'Thompson02'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Thompson of Hull, Thompson of Humbleton, Thompson of Scarborough

                               
Jonas Thompson of Thornton in Pickering Lythe, Yorkshire (a 1460)
BP1934 starts with Jonas and identifies him as the father, by Eleanor Philips, of Henry & Richard. Visitation (Foster 1875, Yorkshire, 1584/5, Thomson of Langton) identifies the husband of Eleanor and father of Henry & Richard as James. Given that BP1934 reports that Jonas was "living in 1460", we suspect that BP1934 has left out a generation here. We presume that he was father of (rather than the same person as) ...
1. James Thompson of Thornton in Pickering Lythe
  m. Eleanor Philips of Brickwell
  A. Henry Thompson identitifed by Foster as "of Lund on ye Wold"
  m. _ Wellburne or Welborne
  i. Stephen Thompson (b c1566, a 1584, dsp)
  ii. Richard Thompson
  m. Anne Langley (dau of William Langland of Scarborough) family name given as Langley by FMG
  a. William Thompson of Humbleton in Holderness. Yorkshire (d by 1637)
m. _ Barker (dau/heir of John Barker of Scarborough)
  (1) Francis Thompson of Humbleton 'of Scarborough Castle' (d 1657)
  The following is supported by Visitation (Dugdale, Yorkshire, 1665, Thompson of Humbleton).
  m. Elizabeth Tockets (dau of George Tockets of Tockets or Tocketts)
(A) Stephen Thompson of Humbleton (b c1602)
  m. Mary Blakeston (dau of Henry Blakeston of Archdeacon Newton)
  (i) William Thompson of Scarborough 'of Humbleton' (b c1635, a 09.1665)
  m. Frances Bernard (dau of Henry Bernard, alderman of Hull)
  (a) Francis Thompson of Humbleton (b c1659)
  m. Arabella Allen (dau/heir of Sir Edward Allen, m2. Lord George Howard)
  ((1)) William Thompson of Humbleton (b c1676, d 1744, MP)
  (b) Stephen Thompson (parson, 3rd son)
FMG ends with this generation. We presume that this was the Rev. Stephen Thompson of Thornthorpe identified by TCB (vol 1, Hotham of Scarborough) as having the following family.
  m. Hannah Clarke (dau of Rev Stepen Clarke)
  ((1)) (William?) Thompson
  TCB does not name this generation but we speculate that this was William of Humbleton who married ...
  m. Elizabeth Lillingston (dau of Luke Lllingston of Ferriby) wife of William, presumed mother of ...
  ((A)) Lillingston Thornton of Humbleton (dsp 08.1711?)
  ((2)) Frances Thompson (bur 29.11.1771)
  m. Sir Beaumont Hotham of South Dalton, 7th Bart (bur 09.09.1771)
(c)+ other issue - Henry (b c1657), Mary, Susanna, Arabella, Isabella, Anne
  (ii) Elizabeth Thompson
  m. Charles Hotham (son of Sir John of Scarborough)
  (iii) Juliana Thompson
  m. Thomas Johnson of Hull
  (iv) Frances Thompson
m. Thomas Catteral of Crooke
  (v)+ other issue - Stephen in London, Isabel, Ann, Sarah, Mary/Margaret
  (B) Christopher Thompson of Scarborough had issue
  m. Sarah Boyse (dau of James Boyse of Whitby)
  (C) Isabel Thompson
  m. Thomas Gent of Burbeck
  (D) Frances Thompson
  m. William Thornton of Hull
  (2) Richard Thompson of Kilham (b c1580, d c1650)
  m. Ann Nelthorpe (dau of Edward Nelthorpe)
  (3) John Thompson (d young)
  (4) Mary Thompson
  m. Robert Jackson of Burlington
  (5) Isabel Thompson
  m. Francis Beale of Scarborough
  (6) Elizabeth Thompson
  m. Richard Peacock of Scaroborough
  (7) Eufemia Thompson
  m. Alexander Metcalf of Leeds
  b. Christopher Thompson of Scarborough
  The following is supported by Visitation (Dugdale, Yorkshire, 1665, Thompson of Kingson super Hull).
  (1) William Thompson of Hull (d 1645, 2nd son)
  m. Elizabeth Pease (dau of George Pease of Hull)
  (A) William Thompson of Hull (b c1620, a 09.1665)
  m. Frances Ogle
  (i) Elizabeth Thompson (b c1649, a 09.1665)
  (B) Ann Thompson
  m1. Henry Blakeston
  m2. Jonas Youll or Youle of Hull
  (C) Elizabeth Thompson
  m. John Barker of Louth
  (D) Dorothy Thompson
  m. William Moore of London
  (E) Rebecca Thompson
  m. _ Swetenham or Swetnam
(F)+ other issue - George of Etton, Isaac, Benjamin of London
  (2)+ other issue - Timothy (dsp), Robert of London
  The following comes from Visitation (Foster 1875, Yorkshire, 1584/5, Thomson of Langton).
  B. Richard Thompson or Thomson of Langton, Yorkshire (a 1584) identified by BP1934 as 'of Haughton'
  m. Bridget Fleming (dau of John Fleming, sister of Sir Francis)
  Bridget's brother Sir Francis is identified as "master of the ordnance to K. Ed. VI" (who r. 1547-1553) with the Harleian editor adding "and Q. Elizabeth" (who r. 1558-1603).
  C. Jane Thompson or Thomson
  m. (before 1577) Thomas Bulmer of Levening
  D. Frances Thompson or Thomson
  m1. William Wadeby
  m2. Jonathan Hunt

Main source(s): BP1934 (Meysey-Thompson), FMG (vol 2, Thompson, MS222-223) with input/support as reported above
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