Margaret Thompson
1773 - 1833 (60 years)
1767 - 1842 (75 years)-
Name Margaret Thompson [1] 
Birth20 Feb 1773 Virginia 
Gender Female Death 4 Jun 1833 Bracken Co., Kentucky BurialFoster Farm, Bracken Co., Kentucky [2] Notes - I am stuck on her ancestry: can anyone help? She and her husband were probably married in PA or MD or VA rather than Kentucky.
☞ There are a lot of Thompsons in the area by the 1790s.
—William Thompson died in abt 1792 in Mason Co. without a will; wife and administratrix was named Mary. This may be William Thompson the Rev. War veteran who married Mary Jack.
—In 1799 tax lists for Bracken Co. four Thompsons appear: Ezekiel, Elijah, James, and William. (Bracken was made from Mason in 1796.)
—In 1800 in Fleming appear Andrew, Lawrence. (Fleming was made from Mason in 1798.)
—In 1800 in Nicholas appear Alexander, Anthony, Henry, James Sr., James, Joseph, Thomas, William (Nicholas was made from Mason in 1799.)
—In 1800 in Mason Co. appear John, John C., Mary, Matthew, and William.
—In 1801 in Bracken George B., Samuel, and Ebenzer also appear.
Several members of a Thompson family are buried at Maple Grove Cemetery in Germantown, Kentucky.
One option out there on the internets names Sgt. James Thompson and (Nancy) Ann Perry as Margaret's parents. Sgt. Thompson was born in Scotland, served in the Revolution in the Maryland Line, moved to Virginia and then to Kentucky. Ann Perry was from Prince George’s Co., Maryland, or [?] Rhode Island. They had 8 children (born in MD or VA) before moving to Bracken Co., KY. Their third child was named Margaret.
BUT next to the number of Thompsons in the area, there is a problem here with dates. The birth dates differ: Margaret daughter of James and Ann was born on 26 Sept. 1772, which consistently differs from the sources about this Margaret. While Sgt. James Thompson is in the DAR and SAR databases, no-one seems to have applied via a daughter Margaret. I’ve simply not seen any source that connect James and Nancy Thompson to this Margaret.
Other stories are out there too. Note e.g. this discussion of Margaret in the context of a grandson (via Maria); this says that this branch of Thompsons were French (!?):
"The Doctor's [i.e., Dr. Elijah Currens Dimmitt] mother was born in Bracken county, the daughter of William and Margaret (Thompson) Currens. William Currens started the tannery just north of the town of Germantown, in Bracken county, ran the business successfully and continued in the same operation until his death, in 1844, at which time Robert P. Dimmitt was in charge as manager and closed up the business. The Thompsons were millers in former generations and French in genealogical descent. They built a number of mills in different states and some members of the family now reside in Indiana." [3, 4]
Person ID I5860 Last Modified 25 Feb 2025
Spouse / Partner William Currens
b. 4 Apr 1767, Maryland
d. 16 May 1842, Bracken Co., Kentucky (Age 75 years)
Children1 son and 3 daughters Family ID F4129 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 22 Apr 2025
- I am stuck on her ancestry: can anyone help? She and her husband were probably married in PA or MD or VA rather than Kentucky.
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Event Map 
Birth - 20 Feb 1773 - Virginia 
Death - 4 Jun 1833 - Bracken Co., Kentucky = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Histories 
Kentucky Family Mysteries Bracken and Mason counties in Kentucky figure in family history at several points. The Hamilton, Mannen, Pollock, and Savage families on this tree moved from various Pennsylvania and Virginia counties to farm near Germantown and Maysville, on the Ohio River. Relatives in the Dye family, from another part of the tree, also lived there in the nineteenth century.
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Reference Pitard, D. "Margaret Thompson". Genealogy at Pitard.net. https://ancestors.pitard.net/getperson.php?personID=I5860&tree=1sttree (accessed April 24, 2025).
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