William Thompson married Ellen Montague, the daughter of Peter Montague of Jamestowne (Adventurers of Purse and Person by Dorman; National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century, National No. 38910).
William Thompson "owned 300 acres in present-day Middlesex County" on the south side of the Rappahannock River on Virginia's Middle Peninsula.
When William Thompson deeded his property in 1657, Middlesex was still part of Lancaster County, Virginia, though present-day Lancaster is confined to the North Peninsula.
"I WILLM. THOMPSON of Rapa: in ye County of Lancaster in Virginia for ... One hundred & fifty acres being ye outermost halfe a cros ye bredth of three hundred acres of land granted by Pattent unto JOHN SHARPE & now in ye possession of WILLM. TOMSON, lying on South side of Rapa: River."
Col. William Thompson and his wife Ellen Montague lived in Christ Church Parish and were buried there in present-day Middlesex County, not in present-day Nansemond County. A memorial was made on FindaGrave for Ellen Montague Thompson placing her in Nansemond County in a modern cemetery established in 1998 if there is a marker for her that is a cenotaph.
William & Ellen (Montague) Thompson only had two children: William, Jr. and Elizabeth.
Ellen Montague is said to have pre-deceased her husband William Thompson, therefore the death date of "27 March 1680" shown for her currently on Find-a-Grave cannot be correct. She died before 1666 according to this statement:
"There are order book entries showing that Will Thompson died by January 1666/67 and that he had remarried to a woman named Mary. No known children by the second wife." (source for statement unknown; assuming two Will Thompsons have not been confused). One family tree shows his death as May 1666 in Lancaster County, but many show his death as 12 Jan 1727 in Middlesex County.
Dorman shows no death date for Eleanor Montague Thompson nor any marriage other than that to William Thompson.
"Miner Descent" by Mike Miner shows these dates/places (sans sources here, but otherwise excellent): "Ellen Montague b. 1632 in Nansemond, Virginia m. d. 27 Mar 1659 Middlesex, Virginia, m. William Thompson (b. 1627 in England, d. 1664 in Lancaster, Virginia)."
A number of other family trees show Ellen Montague Thompson's death date as 27 Mar 1659. This is the source for that date:
The will of Peter Montague was signed 27 Mar 1659 and proved in court 25 May 1659 and names his daughter Ellen wife of William Thompson. Obviously she died after that date and her father Peter Montague had died around the end of March, sometime March 27 through April. It is still customary generally to admit a will to probate 30 days after death.
Obviously those family trees should show her death date as "AFTER 27 March 1659" and most likely AFTER 25 May since a death by that date would have generated more documents related to her father's estate.
In July of 1674, Will Cheyney (husband of Ellen Montague's sister Margaret) was appointed guardian of Elizabeth Thompson. There is a document in 1679 ordering Mr. Thos. Hasellwood to pay Willm. Cheyney "as guardian of William Thompson [Jr] . . ." Then, in March of 1686/7, the will of William Thompson [Jr.] was presented to court by Abraham Brierly and John Sumers "in Right of Eliz. his Wife, Sister of the said Thompson."
William Thompson "owned 300 acres in present-day Middlesex County" on the south side of the Rappahannock River on Virginia's Middle Peninsula.
When William Thompson deeded his property in 1657, Middlesex was still part of Lancaster County, Virginia, though present-day Lancaster is confined to the North Peninsula.
"I WILLM. THOMPSON of Rapa: in ye County of Lancaster in Virginia for ... One hundred & fifty acres being ye outermost halfe a cros ye bredth of three hundred acres of land granted by Pattent unto JOHN SHARPE & now in ye possession of WILLM. TOMSON, lying on South side of Rapa: River."
Col. William Thompson and his wife Ellen Montague lived in Christ Church Parish and were buried there in present-day Middlesex County, not in present-day Nansemond County. A memorial was made on FindaGrave for Ellen Montague Thompson placing her in Nansemond County in a modern cemetery established in 1998 if there is a marker for her that is a cenotaph.
