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     Samuel Thompson was born in 1851 at New Jersey.¹ He married Mary E Thompson.¹

     A Samuel Thompson (black) is listed as born 25 Jan 1852 in Harrington, Bergen, New Jersey, son of Henry Thompson and Sarah, father is a laborer. Another Samuel Tompson (colored) is born in Aug 1850 in Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey, son of Saml. Thompson and Phillis, father is also a laborer.^2,3 Samuel Thompson was in 1880 a laborer.¹ The 1880 census lists Samuel Thompson and Mary E at Huyler's Landing at Palisade Township, Bergen County, NJ, with their children Walter H, Albert, Milvinia and Gertrude. They are next door to Samuel Jackson.¹

     Sara Thompson was born on 26 April 1748.¹ She married David Chandler on 12 March 1765 at Elizabethtown, NJ.¹ Sara Thompson died on 31 March 1830 at Lyons Farm, Hillside, NJ.¹

     Married name: Chandler.

     Sarah Thompson was born on 10 November 1829 at Vernon Twp., NJ.² She married John C Walling on 22 October 1851.¹ Sarah Thompson died in January 1858.¹

     Her parents are William Thompson and Catherine Lyons.¹ Married name: Walling.

     Simon Thompson was born at England.¹ He married Mary Converse on 19 December 1643 at Woburn.¹ Simon Thompson died in May 1658.¹

     Simon Thompson was a freemason.¹ Simon Thompson lived at Chelsford.¹

     Dr. Spencer Gwaine Thompson was born in 1923 at Huntington, TX.¹

     Susanna Thompson was born on 6 July 1699.¹ She married Benjamin Mead on 21 March 1722 at Woburn, Middlesex County, MA.^1,2

     Married name: Mead.

     Thomas J Thompson was born on 23 August 1844 at New York City.¹ He married Theresa Louisa Shepard, daughter of Moses Shepard and Phebe Dow, on 14 May 1868 at New York City.¹ Thomas J Thompson died in April 1930.¹

     Upham Thompson was born circa 1751.¹ She married Samuel Du Bois, son of Louis Du Bois and Margaret Janse, in 1777.¹ Upham Thompson died on 22 May 1802.¹

     Her parents were Francis Thompson and Ann.¹ Married name: Du Bois.

     Walter H Thompson was born in 1872 at New Jersey.¹

     FamilySearch has his birth as August 1873 in Englewood, but he is 8 in the 1880 census.²

     Wilton Wayne Thompson was born in 1901 at Bagley, IA.¹ He married Gertrude Dorothy Shively, daughter of Edwin Monroe Shively and Mary Lee Holcomb, on 18 June 1924.

     General source(s) for this information, see footnotes.²

     Alexander Thomson was born in 1832 at Gartley, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.¹ He married Annie Mcgreggor circa 1850 at Scotland.¹ Alexander Thomson died at England.¹

     Annie Mc Gregor Thomson was born on 18 October 1873 at Glass, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, (Another note gives p.o.b. as Liverpool.)¹ She married John Hill, son of William Hill and Martha Skett, in May 1899 at West Darby, England.^1,2 Annie Mc Gregor Thomson died on 10 November 1958 at Wallasey, England.^1,3 She was buried on 12 November 1958 in Wallasey.¹

     Name variation: Annie Mcgregor Thomson.^3,1 Married name: Hill.

     Charles F Thomson (1) married Margaret Byrnes.² Charles F Thomson (2) married Genevieve Reiman, daughter of Ferdinand Reiman and Augusta Hartje.^2,1 Charles F Thomson died after 1945.¹

     The 1900 census lists Charles F Thomson and Genevieve at Queens, NY, with, on the next page, Charles James Thomson (Aug 1893) and son Paul (July 1899.)³ Charles F Thomson and Genevieve had two sons: Paul (1899) and Theodore (1909), and three daughters: Gertrude (1902), Genevieve (1907), and Doris (1912).^2,4 The 1920 census lists Charles F Thomson and Genevieve at 10 Leary Lane at Edgewater, NJ, with five children.⁴ Name variation: Charles Francis Thomson.²

     Charles James Thomson was born on 27 August 1893 at New York City.¹ He died on 2 January 1921.¹ He was buried in Fairview Cemetery and Mausoleum in Fairview.¹

     He registered for the draft in Edgewater in 1917. He was a civil engineer, working for the Interborough Rapid Transit. He had served as an Railroad Engineer in the US Army from 1911-1914 in Washington, DC and from 1917-1919. See exhibit.^2,1
     He was a Mason and was buried with Masonic honors. He als was a member of American Legion Post #116 in Edgewater.¹

     Rebecca Thomson was born on 22 July 1725 at New Jersey.¹ She married David Clayton, son of David Clayton and Esther Taylor, on 24 December 1745 at New Jersey.¹ Rebecca Thomson died on 27 January 1802 at New Jersey.¹

     Married name: Clayton.

