Baptised in Thanet, Ramsgate, St Laurence.1

Father - Richard Tomson
Mother - Mary

Mentioned in Will.2

Of Richard Tomson (1729?-1793)
Annotated as :- "my son"

Mentioned in Codicil to Will

Of Richard Tomson (1729?-1793)
Annotated as :- "my son"

Married Mary SUTTON in Thanet.15

Witness at wedding in Thanet, Ramsgate, St Laurence.3

of James Cooper & 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"

Executor.4

Of the will of Mrs. Mary Tomson (died 1808)
Annotated as "the son"
Joint executor with George Hooper

Mentioned in Will.5

Of Mary Tomson (1768?-1828)
Annotated as "my brother and sisters"

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

of David Cooper and Dorothy Tomson

Witness at wedding in Thanet, Ramsgate, St Laurence.7

of Peter Burgess and Catherine Tomson

Mentioned in Will.8

Of Admiral William Fox (1733?-1810)
Annotated as "my nephew Richard Tomson"

Executor.8

Of the will of Admiral  William Fox (1733?-1810)
Annotated as "the nephew"
Joint executor with George Hooper

Mentioned in Will.9

Of Dorothy Cooper née Tomson (1764?-1843)
Annotated as "my brother"

Executor.5

Of the Will of Mary Tomson (1768?-1828)
Annotated as "brother"
Joint executor with Catherine Burgess née Tomson

Codicil to Will.10

Wrote will.10

"This is the last will and testament of me Richard Tomson the Elder of Ramsgate in the Isle of Thanet in the County of Kent Brewer ..."

Names mentioned :-
1) my three daughters Sarah wife of Stephen Elgar Ann Frend now the widow of George Frend deceased and Dorothy the wife of Charles Kingsford
2) my two sons Richard Tomson and William Tomson
3) my daughter Mary the wife of Edward Thomas Bunn
4) my dear wife Mary Tomson
5) my grandchildren Catherine Diana Snowden and Georgiana Snowden children of my deceased daughter Catherine Snowden

Died in Canterbury.11,12,13

From The Times :-
On the 28th ult., at Canterbury, at the house of his daughter, Mrs. Frend, Richard Tomson, Esq., of Ramsgate, in his 80th year.

Buried in Thanet, Ramsgate, St Laurence.11,14

Monumental Inscription :-
"Sacred to the memory of Richard TOMSON; Esquire, for nearly thirty years Deputy of the Town of Ramsgate, who died universally respected and lamented on the 28th of September 1842 in the 80th year of his age. Also of Mary Tomson, relic of the above Richard Tomson, Esquire, who died on the 15th of April 1858 in the 91st year of her age."

From the Parish Register :-
"Richard Tomson / Ramsgate / Oct 5th / 79 years / G H Sicklemore Vicar"

Photo taken by Linda Eccles 10th August 2014

Probate in Prerogative Court of Canterbury.10

Executors :-
Mary Tomson the Widow the Relic
Richard Tomson and William Tomson the Sons