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From: "Tamzin E. Squire" <>
Subject: IMMIGRANT/VIP - OH
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 1997 13:10:31 -0500 (EST)


YORKSHIRE, ENG>CAMBRIDGESHIRE, ENG>BEDFORD CO, PA>HARRISON CO, OH>CRAWFORD
(WYANDOT) CO, OH>SENECA CO, OH>LORAIN CO, OH>KNOX CO, OH> CUYAHOGA CO, OH
Whew! Surnames: THOMPSON, WALKER, HAWKHURST, SQUIRE.

My, ggggrandfather, Rev. Thomas THOMPSON (b c 1798 Jervaux Abbey,
Yorkshire) m Jane WALKER (b c 1798 Gammersgill, Coverdale, Yorkshire).
They came to the US as missionaries to the Wyandot Indians in Western
Ohio, arriving in Upper Sandusky about 1828. Their children are as
follows:

Thomas THOMPSON - b Haddenham, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, ENG, 4 Sept
1822. M in 1843, bride not listed.

Hannah THOMPSON - b on Licking Creek, Bedford Co, PA 19 Dec 1824.

Jane Ann THOMPSON - b Rock (Stock??) TWP, Harrison Co, OH 25 Apr 1827. M
on 10 May 1855, groom not listed.

John W. THOMPSON - b Upper Sandusky, Crawford Co, OH 2 Nov 1829.

Richard Watson THOMPSON - b Upper Sandusky, Crawford Co, OH 16 Oct 1831,
d 1 June 1833.

William THOMPSON - b Upper Sandusky, Crawford Co, OH 31 Aug 1832,
d 19 Feb 1840 at Scipio, OH.

Isabella Ruth THOMPSON - b Upper Sandusky, Crawford Co, OH 20 Feb 1835,

Henry Ebbert THOMPSON - b 27 at Scipio, OH 27 Oct 1837.

Elizabeth Ellen THOMPSON - b at Scipio, OH 25 Feb 1840.

Edward Jewett THOMPSON - b at Scipio, OH 10 Mar 1843, d at Berea, Cuyahoga
Co, OH 21 Aug 1848.

The above information is from the Ohio Genealogical Society's "Ohio Report
and Pioneer Families" July-September 1973 edition, pgs 109-112. The
article includes information on Rev. Thompson's siblings and parents.
Scipio is a township in Seneca County; the family lived in and arond the
town of Republic. The following information is from my family's stories
and census records.

John W. THOMPSON is my gggrandfather, who became a Methodist circuit rider
for the Northeast Conference. Rev. John m Mary HAWKHURST of Eaton TWP,
Lorain Co, OH, date unknown so far. His last post was supposedly in
Lakewood, Cuyahoga Co, OH where he performed the marriage ceremony for his
grandson, Jonas SQUIRE (my grandfather) in 1916. John and Mary's children
were as follows:

William THOMPSON - b 1857/8.

Mary Luella THOMPSON - b 10 Mar 1860 in Republic, Scipio TWP, Seneca Co,
OH. Known as Luella. M John Jonas SQUIRE of Columbia TWP, Lorain Co,
OH 27 Apr 1881. D 5 Sept 1917 in Columbia TWP. My ggrandmother.

John H. (W.?) THOMPSON - b 1868/9. This John was a medical doctor.
M an "Elizabeth U." between 1895 and 1900, according to the 1900
census.

Edith A THOMPSON - b 1870/1. M Fred BARTTER. Only child known to
me is Mary Bartter SANDERSON.

I also have the genealogy compiled by the Squire-Churchward family of
Lorain County.

Tamzin E. Squire | "Politicians should read
| science fiction, not westerns
and detective stories."
--Arthur C. Clarke

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