Bradshaw Family History
Benjamin Thompson
1725 - 1797 (72 years)1. Benjamin Thompson was born 1725, Belfast, Antrim, Ireland; died 10 Mar 1797, Hancock, Georgia, United States. Notes:
Son of Benjamin Thompson who died 1771 in Bute County, North Carolina. Some of his great-grandchildren through son Benjamin Jr's son Jesse later claimed that Benjamin Thompson and some children came from Ireland about 1743, although other descendants said he came from Amelia County, Virginia, where he or another Benjamin Thompson was on record. (Sources: “a book written by George White about 1850,” just 110 years after the immigration; also on the internet under “History of Thompson Bridge Road,” page #3, last paragraph, "Thompson History of South Georgia river settlers, and kinfolk", Ga Historical Society.)
He married Anne Spain, the daughter of Thomas Spain and Martha Haskins. Benjamin and Anne Spain Thompson emigrated to Georgia in 1773 with at least 15 children.
Benjamin Thompson's will was proven in Hancock County, Georgia, 10 March 1797.
Some Georgia County Records, by The Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas Jr., Vol 1, p.116 (Southern Historical Press, 1977):
[Hancock Co. Wills & Estate Records; 1794-1804, Vol. A-AAAA] Pages 177-179: Will of Benjamin THOMPSON, Senr. of Hancock Co. . . . very sick and weak in body...my dearly beloved wife Anne . . . to my son Jesse son William . . . to my daughter Rachel CUTCHING (CATCHING?) . . . sons Benjamin THOMPSON, John THOMPSON, Isham THOMPSON, Gideon THOMPSON, Joseph THOMPSON and heirs of Zachariah THOMPSON one dollar to each of them . . . daughters Rebecca JONES, Susannah MCINTOSH & Nancy CAWLY one dollar to each . . . to grandsons Benjamin WOOD, Joseph WOOD one hundred dollars when they come of age...wife Anne, Jesse son, and friend Henry GRAYBILL, Exrs . . . May 12, 1796 . . . Benja. THOMPSON (Seal). Wit: Hen. GRAYBILL, Solomon JORDAN, John GOODE. Proven by Solomon JORDAN and John GOODE. March 10, 1797.
Deed Book A-B, Pgs 258 - 259 12 July (1793?) Hancock County, Georgia. Records: Jesse THOMPSON and wife ANN, for 40 lbs Sterling, deed to John LANGSTON RN 14505, Solomon LANGSTON RN 407 AND Moses LANGSTON RB 59771, 135 acres of land on Shoulderbone Creek, Adj. McGEE, part of a grant to said THOMPSON /s/ Jesse THOMPSON and Ann THOMPSON Witnesses: John COLBERT, Samuel TOWNSON.
(ref., Thompson Magazine, p. 77, Vol 5, July 1966)