard Thompson was denounced also. Thompson fled to Chicacone [on the Virginia side of the Potomac].
• Died "shortly after" removing to Chicacone. [1649?]
• In 1657, his widow, Ursula, married John Mottrom,
• and after his death she married Major George Colclough. Northumberland County records have: Feb. 25, 1655-’56, “Mr. George Colclough, who marryed the widow and relict of Col. John Mottrom;" “November 20, 1658, George Colclough who married Ursula, widow of Col. John Mottrom, who married the relict of Mr. Richard Thompson,” appointed guardian of Thompson’s children.

Sept. 1657, deed of George Colclough and Ursula, his wife, and Elizabeth Thompson. Dec. 15, 1657, Thomas Willoughby and Sarah. his wife, and Elizabeth Thompson, their deed for land patented by Richard Thompson; power of attorney dated February 20, 1663, from Thomas Willoughby "to our loving brother, Mr. Isaac Allerton," whose first wife was Elizabeth before 1652. An Elizabeth Willoughby was among the headrights to Thomas Willoughby in a grant of land. The son of Col. Allerton was Willoughby Allerton. In the Norfolk county records, there is a reference, in 1661, to Mr. George Colclough, who married the relict of Mr. Simon Oversee. She was Elizabeth, a daughter of Captain Adam Thorowgood as Anne, the wife of John Chandler, calls her “sister.” After the death of Colclough, about 1662, Allerton married the widow, Elizabeth Thorowgood, having lost his first wife in the meantime.

QUARTERLY, IV., 39, 171. Dominick Rice and Richard Thompson, son of Richard Thompson, were friends of Bacon, and signed a written apology for their rebellion in Lancaster Court: 18 July, 1677. 1 .For as much as I, Dominick Rice, have been most villainously and notoriously active in y° late horrid rebellion (raised and set on foot by Nathaniel Bacon y° younger) to ye great dishonf of God, manifest contempt of ye known lawes of England & of this Collony of Virginia, and ye perturbacon of ye peace, wellfaire & safety of this Collony of Virginia and his ma"es Leige people wlhin ye same & to y° evill example of my fellow subjects, now I, the sd Dominick Rice, doe humbly, hartely, unfeignedly & penitently confess & acknowledge my sd horrid, villainous rebellions & treasonable practices, and humbly, hartely & unfeignedly (in obedience to an act of mercy established at y° last Assembly) Crave pardon of Almighty God, the King’s most Excellent Mall" his most sacred Mail" governouf & all other subordinate ofiicers & other my fellow subjects wulin this Collony for such my horrid trans actions and rebellions. And doe fully & absolutely resolve wth myselfe (humbly desiring assistance from God Almighty) never more to comitt, perpetrate, countenance or in any wayes or meanes to be Assisting, or adhering to the like. And Doe desire this Recognicon may be recorded. God save the King DOM1I R1CE. Bond entered into by Dominick Rice, James Crane & Richard Rice in accordance with the above apology. 28th July, 1677. Similar apology from Richard Thompson; bondsmen Abraham Joyce and Francis Settle.

Name

Name: Richard Thompson^[1][2]

Birth

Birth: 1613, Norwich, Norfolk, England^[1]

Death

Death: 4 Apr 1649, Kigwohtan, Northumberland, Virginia

Arrival

Arrival: 1640, Maryland^[1]

Marriage

Marriage: 6 Nov 1641, Northumberland, Virginia

Wife: Ursula Bish

Child: Sarah Thompson

Child: Elizabeth Thompson

Source: #S98 Page: Richard Thompson Pages 407 - 408 Data: Text: [(Louis Williams, Tennessee Elizabeth Yoes), (John Dedrick Yoes, Emily Jane Boydstun), (John Pruitt Boydstun, Serenia Elizabeth Boydstun), (Robert Washington Boydstun, Rachel Griffin), (James Boydstun, Jr, Sarah Alvis), (James Boydstun, Mary Pruitt), (David Boydstun, Mahala Snow), (William Boydston, Mary Presley), (Peter Presley II, Mary Smith), (Peter Presley, Elizabeth Thompson), (Richard Thompson, Ursula Bish)] CONT CONT Richard Thompson was born in Norwich, Norfolk, England, and died in 1649 in Northumberland, Virginia. An early history of Talbot County, Maryland, states that Richard Thompson was given Poplar Island by William Claiborne. In 1639, he returned home from a trip to find his entire family of nine massacred by the Indians. Richard was forced to move from Poplar Island by Lord Baltimore in his dispute over the property with William Claiborne. Richard was an assistant to William Claiborne, Secretary of the Virginia Colony. William Claiborne was the son of Thomas Claiborne, second husband of Ursula Bish's grandmother Sarah (Smith) James. Richard married Ursula Bysshe (Bish). CONT CONT Richard's daughter by Ursula Bish, Elizabeth Thompson, married Peter Presley. Ursula Bish or Bysshe married Richard Thompson, John Mottrom (Mottoone or Mattone) and George Colclough. She seemed to hold her own quite well in the men's world of her day. She was a niece of William Claiborne, a man quite disliked in Maryland for his opposition to the ownership of Kent Island by Maryland instead of Virginia. Ursula Bysshe had a brother who was the ancestor of the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Source: Filby, p. 171. Data: Birth date: abt 1613, Arrival date: 1640, Arrival place: Maryland.
2. ↑ Source: Ancestry Family Tree Record for Richard Thompson.

• "Mottrom--Wright--Spencer--Ariss--Buckner." William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine: Volume 17, January 1, 1909. Pages 53-58. William and Mary College - Publisher.

• Source: S004321|Filby, P. William, ed.: Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2006. Gale Research online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. http://www. Ancestry. com.

• S-2141108661|"Sheppard and Duncan Family Ancestrial History" family tree file submitted by an Ancestry member. Ancestry Family Trees online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=6601291&pid=1476907357

• S004444|"WILLIAMS new" family tree file submitted by an Ancestry member. Ancestry Family Trees online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=13078823&pid=-128826062