HomeMy WebLinkAboutBiographies of Revolutionary War Veterans of Tompkins Co Laurence Tompkins
Name: Lawrence Tompkins
Date of birth:April 5, 1764
Birthplace:Dutchess Co., NY
Parents:Nathaniel Tompkins and Sarah DeVoe
Spouse:Margaret Carman b. Oct. 28, 1769 daughter of Caleb Carman d. Batavia, NY Oct. 6, 1847
Marriage date:May 11, 1786
Place of marriage: Poughkeepsie, Westchester, NY
Date of death:Mar. 23, 1826
Place of death:Enfield, Tompkins, NY
Place of burial:Rolfe Cemetery
Children:
Elizabeth Tompkins b. Jan. 30, 1787 New Paltz, Ulster, NYm. John D. Lester June 22, 1807
Polly Tompkins b. May 2, 1789 New Paltz, Ulster, NY d. Dec. 23, 1883 Cardiff, Onondaga, m. Truman Cook June 13, 1808
William Tompkins b. April 4, 1790 New Paltz, Ulster, NYd. Dec. 10, 1870 Parma, Monroe, NY m. Susan Lamson, b. Mar. 28, 1793 CT d. May 4, 1873 Cambria Twp, Hill, MI
Caleb Tompkins b. Feb. 13, 1792 New Paltz, Ulster, NY Lived Rensselaerville, Albany, NY d. May 15, 1848
Lawrence Tompkins b. Mar. 24, 1794 New Paltz, Ulster, NY d. Oct. 21, 1848 Walker, Monroe, NY
m. 1816 Hannah Lamson b. Dec. 29, 1789 Stratford, Fairfield, NY
John Tompkins b. Mar. 1, 1796 New Paltz, Ulster, NY d. Sept. 10, 1870 Parma, Monroe, NY m. 1826 Covert, Seneca, NY 1)Wealthy Woodward b. Dec. 5, 1796 d. Feb 1832 Enfield, Tompkins,
NY 2) Mary Duel 3) Esther Henry
Sally b. Mar. 25, 1798 New Paltz, Ulster, NY d. Aug. 3, 1883Coeyman’s NY m. Feb. 15, 1820 John Cronk b. May 21, 1794 NY d. Nov. 9, 1874 Coeyman’s NY
Eleanor Tompkins b. Jan. 24, 1800 New Paltz, Ulster, NY
Margaret Tompkins b. 1802 New Paltz, Ulster, NY d. 1882 m. Charles Emley b. 1798 d. 1857 both buried Rolfe Cemetery, Enfield, Tompkins, NY
Catherine Tompkins b. Mar. 15, 1804 New Paltz, Ulster, NY d. Dec. 8, 1890 Bruce,Ortonagon, MI
Hannah Tompkins b. May 11, 1806 New Paltz, Ulster, NY
Daniel D. Tompkins b. May 2, 1808 Enfield, Tompkins, NY d. Oct. 15, 1841 Schuyler Co., NY m. 1833 Catherine Abel b. 1809 d. Nov. 1, 1859 Elkhart, Elkhart, IN
Charles W. Tompkins b. 1810 Enfield, Tompkins, NY d. 1846
James M. Tompkins b. May 2, 1815 Enfield, Tompkins, NY
Pension File #:W26552 (Widow’s Pension Application File)
Place of enlistment: New Paltz, Ulster, NY
Service record:
While a resident of New Paltz, Ulster County, New York, Lawrence Tompkins enlisted, when fifteen years of age, and served as a drummer and private in Captain Jonathan Piercy’s company
in Col. Albert Pawling’s New York Regiment and in Captain Daniel DeLong’s Company in Colonel William Malcom’s NY Regiment and in Captain Moodie’s company in Colonel John Lamb’s Regiment
of Artillery, continued in the service until the close of the war. During his service he was in the Battle of Stony Point and in several skirmishes near West Point.
His widow, Margaret Tompkins, was allowed pension on her application executed Mar. 15, 1841 at which time she was a resident of Batavia, Genessee County, NY“with some of her children.”
but she did not give their names.
NEW YORK IN THE REVOLUTION AS COLONY AND STATE:
Lawrence Tompkins
Rank: Enlisted Men
The Line-Artillery, Second Regiment
DAR Record:
Ancestor # A114732
TOMPKINS, LAWRENCE
NEW YORK PRIVATE
1) ALSO DRM, CAPTS PIERCY,DELEVAN; ALSO MATROSS IN CAPT MOODIE'S CO;
2) COLS PAWLING,MALCOLM,LAMB; CONT SERVICE
Will or Administration of Estate:
TC Will Book A:226
Tompkins, Laurence of Enfield, dated Mar. 13, 1826
Wife: Margaret
Sons: Daniel D., Charles W. and James
Daus. Eleanor, Margaret, Catherine, Hannah and Deborah
Wit.: Samuel Rolfe, Peter Van Dorn and W.A. Sutton
Ex: John and Daniel D. Tompkins and Jonathan Rolfe
Notes:
Sources:
Winchell Family Tree
Hedstrom Family Tree
Von Stein Family
Fay Family Tree
Helen Finch Smith Genealogical Papers 1788-1974, Carl A. Kroch Library, Rare and Manuscript Collection, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Ancestry.com. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Original data: Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files (NARA microfilm publication M804, 2,670 rolls). Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record
Group 15.National Archives, Washington, D.C.
New York in the Revolution as Colony and State, Vol. I -: J. B. Lyon Co. Albany, NY, 1904
DAR Genealogical Research System (GRS) online at www.dar.org
Tompkins County, NY Probate Records on-line at www.nytompki.com