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Martha Tompkins

Female Abt 1627 - Aft 1688  (~ 62 years)


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  • Name Martha Tompkins 
    Born Abt 1627  , , England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Baptism Abt 1630  , , England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Notable is believed to have been a passenger on the ship Truelove (1635) - the passenger list shows Marie (not Martha). Age 14 years 
    _UID 10714A181DAB1A4A845A67B46434BE18767A 
    Died Aft 1688  Salem, Essex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I470  Irving Genealogy
    Last Modified 17 Sep 2011 

    Father Ralph Tompkins,   b. 1585, Monnington, Hereford, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1666, Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Katherine Foster,   b. 1577, Wendover, Buckingham, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1636, , , MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years) 
    Married 6 Nov 1608  Wendover, Buckingham, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4] 
    _STAT MARRIED 
    _UID 4292D5F8B72EA044BB4A1B967E682CB5E7C9 
    Notes 
    • This was his first marriage.
      His daughter Martha on various records is listed as being mothered by either wife.
      Need to determine Katherine's date of death and Martha's date of birth to determine which is mother
    Family ID F265  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 John Foster, Sr.,   b. Abt 1618, , , England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar 1688, Salem, Essex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 70 years)  [5, 6] 
    Married Abt 1646  Salem, Essex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _STAT MARRIED 
    _UID ABA9002E2D90DB4BB187284BCD86EC5EAD06 
    Notes 
    • Source documents differ on year of marriage by about four years. [7]
    Children 
    +1. John Foster, Jr.,   b. 1647, Salem, Essex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jun 1714, Salem, Essex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     2. Mary Foster,   b. Abt Mar 1650, Salem, Essex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Feb 1721, Salem, Essex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 70 years)
    +3. Samuel Foster,   b. Mar 1651, Salem, Essex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Aug 1728, Waltham, Middlesex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 77 years)
     4. Benjamin Foster,   b. 3 Jul 1658, Salem, Essex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Jonathan Foster,   b. 20 Dec 1660, Salem, Essex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Mar 1662, Salem, Essex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
     6. Jonathan Foster,   b. 22 Nov 1662, Salem, Essex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Nov 1667, Salem, Essex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 4 years)
    +7. Joseph Foster,   b. 1664, Salem, Essex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1704, Dorchester, Suffolk, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 41 years)
    +8. David Foster,   b. Abt Oct 1665, Salem, Essex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1748, Salem, Essex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 82 years)
     9. Elizabeth Foster,   b. 22 Nov 1667, Salem, Essex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     10. Jonathan Foster,   b. Jun 1670, Salem, Essex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     11. Hannah Foster,   b. Jul 1672, Salem, Essex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     12. Martha Foster,   b. Sep 1674, Salem, Essex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    +13. Ebenezer Foster,   b. 5 Aug 1677, Salem, Essex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1721  (Age 43 years)
    Last Modified 27 Mar 2016 
    Family ID F250  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Richard Adams  [5] 
    Married 1688  Salem, Essex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9] 
    Marriage Contract 16 Nov 1688  Salem, Essex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9] 
    _STAT MARRIED 
    _UID F9BFE1B500957F419ADD71A8354A22744819 
    Last Modified 27 Mar 2016 
    Family ID F264  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Abt 1627 - , , England, UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - Abt 1630 - , , England, UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - Abt 1646 - Salem, Essex, MA, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1688 - Salem, Essex, MA, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage Contract - 16 Nov 1688 - Salem, Essex, MA, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Aft 1688 - Salem, Essex, MA, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Some records list her first name as Mary, commonly spelled Marie in those days.

      We believe Martha is the Marie (age 14 years) named on the passenger list for the ship Truelove of 1635 along with her father (Ralph Tompkins), mother (Katherine Foster) and other siblings. Some researchers speculate that Martha is a daughter of Ralph Tompkin's second wife Hanna Aborne who he married in 1636, placing her birth in Salem after 1636; but Martha married John Foster in 1646/7 making her birth prior to 1630 much more probable.

      Not sure about her place of birth in England. In a deposition taken in 1670 Martha was about 43 years old; making her birth about 1627.

      After she became the widow of John Foster (1688), she married secondly Richard Adams. Richard conveyed land to Martha Foster on Nov. 16, 1688 stating " ... my intended wife".

      DEATH: Believe she died in Salem, Essex, MA, USA

  • Sources 
    1. [S169] Foster Genealogy, Frederick Clifton Pierce, (1899; Chicago W. B. Conkey Co.), Pg 694 (Reliability: 2).
      ...married in Salem, Mass, probably in 1649 Martha Tompkins dau. of Ralph Tompkins and Katherine (Aborn). She was b. abt 1630.
      Author (Pierce) is wrong about Martha's mother. Katherine is right, but her maiden name was Foster. Hanna Aborne was Ralph's second wife.

    2. [S288] New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Torrey, Clarence Almon, (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc.), 5-056.doc., Pg 747, and 2nd Sup Pg 63 (Reliability: 2).
      TOMPKINS, Ralph (1585-1660) & 1/wf Katherine FOSTER (1577- ); In Eng. (Wendover, Bucks) 6 Nov 1608
      Root source - Buckinghamshire Parish Registers: Marriages; Vol ii.

    3. [S259] CD-New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Torrey, Clarence A., Record No. 33,164 (Reliability: 2).
      TOMPKINS, Ralph (1585-1666) & 1/wf Katharine FOSTER (1577-); in Eng, 6 Nov 1608; Dorchester/Bridgewater/Salem {EIHC 57:261; Randall Anc. 440; Farr Anc. 282; Dorchester Hist. 135; Dedham Hist. Reg. 10:97; Silsbee 7; Reg. 14:323; Foster 694; Bond Anc. 140}

    4. [S289] Third Supplement To Torrey, Sanborn, Melinde Lutz, (Genelaogical Publishing Co. Inc. Baltimore Maryland. Copyright 2003, Second printing (2005)), Pg 256 (Reliability: 2).
      TOMPKINS, Ralph & Katherine FOSTER; m Wendover, Bucks (England) 6 Nov 1608 [TAG 68:19]

    5. [S288] New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Torrey, Clarence Almon, (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc.), 5-056.doc., Pg 278 (Reliability: 2).
      FOSTER, John (- 1688) & [Martha TOMPKINS], m/2 Richard ADAMS 1688; ca 1645/7; Salem

    6. [S259] CD-New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Torrey, Clarence A., Record No. 12,177 (Reliability: 2).
      FOSTER, John (-1688) & [Martha TOMPKINS], m/2 Richard ADAMS 1688; ca 1645/7; Salem {Randall Anc. 440; Farr Anc. 282; Salem 2:324; Foster 697; Felton 144; Tingley-Meyers 167; Jones (#5) 4; Reg.;. 87:287; EIHC 41:181; Dedham Hist. Reg. 6:22, 16:97}

    7. [S169] Foster Genealogy, Frederick Clifton Pierce, (1899; Chicago W. B. Conkey Co.).

    8. [S288] New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Torrey, Clarence Almon, (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc.), 5-056.doc., Pg 5 (Reliability: 2).
      ADAMS, Richard & Martha (TOMPKINS), FOSTER, w John; contract to marry 16 Nov 1688; Salem

    9. [S259] CD-New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Torrey, Clarence A., Record No. 277 (Reliability: 2).
      ADAMS, Richard & Martha (TOMPKINS) FOSTER, w John; m cont 16 Nov 1688; Salem {Salem 2:324; Dedham Hist. Reg. 10:97; Essex Ant. 3:46; Foster 695}


 

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