THOM(P)SON Tidbits

TOMMIE SPECIALS:		PEOPLE:
Nancy Thomson's New England Photo Album The Thompson Name (essay) Excerpts from: DAVID THOMSON, THE SCOTTISH FOUNDER OF NEW HAMPSHIRE...  http://www.scotsgenealogy.com/ > DavidPart01.htm > DavidPart02.htm > DavidPart03.htm Excerpt from Part 4 The above links are the series of articles Gen Fraser has written entitled: DAVID THOMSON, THE SCOTTISH  FOUNDER OF NEW HAMPSHIRE... A GENTLEMAN, AND A SCHOLAR Thompson Gravestone Gallery Arms and Motto of the  Thomsons of Corstorphine Thanksgiving "TurkeyGate" THOMPSON DNA? - updated 12/28/08 2001 Reunion Page Thomson & Forrester of Corstorphine Pedigree		Joseph THOMPSON Papers Amias, our Grandmother Amias MAVERICK Signature & Seal Maverick Family Rev. Caleb BLOOD Joseph THOMSON Journal Miles THOMSON? John2 THOMSON William Howard TAFT Rhoda SMITH Native American THOMSONS Denman THOMPSON Albert L. THOMPSON gravesite David THOMSON - A Noteworthy Man in American History Samuel P. THOMPSON Christening Mug located in NY Charles Blancher THOMPSON Time Line & Travels of Charles Blancher THOMPSON Literature by and about Charles Blancher THOMPSON Charles Blancher THOMPSON & LeRoy Gazzette Denman THOMPSON, 2nd Ezra THOMSON, Early Settler of Whitley Co, IN Abraham ‘Abram’ THOMPSON (1812-1872) William TREVORE Was John Thompson's wife Sarah Trevore? Newell A. THOMPSON
PLACES:		RECORDS:
Piscataqua - Gorges THOMPSON Island Bellingham Baptists Early Mendon Blackstone, MA Weymouth, MA Migration Map THOMPSON ACADEMY Graduation Ceremony Program Thompsons & Migration Thompson Covered Bridge (Swanzey, NH) THOMSON/THOMPSON Cities & Towns Strawberry Bank - Samuel Maverick's Brief History of New England		English Parish Records From "Savage" THOM(P)SON Wills THOM(P)SON Bibliography David Thompson's Indenture Council for New England Records Excerpts: Annals of Mendon 1641 Dorchester Petition Massachusetts Vital Records David Thompson's letter to the Earl of Arundel 1622 Massachusetts Grant Located... Corrections in Col. Amys' Book

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THOMSON Trivia:

THOMSON is the 1,477th most popular surname in the U.S. Frequency is 0.008%.

There are five towns named THOMSON. They are in GA, IL, NY, KY and MN.

1850 the U.S. Surname Distribution Map showed a high density of THOMSONs in NY and CT, at about one in 1000. Surprisingly the highest density was in MI, about one in 200, and almost no density elsewhere in US, (including MA!!!)

For 1880 the map showed the highest density of THOMSONs in NE, about one in 500, with all the other states between one in 1000 and one in 10,000!  

By 1920 the highest-density state had moved to MT, about one in 500, and UT, about one in 200 !!

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As we know, David Thomson was an apothecary. This information about the formation of the apothecaries guild may be a clue as to why he was so interested in exploring the new world...there was money to be made by a brave and entrepreneurial pharmacist!

The Society of Apothecaries of London

"Trade in drugs and spices was lucrative in the Middle Ages. In the British Isles, it was monopolized by the Guild of Grocers, which had jurisdiction over the apothecaries. After years of effort, the apothecaries found allies among court physicians. Upon persuasion by the philosopher-politician, Francis Bacon, King James I granted a charter in 1617 which formed a separate company known as the "Master, Wardens and Society of the Art and Mystery of the Apothecaries of the City of London" over vigorous protests of the grocers. This was the first organization of pharmacists in the Anglo-Saxon world."

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