John Thompson b1800 died 1840

[Kay99]

Too much ale  or was he a stone mason and repairing it

[Kate B]

Strange that you should mention that .... maybe he'd been down the pub celebrating early!

[bedfordshire boy]

There's no record of a marriage between John Thompson and Ann Hobbs on Hunts Marriage Index. As they started baptising children in Lt Paxton in Nov 1827 the marriage in London can't be ruled out. Have you checked the baptisms of any of the six children in Lt Paxton to see if John's occupation is given?* Alternatively the birth certs of the later children should show it - William George's birth at least was registered.

In the 1824 marriage both were otp and both signed with confident signatures, perhaps unusual if John was an ag lab, and the witnesses were John Lee and Sarah Lambeth

David

* Like the burial that you found, Lt Paxton baptisms are on Freereg. John was a carpenter.

[BarryBear]

Hi all,
A long time since I've been on here.
I've got a bit of an interest in this chap.
It's a bit of a long story so bear with me.
I live in a former pub in Southoe, the village where John Thompson died.
We have a friend who is a medium so a few weeks ago we had a gathering here.
I'm quite sceptical about these things but gave it a go.
Twice, separately, a well was mentioned.
Then at the weekend, some friends came for dinner,  not associated with the previous gathering, and the chap had the name Thompson pop into his head.
So I googled and found this thread.
My wife rang the council who listed only 3 wells, although I'm sure there were more, but one was at our house.
I spoke to our vicar who also is the vicar of the church where John is buried, and she had that day received back the old church records!
She told us he died while repairing the well top.
I've tried to find a newspaper report but the local library and the online archives don't have any newspaper archives for that time.
I'd love to find out more about him, and if it was my well....

[BarryBear]

Found he was a carpenter, repairing the well top, but didn't die in the well, but later, of his injuries.
The well was at the residence of a Mr Wagstaff, Southoe.