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early time (tlie exact date I have not ascertained) and settled on a farm 

 near Conway, P.O., on the Bay of Quinte shore, a couple of lots west 

 of the farm o^med by Eev. Eobert McDowall, Presbyterian missionary. 

 He was a member of tlie Church of England, St. Paul's church, Fred- 

 ericksburgh, and lies buried in the Presbyterian burying-ground just 

 opposite, in a plot near by Rev. Mr. McDowail and family. He was 

 married in St. John church, Bath, by Rev. John Langhorn, February 

 6th, 1791, to Elizabeth Fraser, widow of the late William Fraser, both 

 of Third Town (see Ontario Historical Society Papers and Records, 

 Vol. 1, page 17). They had no children. He was not married before 

 and therefore left no children. 



]\Irs. Eraser, his wdfe, had three daughters, whom he appears to 

 have treated as his own family. 



(1) The oldest married John G. Clute, of the same locality, who 

 was a prorndnenit business man then and who lies buried near, beside 

 Thompson. Some of his children are still living. The oldest, Mrs. 

 Murdoch, now of Kingston, is past 90 years, but remembers a good 

 deal. Another, David Clute, Sillsville, P.O., and his sister, Margaret, 

 who never married, also remember a good deal. 



(2) Another daughter married Jambes Mc^abb, M.P.P., of Belle- 

 ville; a son of theirs was accidentally killed in 1837, mention of which 

 is made in CannifE's History. 



(3) Another married — Symons for her first husband ; then 

 James Carpenter, of Toronto. Some of the family live there yet. 



Timothy Thompso'n, Mr. Clute says, was several times elected to 

 parliament. One of his opponents was James Mordoff, a resident of 

 Fredericksburgh, whose name appears several times among baptisms 

 and marriages in Langhorn's records. The elections then were held 

 near Thompson's own place, though he did not keep a public house 

 himself, yet, kept '' open hoaise '' during the several days of these 

 elections, according to the" custom then. 



J\rr. Clute has yet a box on which is painted " Ensign Thompson." 

 Eraser was Scotch and wore his kilties, and he thinks Thompson was 

 also Scotch. 



Thompson had a number of negroes, who did all the work and 

 M^ho lived in cabins near by. His widow lived years after him, and the 

 older inhabitants of the locality remember her quite well. 



Ellen Clute, a grand-daughter of Thompson's, lived with them, and 

 was adopted as his child. She was made his heir, and there Avas be- 

 queathed to her the farm. She sold it to Solomon Wright, Esq., where 

 he lived and died, and it is now owned and o cupied by his son, Edward 

 Wright. He also willed other lands he then owned or laid claim to. 

 These included a large gore between 1st and 2nd concessions, abutting 



