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Tom Thumb

Dwarf Circus Performer

Joseph Thompson

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• • Grandfather of Tom Thumb — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 6 
  • Father:
  • Jeduthan Thompson 
  • Mother:
  • Thankful Beardsley   
  • Birth Date:
  • 12 Nov 1778 
  • Birth Location:
  • New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut 
  • Christening Date:
  • 4 Apr 1779 
  • Christening Location:
  • New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut 
  • Death Date:
  • 23 Jul 1856 
  • Death Location:
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  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Oak Grove Cemetery, West Haven, New Haven, Connecticut 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Mary Ann Sharp
  • Marriage Date:
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  • Child:

  Cynthia Thompson (Ahnentafel No:3 )

  • Notes: 

  • War of 1812 Veteran

• Sources for Joseph Thompson

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 01/03/2015).
  • ² New Haven, CT: Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol. 7, pp. 1765-1766, gives Joseph's death date as 24 JUL 1856.
  • ³ Holt, Nellie Beardsley and Charles Eleazer Holt, Beardsley Genealogy: The Family of William Beardsley, One of the First Settlers of Connecticut, West Hartford, Connecticut: n. p. (1951), 28, includes typo giving Joseph's name as Eunice and correctly as Joseph.
  • ⁴ Sharpe, W. C., History of Seymour, Connecticut, with Biographies and Genealogies, Seymour, Connecticut: Record Print (1879), 208-209.
  • ⁵ Wikipedia, "General Tom Thumb", (accessed 01/03/2015).