     Catherine Ann Thorne was born circa 1772.¹ She married James Moody Brittain, son of William Brittain and Christiana Moody, at Westfield, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.² Catherine Ann Thorne died in December 1811.¹

     Married name: Brittain.

     Robert Thorne was born circa 1734 at Westchester, NY.¹ He married Sophia Pels, daughter of Michael Pels and Maria Leroy, on 15 January 1770 at Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, NY.¹ Robert Thorne died in 1819 at Gagetown, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada.¹

     Anna Eliza Thorp was born on 25 June 1828 at New York City.

     General source(s) for this information, see footnotes.¹

     Betsy Thorp was born on 9 July 1797 at Newburgh, Orange County, NY. She married Fitz Randolph.

     Married name: Randolph.

General source(s) for this information, see footnotes.¹

     Catherine Thorp was born on 16 February 1816 at Cortlandtown, Westchester County, NY.

     General source(s) for this information, see footnotes.¹

     Daniel Thorp was born on 25 May 1826 at New York.

     He joined the British Army in India and became "lost to the family."

General source(s) for this information, see footnotes.¹

     David Thorp was born on 19 October 1805.³ He (1) married Eliza McIntire, daughter of James McIntire and Eunice Haley.¹ David Thorp (2) married Elizabeth S.^3,2 He died on 5 February 1883.³ He was buried in Sunset View Cemetery in Jonesville.³

     David Thorp was born in 1768 at New Jersey.¹ He married Jane Mars.² David Thorp died on 20 February 1830 at Perry Center, Wyoming County, NY.¹ He and Jane Mars were buried in Prospect Cemetery in Perry Center.^1,2

     Harriet Thorp was born on 11 November 1813 at Cortlandtown, Westchester County, NY. She (1) married ? Deyo.² She (2) married David Haring, son of Roelef Haring and Elizabeth Blauvelt, circa 1839.²

     Married name: Harriet (Anne) Deyo. Married name: Haring.

General source(s) for this information, see footnotes.¹

     Henry Thorp was born on 6 December 1820 at Cortlandtown, Westchester County, NY. He died after 1850.

     General source(s) for this information, see footnotes.¹

     Jennie Thorp was born in 1891 at Minnesota.

     General source(s) for this information, see footnotes.¹

     John Thorp was born on 27 March 1788 at Marlborough, Ulster County, NY.² He (1) married Maria Lent, daughter of Hendrick (Henry) Lent and Margarita Montross, in 1812 at Marlborough, NY.² John Thorp (2) married Maria. John Thorp was buried in June 1868 in Old Hook Cemetery in Westwood. He died on 26 June 1868 at Westwood, Bergen County, NJ.²

