Benjamin Thompson

Benjamin Thompson

• Father: Ebenezer Thompson (son of Jonathan Thompson and Frances Whitmore)
• Mother: Hannah Converse (daughter of Robert Converse & Mary Sawyer)
• Birth Date: 27 Nov 1729 Birth Location: Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts
• Christening Date: Christening Location:
• Death Date: 7 Nov 1755 Death Location: Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts
• Burial Date: Burial Location:
• Spouse Name: Ruth Simonds Marriage Date: 30 May 1752 Marriage Location: Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts
• Child: Benjamin "Count Rumford" Thompson

Biography

Memorial of James Thompson, of Charlestown, Mass., 1630-1642, and Woburn ...:By Leander Thompson. Page 42. GoogleBooks

103. BENJAMINS THOMPSON (Ebenezer, 4 Jonathan,3 Jonathan,2 ) was b. in Woburn, Nov. 27, 1729, m. Ruth Simonds of Burlington, in 1752, and lived and d. in the historic house built by his father, and the birthplace of his illustrious son, the future Count Rumford. He d. young, in Nov. 7, 1755, before completing his twentysixth year. His widow subsequently m. Josiah Pierce of Woburn, and had five other children. The family at length left Woburn and settled in Flintstown, afterwards known as Baldwin, Me., where she d. June 18, 1811.

Benjamin' and Ruth (Simonds) Thompson had but one child :

• 223. i. Benjamin, b. March 26, 1753; m. 1, Wid. Sarah Rolfe; 2, Wid. Lavoisier.

Sources

• https://famouskin.com/family-group.php?name=8786+benjamin+thompson&...
• 1 Woburn, MA: Marriage Intentions, 2771.
• 2 Woburn, MA: Vital Records to 1873, 26095.
• 3 Thompson, Rev. Leander, Memorial of James Thompson, of Charlestown, Mass., 1630-1642, and Woburn, Mass., 1642-1682; a nd Eight Generations . . ., Boston: Press of L. Barta and Co. (1887), 31, 42-43.
• 4 Wikipedia, "Benjamin Thompson House-Count Rumford Birthplace", (accessed 09/26/2011)
• Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford by Brown, Sanborn Conner, 1913- Publication date 1979 Archive.Org
• Memorial of James Thompson, of Charlestown, Mass., 1630-1642, and Woburn ... By Leander Thompson. Page 31. GoogleBooks
• https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr20/rr20_142.html#P53546