John Tompkins Sr (1610 - 1681)

Born 1610 in Buckinghamshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Unknown) Tompkins — married Sep 1673 (to 23 Jun 1681) in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 23 Jun 1681 at about age 71 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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John Tompkins Sr migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

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Most recent (2016) research by Alicia Crane Williams: John Tompkins 1609-1681 in: Early New England Families, indicates the LNAB of his wife Margaret remains unknown.

Recent research (see below) indicates that this John Tomkins was not from Edlesborough and his wife Margaret was not Margaret Goodman. Most genealogies will, however, include those two items, referring to the same person in Massachussets, but leaving out the contemporary John Tomkins who remained in Edlesborough, England. Anderson (2012, p 71) reports:

"Some secondary sources, as well as Torrey's Marriage Index, state that John Tompkins, son of this immigrant, married at Edlesborough, Bucks, on 27 August 1632 Margaret Goodman [Farr Anc 282]. This marriage is found in the Edlesborough register, and John Tompkins, son of Ralph, did have wife Margaret. However, there was a Tompkins family long established in Edlesborough, including a John Tompkins who married [blank] Hopkins in late 1609, who could have been father of the John who married there in 1632. (Edlesborough is about ten miles northeast of Wendover, and must be carefully distinguished from Ellesborough, which is immediately adjacent to Wendover on the southwest.)

Also this John Tompkins was a different person than the John Tompkins of Concord who settled in Eastchester. The two are confused in traditional genealogies because of a speculation by James Savage (A genealogical dictionary of the first settlers of New England).

Biography

John Tompkins was born about 1609/10, likely in Buckinghamshire, England. He was the son of Ralph and Katherine (Foster) Tompkins, and came to New England and was in Salem in 1636, receiving land in the division of marsh and meadow.^{[1] [2]}

Timeline

• 1636: Emigrated to New England by 1636, and settled at Salem, when he is listed at household of two in the grants of marsh and meadow. ^{[1] [2]}
• 1636/7: March 20: Joh was promised to be received as a Salem inhabitant, if he is granted dismissal from his present church. ^[1]
• 1637: July: He was received as an inhabitant and granted 5 acres at Salem. ^[1]
• 1637/8: January: He was granted an additional adjacent 5 acres. ^[1]
• 1642: May 8: John was made a Freeman. ^[1]
• 1653: June 23: John's wife was fined for 'wearing a silk hood'. ^[1]
• 1663: August: The town granted John all the land lying next to his five acres that he bought from Jeffrey Estee. ^[1]
• 1664: April: Granted another 30 acres .^[1]
• 1664: He owned Lot # 89 in the North Field. ^[1]
• 1666: November 27: He was granted administration of his father Ralph Tompkin's estate. ^[1]
• 1675: He owned Lot # 61. ^[1]
• 1675: June 16: John and wife Mary sold 30 acres granted to him by the town to Joseph and Benjamin Pope. ^[1]
• 1667: June: Appointed tithingman at Salem. ^[1]
• 1667/8: March: Chosen as surveyor of fences. ^[1]
• 1678: Served as a juryman. ^[1]
• 1679: March: Fined when he refused to take the oath of tithingman, in a dispute about the Quaker.s ^[1]

Family

John married first, by December 25, 1637, Margaret (___), when John is listed in Salem with a household of two. ^{[1] [2]}

His wife Margaret died at Salem, Massachusetts on July 18, 1672. ^{[1] [3]}

After Margaret's death, married John Tompkins married Mary (___) Read, widow of Thomas Read, in September, 1673. ^[1]

John Tompkins died at Salem on June 23, 1681. Estate administration was granted to widow Mary and his son John Tompkins and an inventory was taken on June 30, 1681. ^{[1] [4]}

When the inventory was taken, the following children were named:

• Nathaniel Tomkins, John Tomkins, Sarah Tomkins, Elizabeth, Deborah, Mary and Priscilla. ^[4]

