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with
anyone who shares the same ancestors.
My family tree is private but I want to collaborate on deep ancestors or historical figures.
Please talk to me. Don't be afraid to challenge my data but please don't just go and change it without asking first! (I admit now that I have adopted too many profiles in my blind vigor however). If you think we're related, I DEFINITELY want to talk to you. After all, we're all related eventually. And if you're new, I'm more than happy to help you find things but I'm no expert myself.
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Matthew J. Thompson
Born 1970s.
Ancestors 
Son of
[private father (1940s - unknown)]
and Yolanda (Haynes) Thompson
Brother of
[private sister (1980s - unknown)]
[children unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Nov 2018
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Biography
Born August 14, 1978 to Paul and Yolanda Thompson at Crouse Memorial in Syraucse, New York. Spent first half of life in Marietta, New York before moving to Auburn, New York in 1999. Married in 2001 and moved back to Marietta. Divorced in 2003 and moved to Jordan, New York. Moved back to Marietta in 2004, then to Spencer, New York in 2011. Kept residence in Marietta while working in Danbury, Connecticut. Permanently moved to Norwich, New York in 2013, currently residing with wife and two stepdaughters.
Family Associations
Rich: Member 1513, joined August 2021
Walrath: Work in progress. Grandson of Charlotte (Walrad) Haynes, Member 184
What I'm Working On Right Now
While maintaining a specific interest in the ancestors of Thomas Thompson, my 3rd great grandfather, I am also currently working on the Dewey Families of Vermont, Connecticut, and New York. Various sources who shall remain nameless erroneously attribute Nelson Dewey, the first governor of Wisconsin, as being the son of Ebenezer Dewey and Lucy Orton of Otisco. His parents are actually Ebenezer and Lucy Webster Dewey of Hamilton, New York; Ebenezer of Otisco is only a year older than Nelson. This search for data to prove the correction is hampered by "the powers that be" who refuse to correct the popular website with the false attribution. Therefore my newest rabbit trail is to document as much information as I can find regarding the Dewey family.
I am also seeking information regarding the ancestors of another third great grandfather, George W. Briggs, husband of Charlotte Rich of Easton, Washington. Charlotte's mother, Anna Becker Rich, married her step-brother (they were adults when their widowed parents married each other) and the Beckers of Cortland are undoubtedly related.
All of this Dewey, Becker, and Briggs business came about when I inherited some priceless artifacts of both families: daguerreotypes presumably of the Briggs/Rich family, and a pocket watch with "E. Dewey" inscribed on it. It is amazing how quickly ones goals can change when one holds a physical artifact of the past in their hands and wonders about the time in which it existed.
Sources
- First-hand information. Entered by Matthew Thompson at registration.
Only the Trusted List can access the following:
- Matthew's formal name
- full middle name (J.)
- e-mail address
- exact birthdate
- birth location
- images (2)
- private siblings' names
- spouse's name and marriage information
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with Matthew or other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with Matthew or other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Matthew Thompson: Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #904974
- Matthew Thompson: Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup HV9, FTDNA kit #904974
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Matthew Thompson:
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Matthew is 13 degrees from John Adams, 18 degrees from Calvin Coolidge, 19 degrees from Dwight Eisenhower, 13 degrees from John Hanson, 16 degrees from William Harrison, 18 degrees from Thomas Jefferson, 18 degrees from Abraham Lincoln, 14 degrees from James Monroe, 14 degrees from Franklin Roosevelt, 15 degrees from Martin Van Buren, 18 degrees from George Washington and 20 degrees from Jana Diamond on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
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