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Solomon Thompson Jnr (bap. 15 Jun 1786 in Cransley, Northamptonshire), son of Solomon Thompson Sr and Ann Rawson, married Maria Willis (bap. 24 May 1789 in Thorpe Malsor, Northamptonshire), daughter of Thomas Willis and Mary Essex, at All Saints Church, Thorpe Malsor on 19 Jan 1807.
Their 12 children, all baptised at St Andrew's Church, Cransley were:
- Mary Thompson bap. 14 Dec 1807
- Daniel Thompson bap. 30 Jul 1809
- Thomas Thompson bap. 14 Apr 1811
- Maria Thompson bap. 19 Dec 1814
- Lucy Thompson bap. 18 Dec 1815
- Anne Thompson bap. 20 Oct 1817
- Eliza Thompson bap. 9 Jul 1820 (buried 14 Oct 1821)
- Solomon Thompson bap. 4 Apr 1822
- Eliza Thompson bap. 8 Feb 1824
- William Thompson bap. 31 Dec 1825
- Martha Thompson, b. 1826, bap. 20 Dec 1831
- Elizabeth Thompson b. 1828, bap. 20 Dec 1831 (at 3y 3m)
Solomon Thompson Jnr, carpenter, died, aged 54 in 1839 D Quarter in KETTERING UNION Volume 15 Page 198 and was buried on 9 Dec 1839 at St Andrew's Church, Little Cransley.
By 1841, Maria Thompson (55), Pauper, was in the Hamlet of Cransley, as the head of the family with younger sons Solomon (20), Carpenter's Apprentice and William (15), and daughter Martha (14), as well as a John James (20) - presumably a boarder/lodger - also a Carpenter's Apprentice.
In 1851, in Little Cransley, were Maria Thompson (66), Pauper, Carpenter's Widow, with son William (25) Mason's Labourer and Anne Thompson (5) (Elizabeth's child). Thomas Thompson (40), Carpenter, was staying as a visitor with his sister, Lucy Smith and her husband in Foleshill, Warwickshire.
In 1861, Maria Thompson (74) widow, was still living in Little Cransley, with just her son William Thompson (31, actually 36) living with her. Thomas Thompson (50) Carpenter was living alone in Cransley.
By 1871, Maria (listed as Mary) Thompson (85) was living with her youngest daughter, Elizabeth Wykes, in Deptford. Thomas Thompson (60), was still a carpenter in Broughton. William Thompson (47) Farm Servant, was visiting his sister and brother-in-law, William Naseby and Eliza Thompson, in Rugby.
Maria Thompson died, in 1873 J Qtr in GREENWICH Vol 01D Page 461.
In 1881, Thomas Thompson (70), carpenter, may have become too old or infirm to work or manage on his own, because he was listed as an inmate at Kettering Union Workhouse (later St Mary's Hospital, Kettering). His brother William Thompson (55), was also an inmate in the Kettering Union Workhouse. It appears that Thomas Thompson died, in Kettering, in 1886 S Quarter in KETTERING Volume 03B Page 103. Neither he nor William ever married. In 1891, William Thompson (then 66), single, Gardener Domestic Servant, was back living with his sister and brother-in-law in Rugby. William Thompson died, at 76, in 1901 J Qtr in RUGBY Vol 06D 346.