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THOMPSON

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Members of the Thompson family have appeared intermittently in the Trunch parish records since 1594. There is a 1730 will for Martha Thompson in the Record Office (copy available from me) and a Joshua Tompson paid tithes in 1732 and 1733. However the Thompsons in Trunch in the 19th. Century came from a Paston family.

A James Thompson was born in Paston in 1799, with Joseph as his father and Mary as his mother. This James was a shoemaker in Paston and had at least 5 children - 4 girls and a boy. By 1841 the family were living in Trunch and it was the boy, James, born 1825, who became a small farmer in Trunch after marrying Elizabeth Boughey in 1848. Elizabeth had been born in Southwark in Surrey but at the time of the marriage, her family were living in Mundesley, with her late father described as a "farmer of Trunch". I think he probably farmed land on the Northern edge of Trunch called Heath Pightle, which James took over. It was 11 acres in size and near the Tee but it was not Tee Farm itself and they probably lived in one of the cottages near the Tee. 


PictureHampstead 1902
Trunch farmer James 1825-1894 who was also the Village Constable, had 3 children in Trunch and at least 2 more in Paston, where he returned as a shoemaker for a few years in the 1860s. Two of his children moved further afield. William married Annie from Twickenham and they settled in London, having their first child in Marylebone and 5 more in Hampstead. Like his grandfather, William had just one son and 5 daughters. He worked as a coachman and butler, while the children worked in offices and shops.

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Meanwhile, son James, moved to North Walsham and worked as a carpenter. By 1891 he was married to Bertha from Tibenham, living in Spa Common, on the edge of North Walsham, and had 2 sons. By 1911 they had moved to Cromer Road, North Walsham, had 2 more sons and were living in a house with 5 rooms, quite big for the time.

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I came across this newspaper report - 15 July 1903 Eastern Daily Press.

Death of William Thompson of Ipswich (famous botanist) His grandmother was a daughter of Mr. William Lacey of Trunch who kept a school for the education of the sons of Nonconformists parents, who at that time were debarred from entering our grammar schools. Both families were members of the Baptist Church at Worstead from the time of its formation in 1717.

This set me off on a quest to find out how William Thompson (half of Thompson and Morgan, the seed firm) was connected to Trunch. It turns out that his father, Robert came from Happisburgh where William's grandfather was a blacksmith, and his grandmother was Hannah Lacey. However I haven't been able to find any record of a William having a daughter Hannah in Norfolk at that time. The poll records list a John Lacey as a teacher in Trunch from 1802-1817 but not a William.


There was also a Miss Thompson as a teacher at Trunch school for some time but she was born in Dickleburgh and does not seem to be connected to the local families. And in 1978 a Mr and Mrs R Thompson attended the funeral of Maud Buck.

Click here for more details about the Thompsons and here for some family trees.

And if you have any more information please contact me.

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James Thompson 1894 Elizabeth 1901




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