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S'l'AH:co:m.
FA}iILY OF Scotish orisin.
In S c otlan::l the name was spelt 'l'hoITlson: : :
·
t itle s
to the
.:id(� the
land 0.eeus wrote
but the goverment in
Thor,ipson, an:( many of
thr�
rna:dng out the
fa:;iily ha-..re contiuec1 to
ever since,
" p"
'l'he fir3t of tll.e fai-;iily to
Unitec� States from !l.oxborough
the close of
c ome to Arae r i ca was Archibald who em igr ated to the
scotland , and came to Canada as
a United Loya l i s t at
·J"1e revolutionary Nar. he settled in Stamford along the ; Ji aga ra River
·
:-:>y sit2 of \'Jhirlpool Ra1)ids.1796 .. Arch. wife & six chilcJ.ren lOOO acr e s .ev. 120 0 acres
Ja.--nes and
John his brotl1ers/cui.JJ .i;Q
.
.•
.Stai af ord 1735. '.\:arch 31,
·
John receivec� a
-Jrant of broi�en f ront Stamford 1797. This was lot 4 1. Archibald gave him some of r1is
.,Jrant clos·e
by the whirlpool lot 58.
Ja!fles thom2son receiv e d a -:;rant of
209 Stamford,
\Jas
·
;.o\fellanC
The
Hiver:...
fa;.,I!LY L.I\iJDS
t99
Apr.
ACHZS:
a tract of land in Chippawa Knmm as t 1ontro s e
'
t�er2 James raised a far,1ily o:!: seven sons
two eldest sons James and David
18. 1797.This
and facing the
and ti'rree daughters.
served in t.:1e war of 1812.
David l i ved in i:la.ldiroc:md County anu represented his Conty in Parlia.;•f8lr:'.his son
followed in l1is
.foot stt:;1)s.
I.rc�·1ibold f a rmed in
he
Starnf orG. until
was <lp;?ointed treasurer of
was Liberal
one
t..11e s2perat ion of
Lincoln &
�>J.2lland, when
\'lelland County and then resiclecl i:n '.'72llill1d. In 1858
representative cand idat e for welland but lost by a sr.all maRGHJ.He 1.1as
of the first repres e ntatives
of Stamford in
Cle� Uid'.Jdr2. Coancil. For half
a Century he was Jus tice of Peace. I n 1887 served under Capt. BrADSH.7\'iJ
Reb2l l ion a;1d ro:;e to the rank of Lt. Col.
i:Iis first wife
Third 1.1ife:
h-2
l'<:rs.
was Jane Finch:
three sons
& f i v e dg�ts.
DURilJG ':'EE
S econd wife :v:xs
Cooke.
ARC:dLJ.Z\LD Thompson son ofArchibald Sr. Born I·�arc�1 27.
1842. J.. Hov. 14. 1900.
married june 9, 1875 to Elizabeth hersheydght of Al9n§..
Born on
farm of his father Stamford and crn1tinuec'! to farm l'.:id in lumbering till 1800 when
ap;:)Qinted Inspector of We lland Cou;1tyHe was also Justice of Peac2 since 1876.
c ·
olr.1S.
��UC11."\rli.) A.
'..L'HOl".IPSOi:�:
Richl-J-\D A.
lot 32 ist.
,
Thompson
con. Niagara River.::: tJ.W. er.
of Queen
the son of James Thompson 3taillford,
Welland river Chippm'la waa tne o;.mer of t:ie firm Richard A.
it oj_Jerated out of the area,
David of !tJainfleet
�1i.J \.rill
lot 209,
Rd.
facing the
thompson & Comp.
and assiting him in the business
was his brot:.her
•
. In 1827 he purchaed t..'i.e old Hardison home
l'!iagara st.
& r iver
on the U.'V'I'. er
•
od Queen and
:!:rof'1 Jane Hardison. �Y 1832 the firrn was no lonqer i;1 business. In
1832 he left all his estate
to his son Jai.1es richard,
ai.1d to his wife Susan
he left the home and all it's :.elongings.
In his i'lill he also makes j?rovision for his ste2sons children of Denjamin �:E��decease
James .!(ER.3Y AI.u�X..1'.\NDER FJ\RDISON.
Andrew
�orbach Hardison
John Christo?her Smith Hardi s on .
ramily of P,ic[1ard Thompson: : :
father James T.1ompson lot 209
Stamford. ( facing Welland River Chippawa.
r.10t.::1er:
1�ichard A.
tho1�i2son.
rilarr.
u.
Susan Hardison d�ht of
remarried
David 'l'hom pson;
;
Archibald 7l.1ompson.
Wm.
Wainfleet:
Staraford.
d.
.
3enjamin
Lancashire ,
•
3.
b.Dec. 12,
b..
son.
apr.
& jane
Fort Erie.
1841.
d.
1800. d.
<l.
before 1833.
Ja.'tles jr.
Andrew
John
Thomas
Catharine
Isabelle
or
t.� 3: : :
Thompson 3olcl.
Thompson t..'1orburn:
Queenston.
Ibfo:cin.,_tion from Wil 1
of Rich.:::..rd A.
Thompson.
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