Dorcas Thompson

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Dorcas Thompson

Dorcas was born in 1770 in Orange Co., North Carolina.¹ Dorcas' father was Balaam Thompson and her mother was Olive Melton. Her paternal grandparents were William Thompson and Hannah Bell. She had four brothers and six sisters, named William Pharoah, Balaam, Jeremiah, James, Eleanor, Hannah, Rebecca, Charlotte, Mary and Ruth. She is the third oldest of the eleven children. She had three half-brothers and two half-sisters, named Charles, George, Balaam McSwane, Rebecca and Elizabeth.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- William Thompson
  - b.1720 in Surrey Co., Virginia d.BET 1773 AND 1811 in Chatham Co., North Carolina
  
  Balaam Thompson
  - b.13 Oct 1745 in Albemarle, Surry Co., Virginia d.1798 in Onslow  Chatham Co.,  North Carolina
  
  THOMAS BELL
  - b.~  1618 in Gravesend, Kent, England d.Dec 1678 in Accomack Co., Virginia
  
  JOHN Bell
  - b.1665 in Isle of Wight Co., Virginia d.1713 in Surrey Co., Virginia
  
  MARY HARRINGTON
  - b.~  1628 in Gravesend, Kent, England d.1700 in Virginia
  
  JOHN Bell
  - b.~  1696 in Isle of Wight Co., Virginia d.Jun 1746 in Albermarle Parish, Sussex Co., Virginia
  
  ANN BENNETT
  - b.~  1678 in Upper Parish, Isle of Wight Co., Virginia d.~  1736 in Surrey Co., Virginia
  
  Hannah Bell
  - b.~  1729 in Sussex Co., Virginia d.May 1788 in Chatham, North Carolina
  
  HANNAH STOKES
  - b.~  1706 d.Mar 1768 in Sussex Co., Virginia
  
  Dorcas Thompson
  - b.1770 in Orange Co., North Carolina
  
  Olive Melton
  - b.~  1745 in Chatham Co., North Carolina d.1790 in Chatham Co., North Carolina

Dorcas' family with ? Melton

‌Dorcas and ? were married in a religious ceremony in 1798.¹

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