     The 1860 census lists John Thorp and Maria at Washington Township, Bergen County, New Jersey, (This may or may not be him.)³ John Thorp was in 1860 a farmer.³
     We have found no primary record of Maria's maiden name, and we hold conflicting information. On one hand, John Thorp is buried in the Richard Hopper section of the Old Hook Cemetery section of Westwood Cemetery, Westwood, NJ. But, nearby to his burial are Blauvelt burials. The Blauvelt Genealogy gives his wife's name as Mary Blauvelt, daughter of Cornelius Blauvelt, mentioned in the will of her grandfather, Abraham Blauvelt. John Thorp's stone is barely legible in 2010, and the stone to the right of his is even less readable, providing no clues, but may be related. (Photos are in EJT Headstone files) The Blauvelt Genealogy also gives Mary and William J. Thorp as children of John Thorp and Maria Blauvelt, while the Montross family history and other genealogists list William J. Thorp as the youngest son of John Thorp and Maria Lent.
     The Brouwer Genealogy database also gives Maria Blauvelt as John's wife, and may be most authoritative, given that information was taken from Mary Isobel Montgomery, widow of Edward Everett Thorpe from John Thorp's Bible in the possession of Willard Gardner Thorp, John's grandson.
     The Zabriskie Family also has Maria's surname as Blauvelt.^4,2,5,6
     Montross family history lists eight children with Maria Lent, the youngest of which is William, the only child who remained in touch with his father after he remarried and moved to New Jersey. We know that his second wife who may have been either Maria Hopper, or Maria Blauvelt, was described as much younger. The Montross family history states he married 2nd Maria, and had Mary E. Thorp who married Aaron Tuers of Bergen. The Blauvelt Genealogy gives his second wife's name as Mary Blauvelt, daughter of Cornelius Blauvelt, mentioned in the will of her grandfather, Abraham Blauvelt.
     Burial site is in older part of Westwood Cemetery (Old Hook Cemetery), near other Blauvelt graves, but in the Richard Hopper section, and the headstone is nearly unreadable. (EJT) Excerpt below provides brief bio from Sixth Generation
     Maria Lent m. 1812 John Thorp b. 2i Mar. 1i88 in Marlborough Town, Ulster Co., N.Y., son of Peter and Jemima (Turnere) Thorp;* John d. 26 June 1868 on his farm in Westwood, Bergen Co., N.J; bur. Old Hook cem., Westwood, in the Richard Hopper plot. John married (2) Maria (Mary) and had dau. Mary Thorp, who m. Aaron Tuers of Bergen Co. and lived in Westwood and Ramapo, N.J.
     Shortly after the marriage of John Thorp and Maria Lent, John enlisted to fight in the War of 1812. He served as a private in the 9th Regiment New York Artillery (Militia) in Capt. Thomas C. Butler's Company and was stationed in forts of New York harbor. For his services he received land warrants. Returning to the vicinity of Peekskill, NY he and Maria resided there until about 1825, when John's church membership was transferred from the Dutch Reformed Church there to the Presbyterian Church in Yorktown, Westchester Co, The records of the Presbyterian Church there under
date of 6 Feb. 1825 state: "Mr. Thorp appeared and produced a certificate of admission from the Dutch Church, Cortland, and requested to become a member. Request granted",
     But John Thorp found little comfort in the Presbyterian Church, as an entry of 13 May 1821 shows: "Mr. John Thorp having conscientious scruples on the subject of infant baptism requested dismission with a view of joining our brethren of the Baptist denomination in New York City." The Thorps lived in New York City until a short time before 1832, when John obtained, by claims growing out of his war service, a grant of land near Spencer, N.Y. While they lived there, Maria died shortly thereafter.
     John subsequently moved to Washington Township, Bergen Co., N.]., and purchased several small farms near Westwood. He married again, his second wife being named Maria also. Her surname was probably Hopper, since John was buried in the Richard Hopper plot in Old Hook cemetery, Westwood.
     John's second wife was much younger than he, a circumstance which may have contributed to a rift between John and his children by his first wife, except William, the youngest. This rift was due also to the fact that John's strictly orthodox religious views antagonized most of his older children. William remained closer to his father and became a Baptist preacher.
     His will was dated 29 Feb 1868, proved 6 July 1868. He passes over all of his chidren except son William and daughter Mary. John's real estate was sold for $4000. It consisted of four tracts of land in Washington Township, Bergen County, NJ.²

General source(s) for this information, see footnotes.¹

     Mary Thorp married Thomas DeWitt.¹

     Married name: DeWitt.

     Mary E Thorp was born in 1831 at New York. She married Aaron (Arie) Toers, son of Lawrence A. Toers and Jannetje (Hannah) Zabriskie, circa 1862 at Bergen, NJ.⁴ Mary E Thorp died on 18 January 1902 at Westwood, Bergen County, NJ. She was buried in January 1902 in Old Hook Cemetery in Westwood, Information from Pat Wardell, Bergen Cty Historian.⁵

     The 1870 census lists Aaron Tuerse and Ann E at Saddle River Township, Bergen County, NJ, with (their children) Aaron, Garret, Philip and David. William Ackerman (90, b. NJ) and Hannah Ackerman (75, b. NJ) are also in the household.⁶ The 1880 census lists Aaron Tures and Mary E at Washington Twp, Bergen County, NJ, with their children Philip, David and Minnie. They lived on Werimus Road in what is now Hillsdale, NJ, and later in what is now Upper Saddle River, NJ. Aaron (68, farmer), Mary (51) and their children, Philip (17), David (14), and Minnie (8). (data from Pat Wardell, Bergen County genealogist.)⁷
     John Thorp, father of Mary, is buried in the Hopper plot, section in Old Hook Cemetery, the older part of the Westwood Cemetery, Westwood, NJ
     Death Announcement of Mary in the Hackensack Republican (1902-1-23, Pg. 1 Col. 7): died 19 Jan 1902 in Westwood, mother of A. A. and Garret Turse. Married name: Toers. Married name: Ann E Tuerse.⁶

