Alsey Thompson, Old Cheraw

Biography

Alsey (Butt) Thompson, Old Cheraw was born circa 1715 in Battle Beach Road, Newsoms, Southampton County, VA. Her parents were Henry Butt and Martha (Etheridge) Butt, Cheraw.

Alsey partnered with Fnu Ydna IY8599 Lnu. Together they had the following children:

1. Henry Butt Thompson, Sr /Chicasaw By Marriage, Enrolled as Cheraw Mt Tabor;
2. Sarah Elizabeth (Thompson) / Old Cheraw of MS. John Thompson, enrolled Mt Tabor as Cheraw;

Alsey married John "Theophilus" Thompson. Together they had the following children:

1. Daniel Thompson;
2. Henrietta Thompson;
3. Camelia Thompson;
4. Trimigan Thompson;
5. Theophilis Thompson;
6. Lemuel Thompson.

She died after 1780 in 1209 East 5th Street, Lumberton, Robeson County, NC, 28358, United States.

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The daughter of Henry Butt II and Martha Etheridge, Alsey was born about 1720 in Va and died after 1780 in Robeson County, North Carolina (Note 1). The location of her burial is not known.

According to family tradition, Alsey Butt is a direct descendant of Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland (Note 2). Her heritage is Scottish, English, and Cheraw American Indian (Note 3).

Alsey married John Thompson during 1737 in Norfolk County, Virginia.

Notes:
1. According to Genealogy Data by Charles Thompson, http://www.redeaglejw.net/dat3.htm#15, Alsey Butt was born about 1720 in Virginia and died after 1780 in Robeson County, North Carolina. 2. Alsey’s relationship to the Bruce family is based on anecdotal information mostly from unsourced family trees. 3. The Ancestral Roll, http://www.redeaglejw.net/oldchahtaorg/ancestralroll.htm, of the Mt. Tabor Indian Community lists Alsey Butt as the Indian parent ancestor for Henry Butt Thompson (164), her son, and John Thompson (174), her son. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/152423548/alsey-thompson

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Butt name meaning; English: topographic name for someone who lived near a place used for archery practice, from Middle English butte ‘mark for archery’, ‘target’, ‘goal’. In the Middle Ages archery practice was a feudal obligation, and every settlement had its practice area. http://records.ancestry.com/Alsey_Butt_records.ashx?pid=14256792

GEDCOM Note

Alsey was 1/8 Cheraw (Lumbee)