Person talk:John Tompkins (29)

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no real conflict [24 April 2015]

The probate of John Tompkins of Salem [the father] is Essex probate file 27801 and administration on his estate is granted 11 Jul 1706 "to Nath. Tompkins only son of Jn'o Tompkins Late of Salem Dec'd yeom." Indicating that the son John died young and there was no second son John.

Having corrected too many mistakes at WeRelate, I expect the date 3 Jul 1684 is a corruption of the 3 Sep 1674 recorded birth date. But whatever it source, it appears a different John Tompkins married Mercy Jones, not from this Salem family. [Long essay on the evils of Ancestry indexes deleted.] --Jrich 16:01, 24 April 2015 (UTC)