Nathaniel Tompkins, of Providence

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Nathaniel Tompkins

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Edlesborough, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Death: September 16, 1684 (67-76)
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Ralph Tompkins, of Salem & Bridgewater and Katherine Tompkins
Husband of Elizabeth Tompkins
Father of Nathaniel Tompkins, of Little Compton
Brother of John Tompkins, of Salem; Samuel Tompkins; Micah Tompkins, of Milford & Newark; Elizabeth Taylor; Mary (Marie) Foster and 1 other
Half brother of Martha Foster

Occupation: Merchant
Managed by: Keith Andrew Mosher
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About Nathaniel Tompkins, of Providence

Probably born in Edlesborough, Buckinghamshire, England. He resided in Providence, Rhode Island.

Wife unknown. Father of Nathaniel Tompkins (Died before May 19, 1724)

notes

The baptisms of the children of Ralph Tompkins and Katherine Foster are documented in Wendover (not Edlesborough). There was no son Nathaniel among them. And Nathaniel does not appear among the names of Ralph's children on the 1635 passenger list.[1]


  • http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Tompkins-500
    • 1. Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration..., Boston, MA: NEHGS (2012), vol VII, p 70-73 See also:
    • Little Compton Families: From Records Compiled by Benjamin Franklin Wilbour, (Baltimore, Maryland: Clearfield Co, Fifth edition, 1997) Vol. II, p. 679.

Nathaniel immigrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration of 1620-1640. His baptism was in Wendover, Wendover, Edlesborough. Buckingshire England.

He was not found on the passenger list of 1635.

Listed as the Head of Household in the book "Little Compton Families" By Benjamin Franklin Wilbour. There is evidence connecting him with the Salem, Mass Tomphins nor Concrod and Westchester Ny Tompkins

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Nathaniel Tompkins, of Providence's Timeline

1612
1612
Edlesborough, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
1640
1640
Age 28
Boston, Massachusettes, United States
1650
1650
Providence, Providence Plantations, (Present Rhode Island)
1650
Age 38
Provindence, Rhode Island, United States
1684
September 16, 1684
Age 72
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States