Benjamin Tompkins Genealogy

Record modified: 2008-07-13
This is my direct ancestor 6 generations back.

é Eleazer Tompkins
é James Tompkinsê
ê ë Deborah (unknown)
Benjamin Tompkins ê
ê é Joseph Jackson
ë Elizabeth Jackson ê
ë Annie Rogers

Born: 1779-12-04 Wilkes Co, North Carolina USA
Died: about 1859-00-00 Schuyler Co, Missouri USA
Marriages:
1. 1799-01-11 Elizabeth "Polly" Hampton
Children of Benjamin Tompkins and Elizabeth Hampton:
Eli G Tompkins b. 1803-07-04
James Tompkins b. 1806-00-00
Rebecca Tompkins b. 1809-04-21
Matilda Tompkins b. 1810-05-18
Margaret Tompkins b. about 1812-00-00
Benjamin Joseph Tompkins b. 1817-02-11
*George Washington Tompkins b. 1818-09-14
John Baptist Tompkins b. 1820-10-31
Elizabeth Tompkins b. 1822-00-00
Eunice H Tompkins b. 1825-00-00
Frances Dickenson Tompkins b. 1826-01-31

Notes:

married in Wilkes Co NC

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Some RootsWeb entries give him a middle or first name of John, but I've only seen him as Benjamin.

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BLM General Land Office records

Quincy IL land office
Warren Co IL, serial no IL4050_.321
1840-11-03 Benjamin Tompkins 80 acres
S 1/2 of SE 1/4 of section 29, Township 10 N Range 3 W of the 4th principal meridian

Palmyra MO land office
Schuyler Co MO, serial MO2440_.271
1849-08-10 Benjamin Tompkins 120 acres
SW 1/4 of NE 1/4 of section 8
NW 1/4 of SW 1/4 of section 4
SE 1/4 of NW 1/4 of section 4
in Township 66 Range 13 W

Schuyler Co MO, serial MO2470_.252
1851-12-01 Benjamin Tompkins 80 acres
S 1/2 of SE 1/4 of section 33, Township 67 Range 13 W

Schuyler Co MO, serial MO2510_.131
1853-10-15 Benjamin Tompkins 38.24 acres
E 1/2 of lot numbered 2 of NE 1/4 of section 5, Township 66 Range 13 W

Schuyler Co MO, serial MO2550_.013
1856-03-10 Benjamin Tompkins 120 acres
SE 1/4 of SE 1/4 of section 32
S 1/2 of SW 1/4 of section 33
in Township 67 Range 13 W

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1850 census Schuyler Co MO p94b, district 91
Benjamin Tompkins 70 NC
Elizabeth 68 NC
Louisa 16 IL
George W 12 IL
James K P 3 IL

He is a farmer. His real estate is valued at $300. He can read and write, but his wife cannot.
The children are from son James, who died in 1849 within a few days of his wife.

1840 census Warren Co IL p189, Ward 3
Benjamin Tompkins 1 M 15-20, 1 M 20-30, 1 M 60-70, 1 F 10-15, 1 F 15-20, 1 F 50-60
[John 19, George 22, Benjamin 60, Frances 14, (Eunice 15 or Elizabeth 18), Elizabeth 58]

1830 census Logan Co KY p42, Russellville twp
Benjamin Tompkins 1 M 5-10, 2 M 10-15, 1 M 15-20, 1 M 50-60, 1 F <5, 1 F 5-10, 1 F 15-20, 1 F 40-50
[John 9, George 12, Benjamin 13, x, Benjamin 51, Frances 4, (Eunice 5 or Elizabeth 8), Margaret 18, Elizabeth 48]

Apparently one of his daughters died young.
Who is the extra male? He was not with the family in 1820. It is probably his son James with the age mis-marked.

1820 census Russell Co VA p156, Lebanon twp
Benjamin Tompkins 2 M <10, 1 M 10-16, 1 M 16-18, 1 M 16-26, 1 M 26-45, 3 F <10, 1 F 26-45
[George 1, Benjamin 3, James 14, Eli 17, (Eli), Benjamin 41, Margaret c8, Matilda 10, Rebecca 11?, Elizabeth 38]
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