Life History

Notes

• There are not many sources for data on William and his wife Martha.  A couple of genealogies report some information that appears to come form family sources, but no documentation is provided.
  
  William Thompson
  Birth 1652 in Rapidan, Orange, Virginia
  Death 1701 in Blackwell Neck, Hanover, Virginia
  Married Martha Elizabeth Buttall
  Birth 1627 in Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales
  Death 1670 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  --  Fisher Family, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/5641182/person/-1417797027
  
  Note that William is about 25 years older that Martha.  There is confusion on the husbands of Martha Buttall, and overlapping dates in the various sources, indicating that two or more individuals are confused in the reports.  One fact supporting this is that Thomas Wynne, rep[roted to have married Martha Buttall, immigrated to Philadelphia form Wales, and Philadelphia is reported as the place of death of Martha Buttall who married William Thompson. But William Thompson and his wife Martha are associated with Virginia, not Philadelphia.  There may have been two women of the same name, one in Virginia and the other in Philadelphia, or the maiden name has been imposed.  some sources for William Thompson's wife have only her first name of Martha.
  

Sources

• 1. World Family Tree Vol. 149, Ed. 1
  • Name: Name: MyFamily.com, Inc.; Date: June-2004;;
• 2. Ancestry Trees
  • Fisher Family, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/5641182/person/-1417797027
• 3. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900