Rev. Benjamin Thompson

1769 - 1853  (~ 88 years)

• Name	Benjamin Thompson  [1, 2]
  Title	Rev.
  Nickname	Ben
  Born	Between 1765 and 1769	North Carolina, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census	17 Oct 1850	Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA
  Died	31 Dec 1853	Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA   [1, 2]
  Buried	Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA   [2]
  	Summers Cemetery
  Person ID	I5232	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	Closs Thompson, Sr.,   b. Abt 1729, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. Abt 1800, Sharpsburg, Bath, Kentucky, USA  (Age ~ 71 years)
  Mother	Jane Jones
  Married	17 Oct 1759	Rowan, North Carolina, USA   [2]
  Family ID	F1836	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Foster,   b. Between 1778 and 1780, Kentucky, USA ,   d. Aug 1862  (Age ~ 84 years)
  Married	29 Sep 1797	Campbell, Kentucky, USA   [2]
  Children	1. Elizabeth Thompson,   b. Between 1800 and 1802, Kentucky, USA ,   d. Abt Jun 1881  (Age ~ 81 years)   2. Rebecca Thompson,   b. 1802,   d. Bef 1853  (Age < 50 years)   3. Mary Thompson,   b. Abt 1803,   d. Bef 1853  (Age ~ 49 years)   4. Jane Thompson,   b. Between 1804 and 1805, Kentucky, USA   5. Lucinda Thompson,   b. Between 1808 and 1815, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA   6. Samuel Thompson,   b. Abt 1808, Missouri, USA ,   d. 18 Aug 1888  (Age ~ 80 years) + 7. Benjamin Wilson Thompson,   b. Between 1816 and 1818, Missouri, USA + 8. Celia Thompson,   b. Abt Apr 1818, Missouri, USA + 9. Henry Lee Thompson,   b. 8 Dec 1820, Missouri, USA ,   d. 9 Feb 1903  (Age 82 years) + 10. Sarena Irene Thompson,   b. Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA ,   d. Bef 1836
  Last Modified	15 Aug 2021
  Family ID	F1838	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Between 1765 and 1769 - North Carolina, USA Married - 29 Sep 1797 - Campbell, Kentucky, USA Census - 17 Oct 1850 - Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA Died - 31 Dec 1853 - Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA Buried - - Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  "The first protestant church west of the Mississippi was in Upper Louisiana in 1806. The second was Old Bethel Baptist Church in Southeast Missouri near Jackson. Benjamin Thompson was the pastor of this church for 27 years." [Descendants of Closs Thompson, Sr. and Jane Jones Lee: a study of the Thompson family and the related families of Randolph, Burford, Baldwin, Sander, Adams, Proffer, Looney, Loos, Frankie Burford Randolph, Jean Proffer Adams (1992), Accessed June 2016; online image, FamilySearch (http://books.familysearch.org).] "Departed this life the 31st day of December, 1853, Elder Benjamin Thompson, aged eighty years. He joined the Regular Baptist Church called Bethel near Jackson, in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, on February 8, A. D. 1812, and was licensed to preach the gospel on June 8, A. D. 1822, and was ordained a minister of the Gospel, March 12, A. D. 1825; and September 9, A. D. 1826, was chosen pastor of said church, and remained pastor until the day of his death. Elder Thompson as a preacher was sound in the faith that was delivered to the saints. His life was an example to all people that knew him. When at home he was engaged in working on his farm at peace with all his neighbors, and when out preaching the word, he freely gave it, for as much as it was given to him freely, so he made the Gospel without a charge. Believing with all his heart that it was his duty to preach wherever his mind led him, if any opportunity served, and so he did, all the time, till his age and weakness became so that he had to stay at his own dwelling, where he was kindly waited on until the messenger of death was prepared to separate his spirit from his body. Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord, yea, saith the Spirit, for they shall rest from their labour, and their works do follow them. He left a wife and one son and grandson on the farm, and other children scattered about with many brethren and neighbors and friends to mourn his loss." Copied from Minutes of Bethel Church, Feb. 11, 1854. Copyright The Primitive Baptist Library. [via FamilySearch Family Tree; entry for Benjamin W. Thompson, 1769-1853] See also -- http://www.pblib.org/BethelMoChurch.htm Early Protestant Spirituality (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.)

  
  

• Sources

  [S650] Lincecum, B. J., Lincecum Genealogy, Featuring "The Lincecum Line" genealogy report dated January 1990. [S682] Descendants of Closs Thompson, Sr. and Jane Jones Lee: a study of the Thompson family and the related families of Randolph, Burford, Baldwin, Sander, Adams, Proffer, Looney, Loos, 1992, Accessed June 2016.