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Hi Janice, I have been trying to get a location in Ulster Province, Ireland where my Thompson's came from. At least one has a birthplace of Belfast, County Antrim. With others I'm not sure. Thompson is one of the most common names in Ulster. It has occurred to me that there was a close relationship between Thompson's and James Patton.
So, when several genealogists indicated that I had to find the "Townland" where my kin came from in Ireland, I decided to try to trace James Patton and his family since I had a few more geographical clues for his family. For
one thing, James P. came from Limavaddy in Ulster. That got me close since that was a townland. To tie that down, I searched and determined that it was Newtown Limavady, County Derry, Ulster Province, Ireland. His father was in the Manor of Springfield, Baroney of Kilmacrenan, County Donegal, Ulster Province, Ireland. In his various dealings in Ulster, James Patton had several Thompson's working for or with him. In addition, the ubiquitous Thompson's seemed to be located in the various counties he was in. Three of the six isn't too bad, eh??? To add
to this, Patton's and Thompson's were living near each other in Lancaster Co., PA & in Augusta Co., VA. Patton's
daughter married a Thompson in VA as well.
One thing that I learned was that some battles occurred which resulted in victories for the protestants over the
Catholic armies. The king generously gave the victors land grants. This meant that someone who lived in Limavady
went off to fight in Belfast and was given land in Donegal. The moving about may or may not be documented. If a
leader with a large following, you might end up with a large land holding and all your followers living nearby on what
would seem like a feudal warlord. Maintaining the land and having troops at hand were part of the deal with the king. So, then you find lists of troops for each Baron to convince the king's agents that you are conforming and have people on hand just in case the natives get restless.
My next phase seems to be to try to get some Ordnance Survey Maps of Ireland which are very detailed and old
and which may show individual homes and names of inhabitants. The trouble here is that it may take several to cover a townland.
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