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Major Robert Thompson Navy Commissioner, governor of East India Co. in reign of Charles I 1622–1694 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: February 1622

Birth Location: Watton-at-Stone, East Hertfordshire District, Hertfordshire, England

Death Date: 10 Nov 1694

Death Location: Dukinfield, Cheshire, England

Father: Sir Thomson

Mother: Elizabeth Harsnett

Spouse(s): FRANCES CHAMBERS

Children(s): Susanna Thomson, Mary Clark), Elizabeth Ashurst), William Thompson, Joseph Thompson

Major Robert Thompson Navy Commissioner, governor of East India Co. in reign of Charles I was born in 1622 in Watton-at-Stone, East Hertfordshire District, Hertfordshire, England, the child of Sir Ralph Robert Thomson And Elizabeth Harsnett. In 1633, Major Robert Thompson Navy Commissioner, governor of East India Co. in reign of Charles I resided in London, England. Major Robert Thompson Navy Commissioner, governor of East India Co. in reign of Charles I married Frances Chambers, and had children including Elizabeth Thompson M William Ashurst, Joseph Thompson, Mary Thompson M Samuel Clark, Susanna Thomson, William Thompson. Major Robert Thompson Navy Commissioner, governor of East India Co. in reign of Charles I passed away in 1694 in Dukinfield, Cheshire, England.

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Biography

  • Major Robert Thompson Navy Commissioner, governor of East India Co. in reign of Charles I was born in 1622 in Watton-at-Stone, East Hertfordshire District, Hertfordshire, England, the child of Sir Ralph Robert Thomson And Elizabeth Harsnett.
  • In 1633, Major Robert Thompson Navy Commissioner, governor of East India Co. in reign of Charles I resided in London, England.
  • Major Robert Thompson Navy Commissioner, governor of East India Co. in reign of Charles I married Frances Chambers, and had children including Elizabeth Thompson M William Ashurst, Joseph Thompson, Mary Thompson M Samuel Clark, Susanna Thomson, William Thompson.
  • Major Robert Thompson Navy Commissioner, governor of East India Co. in reign of Charles I passed away in 1694 in Dukinfield, Cheshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Major I's Ancestors

Self
Major I
1622–1694
Birth Place: Watton-at-Stone, East Hertfordshire District, Hertfordshire, England
Parents
Sir Ralph Robert Thomson
1570–1648
Cheshunt, Broxbourne Borough, Hertfordshire, England
Elizabeth Harsnett
1570–1620
Hertford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
robert Thompson
1530–
cheston, Hertfordshire, England
Katherine (Harvey) Thomson
1535–1620
Watton-at-Stone, East Hertfordshire District, Hertfordshire, England
Sir (John Harsnett) lll
1535–1570
Hertfordshire, England
Lady (Jeanelle) Murphy
1553–1603
Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Sir Younger
1512–1565
Lady Beck
1515–1565
Cornelius Murphy
1530–1580
Mary Murphy
1515–1590
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Daniel EOF
1505–1565
Mary Murphy
1510–1580

Major I's Descendants

1.
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Major (Robert Thompson Navy Commissioner, governor of East India Co. in reign of Charles) I (February 1622–10 Nov 1694) m. FRANCES CHAMBERS (Abt. 1620–2 Apr 1697)
  1. 1. Susanna Thomson 1659–1742 m. Sir (Robert Dukinfield 1st Baronet) Dukinfield 1642–1729
    1. 1. Frances Dukinfield 1684–1740 m. Thomas (Butterworth) Junr 1682–1793
      1. 1. Anne Butterworth 1713–1795 m. Daniel Bayley 1699–1764
        1. 1. Thomas (Butterworth Bayley of Hope Hall - High Sheriff of Lancs,) 1768 1744–1802 m. Mary Leggatt 1748–1818
  2. 2. Mary (Thompson (m. Samuel) Clark) 1649–
  3. 3. Elizabeth (Thompson (m. William) Ashurst) 1647–1723
  4. 4. William Thompson 1652–1680
  5. 5. Joseph Thompson 1656–1738

Major I's Timeline

4 Records

1622
February 1622
Birth of Major Robert Thompson Navy Commissioner, governor of East India Co. in reign of Charles I in Watton-at-Stone, East Hertfordshire District, Hertfordshire, England
Watton-at-Stone, East Hertfordshire District, Hertfordshire, England
1633
1633
Age 11
Major Robert Thompson Navy Commissioner, governor of East India Co. in reign of Charles I resided here in London, England
London, England
1694
28 October 1694
Age 72
Death of Major Robert Thompson Navy Commissioner, governor of East India Co. in reign of Charles I in Stoke, Newington, England
Stoke, Newington, England
1694
10 Nov 1694
Age 72
Burial of Major Robert Thompson Navy Commissioner, governor of East India Co. in reign of Charles I in Dukinfield, Cheshire, England
Dukinfield, Cheshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: February 1622
    Event Place: Watton-at-Stone, East Hertfordshire District, Hertfordshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1633
    Event Place: London, England
    Record Source: Visitation of London, 1633-1635

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 October 1694
    Event Place: Stoke, Newington, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
    [2] England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567-1936, The National Archives (United Kingdom); Kew, Surrey, England; General Register Office: Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths surrendered to the Non-parochial Registers Commissions of 1837 and 1857; Class Number: RG 4; Class Number: Rg 4; Piece Number:
    [3] England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 418
    [4] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [5] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 10 Nov 1694
    Event Place: Dukinfield, Cheshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567-1936, The National Archives (United Kingdom); Kew, Surrey, England; General Register Office: Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths surrendered to the Non-parochial Registers Commissions of 1837 and 1857; Class Number: RG 4; Class Number: Rg 4; Piece Number:
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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