Sarah Thompson

Note: Was named after her mother Sarah Gilliland (Gordan)

Sarah Gilland

• Married name: Mrs. Sarah Thompson
• Gender: Female
• Birth: 1785 - Ballymurry, County Down, Ireland
• Marriage: 1801 - Ireland or Pennsylvania, United States
• Residence: 1850 - Cherry, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States
• Death: Jan 10 1862 - Cherry Township, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States
• Burial: Jan 1862 - West Sunbury Union Cemetery, West Sunbury, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States
• Parents: John Thomas Gilliland and Sarah Gordon
• Husband: James Marion Thompson (1777-1861) - married 1801. He is seen as the son of Judith Bodine and John Thompson.

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Pedigree and family from:

http://www.nims-leistiko.info/nims-leistiko/JamesSarahThompson.htm (retrieved 18 August 2024)

James and Sarah had the following children:

1. Mary Ann Thompson Born October 10, 1802. Married John Davison.
2. Jane Thompson Born December 16, 1804. Married Richard Baker.
3. Catherine Thompson Born July 15, 1807. Married Richard Baker.
4. Sarah Thompson Born July 16, 1809. Married Samuel Sherlock.
5. Elizabeth Thompson Born January 28, 1812. Married John Irwin.
6. Moses Thompson Born April 18, 1814. Married Jennie McCandless.
7. Mathilda Thompson Born February 22, 1816. Died June 1, 1845
8. John Thompson Born May 3, 1818. Married Mary Ann Turk.
9. Arabella Thompson Born April 22, 1822. Married Edwin Tinker.
10. James Thompson Born May 7, 1823. Married Ann Coovert. Killed in the Civil War at the Battle of Gaines Mill on June 27, 1862.
11. Minerva Thompson Born June 23, 1825. Married William Hall.
12. Andrew Thompson Born February 1, 1828. Died january 12, 1862.
13. Emiline Thompson Born April 23, 1829. Married Will Mortland. Died September 5, 1899

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Comments

Extensive research on this family takes looking at everything for the validation of relationships.

James George Gordan 2 last will and fragment of his journal link below.

https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~duffy/genealogy/reports/gordon/rr01...

(The Extensive Gilliland and Thompson Geneology)
(https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C1YVkvGrwpAom1nc5kVL3Q9bVj3GXN_...)

Notes for James Thompson

Sarah and James married in Ireland went to Pittsburg then to Butler Co Pa, Franklin tsp then to Beaver Co and back to Butler Co Pa 1795-1796

Pitt township Butler Co tax list
Thompson James (weaver) single male
Thompson John 35 acres 1 cow
Thompson William single male 1803 Connoquenessing township Butler Co Pa

Thompson James b Ireland naturalized with sponser Peter McLaughlin of Pittsburg. Was in America before Jan 29 1795...(Lists of Immigrants who applied for naturalization papers in district courts of Allegheney Co Pa 1798 1840 Vol 2/87):

"James Thompson was born in Ireland in 1778..there married Sarah Gilliland and immigrated to Pittsburg Pa and thence to Butler Co early in the present century. He purchased a farm in what is now Franklin township, subsequently removed to Beaver Co and then returned to Butler Co and bought a track of 600 acres of land in Cherry township. He cleared a farm made substanial improvements and resided upon it down to his death in 1861. He was a member of the Protestant Episcopal church

History of Butler Co p 1076

Children of Sarah2 Gilliland and James Thompson were as follows:

• 99 i Mary Ann3 Thompson, born 10 Oct 1802; died 16 Dec 1860. She married John Davidson.
• 100 ii Jane3 Thompson, born 10 Dec 1805. She married Shipman Newkirk.
• 101 iii Catherine3 Thompson, born 13 Jul 1807. She married Richard Baker.
• 102 iv Sarah3 Thompson, born 16 Jul 1809. She married Samuel Shedock.
• 103 v Elizabeth3 Thompson
• 104 vi Moses3 Thompson 105 vii Matilda3 Thompson, born 22 Feb 1816; died Jul 1845.
• 106 viii John3 Thompson, born 3 May 1818. He married Mary Ann Turk.
• 107 ix Arabella3 Thompson, born 22 Apr 1822. She married Edwin Tinker.
• 108 x James3 Thompson
• 109 xi Minerva3 Thompson, born 23 Jun 1825; died 16 Dec 1906. She married William Hall.
• 110 xii Andrew3 Thompson, born 1 Feb 1828; died 12 Jan 1832.
• 111 xiii Emeline3 Thompson, born 23 Apr 1829. She married Mr Mortland.

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Note: There's a Error record on family search confusing the parentage. This is not the daughter of the Patriot John Gilliland and his wife Elizabeth Young, The Patriot war hero John did not mention any Sarah in his will and citation sources doesn't have a Sarah in the list of children. This Sarah came from Down Ireland to Butler PA where John and Sarah Gordan family immigrated from and to. In the Gilliland Bio page lists Sarah as a daughter of John and Sarah Gordan mentions the family's immigration info. James and Sarah Thompson named two daughters after Sarah's sisters Mary Ann and Catherine and one daughter after Sarah her self and a son Andrew Thompson after her brother Andrew Gilliland and Pvt James Thompson after their father.

References

1. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87445029/mary-ann-shannon
2. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54487873/sarah-thompson
3. https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LZ23-GN6/sarah-gilliland-1785...
4. https://gw.geneanet.org/bsdavids?lang=en&n=gilliland&p=sarah#note-w...
5. https://gw.geneanet.org/jamesbox?lang=en&n=gilliland&p=sarah

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Pg 362 and up
https://books.google.com/books?id=kLR9bwAACAAJ&pg=PA381&source=gbs_...