The surname ‘Thomson’ is of English origin, particulary from the North of England and Scotland, although the name is not exclusively Scottish it is especially common in Scotland. it is also a derivative of the Welsh name ‘Thomas’. Compiled information from Historical and Private archive’s has confirmed that the surname ‘Thomas’ and or it’s variant’s, dates as far back as the thirteenth century were a ‘Eborard fil Thome’, from Cambridgeshire, England, is recorded on the Hundred Rolls in 1273. The exact period of settlement in North America has not been definately determined but Information extracted from Public and Civil registry archive’s confirm that one of the first settlers was a certain ‘Richard Thompson’, aged 30, a husbandman by trade, from the County of Yorkshire, England. He emigrated to North America in 1774 to seek a better livelihood, sailing from the Port of Hull aboard the ship named the ‘Two Friends’ on the 28th of February 1774, arriving in Nova Scotia on the 7th of March 1774. Today, ‘Thomson’ is the ‘One tho…
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