Jesse Thompson

Jesse Thompson (November 14, 1749 – June 23, 1834) was an American politician from New York

Life

He was born on November 14, 1749 in New Haven, Connecticut.

He served as a lieutenant in the 4th Regiment, New York Line in 1775.[1] Thompson served as a Dutchess County, New York Justice of the Peace 1799-1801 and 1813-4 and kept a register of the marriages he officiated.[2] He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Dutchess Co.) in 1796, 1796–97, 1798, 1808–09, 1814 and 1819, representing the Federalist Party.

He died on June 23, 1834, in Fleming, Cayuga County, New York

Thompson was the son of Enos Thompson (died 1806) and his wife Sara Hitchcock Thompson. Soldier and politician Israel Thompson (1742-1805) was his brother. Governor Enos T. Throop (1784–1874), State Senator George B. Throop (1793–1854) and Congressman Israel T. Hatch (1808–1875) were his nephews, sons of Thompson's much younger sister Abiah (1762-1846).

References
  1. New York in the Revolution, 2nd edition, James A. Roberts, Albany, NY: Brandow Printing, 1898, p. 47
  2. http://www.dcgs-gen.org/dutchesstoc13-18.htm Contents of "The Dutchess", Volume 13, number 2 (Winter 1985-6)

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