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bap. 21 Feb. 1622, 5th but 4th surv. s. of Robert Thomson of Watton-at-Stone, Herts. and Elizabeth, da. of John Harsnett (Halfhead, Harfett) of Watton-at-Stone;Watton-at-Stone par. reg.; Vis. Herts. 1634 (Harl. Soc. xxii), 98. bro. of George Thomson* and William Thomson*. m. ?23 July 1646 Frances Chambers of Stepney, 2s. (1 d.v.p.), 4da.St Dunstan, Stepney, Mdx. par. reg.; H.F. Waters, Genealogical Gleanings in England and Wales (Boston, Mass., 1901), 65-6. d. 1694.Waters, Genealogical Gleanings, 66.
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Military: capt. (parlian.) by Aug. 1643;Impact of the First Civil War on Herts. 1642–1647 ed. A. Thomson (Herts. Rec. Soc. xxii), 153. maj. by Mar. 1644.SP28/13/10.

Central: member, cttee. to register royalists in London, 13 Nov. 1645. Commr. regulating the navy and customs, 16 Jan. 1649; sale of prize goods, 17 Apr. 1649; for navy, 25 July 1649;CJ vi. 269b. propagating gospel in New England, 27 July 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. of safety, 26 Oct. 1659.Whitelocke, Mems. iv. 366.

Local: commr. martial law in London, 3 Apr. 1646; assessment, Surr. and Southwark 9 June 1657; Mdx. 26 Jan. 1660; militia, 26 July 1659; Tower Hamlets 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.

Mercantile: member, cttee. E. I. Co. aft. 1662–?82;G. Carew, Fraud and Violence Detected (1662), 117; Some Remarks upon the Present State of the East-India Company’s Affairs (1690), 3. dep. gov. 1670 – 71, 1674 – 75, 1675 – 76, 1678 – 79, 1679–80.Cal. Ct. Mins. E. I. Co. 1668–70, p. 322; 1674–6, pp. 46, 174; 1677–9, pp. 175, 267.

Parlimentarian
THOMSON, Robert (1622-94), of Newington Green, Mdx.
: Mdx.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
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THOMSON, Robert (1622-94), of Newington Green, Mdx.

Will
14 Apr. 1691, pr. 6 Dec. 1694.PROB11/418/508.
Estates
bought the site of Boston old church for £160, and bishops’ lands consisting of 3 closes in Morton, Yorks. 8 Mar. 1650, for £278 9s 8d.Coll. Gen et Top. i (1834), 289. At d. held property at Guilford, Mass., an estate at ‘Nipmugg’ (Nipmuc, Mass.), a farm at Culpho and Felsham, Suff., another in Kent, an estate at Esham, Lincs. and lands in Yorks.PROB11/418/508
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