When Nathaniel Tompkins was born before 1640, his father, John Tompkins, was 25 and his mother, Mrs. John Tompkins, was 21. He married Elizabeth White about 1672, in Westchester, New York Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 5 daughters. He lived in Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America in 1663 and East Chester, Orange, New York Colony, British Colonial America in 1665. He died on 6 September 1684, in Westchester, New York Colony, British Colonial America.
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The Dutch discovered the Connecticut Region in 1614, but the European settlement of the region was largely the work of the English Puritans from Massachusetts.
After the English took over in the 1660s, the colony was renamed New York, after the Duke of York
English: patronymic from Tomkin, a medieval pet form of the personal name Thomas .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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