Private George THOMPSON was born on 10 Jul 1739 in Scotland. He died on 15 Aug 1780 in Delaware River NJ/PA USA. He married Sarah STEVENSON on 23 Jun 1770 in Old Swedes Church Philadelphia, Pa..
My great-great-great-great-grandfather Private George Thompson died during the American Revolutionary War while crossing the Delaware River with George Washington, but he did not die during the famous crossing which took place on Christmas Day, 1776, which led to the Battle of Trenton. Instead, my ancestor died during a much less well known crossing which took place on 15 August 1780 while George Washington was retreating. My ancestor is listed in the DAR Patriot Index Centennial Edition Part III, (Washington: NSDAR, 1990) page 2922, and also at Pa. Militia. Pa. archives 6th Ser. Vol.1 P. 223 Vol 13S2 p. 226. Alphabetical List of Soldiers. Vol.3S2 p.43 Oath of Allegiance.
I cannot be certain of his date of birth. The DAR says he was born between 1745 and 1750. However, a website says he was born 10 July 1739 in Scotland. I cannot find him in the IGI. Since he was just a private, the later date seems more likely
He married Sarah Taggart, who bore him six children, but the first three died in infancy. Taggart was her married name. Her maiden name was Sarah Stevenson and she was born in Ireland. This explains why the Taggart Family Group was not to able find her. After he died, she married again. Her third husband was Robert Cunningham.
Private George Thompson died 15 Aug 1780 while crossing the Delaware River with Washington's Army during the retreat through New Jersey. He is listed in the DAR Patriots Index. He was a private in the Pa. Militia. Pa. archives 6th Ser. Vol.1 P. 223 Vol 13S2 P. 226. Alphabetical List of Soldiers. Vol.3S2 P.43 Oath of Allegiance. In Philadelphia, he lived on 6th Street near Cherry, in the Mulberry Ward West.
DAR Patriot Index Centennial Edition Part III, (Washington: NSDAR, 1990) page 2922 says the following:
George: b 1745-50 ST d 8-15-1780 m Sarah Taggart Pvt PA
Please note: The Patriot index does not give his last name except to state that all names with a similar sound are grouped together. Thus, his last name could be spelled Thompson, Thamason, Thomasson, Tomson or Tompson. Since he was born in Scotland, I suspect that the correct spelling of his last name was Thomson.
According to a Lee family history the Thompson family came to America "soon after 1746". The account does not specify but they probably came from either Scotland or England. George was married to Sarah Taggart in Swedes Church, Philadelphia on June 23, 1770 and they had three children. George was a private in the Pennsylvania Regiment of Artillery in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. According to the Lee family history, he died crossing the Delaware River.
George Washington and portions of the Continental Army crossed the Delaware R. several times. Early in Dec 1776 they crossed during a retreat from defeats in New York across New Jersey to winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania north of Philadelphia. On the windy, bitterly cold night of Dec 25, 1776 Washington and a force of about 1,500 crossed the Delaware R. and the next day successfully attacked the Hessian garrison at Trenton, NJ. Days later, when Washington received news that British general Cornwallis was moving a force to attack his rear he was forced to again retreat from New Jersey, recross the Delaware R. and return to Valley Forge. This retreat continued from Jan 6 to Jan 25 1777.
Generally, the Scots spell the name Thomson and the English prefer to spell it Thompson. However, through time and in the USA either spelling might emerge.
Sarah STEVENSON was born about 1750 in Ireland. She died in 1817 in Philadelphia. She married Private George THOMPSON on 23 Jun 1770 in Old Swedes Church Philadelphia, Pa..
Other marriages:TAGGART,
CUNNINGHAM, Robert
They had the following children:
M i John THOMPSON was born on 23 Feb 1771 in Philadelphia, Pa.. He died in 1771 in Philadelphia, Pa.. M ii Andrew THOMPSON was born on 23 Feb 1771 in Philadelphia, PA. He died in 1771 in Philadelphia, Pa.. M iii Charles THOMPSON was born on 7 Jun 1772 in Philadelphia, Pa.. He died in 1772 in Philadelphia, Pa.. F iv Harriet THOMPSON was born on 10 Apr 1774. She died on 24 Feb 1839. F v Charlotte THOMPSON was born in Oct 1776. F vi Elizabeth THOMPSON was born on 24 Mar 1780. She died on 22 Mar 1846.
James LEE [Parents] was born about 1744 in Invernesshire, Scotland. He died about 1822 in Probably Philadelphia. He married Rosanna MUNRO about 1791 in London, England.
Other marriages:DAVIDSON, Isabelle
James was a tenant farmer on the land of the Earl of Murray (Morary?). James married Isabelle Davidson, the daughter of a Clansman of the Davidson Clan. James Lee seems to have moved about in Scotland and the USA. He at one time lived in Crowarty in Invernesshire, not far from the east coast of Scotland. Later, he lived in Mainshire, a neighboring county. About the time his son, William, left home, he was living at Darnaway or Darnay Farres. His letters were dated from there June 3, 1801 to February, 1802. He then removed to Thornlaw (Thornlass?), but was still a tenant farmer on the land of the Earl of Murray.
