Robert
Thompson
Born in Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
Ancestors 
Son of James Thompson
and Mary Ann (Jackson) Thompson
Brother of
Jacob Downard Thompson, William T Thompson, James Thompson, Sarah Ann Thompson, John M. Thompson, Elijah Thompson, Mary Ann (Thompson) Frame, Isaac Thompson, Abraham Thompson, Ann (Thompson) Rich, Rebecca Thompson, David Thompson and Joseph Thompson
Husband of
Susannah (Torrance) Thompson
— married
1 Apr 1802 in Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States
Husband of
Hannah (Power) Thompson
— married
15 Dec 1814 in Pennsylvania, United States
Husband of
Catherine (Conner) Thompson
— married
16 Sep 1819 in Guernsey, Ohio, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Samuel Thompson, James Thompson, William Thompson, Robert Thompson Jr., Mary Ann (Thompson) Rose, Jane (Thompson) Rose, Washington Harrison Thompson, Martha Smiley Thompson, John Connor Thompson, Eliza J. Thompson, Mehetable Thompson, Susannah (Thompson) Scott, Miriam R. (Thompson) Scott and Howard Stephenson Thompson
Died
at age 81
in Senecaville, Guernsey, Ohio, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 1 Aug 2019
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Biography
Robert Thompson was an Appalachian. See Appalachia Project.
Son of James Thompson and Mary Ann Jackson.
This family is enumerated in the 1850 Census Richland Twp., Guernsey Co., OH 196-196: Robert Thompson 70 M Farmer b. PA; Catharine 57 F b. PA; Howard Thompson age 16 M Farmer b. OH; Noah Riggs age 13 M b. Ohio; Susan Swain age 19 F b. Ohio. From Thompson Family Magazine vol. 12 no. 44 Winter 1973 p. 22 (searchable through Thompson-L archive on Rootsweb).
Josiah Vankirk Thompson copied family Bible record:
"At residence of Mrs Amelia Thompson Secrest, wife of Ralph Waits Secrest west edge Greenwood, in Wayne Tp, Noble Co O being just across the line. July 8, 1922 9:50 AM
" I arrived here by the Noah taxi line from Cambridge O at 9:30 AM & have met Mrs Secrest & her daughter she has brought out the old big Bible of her great grandfather & her grandfather both Robert Thompson. She says her grandfather may have copied his father's record in his own Bible. This is really his Bible for it has the name as publishers from which Dr Langdon S. Thompson said his father got his name. The Bible was published at Boston in 1831 by Langdon Coffin 31 Washington St. The record follows:
*Marriages
- Robert Thompson & Susannah Torrance Apr 1, 1802
- Robert Thompson & Hannah Power Dec 15, 1814
- Robert Thompson & Catherine Conner Sept 16, 1819
The above are three of the marriages of Robert Thompson & the one following is that of his son.
- Robert Thompson & Margaret Mershon July 27, 1837
- L.S. Thompson & Caroline A. Keil July 23, 1861
- James H. Thompson & Emily M. Riggs Apr 17, 1862
Sources
- ↑ J. V. Thompson Journals V7 Page 188
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Robert by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Robert:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Robert by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Robert:
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~1.56%
Ronald Bothum
:
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Matthew Leach :
Autosomal DNA Test
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~0.78%
Lisa Phillipps :
23andMe, GEDmatch QG9149974 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch SG6730271 [compare], Ancestry member schalcosky
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch SG6730271 [compare], FTDNA kit #B690105
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~0.78%
Elizabeth (Daley) Fanning :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A748779 [compare], Ancestry member E_D
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~0.78%
David Ford :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch KE2321789 [compare], Ancestry member david_ford25
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Roxanne Newill :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch LW6299467 [compare], Ancestry member RNL730
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~0.39%
Ernest Frost :
AncestryDNA
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