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- I have had recent contact from Frank Daniel Andrew Sylvester a descendant of David Thomson/Mary Glendinning. He has sent me a few bits and pieces, but I am still sorting it out as it is somewhat confusing. He has concentrated on the Sylvester lines and what seems to be emerging is that Lord Thomson's grandmother Mary Nichol Sylvester, wife of Hugh Thomson, was not the daughter of the Richard Sylvester who married Mary Ann Thomson, but the daughter of a different Richard Sylvester (cousin of the other one). This would explain a problem I had with the "Forefolk of Lord Thomson" book. It said Mary Nichol Sylvester's father, Richard, died in 1845, but from other sources it seemed that Richard Sylvester and Mary Ann Thomson continued to have children long after that, and Richard died in 1876. Of course if they are different people then this is OK. It just means the statement in the Lord T book that Mary Nichol Sylvester's mother was a "Thomson of David Thomson's line" (p47) is probably not right, the writer probably assuming that the above two Richard Sylvester were one and the same person. Of course maybe she was descended via a different branch of the David Thomson line, but probably not. So my conclusion is that Lord Thomson is only descended via his direct Thomson line back to David's brother Archibald and has no Glendinning blood in him.
-- Ian Glendinning, 17 Oct 2005
On the Lord Thomson ancestry, I have been told that Lord T's grandmother Mary Nichol Sylvester was the daughter of a different Richard Sylvester than suggested in the Lord T Book. Her father Richard and the Richard who married Mary Ann Thomson (granddaughter of David Thomson and Mary Glendinning) were full cousins. That being the case Mary Nichol Sylvester does not have any Thomson or Glendinning blood in her as far as we know, though her mother is unknown other than being "Mary". I suppose her record of death in 1922 would tell who her mother was. I've attached the early Sylvester generations for you to see. So Lord T does not descend from 2 branches of the Thomson line or from the Glendinning, but only by direct decent from Archibald Thomson (David's brother) and Elizabeth McKay, and thence back up the Thomson line. All this, plus more besides, came from Frank Daniel Andrew Sylvester a great-grandson of Richard Sylvester and Mary Ann Thomson, so I have assumed he is more likely correct.
-- Ian Glendinng, 9 Apr 2006
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1838 - 1922 (84 years)
