The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-22
Our New Hampshlrs Corrsspondenes.

CONCORD, N, II Dec Ia, 1852.
Iiaed Nobility in Neso EngIand-Abo'1 the Count
and Countess of Rnmford
The death Of Sarah Thompson, "CounteG Of
Rumford," which took place in this town on the
I'd inst, has already been noticed by the HERALD,
and the public journals generally. Her ago was
seventy eight and she was never married. A sketch
Of the life of her father, Benjamin Thompson,
Count Of Rumford," may be interesting to your
readers =
He was born in Woburn, Mass, Marsh 20, 1853
His lifs was an eventfu one. In his earlier years
he was connected prominently with the troubles be-
tween Great Britain and her New England colonies,
whence arose the revolutionary war, and at later
period he fourishsd in England, Bavaria, and
Frsnce, in turn, as military man, philosopher,
mathematician, and inventor. Although he spent
more than two thirds of his days in Europe, tho
New England Yankee shone conspicuous in his
character in spite OF the konors and titles conferred
upon him by crowned heads until the day Of his
death. At the age of thirteen, We fna him handling
. yard stick, a. merchants apprentice, in Salem,
and afterwards in Boston, Mass. He was among
the first Of hundreds Of great mechanical gsniuses,
here in New England, whs have commenced their
career by fancisd discovery Of perpetual motion.
At another tine when the Of the repeal Of the
"Etamp Aos" was received ct Salem, he appsArs
to have turned his attention to pyr0tsshncs and to
have narrowly escaped being cut of in his career
while compromising display Of fireworks in honor
Of that event In the latter part Of his life We end
him, besides attending 70 affairs Of State in foreign
lands, invsntpg Rumfsrd cooking stoves, roasters,
bakers, curing smoky shiuneys, speculsting ON the
most nutritious compounds for soups for the poor,
the most approved method Of eating hasty pudding
and molassss, SC. Those constituted his sccsntrio
ties.
subsequently, In It'll, he attended me di ,al loo
lures ct Cambridge. In l772 he was keeping school
at Bradford, Mas, near Haverhill, whencs the first
settlers Of this own migrated The son Of the first
minister, Hon. Timothy Walker, then Colonel in
the Provincial militia, afterwards = member Of tho
New Hampshire Constitutional Convention of 1884,
and again Judge, heard Of young Thompson's t.
Tents and employed him to came to Concord, (thon
Rumfcrd,) in 1872, to teach . tuition school, Hero
he became acquainted with, and subsequently mar.
risd the ministers daughter and tho colonies sister
Young Thompson was then nineteen years old; his
bride was widow Of thirty, with four children, her
frst husband, Colonel njamiu l.olfe from whom
has descended NUMEROUS aud respectable family
BY that name, now residing here-havinr died the
maiden name was Sarah Walker.
Sarah Thompson, the late Countess, was the ouly
Issue by this connection. Young Thompson
did not remain here long. In consequence
OF an intimate acquaintance with the elder
Wentworth, tho Provincial Governor, residing
at Portsmouth, BY whom he was appointed
Major in the Provincial militia, he was ssigm itzsd
BY the liberty men, or wings, ofthat day, as tory
Subsequently, their prejudioes against him (by msay
now believed to have been uufounded becs me so
strong that he was forced TO fly frsm Conoord, with
his wife and daughter, 70 Woburn. There, also. he
Was pursued by tho liberty mon. They surrounded
his house. threatened him with violence. and even
aally carried things 10 such extremes that he vas