David Thompson or David Thomson was an early Scot settler of the New England area, considered the founder and first non-native settler of New Hampshire. He was granted a land patent for Thompson Islan
Thompson Island, Boston Harbor, 2008
Thompson Island, also known as Cathleen Stone Island, is a 170-acre island in the Dorchester Bay section of Boston Harbor, offshore from downtown Boston, Massachusetts. It is located slightly more tha
David Thompson (New Hampshire settler)
…an early Scot settler of the New England area, considered the founder and first non-native settler of New Hampshire. He was granted a land patent for Thompson Island in Boston Harbor, which continues to bear his name. According to Burke's Landed Gentry (2010), his family—the Thomsons of Corstorphine—are direct…
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The Boston Farm School, at Thompson's Island, Boston Harbor, [July 31, 1852]. Boston Pictorial Archive (Collection of Distinction), Boston Public Library
Thompson Island campus, 2006
Seawater entering the lagoon on Thompson Island with South Boston visible in the background