Well one thing I have learned is there are a heck of a lot of Thompsons in Lincolnshire. Bunches and bunches. And when you get back before 1800, you have to look at parish registers which don’t have a lot of information in them. Like, is this John Thompson the son of this William and Sarah or that William and Sarah? There’s no way to tell, especially if the people move around a lot, which these Thompsons tend to do. So, this is what I can tell fairly easily. Click on the thumbnail to see it bigger:

If I want to find out any more than this, I will have to pretty much document all the Thompsons in the entire county, and that will be a lot of work. So this is where I’m stopping for now.

It is interesting to note that Mary Jane’s father Thomas had parents whose surnames were both Thompson. I don’t know the degree of consanguinity between William Thompson and Jane Thompson, though. Maybe someday I can find that out, but it will take a lot of time, and it may not even be possible to follow all these people from place to place. So many of the given names are the same, and birthdates are mostly unknown. We’ll see… a good project for when I finally retire and have a lot more time.

As for the Chapmans I mentioned in the last post, Bridget Small’s parents were Walter Small and Mary (unknown). Bridget had a brother, Walter, also baptised in Fiskerton, in 1793. John Harvey’s parents were George Harvey (abt 1758-1821) and Mary Kerchival (abt 1760-1838). George Harvey’s parents were William Harvey and Elizabeth (unknown). Mary Kerchival’s father was Thomas Kerchival. I didn’t find any more about Mary Wells or Frances Graves. Another retirement project.

Now, it’s off to the Allens! Let’s see what I can find out about them 🙂