The Thompson Family The Thompson family originally hails from Scotland. The earliest known ancestor is Thomas Thompson, who was born in 1545 in Glasgow. Matthew Thompson (1692-1753) emigrated from County Donegal, Ireland to Philadelphia, in 1732. He then moved to Virginia in 1741. The Thompsons were Scotch-Irish Presbyterians.

This ten-year supplement lists 10,000 titles acquired by the Library of Congress since 1976--this extraordinary number reflecting the phenomenal growth of interest in genealogy since the publication of Roots. An index of secondary names contains about 8,500 entries, and a geographical index lists family locations when mentioned.

John McNaul (CA.1758-1827) married Sarah Ferguson about 1784, and in 1793 the family immigrated from Scotland to Philadelphia, settling in Chester County, Pennsylvania. They later moved to Northumberland (now Centre) County, Pennsylvania. Descendants and relatives lived in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Colorado, Washington and elsewhere.

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Robert Smith, the son of Robert Smith Sr., was born 20 January 1766 in Pennsylvania. He died 6 June 1842 at Sunfish, Pike County, Ohio.