Elizabeth Tompkins

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Jackson-2615

Elizabeth Jackson (Joseph , James , John , Robert ) was born about 1738 in Rockaway, Morris Co., New Jersey. She died in 1796 in Carter Co., Tennessee.

Elizabeth married James Tompkins, son of Eleazer Tompkins and Deborah Unknown about 1758. James was born about 1715/1724 in Newark, Essex Co., New Jersey. He was christened 7 on 24 Feb 1744 in Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey. He died after Aug 1804 in Carter Co., Tennessee.

Jackson Ledger says that she removed from Rockaway sometime after her marriage and headed for Virginia with her family, citing O. B. Robbins' book, Long Island Genealogies: they settled in VA. Comment by Janie Jackson Kimble, comp. "The above sources appear to be in error. They did not stop in Virginia, but traveled on to the Carolinas and Elizabeth died in Carter Co, TN." 2nd comment by Janie Jackson Kimble: "If anyone knows of documented evidence of when and where Elizabeth and James married, I'd appreciate knowing about it. Her birth year is estimated based on estimated birth years of her children, and of her siblings."

Family

About 1758, when he was in his mid-thirties, James married Elizabeth Jackson[3] in Rock Hill, Orange County, New York.[4]

Elizabeth bore him ten children, seven sons and three daughters:

1. Elizabeth Tompkins, born abt 1760, d. Aft 1827. Married John Lipps.
2. Harrison Tompkins, both abt 1765.
3. Nancy Tompkins, born 1769, Wilkes Co., North Carolina, d. 1830. Married Sylvester Proffitt.
4. Joseph Tompkins, born 1770 in that part of North Carolina that became Tennessee, d. February 1834. Married Mary 'Polly' Jenkins.
5. Pheby Tompkins, b. Abt 1770, Rowan Co., North Carolina. Married John Baldwin.
6. William Tompkins, b. 20 Nov 1772, Wilkes Co., North Carolina, d. 1834, Illinois. Married Elizabeth Owens.
7. Garsham Tompkins, b. 1774, Rowan or Wilkes Co., North Carolina. Married Ruth (unknown).
8. John Benjamin Tompkins, b. 4 Dec 1779, Wilkes Co., North Carolina, d. 1857 Missouri or Schuyler Co., Illinois. Married Elizabeth Hampton.
9. Daniel Tompkins. Married Lovinia 'Viney' Johnson.
10. James Tompkins Jr., b. Abt 1787, Wilkes Co., North Carolina. Married Susanah Coffin.

After August 1804, when he was about eighty, James died in Carter County, Tennessee, of unknown causes.

Notes

https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Study._William_and_James_Jackson_in_N...

Oscar Burton Robbins' book, pg 14: "Joseph Jackson died in 1769, intestate. Oct. 5, 1769, the widow Mary, and the son William, made a renunciation of their right to administer on his estate, and Oct. 6, 1769, administration was given to Stephen Jackson. Nathaniel Mitchell was fellow Bondsman."

1736 William Jackson b 1736 at Rockaway, Morris Co., NJ. His sister, Elizabeth was born in 1738 and apparently they were close because when Elizabeth married and went south with her husband James Tompkins, William (and perhaps his family) went with them. This according to the 1887 Jackson Ledger. William and Elizabeth’s Uncles, Stephen, Benjamin and John, also went to the Carolinas but, I don’t know if they went about the same time or not. By the time Joseph’s children became of age or shortly thereafter, it was Revolutionary Times and the area was in a state of agitation. The family records were burned and what we have now are the remembrances of Anna, Joseph’s daughter, William and Elizabeth’s younger sister. This is probably the reason that we know William had 26 children but that none of their names are recorded. This is first found in Oscar Burton Robbins’ book.

References

1. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/181718299/elizabeth-tompkins
2. Reference: MyHeritage Genealogy - SmartCopy: Aug 3 2020, 11:01:51 UTC
3. Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Aug 3 2020, 11:13:05 UTC
4. http://hindskw.com/KennethHinds/2745.html (accessed by jwdw 7.24.17)
5. https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Elizabeth_Jackson_%28101%29 cites
   1. Jackson, P. A. Jackson Ledger. (1887) 9, 12. 'Elizabeth Jackson married James Tompkins and removed to Virginia'
   2. Robbins, Oscar Burton. History of the Jackson family of Hempstead, Long Island, N.Y., Ohio and Indiana: descendants of Robert and Agnes Washburn Jackson. (Loveland, Colo.: Robbins, 1951) 14. 'Elizabeth [daughter of Joseph Jackson] m. James Tompkins, and settled in Virginia.'
   3. Arthur, John Preston. A history of Watauga County, North Carolina: with sketches of prominent families. (Richmond: E. Waddey Co., 1915) page 73. Elizabeth Tompkins died in 1796.'
   4. Jackson, P. A. Jackson Ledger. (1887) 9, 12.
   5. Birth year estimated based on estimated birth years of her children, and of her siblings.
6. https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Family:James_Tompkins_and_Elizabeth_J...
7. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Tompkins-212 If anyone knows of documented evidence of when and where Elizabeth and James married, I'd appreciate knowing about it. Cites:
   1. Robbins, Oscar Burton. History of the Jackson family of Hempstead, Long Island, N.Y., Ohio and Indiana: descendants of Robert and Agnes Washburn Jackson. (Loveland, Colo.: Robbins, 1951) page 14. 'Elizabeth [daughter of Joseph Jackson] m. James Tompkins, and settled in Virginia.'
   2. Arthur, John Preston. A history of Watauga County, North Carolina: with sketches of prominent families. (Richmond: E. Waddey Co., 1915)

page 73. 'Elizabeth Tompkins died in 1796.' “There is no evidence that Elizabeth was the wife of James, but since she was likely an adult when she died (otherwise, she probably would not have been mentioned), it is not an unreasonable assumption to make.”

1. # Arthur, John Preston. A history of Watauga County, North Carolina: with sketches of prominent families. (Richmond: E. Waddey Co., 1915)

page 72. “Elizabeth Tompkins is listed in the membership of the Three Forks Baptist Church between 1790 and 1800, several names after James Tompkins.”