Thompson Family Crest and Name History

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Thompson history with Thompson Family Crest
Thompson Motto Translated
Suggested Readings for Thompson
Surname Notables
Clan Badge of Thompson
Septs of Thompson
About Family Crests
Thompson Products

Origin Displayed: Scottish

Where did the Scottish Thompson family come from? What is the Scottish coat of arms/family crest? When did the Thompson family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the history of the family name?

Spelling variations of this family name include: Tompson, Thompson and others.

First found in Cumberland, where the Thompson family was seated from ancient times.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Edward Thompson, who was one of the passengers on the "Mayflower" in 1620; David Thompson, who settled in Maine in 1623; William Thompson, who immigrated to Virginia in 1653.

Motto Translated: Know thyself.

Suggested Readings for the name Thompson

Edgewood, The Story of a Family and Their House by James Woolridge Powell.
The Family of William Taliaferro Thompson, Jr., and His Wife, Anne Claiborne McIlwaine by Ben Lacy Rose.
Dixie's Diverse Destiny by Margery Thompson Lockhart.

Some noteworthy people of the name Thompson

Jenny Thompson, American swimmer
Hunter Stockton Thompson (b. 1939), American journalist
John Taliaferro Thompson (1860-1940), American soldier and inventor
Randall Thompson (1899-1984), American composer
Emma Thompson (b. 1959), Scottish actress who has won two Academy awards, 35 other awards and was nominated for an additional 34 awards
Sir D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson (1860-1948), Scottish zoologist
Sir John Thompson (1845-1894), the 5th prime minister of Canada
Francis Thompson (1859-1907), British poet
Francis Morgan "Daley" Thompson (b. 1958), British decathlete whose many titles include European champion, world champion, and Olympic champion
Jack Thompson (b. 1940), Australian actor
Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson, original name of Merle Oberon
Daley Thompson (b. 1958), English athlete
David Thompson (1770-1857), Canadian fur trader
Edith Thompson, English murderess
Flora Jue Thompson (1876-1947), English social historian
Francis Thompson (1859-1907), English poet
Sir John Sparrow David Thompson (1844-1894), Canadian statesman
John Vaughn Thompson (1779-1847), English zoologist
Silvanus Phillips Thompson (1851-1916), English physicist
William Thompson (1785-1833), Irish economic theorist
Sergeant Max Thompson, who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1944
Flight Sergeant George Thompson (1920-1945), British aviator awarded the Victoria Cross during WW2

Thompson Clan Badge

A clan is a social group made up of a number of distinct branch-families that actually descended from, or accepted themselves as descendants of, a common ancestor. The word clan means simply children. The idea of the clan as a community is necessarily based around this idea of heredity and is most often ruled according to a patriarchal structure. For instance, the clan chief represented the hereditary "parent" of the entire clan. The most prominent example of this form of society is the Scottish Clan system...

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Septs of the Distinguished Name Thompson
Thompsan, Thompsand, Thompsane, Thompsant, Thompsen, Thompsend, Thompsent, Thompsind, Thompsint, Thompson, Thompstolm, Thompstom, Thompstomb, Thompstombe, Thompstome, Thompston, Thompstone, Thompstoom, Thompstoomb, Thompstown, Thompstum, Thompstume, Thompsyn, Thompsynd, Tompsan, Tompsand, Tompsane, Tompsant, Tompsen, Tompsend, Tompsent, Tompsind, Tompsint, Tompson, Tompstolm, Tompstom, Tompstomb, Tompstombe, Tompstome, Tompston, Tompstone, Tompstoom, Tompstoomb, Tompstoombe, Tompstown, Tompstum, Tompstume, Tompsyn, Tompsynd and more.

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Family Crests: the Heraldic Artist

We have researched the Thompson family crest in the most recognized sources. Before an artist or craftsman can render a family crest, it must exist. In other words the crest must have been designed and recorded by the heralds from time immemorial.

Heraldic designs matriculated by the lay-artist in many cases becomes uninspired, meretricious and even ugly...

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Family Crests: Timeline

Many of the symbols adopted into armory have been used since the time of the ancient Egyptians, but heraldry itself did not begin until the 11th century. In continental Europe, the most ancient recorded family crest was discovered upon the monumental effigy of a Count of Wasserburg in the church of St. Emeran, at Ratisobon, Germany...

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Family Crests: Elements

In the Thompson coat of arms as in all coat of arms the crest is only one element of the full armorial achievement. Again the Family Crest is just part of the story of Coats of Arms or Heraldry. Heraldry is defined as the hereditary art or science of blazoning, the description is appropriate technical terms of Coats-of-Arms and other heraldic and armorial insignia, and is of very ancient origin...

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Family Crests and Genealogy: how they relate

We encourage you to study the Thompson genealogy to find out if you descend from someone who bore a particular family crest. Anyone making a study of heraldry usually becomes interested in Genealogy or seeking legal claim to a particular family crest. No families, not even the royal houses, can make sound claim to the right to bear arms unless a proven connection is established through attested Genealogical records...

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Surname Histories

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The Thompson Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Thompson Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.