Ancestry of
Bill Gates

Founder of Microsoft

James Thompson

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• • 4th Great-grandfather of Bill Gates — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 108 
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  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1776 
  • Birth Location:
  • Pennsylvania 
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  • Death Date:
  • AFT 11 Jun 1855 
  • Death Location:
  • prob. Springport, Cayuga, New York 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Abigail Lovell
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  Barker Lovell Thompson (Ahnentafel No:54 )

• Sources for James Thompson

  • ¹ Federal Census, NY, Cayuga County, 1850, Springport, Image 4 of 50.
  • ² New York, U.S., State Census, 1855, Cayuga County, Springport, Image 10 of 34.
  • ³ Revolutionary War Pensions, W16330, Pension file for parents-in-law Jonathan and Hannah Lovell.

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