Thompson, Sarah (1774-1852)
- Name:
- Thompson, Sarah (1774-1852)
- Title:
- Countess of Rumford
- Other Names:
- Rumford, Countess
- Born:
- 10/18/1774
- Birthplace:
- Concord, NH
- Died:
- 12/02/1852
- Death Location:
- Concord, NH
- Residence:
- Concord, NH
London, England
Paris, France - Nationality:
- English/American
- Occupation:
- Noble, Philanthropist
- Father:
- Thompson, Benjamin (1753-1814)
- Mother:
- Rolfe, Sarah Walker (1739-1792)
- Spouse:
- none
- Children:
- Burgum, Emma (Gannell) adopted in 1827 in London, England (1826-1923)
- Notes:
- Lived in New England with mother when father left after the Revolution.
Traveled to London to be with father at his request after her mother's death.
Accepted as a Countess of the Holy Roman Empire in 1797.
Bequeathed her childhood home to the City of Concord, as the Rolfe and Rumford Asylum, an "institution for poor and needy, particularly young females without mothers...."
Her adopted daughter, Emma Gannnell, was the granddaughter of one of the Countess' servants. In later life she sometimes used Rumford as her last name.
SEE ALSO: Rumford, Countess
SEE ALSO (mother): Thompson, Sarah Walker
SEE ALSO (father): Thompson, Benjamin
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