Individual Details

Jonah THOMPSON

(1799 - 20 Nov 1875)

Events

Birth	Abt 1797	Virginia, United States
Birth	Abt 1798	Virginia, United States
Birth	1799	Loudoun, Virginia, United States
Birth	1810	Virginia, United States
Marriage	6 Dec 1819	Fauquier, Virginia, United States - Mary BRISTOE
Marriage	14 Dec 1819	Fauquier, Virginia, United States - Mary BRISTOE
Occupation	1850	tanner
Residence (family)	1 Jun 1850	Prince William, Virginia, United States - Mary BRISTOE
Occupation	1856	farmer and courier[?]
Marriage	19 Jun 1856	Warrenton, Fauquier, Virginia, United States - Frances Ann "Fanny" WADDLE
Occupation	1860	journeyman tanner
Residence (family)	1 Jun 1860	with four children from wife's previous marriage - The Plains, Fauquier, Virginia, United States - Frances Ann "Fanny" WADDLE
Occupation	1870	currier
Residence (family)	1 Jun 1870	with four children (including one by the wife's former husband) - Upperville, Fauquier, Virginia, United States - Frances Ann "Fanny" WADDLE
Death	20 Nov 1875	Virginia, United States
Alt name		Josiah THOMPSON
Alt name		Jonah TOMPSON

Families

Spouse	Frances Ann "Fanny" WADDLE (1827 - )
Child	Isabel "Belle" THOMPSON (1858 - 1941)
Child	Sarah THOMPSON (1863 - )
Child	Joseph THOMPSON (1866 - )

Spouse	Mary BRISTOE (1804 - 1855)
Child	Elizabeth THOMPSON (1823 - )
Child	Marianna THOMPSON (1836 - )

Father	John THOMPSON (1769 - )
Mother	Mary (wife of John Thompson) (UNKNOWN) (1768 - )

Notes

Birth

calculated from marriage record

Occupation

Given his later stated occupations, the word "courier" was probably intended as "currier", a person who curries and dresses leather hides after they are tanned.

Residence (family)

census record states: no real estate; personal estate of $150

Residence (family)

no real estate, personal estate $200

Endnotes

1. 1860 U. S. census, Fauquier County, Virginia||Fauquier Co., VA, population schedule, The Plains, p. 87, lines 14-19, dwelling 675, family 620, Jonah Thompson household; database index with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7667/ : accessed 8 February 2024) > Virginia > Fauquier > North East Revenue District, image 40 of 90.

2. "Virginia, Deaths and Burials Index, 1853-1917," database index, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011, Ancestry (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2558: accessed 8 February 2024), Jonah Thompson, d. 20 Nov 1875, ref. FHL film #31637; citing "Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853–1912." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records.

3. 1850 U. S. census, Prince William County, Virginia||Prince William Co., VA, population schedule, [unnamed place in county], p. 19, (pencilled), lines 4-8, dwelling 41, family 41, household of Jonah Thompson; database index with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8054/ : accessed 8 February 2024) > Virginia > Prince William > Not Stated, image 6 of 135.

4. "Virginia, U.S., Marriage Registers, 1853-1935," database index with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62154/: accessed 7 February 2024), image 344 of 623, Fauquier, 1856, p. 2 (penned), p. 63 (stamped), line number 13; citing Virginia, Marriage Registers, 1853–1935. Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia..

5. 1870 U. S. census, Fauquier County, Virginia||Fauquier Co., VA, population schedule, Upperville, p. 47, lines 10-15, dwelling 288, family 290, household of Tompson, Jonah; database index with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7163/ : accessed 8 February 2024) > Virginia > Fauquier > Scott, image 47 of 123.

6. "Virginia, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850," database index (no images), Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3723/: accessed 8 February 2024), Jonah Thompson, Mary Bristoe, marr. 6 Dec 1819, Fauquier; citing Dodd, Jordan R., et al.. Early American Marriages: Virginia to 1850. Bountiful, UT, USA: Precision Indexing Publishers.

