Born in Thanet.1

Baptised in Thanet, Ramsgate, St Laurence.2,1

From the Parish Register :-
""TOMSON / Mary Daughter of Richard & Mary / May 29 / July 13"

Mentioned in Will.3

Of Richard Tomson (1729?-1793)
Annotated as :-
"my five daughters Dorothy Tomson Sarah Curling Tomson Mary Tomson Catherine Tomson and Ann Simpson Tomson"

Mentioned in Will.4

Of Mrs. Mary Tomson (died 1808)
Annotated as :-
"my said six children the said Richard Tomson Dorothy Tomson Sarah Curling the wife of George Hooper Mary Tomson Catherine Tomson and Ann Simpson the wife of James Cooper"

Wrote will.5

1) This is the last Will and Testament
2) of me Mary Tomson the elder of Ramsgate in the Isle of Thanet in the county of
3) Kent spinster first I give and bequeath unto my sister Catherine Tomson as an
4) acknowledgement of her kind attention to me in my infirm situation the sum of
5) fifty pounds of lawful money of Great Britain to be paid unto her by me Exec
6) hereinafter named within six months after my decease and as to all and
7) singular my Messuages lands tenements and herediments and shares of
8) Messuages Lands tenements and herediments and all my real estate whatsoever
9) either in possession revision remainder or (?) and also all and singular
10) my money effects and personal estate which I may be possessed of or am in any
11) (?) entitled to dispose of subject to the payment of my debts the said legacy of
12) fifty pounds and my funeral expenses I give devise and bequeath the same and
13) every part thereof unto and to the use benefit and (?) of my brother & sisters
14) Richard Tomson, Dorothy Tomson Sarah Curling the wife of George Hooper
15) the said Catherine Tomson and Ann Simpson the wife of James Cooper equally
16) to be divided between them share and share alike and to their several and
17) respective heirs Executors Admons and assignees for ever and I nominate and
18) appoint my said brother Richard Tomson and my said sister Catherine Tomson
19) Exors of this my last will and testament and hereby revoking all former
20) wills by me made I publish and declare this only to be my last will and testament
21) (?) (?) I the said Mary Tomson the testatrix have (?) of
22) my hand and seal the second day of May in the year of Our Lord one thousand
23) eight hundred and nine - Mary Tomson Signed sealed published and
24) declared by the said Mary Tomson the testatrix as and for her last will and
25) testament in the present of us who at her request and in her presence and in
26) the presence of each other have hereto subscribed our names as (?)
27) W. Fox - J. Garrett - Edwd Daniel Jr.

Witness at wedding in Thanet, Ramsgate, St Laurence.6

of Peter Burgess and  Catherine Tomson

Mentioned in Will.7

Of Admiral William Fox (1733?-1810)
Annotated as "my niece Mary Tomson spinster"

Died in Thanet, Ramsgate.8

Buried in Thanet, Ramsgate, St Laurence.8,9,10

Monumental Inscription :-
"Here also lies the body of Richard, son of the above Thomas and Dorothy Tomson, who departed this life April 7th 1793 aged 64 years. And likewise the remains of Mary, wife of the above Richard Tomson, who died the 3rd October 1808 in the 74th year of her age Also of Mary, daughter of the above Richard and Mary Tomson, who died 17th December 1828 aged 60 years."

From the Parish Register :-
"Mary Tomson / Ramsgate / Dec 26 / 60 / W Elivyne"

Probate.5

1) Proved at London 9th January 1829 before the (?) by the oath of
2) Richard Tomson Esquire the brother one of the Executors to whom admon was
3) granted being first sworn by (?) to administer Power reserved
4) making the like grant to Catherine Burgess heretofore Tomson
5) wife of Peter Burgess Esq the sister and other Executor when she shall
6) apply for the same.