Robert de Cherleton

• Robert de Cherleton

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Robert Tomkyns (M)

b. circa 1240, d. circa 1300

    Robert Tomkyns The Tompkins Family

The following was abstracted from: The Tomkins-Tompkins Genealogy by Robert A Tompkins and Clare F Tompkins, publ. in 1942.

___THOM the Saxon. Legend says he came to Briton with William the Conqueror, and fought with him in the Battle of Hastings in 1066.

TOEN. Born about 1070. Died, as indicated by heraldic symbols, in Palestine. Lived in Cornwall. All authorities on English heraldry concede that we are descended from a Crusader. The proof that there was one named Toen lies in the fact that early records of Cornwall name as of three generations: Toenchen, Tonkin, and Tomking. Toenchen means "the young". If there was a younger named Toenchen, then of course, there was an elder named Toen. The Germanic diminutive "chen" has an English equivalent: "kin". Bishop Baldwin and Giraldus recruited men in Cornwall for the Crusade.

Children:

• Toenchen

Thom. There had to be a man named Thom in htis or the closely following generations, from which the surname of Thom was taken. That surname now numbers many thousands. No evidence exists that this was the identical Thom, but the name is placed here to show how we are very probably related to Thom, Tom, Tomes, Thomas, Thomson, Thompson, Tomlin, and Tomlinsons.

TOENCHEN. Born about 1095. Named in early Cornwall records.

Children:

Tonkin

TONKIN. Born about 1125. Named in early records as son of Toenchen.

Children:

Tomking. Born about 1155.

Tonkin. Born about 1155.

TOMKING. Born about 1155. Named in old records as son of Tonkin.

Children:

Tomkyns or Tomkyn. Born about 1190.

Tomlin. Born about 1150. There had to be a man of this name about this time from whom the families of Tomlin and Tomlinson descended. The family took this surname about 1240, per English law. No proof exists that he was a son of Tomkings, but he probably was.

TOMKYNS. Born about 1190. He lived in Lostwithiel. Thee had to be one of this name from whom our surname derived.

Children:

Robert. Lived in Charlton. This is the first ancestor found bearing a surname. From this point on all bear surnames, and all datat was taken from records of church and state. (pg 4) . He was born circa 1240. He died circa 1300.