"IV. Deacon Gideon Thompson (s. of Samuel. John, Anthony), b. Dec. 25, 1704, at New Haven; … d. May 21, 1759, at Hartford, during the session of the General Assembly, of which he was a member, and was buried at Hartford. … He bid off one right in the township of G., at New Haven, April 20, 1738, and was probably here in the fall of 1838 [error for 1738], and superintended the laying out of his lands. He was residing at New Haven Jan. 17, 1740. A town meeting was held at the house of Deacon Gideon Thomson. G., May 14, 1741, which is good evidence that he was here and built his house in the summer of 1740. He was often called to fill the town offices, and was the first representative sent from this town to the General Assembly, in 1757: the town had not been represented until that year. To this office he was elected at four other times and d. during the session in May, 1759."
