Thanks for the quick reply. The earliest ancestor my husband can trace and document is Archibald Thompson 1678-1746. The only hint we have going further back is this excerpt quoted in a Montgomery, PA Historical Society document.
"Among the writings of one of the descendants is a description of the old ancestral home of Robert Curry Thomson at Changewater, N.J. It says, "A stag's head, with the antlers always hung in the hall, and I have a faded remembrance of being told when a child that it represented a special connection with the Thomson name. I have since learned that it must have represented a part of the Thomson Arms." These writings also state that the following was taken from a genealogy of the family compiled by Edward Sharp Thomson of Port Colden, N.J. This genealogy has not been found.
The Arms: A stag's head, cabossed, affronted, gu. Cross-crosslet, fitched, on a agure, engrailed chief, between two spur rowels.
The Crest: A dexter, embowed arm in armor, the hand ppr. holding a cross-crosslet, fitched, -all gu.
The Motto: Honestie is the best policie."
Excerpt from document entitled "Thomson Genealogy and History". Historical Society of Montgomery County, PA , stamped #8232.
Thanks for your help. We really appreciate it.
Do you know of any place John Thomson's genealogy would be posted?
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