The following information was provided by June of Fairfax County, VirginiaThanks June
Thanks also to Rebecca Bashaw, Wayne Greene and John Thomson.
If anyone would like to add information on one of these ministers please email Jim Burgess Abell, Ephraim (Baptist)
Ephraim Abell and Thornton STRINGFELLOW were cousins Does anyone know what churches they pastored? Thornton STRINGFELLOW pastored a Baptist Church in Culpeper. Wayne Greene Adams, Charles S. Allen, Edward Allen, Thomas D. Arnold, JOhn Atkinson, J.F.P. Baker, Joseph (Baptist) Barnes, Richard H. Bashaw, Elijah Bashaw, Rawleigh
Elijah and Rawleigh were the first Methodist Ministers in Fauquier Thanks to Rebecca Bashaw Bennett, Alexander H. (Baptist) Bernard, Jonah Best, Hezekiah (Methodist) Bond, Richard Brandelberry, William Broadus, William F. (Baptist) Brooke, George G. Browne, Charles E. (Methodist) Bruce, Silas (Baptist) Buck, Thomas, Jr. (Baptist, O.S.) Bunting, James Burch, Robert (Methodist) Caddens, Robert (Methodist) Clark, John (Baptist, O.S.) Cole, John (Episcopal) Conner, Lewis (Baptist) Cooke, C. Corbin, Lewis Coston, Z.H. Dagg, John L. (Baptist) David, D. Davis, Wlliam F.R. (Methodist) Dawson, Benjamin (Baptist) Dodge, H. W. (Baptist) Enos, William H. (Methodist) Evans, French S. Fristoe, William (Baptist) Frye, Joseph (Methodist) Furlong, Henry (Methodist) George, Cumberland (Baptist) Gover, Samuel (Methodist) Greaves/Graves/Groves, Nathaniel Grimsley, Barnett (Baptist) Guest, Job (Methodist) Harper, George W.S. Hayes, Thomas C. (Methodist) Henry, J.M. Herndon, Samuel O. Herndon, Thaddeus D. (Baptist) Herndon, Traverse (Baptist) Hickerson, John (Baptist) Hill, Ephriam Hitt, Daniel (Methodist) Jones, Robert Juston, Septimus (Presbyterian) Keppler/Kempler, Samuel Klipstine, Philip A. (Baptist) Knootz, (Koonts), John (Baptist) lanius, Jacob Latham, Robert (Baptist) Lauck, William C. (Baptist, O.S.) Leach, Caleb Ledbetter, Rufus Lemmon, George (Episcopal) Lumsdon, William O. (Methodist) Macartney, Francis McCoy, Walter B. (Baptist, O.S.) McQuire, Edward C. (Episcopal) Marshall, William L. Massey, J.T. (Baptist) Mills, Nathaniel B. (Methodist) Monroe/Monrie, John (Baptist) Moore, Francis (Baptist) Morgan, Gerard (Methodist) Morrison, William C. Neale, John (Baptist) Newman, Theron M. (Methodist) Ogilvie, John (Baptist) Peyton, Y.T. (Methodist) Philip,Phelps, E. P. (Methodist) Pickett, John (Baptist) Pollard, Charles P. (Baptist) Rescorl, P. Reynolds, Cale(Methodist) Richards, ? Roszel, Stephen G. (Methodist) Sanders/Saunders, Robert (Baptist) Sewall, Thomas, Jr. (Methodist) Spiller, Phillip (Baptist) Stringfellow, Thornton (Baptist)
Ephraim Abell and Thornton STRINGFELLOW were cousins Does anyone know what churches they pastored? Thornton STRINGFELLOW pastored a Baptist Church in Culpeper. Wayne Greene Steele, William (Episcopal) Tanneyhill, John Thomson, James (Episcopal)
The Episcopal minister of Leeds manor, Rev James Thomson, Thomson is spelled without a "P". He married Mary Ann Farrow, sister of Nimrod Farrow. Thomson was a student at the University of Glasgow, called over to Fauquier County around 1761 by Thomas Marshall to be the area minister, and tutor for his children, one of whom became 4th Chief Justice John Marshall. Thomson tutored Marshall for one year, thening him Latin and Greek.
Rev Thomson taught a school at the Glebe that was also his house. After the dwelling collapsed the stones were taken to build the Episcopal Church at The Plains.
Apparently he had a family Bible that feel into the hands of a Mr. Reid, but it seems that is lost. There were some Thomson descendants that remained in Fauquier, but that branch apparently died out. Some of the lost branch are buried in a cemetery just outside Marshall. There are no markers.
Thompson is a common misspelling of our name. Whether Rev James's Fauquier branch descendants later added the "p" I cannot say.
Rev James Thomson preached Lord Fairfax's funeral. He preached strongly against the Bristish over the colonies. Ok, I'll stop there. You could say the misspelling flushed me out. Sincerely John Thomson Torrence, Irwin H. Towles, John (Espiscopal) Trone, John S. (Methodist) Watts, John Weeks, Alderson (Baptist) White, Joseph Williamson, William (Presbyterian) Withers, James (Baptist) Thats All Folks!!
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