John Thompson

1667 - 1749

• Name	John Thompson
  Born	25 Dec 1667	Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Will	10 Dec 1739
  	John named his wife, Hannah; six sons, John, Samuel, Joseph, Jonathan, Benjamin and Peter; daughters Hannah Darling, Mary Darling, Martha Wight; grand-daughter Abigail Blood; son John and son-in-law Samuel Darling, Executors.
  Died	06 Mar 1749	Bellingham, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts   [2, 3, 4]
  	He died ae. 82 years.
  Probate	14 Apr 1749	Suffolk Co, Massachusetts
  	Suffolk Probate Records, Lib. 48-196
  Notes	In 1737, John Thompson was one of the original fifteen founders of the 1st Baptist Church in Bellingham, the fourth Baptist church started in Massachusetts. On 5 MAR 1711, he, along with John Corbit and others were permitted to build a saw mill on the town's common, "on Second Bridge (Charles) River, " below the Dedham Tree. This tree was on a bend of the Charles River, a little north of the house of Ellis Bullard in Bellingham. The sawmill was on the north bank of Charles River, a short distance to the northwest from the Bellingham Station on the Air Line Railroad. John received land in the sixth division, 22 DEC 1713. On 23 NOV of that year, he was paid for sweeping out the meeting house. On 4 MAR 1617, he became a Selectman. He was then Sgt. John THOMSON. On 24 JAN 1718, John , now Ensign, was chosen part of a committee to take care of the town's records. John received land in the seventh division of land in 1719. As one of the signers of the petition to make part of Mendon into Bellingham, in 1719, he and John Darling and John Marsh were empowered to call the first town meeting anytime the following March. The town was named Bellingham, after Go. Bellingham, and Mendon protested, but to no avail. A 30 x35 foot church was raised 20 MAR 1744 at Bellingham, for the Baptist congregation. At first, they had no settled minister, until 1650, when Elnathan WIGHT, one of John's mother's cousins, was ordained and accepted as their first minister. At that time, Baptist members were still being arrested for not supporting the congregational churches (Puritans). !Sources: Thompson, Nancy, nancythomson@funnybusiness.com,"The First Thomsons and the Fourth Baptist Church of Bellingham", Thompson Family Researchers, "Excerpts from 'TheAnnals of Mendon' "
  Person ID	I15093	Bryant
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2006

  
  

  Father	John Thompson,   b. 04 Apr 1645, probably, Weymouth, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts ,   d. 15 Apr 1715, Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts
  Mother	Thankful Woodland
  Married	1665	probably, Medfield, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F785	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Hannah Wight,   b. 04 Feb 1667, Medfield, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts ,   d. 24 Nov 1759, Bellingham, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts
  Married	1688	Massachusetts
  Children	1. John Thompson,   b. 28 Dec 1689, Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts ,   d. 27 Feb 1756, Charlton, Worcester Co, Massachusetts   2. Hannah Thompson,   b. 21 Apr 1692, Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts ,   d. 04 Mar 1781, Bellingham, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts   3. Mary Thompson,   b. 11 Mar 1694, Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts ,   d. 07 Jun 1740, Bellingham, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts   4. Samuel Thompson,   b. 02 Jul 1696, Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts ,   d. 11 Oct 1779, Bellingham, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts   5. Joseph Thompson,   b. 19 Oct 1698, Medfield, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts ,   d. 02 Jan 1755, Bellingham, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts   6. Jonathan Thompson,   b. 23 Oct 1700, Medfield, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts ,   d. 07 Jun 1783, Bellingham, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts   7. Benjamin Thompson,   b. 28 Apr 1703, Medfield, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts ,   d. 04 Jul 1786, Glocester, Providence Co, Rhode Island   8. Martha Thompson,   b. 28 Mar 1705, Medfield, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts ,   d. 05 Dec 1781, Bellingham, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts   9. Peter Thompson,   b. 20 Mar 1708, Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts ,   d. 30 Sep 1755, Bellingham, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F462	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 25 Dec 1667 - Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts Married - 1688 - Massachusetts Died - 06 Mar 1749 - Bellingham, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts Probate - 14 Apr 1749 - Suffolk Co, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S60] MASS, Vital Rec., From Middlesex County records.. [S159] Amy, David Thomson, Amy, Colonel Henry Joseph, (Author, Eastchester, New York, 1962), p.9. [S177] Saunders, Chapman-Thomson, Dorothy Chapman Saunders, Ph.D., (Author, Stuart, FL, 1983), p.249. [S60] MASS, Vital Rec., Bellingham:217.