William & Ellen (Montague) Thompson only had two children: William, Jr. and Elizabeth.
Ellen Montague is said to have pre-deceased her husband William Thompson, therefore the death date of "27 March 1680" shown for her currently on Find-a-Grave cannot be correct. She died before 1666 according to this statement:
"There are order book entries showing that Will Thompson died by January 1666/67 and that he had remarried to a woman named Mary. No known children by the second wife." (source for statement unknown; assuming two Will Thompsons have not been confused). One family tree shows his death as May 1666 in Lancaster County, but many show his death as 12 Jan 1727 in Middlesex County.
Dorman shows no death date for Eleanor Montague Thompson nor any marriage other than that to William Thompson.
"Miner Descent" by Mike Miner shows these dates/places (sans sources here, but otherwise excellent): "Ellen Montague b. 1632 in Nansemond, Virginia m. d. 27 Mar 1659 Middlesex, Virginia, m. William Thompson (b. 1627 in England, d. 1664 in Lancaster, Virginia)."
A number of other family trees show Ellen Montague Thompson's death date as 27 Mar 1659. This is the source for that date:
The will of Peter Montague was signed 27 Mar 1659 and proved in court 25 May 1659 and names his daughter Ellen wife of William Thompson. Obviously she died after that date and her father Peter Montague had died around the end of March, sometime March 27 through April. It is still customary generally to admit a will to probate 30 days after death.
Obviously those family trees should show her death date as "AFTER 27 March 1659" and most likely AFTER 25 May since a death by that date would have generated more documents related to her father's estate.
In July of 1674, Will Cheyney (husband of Ellen Montague's sister Margaret) was appointed guardian of Elizabeth Thompson. There is a document in 1679 ordering Mr. Thos. Hasellwood to pay Willm. Cheyney "as guardian of William Thompson [Jr] . . ." Then, in March of 1686/7, the will of William Thompson [Jr.] was presented to court by Abraham Brierly and John Sumers "in Right of Eliz. his Wife, Sister of the said Thompson."
William Thompson married Ellen Montague, the daughter of Peter Montague of Jamestowne (Adventurers of Purse and Person by Dorman; National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century, National No. 38910).
William Thompson "owned 300 acres in present-day Middlesex County" on the south side of the Rappahannock River on Virginia's Middle Peninsula.
When William Thompson deeded his property in 1657, Middlesex was still part of Lancaster County, Virginia, though present-day Lancaster is confined to the North Peninsula.
"I WILLM. THOMPSON of Rapa: in ye County of Lancaster in Virginia for ... One hundred & fifty acres being ye outermost halfe a cros ye bredth of three hundred acres of land granted by Pattent unto JOHN SHARPE & now in ye possession of WILLM. TOMSON, lying on South side of Rapa: River."
Col. William Thompson and his wife Ellen Montague lived in Christ Church Parish and were buried there in present-day Middlesex County, not in present-day Nansemond County. A memorial was made on FindaGrave for Ellen Montague Thompson placing her in Nansemond County in a modern cemetery established in 1998 if there is a marker for her that is a cenotaph.
William & Ellen (Montague) Thompson only had two children: William, Jr. and Elizabeth.
Ellen Montague is said to have pre-deceased her husband William Thompson, therefore the death date of "27 March 1680" shown for her currently on Find-a-Grave cannot be correct. She died before 1666 according to this statement:
"There are order book entries showing that Will Thompson died by January 1666/67 and that he had remarried to a woman named Mary. No known children by the second wife." (source for statement unknown; assuming two Will Thompsons have not been confused). One family tree shows his death as May 1666 in Lancaster County, but many show his death as 12 Jan 1727 in Middlesex County.
Dorman shows no death date for Eleanor Montague Thompson nor any marriage other than that to William Thompson.
"Miner Descent" by Mike Miner shows these dates/places (sans sources here, but otherwise excellent): "Ellen Montague b. 1632 in Nansemond, Virginia m. d. 27 Mar 1659 Middlesex, Virginia, m. William Thompson (b. 1627 in England, d. 1664 in Lancaster, Virginia)."
