Alexander Thompson (1745 - abt. 1795)

Born 1745 in Beaver Creek, Lancaster, Pennsylvania [uncertain]

Ancestors

Descendants

Died about 9 Dec 1795 at about age 50 in Washington Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

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submitted by CricketB to the Thompson DNA Project. Father:

• Thomas Thompson, b. 6 May 1721 Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland; d. May 1777 Newville, Cumberland Co., PA; m. Martha Finley.

Children:

• Alexander Thompson, b. 1745 Washington Twp, Westmoreland, PA; d. 9 Dec 1795 Washington Twp, Westmoreland, PA
• Samuel Immanuel Thompson, b. 1747 Shippensburg, Cumberland, PA; d. Greenburg, Westmoreland Co., PA
• Mary Thompson, b. 1748 Cumberland Co., PA
• Elizabeth Thompson, b. 1749 Cumberland Co., PA
• Margaret Thompson, b. 1750 Cumberland Co., PA
• William Thompson, b. 1752 Westmoreland Co., PA; d. 1791 Mayesville, Mason Co., KY
• George 'Twin' Thompson, b. 1758 Cumberland Co., PA

J*oseph 'Twin' Thompson, b. 1758 Cumberland Co., PA

• Anthony Finley Thompson, b. 18 May 1759 Cumberland Co., PA

Research Notes

1745 is probably too early for him to have been born in Westmoreland County, PA. An online Geni profile gives as his death place Beaver Creek, Lancaster Co., PA which is more likely to have been his birthplace.^[2] Also the death date is different: 29 Feb 1780 versus 9 Dec 1795.

Sources

Footnotes

1. ↑ Entered by Brent Biggs.
2. ↑ https://www.geni.com/people/Capt-Alexander-Thompson/6000000027986500541

Acknowledgments

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