Children

1. Nathaniel born after December, 1637;probably died after 1685 at Newport, Rhode Island; marriage Elizabeth (___). ^[1]
2. Hannah baptized February 10, 1638/9 ^[5]; died young. ( this may be the baptism of Nathaniel, or if it was Hannah, she died by 1641 when the second Hannah was baptized.) ^[1]
3. Elizabeth, baptized on May 19, 1639 ^[5]; died young. ^[1]
4. Hannah, baptized on February 21, 1640/1 ^[5]; died May 10, 1672; married Hugh Jones on June 26, 1660. ^{[6] [1]}
5. Sarah, baptized on January I, 1642/3 ^[5]; married John Waters on August 1, 1663. ^{[6] [1]}
6. John, baptized on February 16, 1644/5 ^[5]; died in January, 1705/6; married first Rebecca Knight on June 26, 1672; married second, his stepsister Mary Read on Nov. 20, 1693. ^{[6] [1]}
7. Elizabeth, born on November 29, 1646 ^[5]; was living when her father wrote his will in 1681. ^[1]
8. Mary, baptized on April 29, 1649 ^[5]; died December 12, 1688; married John Felton on November 29, 1670. ^{[6] [1]}
9. Deborah, baptized on June 8, 1651 ^[5]; died after June, 1681; married Nathaniel Silsby on November 5, 1671. ^{[6] [1]}
10. Priscilla born/baptized ___; married first Samuel Marsh on August 14, 1679 ^[6]; married second at Mendon, William Hayward on May 6, 1708; died at Bellingham on August 10, 1727. ^[1]

Research notes

Salem Births/Baptisms

Tomkins, Hanna d. John bp. 10: 12 m: 1638, CR1 (p. 353)

Tomkins, Elizabeth d. John bp. 19: 3 m: 1639. CR1 (p. 353)

Tomkins, Hanna d, John bp. 21: 12 m: 1640. CR1 (p. 353)

Tomkins, Sarah d. John bp. 1: 11 m: 1642. CR1 (p. 343)

Tomkins, John s John bp. 16: 12 m: 1644. CR1 (p. 353)

Tomkinse, Elizabeth d. John and Margerite 29: 9 m: 1646 CT.F; Tomkins, Elizabeth d. John bp. 17: 11 m: 1646. CR1 (p. 353)

Tomkins, Mary d. John bp. 29: 2 m: 1649. CR1 (p. 353)

Tomkins, Deborah d. John bp. 8: 4 m: 1651. CR1 (p. 353) ^[5]

Salem Marriages

Tompkins, John, sr., and Mary Read, Sept. ––, 1673. CTR (p. 387)

Tomkins, John, "ye younger," and Rebecka Knights, June 26, 1672. CTR (p. 387)

Tomkins, John, and Mary Reed, Nov. 20, 1693. CTR (p. 387)

Tompkins, Hannah, and Hugh Joanes, June 26, 1660. CTR (p. 387)

Tompkins, Sara, and John Waters, 1: 6m: 1663. CTR (p. 387)

Tompkins, Mary, and John Felton, 29: 9m: 1670. CTR (p. 387)

Tompkins, Deborah, and Nathaniell Silsby, 5: 9m: 1671. CTR (p. 387)

Tompkins, Prissillah, and Samuell Marsh, Aug. 14, 1679. CTR (p. 387) ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30} Williams, Alicia Crane, John Tompkins 1609-1681 in: Early New England Families, 1641-1700.V. 1: p. 1-4 (Original Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013. (By Alicia Crane Williams, Lead Genealogist.)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Anderson, Robert Charles. "Ralph Tompkins." in: Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VII, T-Y. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston Massachusetts, 2011, p. 70-1 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012.)
3. ↑ Vital Records of Salem Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Volume VI: Deaths, The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, 1925 p. 276
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts, Volume III: 1675-1681, The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, 1920, p. 426-8
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8} Vital Records of Salem Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Volume II Births, The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, 1918, p. 353
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6} Vital Records of Salem Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Volume IV: Marriages, The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, 1924

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Patricia Sage for creating WikiTree profile Thompkins-31 through the import of SAGE and beyond_2013-02-08.ged on Feb 13, 2013.
• Thank you to Bennett Rockney for creating WikiTree profile Tompkins-620 through the import of Rockney GEDCOM.ged on Feb 16, 2013.
• This person was created through the import of Davidson.GED on 19 March 2011.
• WikiTree profile Tompkins-376 created through the import of RamageRice102011.ged on Oct 12, 2011 by Molly Rice.
• Audrey Neva, firsthand knowledge. -22 Changes page] for the details of edits by Audrey and others.
• Tompkins-1185 was created by SM Reaper through the import of mjr6387sibley.ged on Oct 3, 2014.

See the previous version of the text on the Changes page

• See RALPH TOMPKINS (TOMKINS) & PHILIP KNIGHT FAMILIES OF SALEM MASSACHUSETTS, http://catnip13.tripod.com/Tompkins.html for guide the multiple generations of these families.