John Tompkins, of Salem

Not the same as John Tompkins, of Concord & Fairfield

John Tompkins

1. Birth: 1608 - England
2. Death: June 23 1684 - Salem,Essex,Mass
3. Parents: Ralph Thompkins, Katherine Foster
4. Wife: Margaret, Mary Read

An inventory of John's estate was taken 30 June 1681 by Edward Batter & Nathaniel Felton Jr. amounting to 141-17-00d. Administration of the estate was granted to Mary, the relict on 28 June 1681. An addition to the inventory of 9f taken by the same persons mentioned that the estate of the relict before marriage was 125-12-00d. This record mentions John's children in the following order: Nathaniel, John, Sarah, Elizabeth, Mary, Deborah and Priscilla Tompkins. The estate papers contain the depositions of Josiah White and Rememberance, his wife - these deponents testified that they heard John Tompkins Sr. say sundry times that it was his will that his son Nathaniel Tompkins being his eldest son should have his then dwelling house with the barne and ground thereunto belonging for he had given his other children something considerable for their portions and this was spoken a short time before the said Tompkins his disease - Sworn 30 Nov. 1681. The widow was to have two thirds of the house and land during her life and son John Jr. 5li; the five childen of Hugh Jones, whose wife Hannah was now deceased were to have 20s each. The remainder of the estate was equally divided among the seven children of the deceased.25

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]

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On 30 June 1653 John Tompkin’s wife was fined for wearing a silk hood .28

On 20 November 1693, she married John Tompkins. He was the son of her stepfather, who had died in 1681, and was a widower, his first wife having died in 1688. Mary was then forty years old. The long delay before marriage was probably due to the youthful indiscretions described below.

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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).

References

• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Sep 13 2016, 5:00:08 UTC