Griffin
Hilliker
(Haviland)
Tompkins
Born in Westchester, New York, United States
Ancestors 
Brother of
Ann (Tompkins) Owens, Silas Fowler Tompkins, Sidney Brooks Tompkins and Harriet Melissa (Tompkins) Flewellin
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 85
in Illinois, United States
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Biography
Griffin Hilliker Tompkins was born 14 sept 1822. July 22 1847, he is listed as a School teacher of Yorktown in the Eastern state journal, pg 3. He married Amelia Purdy about 1849. His daughter Lousia was born in 1850 and died around a year old. He was a soldier in the Civil war and about this time he changed his name to Haviland Tompkins. in 1861, he was a member of 25th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company K. in 1862 he was part of the 5th state militia of Missouri. in 1863 he was part of the 3rd battalion, 14th Illinois.in 1864, Major Tompkins returned from Captivity and was part of the Stoneman Raid to Macon. 12 Jan 1865 he married Sally Shackleford in Kentucky. In 1866 he was part of a murder trial of three people in Anderson Prision. By 1868, he was practicing law in Indian Territory. and in 1879 started collecting his military pension. In 1890, his daughter from his second marriage finds him as he had deserted the family long ago. In 107 he files a patent on improvents to Road Grader equipment. He dies 29 Nov 1907, but in July of 1908 his daughter finds out she is his heir, and it is in newspapers everywhere.He is buried alone in Faifield, Wayne county, Illinois under the name Haviland.
Sources
- *Genealogy of the ancestors of Elias Q Tompkins and his Family Descendants; Taken from Genealogies, Family Bibles, Gravestone inscriptions and known facts. Compiled by George J And Ruth T Purdy, Jan 1945. Familysearch film 007831211 Image 720 of 1149. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3Q-H8ZL-5?i=719&cat=315778
- "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QD-PB3V : 9 March 2021), H. Thompkins and Sally E. Shackelford, 12 Jan 1865; citing Marriage, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
- Will of Elias Q Tompkins https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/99200990?p=27119398&returnLabel=Elias%20Quereau%20Tompkins%20(LCT1-T6Z)&returnUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.familysearch.org%2Ftree%2Fperson%2Fmemories%2FLCT1-T6Z
- Indianapolis Journal (indiana) 14 Sept 1890, Pg 7. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22671972/haviland-tompkins-second-wifes-story/
- Daughter Havilene becomes an Heir. Greensboro Daily News (NC) 8 Dec 1907 pg 8. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22671178/havilene-tompkins-heir-to-a-fortune-1907/
- Haviland's big murder Trial. Chicago Tribune (IL) 19 Nov 1866, Pg 1. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/41984632/summary-of-murder-haviland-tompkins/
- Major H Tompkins, 1868. The Intellegencer (SC) 5 Feb 1868, Pg 2. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/41981337/haviland-tompkins-indian-territory/
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Haviland by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Haviland:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Haviland by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Haviland:
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