General source(s) for this information, see footnotes.³

     Peter Thorp was born on 1 June 1759 at Bottle Hill, Madison, NJ.² He married Jemima Turnere on 16 August 1785. Peter Thorp died on 2 October 1823 at 14 Clarke Street, New York City.²

     Peter Thorp (Tharp in his pension papers) was b. 1 June 1759 at Bottle Hill (now Madison), NJ, son of John Tharp of Rahway, N.J., and his wife Margaret Elizabeth Frezier. He d. 2 Oct. 1823 at 14 Clarke St., New York City. On 16 Aug 1785 he married (Elder Abingdon, Baptist minister at Platekill, Ulster Co., N.Y., officiating) Jemima Turnere b. 20 May 1764, dau. of Edmund and Hannah (Brouwer) Turnere of Newburgh, N.Y. Jemima d. 1841 in New York City.
     Peter and Jemima lived in Marlborough town for about 5 years; from 1790 to 1809 at Newburgh, N.Y., where they were members of the Old School Baptist Church; and in New York City, where he taught school on Hudson St. for years and where "our beloved sister Jemima Thorp" was a member (6 Oct. 1838) of the North Beriah Baptist Church.
     Peter enlisted during the Revolutionary War on 20 Jan. 1777 in the 3rd Regiment, New Jersey Line, and was in active service for about 2 years. He applied for a pension 1 Apr. 1818 at Essex Co., N.J., and received $8 per month. His application stated that he had received badges of merit but that he had had the misfortune to lose the papers. On 13 July '1820 he wrote the Pension Board from Newark, N.J., reciting that he was a resident of Rahway, N.J; was 61 years old the 11th of June last; and that for 25 years he had been sorely afflicted with rheumatism and sciatica; that he formerly taught school but by reason of weak eyes had been obliged to quit sometime in the summer of 1818, after which he undertook to mend shoes for his neighbors but could not follow it; that his wife Jemima was a cripple, occasioned by a fall from a horse bv which she broke her collar bone and dislocated her right shoulder and wrist; that she often got some kind neighbor to wash for her, as she was not able to do much work herself; that they had, for many years before he drew a pension, been helped by public but chiefly by private charity, but with his pension he rents a small tenement for $20 per annum; tends a garden, and by using strict economy they lived in a degree comfortable, but should his pension be stopped they should inevitably fall victims to public charity. Accompanying this statement was an inventory of his personal possessions with a total value estimated to be about $50. A few of the items listed follow: 1 gum table; 1 cherry stand; 1 school desk and stool; 1 common carpet wove by my son-in-law and by him given to my wife; 14 old chairs; 1 small
Bible given me by the Female Bible Society before I obtained the pension; lasts and tools for mending shoes; small grind stone; churn; various pots, kettles, griddles, etc; washing machine; pine wash tub; pepper mill; earthen pots; 3 pewter plates; 2 earthen plates; 12 tea cups and saucers; various jugs, spoons, etc; 1 psalm and prayer book; 1 sermon book; 1 book on navigation; 1 book on Arithmetic; 1 small dictionary; 1 Clark's magazine; Pope's Essay on Man; the 21st vol. of Manor's Treatise; the 1st vol. of the Guardian of Youth; in numbers; 8 fowls with about 30 chickens; spectacles and iron
case; 1 snuff and tobacco box; 1 sun glass; 1 slate and pencil; 1 red morocco pocketbook; and many other articles of a like nature, meticulously listed down to the last 2 lin cups.
     On 28 Dec. 1838 Jemima Tharp (her mark) appeared before Marine Court of the City of New York in order to obtain benefit of the provisions of the Act of 7 July 1838 entitled "An Act of Congress granting half pay and pensions to certain widows". She supplied the date of her marriage and the date of her husband's death. Henry C. Thorp of New York, N.Y., on the same day introduced a leaf from the family Bible of Peter Tharp, deceased, which leaf gave the names and birth dates of each of the 10 children of Peter and Jemima.

General source(s) for this information, see footnotes.¹