The Thompsons of Middleborough, Massachusetts and Norridgewock, Maine.
Marian and Agnes Wilder were the daughters of
James Lewellyn Wilder, the son of
Francis L. Wilder, the son of
Hadassah Thompson Wilder, the daughter of
Asaph Thompson the son of
Peter Thomson, the son of
Thomas Thomson, the son of
John Thomson, Jr., the son of
John Tomson, who immigrated from England to Massachusetts about the year 1621.
The Thompson family of the Middleborough / Halifax area of Massachusetts, and Norridgewock, Maine, were the ancestors of James Lewellyn Wilder.
Hadassah Thompson Wilder, the grandmother of James Lewellyn "Lew" Wilder, was the last person in our family lineage who was a Thompson, dying in 1832.
John Tomson, Immigrant Ancestor of the Middleborough and Halifax, Massachusetts Thompsons
A Brief accounting of the life of Doctor Asaph Thompson, of Norridgewock, Maine.
A Brief Account of the Life of Asaph Thompson
Link to Dr. Asaph Thompson's Grave, Norridgewock, Maine
Asaph Thompson discussed bottom of page 16 and page 17
Also buried in the Thompson cemetery, presumably next to her husband Peter, is Rebecca Thomas Thompson, the mother of Asaph Thompson and grandmother of Hadassah Thompson Wilder.
Information from the Grave of Rebecca Thomas Thompson, (1736-1792), the mother of Asaph Thompson.