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Descendents of Henry Swan (1773 - before 1851)
and Elizabeth Russell (ca. 1783 - 22 Jan 1870)

Third Immigrant Generation
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10. John T. Thompson . Son of John Thompson & Isabella Swan. Born 1833 in Eng. Died 11 May 1910 in Harvey. Buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery. Occupation Farmer. Religion Presbyterian.

    John was first married to Margaret Rutherford, who died 11 Mar 1861, and had one son, Samuel, from the first marriage.   John and family lived on a farm in Tweedside.

    He first married Margaret Rutherford, 5 Jul 1860 in Harvey Settlement By Rev. Samuel Johnson . Died 11 Mar 1861 in Harvey. Buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery.

    From York Co NB Marriage Register C 1850-1866 (PANB):   Witnesses to marriage were Harvey Piercy and Alison Rutherford.

    They had the following children:

  64   i.   Samuel Thompson

    He second married Isabella Carmichael, daughter of John Carmichael & Margaret Hume, 12 Apr 1865 in Harvey, York Co. By Rev. Samuel Johnson . Born 1842 in Harvey. Christen 24 Dec 1843 in Harvey Settlement By Rev. Daniel McCurdy . Died Jun 1916 in Harvey. Buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery.

    York Co NB Marriage Register C 1850-1866 (PANB):   Witnesses to marriage were James Carmichael and Mary Ann Thompson.

    Church records indicate Isabella died of consumption.

    They had the following children:

  65   i.   Alexander Thompson

  66   ii.   Margaret Thompson

  67   iii.   Isabella Thompson

  68   iv.   Mary "Jane" Thompson

  69   v.   Robert H. Thompson

  70   vi.   James "Frederick" Thompson

  71   vii.   Angelina Thompson

  72   viii.   Harvey Thompson

11. Elizabeth Thompson . Daughter of John Thompson & Isabella Swan. Born 1834 in Eng. Died 4 Feb 1909 in Brooklyn, NY. Buried 7 Jul 1909 in Harvey Settlement Cemetery.

    From York Co NB Marriage Register C 1850-1866 (PANB):   Witnesses to marriage were William Pagan and Margaret Thompson.

    She married John Pagan, 1 Sep 1862 in St. Paul's Church, Fredericton By Rev. Dr. John M. Brooke . Born 1840. Died 6 Sep 1916. Buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery.

    They had the following children:

  73   i.   William Henry Pagan

  74   ii.   John Thompson Pagan

  75   iii.   Harvey Pagan

  76   iv.   Isabella P. Pagan

  77   v.   Anna Mae Pagan

  78   vi.   Charles "Frederick" Herbert Pagan

12. Margaret Thompson . Daughter of John Thompson & Isabella Swan. Born Jun 1836 in England. Died 29 Mar 1928 in Harvey. Buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery.

    From newspaper obituary:

    Harvey Sta., April 3 (1928) -- The last direct link between Harvey and England was severed on March 29, when Miss Margaret Thompson, the last survivor of the party of 25 families who left England in 1837 and settled soon afterward in what is now the parish of Manners Sutton, passed away at her home here, at the age of 91 years.

    She was born in Northumberland County, England, near the Scottish border, in June 1836, and came to New Brunswick next year with her parents, John and Isabella (Swan) Thompson.   Her father was for years the village schoolmaster of Harvey.

    Excerpt from newspaper article - 9 Jun 1927--

    Six-Day Celebration to Mark 90th Anniversary of Founding of Settlement and Dedication of New Church.   One Original Settler Still Living.

   It is an interesting fact that Miss Margaret Thompson, aged 91 years, who is living today at Harvey, was a toddling baby when the unsettled section was entered by the Scotch families and homes established.   Naturally Miss Thompson will be a central figure in the proposed Old Home Week of June.

    Miss Thompson, in a recent interview given a representative of the Telegraph-Journal, recalled interesting phases of early life in Harvey.   She stated that during those early days wild animals were frequent visitors to the settlement and it was necessary for the men of the village to organize hunting parties to exterminate as many of the more troublesome kind as possible or to drive them as far afield as possible in order to protest their stock.

    Supplies were sometimes very difficult to get, she said, and she remembered that one spring the little band of settlers were obliged to live chiefly on honey and milk because it was impossible to get through to Fredericton to procure food.   A Mr Wilson and his boy used to go every week, when possible, to Fredericton to bring back food.

    Oxen were used for several years before horses were brought to the settlement.

    Speaking of the houses in which they lived in the early days, Miss Thompson stated hat the structures were about 12 feet wide and about 16 feet long and were built of spruce logs with bark on them.   Each dwelling consisted of only one room, and all the houses were built alike.   The head boards of the beds and the posts were six feet high with a curtain suspended from rings so that when one wished to retire he could secure privacy by pulling the curtains around and closing in the occupant.

    For about 15 years the people were without a regular pastor and were accustomed to meet each Sabbath in the different homes, when the elders read the sciptures and gave the sermons.   This continued until the school was built.   Due to the scattered settlement it was necessary for the children to walk six miles to reach school before that time.

    Miss Thompson remarked that while her people had somewhat hard times in Harvey in those early days, it must be remembered that they had left hard times in Scotland, where the women and children all worked and received the equivalent of 10 cents per day for pulling turnips and doing other hard work about the farm.

13. Mary Ann Thompson . Daughter of John Thompson & Isabella Swan. Born Jul 1838 in Harvey. Died 11 Jul 1889 in Harvey. Buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery.

   Reputed to have been the first child born in Harvey Settlement.

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