Jean Thomson (bef. 1702 - abt. 1772)

Born before 24 May 1702 in Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Wife of John Hamilton — married 2 Mar 1727 in Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Descendants

Died about 1772 after about age 69 in Scotland [uncertain]

Biography

Jean Thomson was born to John Thomson and Helen Gothrell in Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. She was christened there on 24 May 1702^[1].

Jean married John Hamilton in Lesmahagow on 2 Mar 1727, at the age of 25. She and John had the following children:

1. Mary Hamilton^[2]
2. Elizabeth Hamilton^[3]
3. Margaret Hamilton^[4]
4. Thomas Hamilton^[5]
5. John Hamilton^[6]
6. Elizabeth Hamilton^[7]

John and Jean and their children probably moved from Lesmahagow to Dalserf (a neighbouring parish) in the mid 1730s, after Margaret was born. The rest of their children were born in Dalserf. It is likely that their second eldest daughter Elizabeth died in Dalserf in Aug 1740^[8], prompting them to give the name Elizabeth to their next daughter, born in 1744^[7].

Jean presumably passed away sometime in the 1770s in Scotland (see note below).

Research Notes

• There are a number of Jean Hamilton/Thomson death entries in ScotlandsPeople between 1740-1780, with a couple in Dalserf. One of them still may be the correct Jean, but the actual images need to be viewed to confirm. There is a Jean Hamilton buried in the Lesmahagow Old Parish Churchyard (d. 1798) (Find A Grave: Memorial #132637215) who could also be a possibility

Sources

1. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ4M-2PY : 11 February 2020), Jean Thomson, 1702.
2. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ4M-JRW : 11 February 2020), Jean Thomson in entry for Mary Hamilton, 1728.
3. ↑ “Old Parish Registers - Births and baptisms," database, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 27 Sep 2020), Jean Thomson in entry for Elizabeth Hamilton, Feb 1730, Lesmahagow in Lanark; citing OPR no. 649/10 150.
4. ↑ “Old Parish Registers - Births and baptisms," database, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 27 Sep 2020), entry for Margaret Hamilton, 29 Apr 1733, Lesmahagow in Lanark; citing OPR no. 649/10 173.
5. ↑ “Old Parish Registers - Births and baptisms," database, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 27 Sep 2020), entry for Thomas Hamilton, 9 Dec 1739, Dalserf in Lanark; citing OPR no. 638/10 3.
6. ↑ “Old Parish Registers - Births and baptisms," database, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 27 Sep 2020), entry for John Hamilton, 30 May 1742, Dalserf in Lanark; citing OPR no. 638/10 6.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} “Old Parish Registers - Births and baptisms," database, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 27 Sep 2020), entry for Elizabeth Hamilton, 18 Nov 1744, Dalserf in Lanark; citing OPR no. 638/10 8.
8. ↑ “Old Parish Registers - Deaths and burials," database, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 27 Sep 2020), entry for Eliz Hamilton, Aug 1740, Dalserf in Lanark; citing OPR no. 638/10 216.