Henry Thompson (1774-1837)

of "Clifton" Baltimore, Maryland; Captain in the Baltimore Light Dragoons

In 1803, he completed "Clifton" a two-story brick plantation house on 166-acres outside Baltimore. In 1838, the year after his death, his heirs sold it at auction for $16,000. The buyer was Baltimore's most famous philanthropist, Johns Hopkins, who transformed it into the Italianate villa still seen today.

Parents (2)

Anthony Thompson

of Whiteley Wood Hall, near Sheffield, Yorkshire; Owner of the Whiteley Forge & Mill

1740-1809

Elizabeth (Clark) Thompson

Mrs Elizabeth Sabra (Clark) Thompson

1749-1835

Spouse (1)

Ann Lux (Bowly) Thompson

Mrs Ann Lux (Bowly) Thompson, of "Clifton" Baltimore, Maryland

1776-1847

Children (11)

Daniel Bowly Thompson

"Bowly" Thompson; Sugar Planter in Plaquemine Parish, Louisiana; died unmarried

1798-1830

Gen. Henry Anthony Thompson

President of Henry Thompson & Son and the National Bank of Baltimore, Maryland

1800-1880

John William Thompson

Died in early adulthood, unmarried

1802-1833

Samuel Townley Thompson

President of the Baltimore Insurance Company

1804-1865

James Alfred Thompson

Died in infancy

1807-1808

Charles Andrew Thompson

Midshipman in the U.S. Navy; died unmarried

1808-1834

David Harris Thompson

Dry Goods Merchant, of Baltimore, Maryland

1810-1871

Octavus Thompson

J.P., of Saginaw, Michigan; Town Supervisor of Thomastown, Michigan

1813-1876

Nancy Bowly (Thompson) Hughes

Mrs Nancy Bowly (Thompson) Hughes

1815-1900

James Benjamin Thompson