Sarah Thompson, Countess Rumford Explained

Sarah Thompson, Countess Rumford
Birth Date:	18 October 1774
Birth Place:	Concord, New Hampshire
Known For:	First American countess
Death Place:	Concord, New Hampshire
Parents:	Benjamin Thompson

Sarah Thompson, Countess Rumford, (18 October 1774 – 2 December 1852) was a philanthropist.^[1] She is the first American to be known as a Countess.^{[1] [2]} Both her parents were born and brought up in the American colonies and married there in 1772. During the American Revolutionary War of 1775 to 1783, Benjamin Thompson took the side of the British, and at the end of the war he moved to London. He was knighted in 1784.^[3]

External links

• A Biography of Benjamin Thompson (her father), written in 1868
• Count Rumford – General Benjamin Thompson additional family history

Notes and References

1. Web site: Saratoga newspaper article. 2008-07-18.
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=PBk8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA84&dq=%22Countess+of+Rumford%22+first+American+countess Metcalf, p. 84
3. Book: Nathaniel Bouton . Nathaniel Bouton . The History of Concord: From Its First Grant in 1725 to the Organization of the City Government in 1853. Concord . Benning W. Sanford . 1857 . 572–573.