Thompson, Sarah (1774–1852)

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Thompson, Sarah (1774–1852)

American countess. Name variations: Sara Thompson; Sarah Thomson; countess of Rumford. Born Oct 18, 1774, in Concord, NH; died Dec 2, 1852, in Concord; dau. of Benjamin Thompson (1753–1814, physicist), count of Rumford, and Sarah Walker Rolfe (died Jan 19, 1972); granddau. of Timothy Walker (founder of Concord); stepdau. of Marie Lavoisier (1758–1836).

As the countess of Rumford, became the 1st American countess when her father was dubbed count of Rumford by Charles Theodore, elector of Bavaria (1791); joined her father in London (1796); was received by the Bavarian elector as a countess (1797); divided her time between London, Paris and Concord; with father, established the Rolfe and Rumford asylums for the poor and needy, particularly motherless girls, in Concord.

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