7. "Virginia, Select Marriages 1785-1940," database index, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60214/: accessed 8 February 2024), Jonah Thomson, Mary Bristoe, marr. 14 Dec 1819, Fauquier; citing FHL film #31634, r4 p19.

8. 1850 U. S. census, Prince William County, Virginia||Prince William Co., VA, population schedule, [unnamed place in county], p. 19, (pencilled), lines 4-8, dwelling 41, family 41, household of Jonah Thompson; database index with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8054/ : accessed 8 February 2024) > Virginia > Prince William > Not Stated, image 6 of 135.

9. 1850 U. S. census, Prince William County, Virginia||Prince William Co., VA, population schedule, [unnamed place in county], p. 19, (pencilled), lines 4-8, dwelling 41, family 41, household of Jonah Thompson; database index with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8054/ : accessed 8 February 2024) > Virginia > Prince William > Not Stated, image 6 of 135.

10. "Virginia, U.S., Marriage Registers, 1853-1935," database index with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62154/: accessed 7 February 2024), image 344 of 623, Fauquier, 1856, p. 2 (penned), p. 63 (stamped), line number 13; citing Virginia, Marriage Registers, 1853–1935. Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia..

11. "Virginia, Select Marriages 1785-1940," database index, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60214/: accessed 7 December 2016), Frances Ann Grimes (parents, James and Elizabeth Waddle), widow, age 29, married Josiah Thompson, 29 Jun 1856 in Warrenton, VA; citing Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013, Film # 31635, Ref ID p10 13.

12. "Virginia, U.S., Marriage Registers, 1853-1935," database index with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62154/: accessed 7 February 2024), image 344 of 623, Fauquier, 1856, p. 2 (penned), p. 63 (stamped), line number 13; citing Virginia, Marriage Registers, 1853–1935. Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia..

13. 1860 U. S. census, Fauquier County, Virginia||Fauquier Co., VA, population schedule, The Plains, p. 87, lines 14-19, dwelling 675, family 620, Jonah Thompson household; database index with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7667/ : accessed 8 February 2024) > Virginia > Fauquier > North East Revenue District, image 40 of 90.

14. 1860 U. S. census, Fauquier County, Virginia||Fauquier Co., VA, population schedule, The Plains, p. 87, lines 14-19, dwelling 675, family 620, Jonah Thompson household; database index with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7667/ : accessed 8 February 2024) > Virginia > Fauquier > North East Revenue District, image 40 of 90.

15. 1860 U. S. census, Fauquier County, Virginia||Fauquier Co., VA, population schedule, The Plains, p. 87, lines 14-19, dwelling 675, family 620, Jonah Thompson household; database index with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7667/ : accessed 8 February 2024) > Virginia > Fauquier > North East Revenue District, image 40 of 90.

16. 1870 U. S. census, Fauquier County, Virginia||Fauquier Co., VA, population schedule, Upperville, p. 47, lines 10-15, dwelling 288, family 290, household of Tompson, Jonah; database index with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7163/ : accessed 8 February 2024) > Virginia > Fauquier > Scott, image 47 of 123.

17. 1870 U. S. census, Fauquier County, Virginia||Fauquier Co., VA, population schedule, Upperville, p. 47, lines 10-15, dwelling 288, family 290, household of Tompson, Jonah; database index with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7163/ : accessed 8 February 2024) > Virginia > Fauquier > Scott, image 47 of 123.

18. "Virginia, Deaths and Burials Index, 1853-1917," database index, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011, Ancestry (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2558: accessed 8 February 2024), Jonah Thompson, d. 20 Nov 1875, ref. FHL film #31637; citing "Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853–1912." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records.

19. 1870 U. S. census, Fauquier County, Virginia||Fauquier Co., VA, population schedule, Upperville, p. 47, lines 10-15, dwelling 288, family 290, household of Tompson, Jonah; database index with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7163/ : accessed 8 February 2024) > Virginia > Fauquier > Scott, image 47 of 123.