A number of other family trees show Ellen Montague Thompson's death date as 27 Mar 1659. This is the source for that date:
The will of Peter Montague was signed 27 Mar 1659 and proved in court 25 May 1659 and names his daughter Ellen wife of William Thompson. Obviously she died after that date and her father Peter Montague had died around the end of March, sometime March 27 through April. It is still customary generally to admit a will to probate 30 days after death.
Obviously those family trees should show her death date as "AFTER 27 March 1659" and most likely AFTER 25 May since a death by that date would have generated more documents related to her father's estate.
In July of 1674, Will Cheyney (husband of Ellen Montague's sister Margaret) was appointed guardian of Elizabeth Thompson. There is a document in 1679 ordering Mr. Thos. Hasellwood to pay Willm. Cheyney "as guardian of William Thompson [Jr] . . ." Then, in March of 1686/7, the will of William Thompson [Jr.] was presented to court by Abraham Brierly and John Sumers "in Right of Eliz. his Wife, Sister of the said Thompson."
William Thompson "owned 300 acres in present-day Middlesex County" on the south side of the Rappahannock River on Virginia's Middle Peninsula.
When William Thompson deeded his property in 1657, Middlesex was still part of Lancaster County, Virginia, though present-day Lancaster is confined to the North Peninsula.
"I WILLM. THOMPSON of Rapa: in ye County of Lancaster in Virginia for ... One hundred & fifty acres being ye outermost halfe a cros ye bredth of three hundred acres of land granted by Pattent unto JOHN SHARPE & now in ye possession of WILLM. TOMSON, lying on South side of Rapa: River."
Col. William Thompson and his wife Ellen Montague lived in Christ Church Parish and were buried there in present-day Middlesex County, not in present-day Nansemond County. A memorial was made on FindaGrave for Ellen Montague Thompson placing her in Nansemond County in a modern cemetery established in 1998 if there is a marker for her that is a cenotaph.
William & Ellen (Montague) Thompson only had two children: William, Jr. and Elizabeth.
Ellen Montague is said to have pre-deceased her husband William Thompson, therefore the death date of "27 March 1680" shown for her currently on Find-a-Grave cannot be correct. She died before 1666 according to this statement:
"There are order book entries showing that Will Thompson died by January 1666/67 and that he had remarried to a woman named Mary. No known children by the second wife." (source for statement unknown; assuming two Will Thompsons have not been confused). One family tree shows his death as May 1666 in Lancaster County, but many show his death as 12 Jan 1727 in Middlesex County.
Dorman shows no death date for Eleanor Montague Thompson nor any marriage other than that to William Thompson.
"Miner Descent" by Mike Miner shows these dates/places (sans sources here, but otherwise excellent): "Ellen Montague b. 1632 in Nansemond, Virginia m. d. 27 Mar 1659 Middlesex, Virginia, m. William Thompson (b. 1627 in England, d. 1664 in Lancaster, Virginia)."
A number of other family trees show Ellen Montague Thompson's death date as 27 Mar 1659. This is the source for that date:
The will of Peter Montague was signed 27 Mar 1659 and proved in court 25 May 1659 and names his daughter Ellen wife of William Thompson. Obviously she died after that date and her father Peter Montague had died around the end of March, sometime March 27 through April. It is still customary generally to admit a will to probate 30 days after death.
Obviously those family trees should show her death date as "AFTER 27 March 1659" and most likely AFTER 25 May since a death by that date would have generated more documents related to her father's estate.
In July of 1674, Will Cheyney (husband of Ellen Montague's sister Margaret) was appointed guardian of Elizabeth Thompson. There is a document in 1679 ordering Mr. Thos. Hasellwood to pay Willm. Cheyney "as guardian of William Thompson [Jr] . . ." Then, in March of 1686/7, the will of William Thompson [Jr.] was presented to court by Abraham Brierly and John Sumers "in Right of Eliz. his Wife, Sister of the said Thompson."
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