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Show Who Are You ? The Romance ROlnance of ofYour o ofYour f fYour Your Name NameayRUBY NameBy By ByRUBY ByRUBY ayRUBY RUBY HASKINS ELLISA ELLIS ELLISA A Thompson ? " HG IID coat of arms here shownwas shownwas shown shownwas TUD TIID T was brought to this country by byJohn byJohn byJohn John Thompson , who left Englandand Ungland England Unglandand Englandand and went to Holland IIolIand , and then thencame thencame thencame came to America In 1634 , settling settlingin in Long Island He lIe was stas \ \ as the son sonof sonof sonof of Rev . William Thompson , of ofCounty ofCounty ofCounty County Lancaster Lancastu , England Dngland The Theshield Theshield Theshield shield Is that of the barony of IIa Haershaw na- na Ha- Ha navershaw - . , vershaw ershaw , now e extinct hnct , but once be belonging belonging belonging longing to the ancient family of ofHerts ofHerts ofHerts Herts . The motto of the family Is "shine shine "shineIn "shinein "shineIn shineIn " In the light 11ght " It has been estimated that th'1t th1t ' there thereare thereare thereare are 20 or 30 distinct dlstmct families famlUes by bythe bythe bythe the name of ' Thompson 'lhompson lhompson In New NewDngland NewEngland NewEngland Dngland England alone , and nnd many In the theSouthern theSouthern theSouthern Southern and Western statesA statesA states statesA A great many of the Thompsons ThompsonsIn In America trace ancestry to the the'l'hompsons theThompsons theThompsons 'l'hompsons lhompsons Thompsons ' who came C'lme Clme cline ' from Ireland z . 3 3IBM /IBM IBM / IBMf r V - ' f ( - uminc ' s sThose Wywy on onThose Those Thompsons were originallyScotch orJgInally originally orJgInallyScotch originallyScotch Scotch , but during the reign relg-n relg n - of of.James ofJames ofJames .James James . I they were among those thosewho thosewho thosewho who " were "ere ere given glven liberal 11beral grants of ofland , , lan ] and I < to settle In the province of ofUlster ofUlster ofUlster Ulster , In Ireland ' Ibis 1hls This was about about1716 1716 , and those Thompsons respon respon- responsible responsible - . sible for a great many descend'lnts descendlnts descendants descendantsof descend'lntsof ' of the name In this country ssere ssereWilliam \ wereWilliam ere ereWilham Wilham William and Margaret , who , with withtheIr withtheir withtheir theIr seven se\en se en sewn \ sons and two daughters daughterssettled , settled In their new Irish home . , Co Coler'line Coleraine Coleralne ler'line lerline leraine ' ' Iheir 111elr Their home In Scothnd Scotland Scotlandhad Scothndhad Scotlandhad had been In Arg Argy Argvlshire ArgvlshireHowever ) lshire ishlre lshireHowever ishlreHowever However , this family did not nottarry nottarry nottarry tarry longon long long- - on the Emerald Isle IsleAfter IsleAfter IsleAfter After ] 11\ 11 living 11Ing icing \ Ing there a sear ear , durIng durIngwhich duringwhich duringwhich which time William Wllllnm Thompson dIed diedhis , his brave wife and her nine chitdren chit chitdren chlfdren dren sailed for America ' Ihe 1he story storyof storyof storyof of the voyage across the sea Is a adramatic adramatic adramatic dramatic one , and how starvation starvationwas starvationwas starvationwas was a\ a averted aerted alerted \ erted by the providential provldent131 descovert dis des discovery discovery covery covert ' of the body uody of a sheep float fioat- fioat float- fioating floating floating - ing upon the seaThe seaThe sea seaThe The family located In Windsor Windsor.Conn WindsorConn . , Conn , where later settled other otherScotch otherScotch otherScotch Scotch families famlhes , the Scotts , McKin- McKin McKan- McKan McKanneys McKinnays McKIn-neys McKIn neys - nays neys , McKinstrys McICinstrys and Spiers Spaers . . There was also John .John . Thompson Thompsonwho , who settled settlcd In Chester county countyPennsylvania , Pennsylvania , In 1735 This family family"as familytt familywas "as as tt " as also from ScotlandS ScotlandA Scotland ScotlandA S . . . A Luce ? HIIIS THIS nl1w namu nawe lus IJ.lS IJlS has . been spelled spelledLuse spelledLuse spelledLuse Luse , Luci , Lucle Lucie , Lucey , Lucy Lucyand Lucyand Lucyand and Luce . It Is believed belleved that they theyaU theyall theyall aU all had their origin from Luceres Luceresthe , the name given to the third part of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Roman people under RomulusIn Romulus In Italy , it Is spelled Lucaa , In InSpain InSpain InSpain Spain Luccena and In England Dngland and andScotland andScotland andScotland Scotland , Luce . The first to bear be'lr belr ' the name In InDugland inEngland InEngland Dugland England Duglandas \ was \\as as nas De Lucl LucI , a Norman Normanhnight Normanknight Normanknight hnight knight , who ho accompanied accomp'lnled accomplnled ' Wl11hm William Wl11hmthe Williamthe Williamthe the Conquerer on his mission of ofconquest ofconquest ofconquest conquest . . The family of De Lucl Luci droppe-d droppe d dropped droppedthe droppedthe droppedthe - the "de de " ' ' from their name n'lme nlme ' andchanged and andchangcd andchanged chang-cd chang cd changed - the spelling to Luce De DeSCtUdallts Desctndants Desccndants SCtUdallts sctndants of this firbt fir.t firt first : . family 11\ 11 linedSQ lived 11ed lined livedIn \ ed SQ SQs SQr SQJ SQN s SQurn r J N JrUt't JrUtt urn urnIn ' In Norfolk Sir Thomas Lucy held heldgrants heldgrants heldgrants grants of land in the reign of or the theIIenr theHenrys thenenrvs IIenr Henrys s and It Is supposed that he he"as hewas hewas "as as was " the "Justice Justice " Shallow " of or Shake Shale- Shale Shalespeare's Shakespeare's - . speare's speares ' time , who achieved fame fameby fameby fameby by prosecuting the Bard of .Avon Avon .Avonfor Avonfor . Avonfor for deer stealing steahng . . The first of the family In Amer AmerIca Amerlea Amerlea Ica lea \ was as nenrj Henry nenr > Lt1 Luce < .e e . , who was lh lhint lhfug llving int fug ; In Martha's Marthas ' Vine Vineyard ard about aboutI about1080 I 1030 SO The Luces played a n part hI its hIthe itsthe Inthe the founding of Nantucket an and andwere andwere ! ] were also established est'1bllshe est1bllshe establlshed ' l < at Barnst'lule Barnstlule Barnstable Barnst'luleand Barnstableand Barnstableand ' and Warcham Wareh'lm Warehlm Wareham ' , MassMany MassMany Mass MassMany Many of the Luce men gave Rev Rev- Revolutlonry Revolutlonary Revolutionary - olutionary olutlon\ry olutlon ry olutlonary Descendantshave ' \ sen service lee Descendants BarnesBleekers have Intermal Intcrmairied intermairied rled with Barnes Barnes , , Bleekers , Colllns Collins , , IInr narrows Harows ] ows , Mor Dior MortOI1S Diortons Mortons Terrysand Terrysond tOI1S tons , Robinsons RoblnsOI1 Robinson , Howells , Terrys ond and HudsonsC Hudsonst Hudsons t ) C 1 > Public LcdcT Ledger Lodger IncW'n IncWYU Inc -W'n W'n Wn -WYU WYU - WTO ' ] Service . 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