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bap. 12 Apr. 1607, 2nd s. of Robert Thomson (d. aft. 1633) of Watton-at-Stone, Herts. and Elizabeth, da. of John Harsnett (Halfhead, Harfett) of Watton-at-Stone; bro. of Robert Thomson* and William Thomson*.Watton, Herts. par. reg.; Vis. Herts. (Harl. Soc. xxii), 97-8. educ. travelled abroad (Virginia), 1623-aft. 1628.J.C. Hotten, The Original Lists of Persons…who went from Great Britain to the American plantations, 1600–1700 (1874), 244; L.G. Tyler Encyclopedia of Virginia Biog. (New York, 1915), i. 339. m. (1) betw. 1631-3, Elizabeth, da. of James Brickland of Thorncliffe, Cheshire or John Brickland of Derbys. s.p.; (2) bef. 5 Aug. 1645, Elizabeth (bur. 19 Mar. 1661), da. of William Humphryes of Southwark, and wid. of Thomas Moore of Wickham and Richard Tuffnayle* (bur. 18 Aug. 1640), at least 1s. d.v.p. 2da.;Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xvii), 282; Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. liv), 164; St Olave, Southwark par. reg. (3) aft. 13 Aug. 1667, Abigail, da. and coh. of Thomas Barnes of Aldborough Hatch, Essex and wid. of John Lockey of Holmes Hill, Herts., Josias Berners* and Roger Hill II*, s.p.Som. RO, DD/X/VNL/1, p. 37; Vis. Som. 1672 (Harl. Soc. n.s. xi), 113. bur. 9 Jan. 1691 9 Jan. 1691.St Olave, Southwark, and St James Clerkenwell, Mdx. par. regs.
Offices Held

Colonial: lt. militia, Elizabeth City, Virg. 1628/9. Member, house of burgesses, 1629.Encyclopedia Virginia Biog. i. 339.

Central: commr. sea adventure to Ireland, 17 June 1642;A. and O. for compounding, 8 Feb. 1647, 6 Jan. 1649.A. and O.; CJ vi. 113b. Member, cttee. for indemnity, 21 May 1647;A. and O. cttee. of navy and customs by 19 Aug. 1647, 17 Feb. 1659;CJ v. 278a; vii. 279a, 605a. cttee. for admlty. and Cinque Ports, 4 Mar. 1648;CJ v. 476b; LJ x. 88b. cttee. for excise, 5 Jan. 1648.LJ ix. 639a; CJ v. 416b. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 29 Aug. 1648; removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 20 June 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 5 Sept. 1649.CJ vi. 290a. Gov. Westminster sch. and almshouses, 26 Sept. 1649.A. and O. Cllr. of state, 13 Feb. 1651, 25 Nov. 1652, 19 May 1659, 31 Dec. 1659, 25 Feb. 1660.A. and O.; CJ vii. 221a, 800b. Member, cttee. regulating universities, 22 May 1651.CJ vi. 577b. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of forfeited estates, 16 July 1651;A. and O. for customs, 8 Apr. 1652–18 May 1653;CJ vii. 118a; SP25/69 f. 94. admlty. and navy, 10 Dec. 1652, by 21 Oct. 1654, 31 May 1659, 2 Feb. 1660;CJ vii. 225b, 228a; A. and O.; SP25/69 f. 94; SP18/76, f. 179. for governing army, 26 Dec. 1659;CJ vii. 797a. of accts. 1667-aft. 27 Feb. 1672.SR; CTB ii. 611; iii. 211, 669, 948, 959; SP29/322, f. 195.

Military: capt. of horse (parlian.), regt. of William Russell*, 5th earl of Bedford, army of 3rd earl of Essex, 17 July 1642.SP28/9/354; A list of the horse under the command of William Earl of Bedford (1642, 669.f.6.70). Col. of horse, army of Sir William Waller* bef. 29 Mar. 1644.Sir W. Sanderson, A compleat history of the life and raigne of King Charles (1658), 697; Juxon Jnl. 49. Col. of ft. vol. regt. London 10 Aug. 1659.CSP Dom. 1659–60, pp. 124, 563, 567.

Local: commr. sewers, Kent and Surr. 25 Nov. 1645, 14 Nov. 1657;C181/5, f. 264; C181/6, p. 263. London 15 Dec. 1645, 13 Aug. 1657;C181/5, f. 266v; C181/6, p. 259. Surr. 1 Sept. 1659.C181/6, p. 386. J.p. 8 June 1646 – Mar. 1656, Mar- bef. Oct. 1660; Kent by Feb. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1653, ?- 11 Mar. 1656, Mar.-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/6, pp. 47, 327, 328; C193/13/3, f. 34; C193/13/4, f. 49v; A Perfect List (1660). Commr. assessment, Surr. 23 June 1647, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653; Kent, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660, 1 June 1660;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Essex 17 Mar. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 26 Jan. 1660; Southwark militia, 9 Sept. 1647, 14 Apr. 1648, July 1649, 14 July 1659; militia, Kent 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Surr. 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Southwark 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Home circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 14, 373. ejecting scandalous ministers, Surr. 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O.

Religious: trier, tenth London classis, 20 Oct. 1645; elder, 26 Sept. 1646.LJ vii. 616, 652a; A. and O.

Parlimentarian
THOMSON, George (1607-91), of St Olave, Southwark, and Lee, Blackheath, Kent.
: Southwark and Kent., Lee.
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Commons 1640-1660
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THOMSON, George (1607-91), of St Olave, Southwark, and Lee, Blackheath, Kent.

Will
15 Dec. 1690, pr. 17 Jan. 1691.PROB11/403/100.
Estates
bef. 1628, plantation in Va.R. Brenner, Merchants and Revolution (2003), 128. 9 Feb. 1636, share in 8,000 acres in Burckley or Berkeley hundred, Charles City co. Va.N.M. Nugent, Cavaliers and Pioneers (Baltimore, 1963), i. 53; Brenner, Merchants and Revolution, 146. 1635, interest in Montserrat colony;Brenner, Merchants and Revolution, 128-9, 186. manor of Brightlingsea, Essex.C5/339/219; PROB11/403/100. ?bef. 1650, Spilshill Court, Kent.J. Philpot, Villare cantianum (1650), 305; Hasted, Kent, vii. 119-29. ?Nov. 1651, adventure of £1,200 in united jt. stock, E. India Co.Cal. Ct. Mins. E. I. Co. 1650-1654 ed. Sainsbury, 133.
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