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Samuel Tompkins

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island, British Colonial America
Death: April 10, 1760 (78)
Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island, British Colonial America
Place of Burial: Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Nathaniel Tompkins, of Little Compton and Elizabeth Tompkins
Husband of Sarah Coe and Sarah Tompkins
Father of Micah Tompkins; Joseph Tompkins; John Tompkins; Christopher Tompkins; Elizabeth Hieter and 7 others
Brother of Elizabeth Ladd; Nathaniel Tompkins; Sarah Gifford; Hannah Gifford; Mary Tompkins and 4 others

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About Samuel Tompkins

V. Samuel, b.1681, May 24 Little Compton, R.I. m.1671, Jan 15 d.1760, May Sarah Coe b. d.1747, Jan 2 of John & Sarah (Pabodie) Coe 1758, Jul 4 Will-proved 1760, Jun 3. Exs. sons Gideon and Micah. To son Joseph, L40, a cow, and half of apparel. To son Christopher, L40, and half of apparel. To sons Gideon and Micah, all real estate, land, and buildings in Little compton. To son Gideon, a bed. To son Benjamin, L5. To son William, L50, and privilege to live in the house while single, if the house is not sold. To daughters Elizabeth and Abigail Tompkins, L30, each, all the rest of household goods, privilege of living in the house while single, use of garden, &c, while the house and land anre unsold, and yearly to each, ten pounds of flax, six bushels of winter apples and a barrel of cider, while they are single. To four grandchildren, the children of son John, deceased, L5, each, at ages of twenty-one and eighteen. To sons Gideon and Micah, husbandry tools and rest of personal. Inventory, L1837,10s, viz: wearing apparel L130, books L10, cider mill and press L30, 4 wheels, old gun, warming pan, 5 cows, 4 yearling cattle, 3 yearlings, 5 swine, 4 geese, mare, &c.

COMPILED GENEALOGY: THE GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY OF RHODE ISLAND COMPRISING THREE GENERATIONS OF SETTLERS WHO CAME BEFORE 1690 (WITH MANY FAMILIES CARRIED TO THE FOURTH GENERATION). John Osborne Austin. (Joel Munsell's Sons: Albany, NY) 1887. p.205-6.

itle: Putnams Historical Magazine, Vol. 6, 1898 Description: Description based on: new ser., v. 6 (Jan.-Dec. 1898); title from volume title page, 16 Volume: 1898 Putnam's historical magazine Publication date: 1898 Publisher: Danvers, Mass. : Eben Putnam Author: Putnam, Eben, 1868-1933 Sponsor: Internet Archive Tags: allen_county, americana Notes: No copyright page found. No table-of-contents pages found.This is from a photocopy of an original book. The General Index at the beginning uses Roman Numerals Contributor: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center

Origins - Will of Nathaniel Tompkins

1719, May 30 Will-proved 1724, May 19. Ex. son Samuel. To son Nathaniel, L15. To son Samuel, all lands not already given him by deed. To daughter Eizabeth, wife of William Ladd, a cow. To daughter Mary Tompkins, 80s, a bed, and L4, borrowed of her. To daughter Mercy, wife of William Bowditch, a ewe sheep. To daughter Priscilla, wife of Samuel Lyndon, a cow. To daughter Sarah, wife of Benjamin Gifford, a cow. To daughter Rebecca Tompkins, a cow and a bed. To daughter Hannah, wife of Timothy Gifford, a cow. To son Samuel's three sons, Joseph, John and Christopher, any estates remaining.

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Samuel Tompkins's Timeline

1681
May 24, 1681
Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island, British Colonial America
1712
October 26, 1712
Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
1714
September 14, 1714
Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
1715
December 8, 1715
Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island
December 8, 1715
Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island
1717
January 28, 1717
Little Compton, RI
1719
November 9, 1719
Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island
1720
November 19, 1720
Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island
1722
January 20, 1722
Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island, British Colonial America