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Rev John Thompson

Birth	:	1702 Ireland
Death	:	Oct 1772 Stevensburg, Culpeper County, Virginia, USA
Burial	:	Salubria Cemetery, Stevensburg, Culpeper County, USA
Description	:	John Thompson was a native of Antrim, Ireland. He grew up in Muckamore and was ordained as a Presbyterian minister and ended up in Maryland. Eventually, he became disenchanted with Presbyterianism, left and went back to London, where in 1739, he was ordained as an Anglican priest. Rev. Thompson then returned briefly to Maryland in 1740, but quickly moved to St. Mark's Parish, Virginia. Rev. Thompson was rector of St. Mark's Parish from 1740 until his death in 1772. He received from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, his Master of Arts degree and became a minister before joining the Church of... Read More	John Thompson was a native of Antrim, Ireland. He grew up in Muckamore and was ordained as a Presbyterian minister and ended up in Maryland. Eventually, he became disenchanted with Presbyterianism, left and went back to London, where in 1739, he was ordained as an Anglican priest. Rev. Thompson then returned briefly to Maryland in 1740, but quickly moved to St. Mark's Parish, Virginia. Rev. Thompson was rector of St. Mark's Parish from 1740 until his death in 1772. He received from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, his Master of Arts degree and became a minister before joining the Church of England. He was ordained by the Bishop of St. David's in 1734 at Westminster and received the Priest's order in the Palace of St. James of Westminster in 1739. Rev. Thompson married Anne Butler Brayne, Lady Spotswood,(born 1698)on 9 November 1742, widow of Governor Alexander Spotswood, of Virginia. They built a large mansion, out of Culpeper, named "Salubria." Anne was the mother of four children with Alexander Spotswood, born between 1725 and 1732. As to her marriage with Rev. Thompson, it was mentioned she was reluctant and was never quite happy living at Salubria, and she died only a few years after their marriage, ca. 1751, When Lady Spotswood died, Rev. Thompson married, in 1760, Elizabeth Rootes, and had Philip Roote Thompson (1766) and Mildred Roote Thompson (1761.). When Rev. Thompson died in 1772, he willed the house and 390 acres to his wife and at her death to his son, Philip Rootes Thompson.

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Where is Rev John Thompson's memorial?
Rev John Thompson's memorial is located at: Salubria Cemetery, Stevensburg, Culpeper County, USA.
When did Rev John Thompson death?
Rev John Thompson death on Oct 1772 in Stevensburg, Culpeper County, Virginia, USA

Family Members:

Spouse

Butler Brayne Thompson

(1686 - 1758)

Elizabeth Rootes Thompson

(unknow - unknow)

Children

Ann Thompson Thornton

(1744 - 1815)

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