Sarah Walker Thompson

• BIRTH 6 Aug 1739 Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA
• DEATH 10 Jan 1792 (aged 52) Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA
• BURIAL Old North Cemetery, Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA
• MEMORIAL ID 17254556 Photos by Angela Peters & Amy Maker Levesque

Sarah Thompson was the daughter of Reverend Timothy Walker, the founding father and first minister of Concord, New Hampshire. Sarah 1st married Col. Benjamin Rolfe, son of Henry Rolfe (23 Oct 1677-19 Jul 1752) & Hannah Tappan (4 Mar 1678/9-). Born on 8 Jul 1710 in Newbury, MA. Benjamin died in Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, on 21 Dec 1771; he was 61.

In Nov 1772 Sarah 2nd married Benjamin Thompson Count Rumford (42393) , son of Benjamin Thompson 27 Nov 1729-7 Nov 1755) & Ruth Simonds 10 Oct 1730-18 Jun 1811. Born on 26 Mar 1753 in Woburn, MA. Benjamin died in Auteuil, France, on 21 Aug 1814; he was 61. Later become known as Count Rumford. Mother of Countess Sarah Rumford, philanthropist.

Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford. He went to England in 1776 and later served the elector of Bavaria as an administrator. He reorganized the Bavarian army and introduced sociologial reformes in England, Ireland, and Bavaria. He founded a scientific theory of heat. He was created a count of the Holy Roman Empire in 1791 with a title referring to Rumford (later Concord, NH).

Inscription
In Memory of
SARAH
Daughter of Rev. Timothy Walker
and wife of
Sir Benjamin Thompson,
Count Rumford,
Formerly Widow of
Col. Benjamin Rolfe,
Born Aug. 6, 1739
Died Jan. 19 1792

Parents
Timothy Walker 1705–1782
Sarah Burbeen Walker 1701–1778

Spouses
Benjamin Rolfe 1710–1771 (m. 1769)
Benjamin Thompson 1753–1814 (m. 1772)

Siblings
Sarah Walker 1732–1736
Timothy Walker 1737–1822

Children
Paul Rolfe 1770–1819
Sarah Thompson 1774–1852

References

[1] Family of Rev. Timothy Walker (16981) & Sarah Burbeen

[2] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17254556/sarah-thompson

[3] https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr16/rr16_213.html#P49100

[4] Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford by Brown, Sanborn Conner, 1913- Publication date 1979 Archive.Org