free man of color
patented 450 acres on both side of Richahock Path in New Kent County on 18 March 1662/3
to Bertie Precinct, NC Jan 1725/6
will written 16 Nov 1727
James and two sons, Robert and John, emigrated to America about 1700 from Galway, Ireland to Philadelphia, discovered beauty of York co and remained there
2 Sept 1679-bought 100 acres near the head and south side of the Gunpowder River in Baltimore county
arrived in America in 1637
from Joni Macdessi:
John Tompkins, yeoman, was born in 1610 in Buckinghamshire, England, the son of Ralph Tompkins and Katherine Foster. He is not listed as a passenger when his parents came to the new world on the Truelove in 1635. Either their names were omitted from the passenger list or John and Margaret Goodman Tompkins must have come on another ship before March 1636. Since there is no record of Ralph in Salem records until May 2, 1638, when he requests a desire to be a freeman of Salem, we can assume that Ralph settled in other towns first and then joined his son John in Salem sometime after 1638. In fact, Ralph was granted 10 acres of land on Jan 23, 1642, by the town of Salem. He relocated from Dorchester, MA, sometime in this time frame.. In 1666, son John administratively receives the land in Salem that was owned by his father upon Ralph's death, the rest goes to Mary, daughter of John Foster. Ralph's Salem, MA, inventory is dated Nov. 12, 1666John first appears (with others) in the records of Salem, MA, on March 20 1636. They were .."promised to be received as inhabitants of the town if they "pcure free dismission". At a town meeting on July 12, 1637, John and others are received as inhabitants. Five acres of land are granted to him. At a town meeting on Dec. 25, 1637, land is distributed and John is given one-half acre of land which would indicate only two in family. On Jan 29, 1637, the town grants to John Tompkins, 5 acres lying by his other 5 acres. On May 18, 1642, John appears on the list of Freemen.
John Tompkins married first, Margaret Goodman, on Aug. 27, 1632 in Edlesborough, Bucks, England (she died in Salem MA, in 1672) and married second, Mary Read, in Sept. 1673, probably in Salem, Essex, MA.
John died June 23, 1681, in Salem, Essex, MA; his wife Mary survived him.
Ref. A. lists John's children as follows: Nathaniel; Hannah bp 1638/9;
Elizabeth bp 1639; Hannah bp 1640/1; Sarah bp 1642/3; John bp 1644/5;
Elizabeth b 1646; Mary bp 1649; Deborah bp 1651; Priscilla. Ref B. lists
only seven of the above ten children and omits Nathaniel, John, &
Priscilla. Ref. C. lists the ten children and agrees with ref A. and
cites the inventory of John on 30 Jun 1681, at his death, that mentions
oldest son Nathaniel, probably born in England and Priscilla probably the
youngest who married 14 Aug 1679, Samuel Marsh.References:
A. History of Salem MA, Sidney Perley, Vol I, 1924 & Vol II,
1926
B. Pioneers of Massachusetts, C. H. Pope, 1900
C. Genealogical Dictionery of New England, Savage, 1862
Movement: As per Bob Davis
In North America, among the first immigrants is found John Tompkins, who settled in Virginia in 1636, along with Thomas and William. Ralph, Samuel, Mary and Katherine Tompkins settled in Boston in 1635.John Tompkins,Senior John came from the north of England and landed in Plymouth,Colony of Massachusetts. From Plymouth he moved to Concord,Mass. and to Fairfield,Conneticut, where in 1649 John Tompkins is listed as a proprietor of land. His known children:
1.Ruth - 1640 -?Concord,Mass
2.John Tompkins, Junior - 1642 -?The family moved once again,this time to Eastchester,Westchester County,New York
moved from Milford, Conn to "Ten Farms" in Eastchester, NY in 1665
will written 2 Sep 1684; proved 19 Nov 1684
died young
died young
will written 24 Mar 1696/7
will written 20 Mar 1709
3044. Michiel Bastiaensen Van Kortryk
1663 emigrated on the "Brindle Cow"
3856. Johann (Hans) Schonfelder
judge
from Gorlitz