It seems he had not been very prosperous the few years before migrating to America. His son, Alexander, writes of driving oxen and working in the garden of the Earl for 3 pounds? per annum. In 1808, Alexander (as did some of his half brothers previously) went to London, England, to live with his uncle William Lee. About this time James Lee wrote to his son, William in the USA, in regard to coming to America and in the letter mentions that Mr. Davidson, William's maternal grandfather was still living. James Lee had a sale of his goods in June 1811. In July 1811 at the age of 68 years he left Thornlaw to come to America. There were eight in the emigrant family, namely, James Lee and second wife, Rosanna, and their children, Margaret, David, Jane and Rosanna; and his son, John and wife, Jane. They sailed from Greenrock and arrived in Wilmington, North Carolina, July 27, 1811. (For some reason, perhaps plague, they did not land at Philadelphia.) They went to the Philidelphia, Pennsylvania home of his son, William, (who had immigrated to America in 1796) afterward moving to a farm 0f 1980 acres belonging to William at Great Egg Harbor Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey.(In 1837 the eastern portion of Gloucester County became Atlantic County. Since then, Egg Harbor Township has been in Atlantic County.) They spent their summers on the farm, but went to Philadelphia for the winters.
All the Lees both in Scotland and the USA were Presbyterians although James became a member of the Baptist Church while at Great Egg Harbor, N.J. because there was no Presbyterian church there. This parish still exists although in a newer church building a few dozen feet from the original site. James died about 1822 (age about 78) and may have been buried in the N.J. church yard (unless he died while wintering in Philadelphia).
Info from Lee Family History and Egg Harbor internet site.
Rosanna MUNRO was born about 1756 in London, England. She died on 13 Jul 1845 in London, England. She married James LEE about 1791 in London, England.
She was the daughter of a clansman of the Munro (Monro) Clan, whose tartan was a scarlet cross barred with many black lines. This is the family that is thought to be related to President James Monroe.
(See husband James' notes)
When her husband died about 1822 she continued to summer for a season or two on the farm at Great Egg Harbor, N.J. with her daughter Jane. Jane married Israel Yates and they moved to Ohio in 1823. Rosanna (and probably daughter Margaret) went with them. Jane had no children and died in 1834. Following Jane's death Rosanna returned to Philadelphia to live with her stepson William. By then all of the Lee family that had emigrated from Scotland in 1811 were dead except stepson John Lee and his wife who had settled in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Rosanna's baby girl, Rosanna had died in 1816 and son David had been lost at sea. Her daughter, Margaret, a mute, born in 1792, died in 1832. In 1839 Rosanna became anxious to see her son, Alexander (a famous physiologist) who was living in London, England and, unknown to stepson William and his family, she arranged for passage to England. She made the trip unaccompanied at age 83 on the ship Monongahela. She arrived in London on 27 September 1839 and lived there with her son Alexander until her death 13 July 1845 at age 89.Info from Lee Family History and IGI.
They had the following children:
F i Margaret LEE was born about 1792 in London, England. She died in 1832 in Ohio.
She was a mute.
Info from Lee Family History and IGIM ii David LEE was born about 1793/1799 in London, England.
David was "lost at sea."
Info from Lee Family HistoryM iii Alexander LEE was born about 1800. F iv Rosanna LEE was born about 1800 in London, England. She died in 1816 in Pennsylvania or.
Info from Lee Family History and IGIF v Jane LEE was born about 1802. She died in 1834.
William LEE 1 died on 16 Apr 1746 in Culloden Muir, Invernesshire, Scotland. The cause of death was Believed to Have Died in Battle.
Charles Edward Stewart, the "Young Cavalier" or the "young Pretender," returned to Scotland from France in the early part of 1746. He at once set to work to regain for his father the crown that James II had lost. A large army of clansmen was soon mobilized for the task, and amongst those who ralled to the standard of the "lost cause" was William Lee of the Clan MacPherson. Charles Stewart achieved a victory at Falkirk. However, on the 16th of April, 1746 a second battle was fought at Culloden Muir (Moor), near Inverness, Invernesshire in the Highlands of Scotland and the superior English "red coat" forces decisively routed the clans. The day was not only a disaster to the House of Stewart, but also to William Lee. No word was received from him thereafter, thus he probably succumbed on the field of battle. He left two young sons, William and James.
Information from Lee Family History and internet history sources.
He had the following children:
M i William LEE Jr..
As a adult William went to London, England and became a merchant in the straw
bonnet business.
Info from Lee Family HistoryM ii James LEE was born about 1744. He died about 1822.
GIBSON. married Suzanne GRAHAM.
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US Senator from Florida
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They had the following children:
F i Gwen GRAHAM. F ii Crissy GRAHAM. F iii Suzanne GRAHAM. F iv Kendall GRAHAM.
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ELIAS. married Kendall GRAHAM.
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Morrow COFFEY [Parents].Morrow married William Franklin GRAHAM in 1916.
They had the following children:
M i Rev. William Franklin "Billy" GRAHAM Jr. was born on 7 Nov 1918. F ii Catherine GRAHAM. M iii Melvin GRAHAM. F iv Jean GRAHAM.
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Ruth BELL [Parents].Ruth married Rev. William Franklin "Billy" GRAHAM Jr. on 13 Aug 1943.
They had the following children:
F i Virginia Leftwich GRAHAM was born in 1945. F ii Anne Morrow GRAHAM. F iii Ruth Bell GRAHAM. M iv William Franklin GRAHAM III. M v Nelson Edman "Ned" GRAHAM.
Dr. L Nelson BELL.L married Virginia Meyers LEFTWICH.
Virginia Meyers LEFTWICH.Virginia married Dr. L Nelson BELL.
They had the following children:
F i Ruth BELL.