James
Thompson
Born in Glasgow, Scotland
Ancestors 
Son of Andrew Thompson
and Isabella Normond
Brother of
David (Thompson) Thomson [half], Marian (Thomson) Thompson, Thomas (Thomson) Thompson and James Thompson [half]
Husband of
Marion (Cochran) Thompson
— married
1544 in Glasgow, Lenark, Scotland
Descendants 
Died about in Glasgow, Scotland
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Biography
James Thompson is a member of Clan Thompson.
James was born in 1520-1521. He passed away in 1611.
On May 17 1556 had lands rented of John Dunbar of Balntyre near Glasgow at Syide for which he paid a yearly rent of one firlot of barley (a firlot of barley was 3.232 cubic inches, equaled fourth part of a ball. A ball of barley contains 6 bushels) He married MARION COCHRAN, and on Sept. 11 1566 they grant to their son THOMAS THOMSON six ox gangs of earth in Syide (an oxgang was equivalent to 13 acres).
Sources
- Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3N5R-RRM : accessed 7 May 2019), entry for James Thompson; "T" file (2:2:2:MM6Z-W4C), submitted 9 April 2018 by TA10
- freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benonie/jcthom01.htm
- www.geocities.com/kdthompsoncook/the-thompson.html
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Robin Lee
Robin Lee
Thompson-53891 and Thompson-1309 appear to represent the same person because: same/similar dates, same wife
posted
by Robin Lee
Unmerged matches › James Thompson (abt.1541-abt.1561)
Rejected matches › James Thompson (abt.1750-) › James William Henry Thompson (abt.1867-1927) › Jim M. Thompson
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