See also

Family of Ralph + TOMPKINS and Katherine + FOSTER

Husband: Ralph + TOMPKINS (1585-bef1666)
Wife: Katherine + FOSTER (1577-1635)
Children: John TOMPKINS (1608- )
Nathaniel TOMPKINS (1612- )
Samuel TOMPKINS (1613- )
Isabel TOMPKINS (1615- )
Micah TOMPKINS (1616- )
Micah TOMPKINS (1616- )
Elizabeth TOMPKINS (1617- )
Martha TOMPKINS (1620- )
Ralph TOMPKINS (1623- )
Martha + TOMPKINS (1627-1688)
John TOMPKINS (1644- )
Marriage 6 Nov 1608 Buckinghamshire, England1,2

Husband: Ralph + TOMPKINS

Name: Ralph + TOMPKINS
Sex: Male
Father: John + TOMKYNS (1540-1593)
Mother: -
Birth 1585 Monington, Herfordshire, England
Immigration 1635 (age 49-50)3
vessel: Truelove
Census 1638 (age 52-53) Massachusetts Bay Colony, MA, US4
Death bef 12 Nov 1666 (age 80-81) Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA, US

Wife: Katherine + FOSTER

Name: Katherine + FOSTER
Sex: Female
Father: Patrick + FOSTER (1558-1609)
Mother: Helen + GREENWAY (1556-1609)
Birth 1577 Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England
Immigration Sep 1635 (age 57-58)3
Sailed on the vessel Truelove
Death 1635 (age 57-58) Salem, Essex, MA, US

Child 1: John TOMPKINS

Name: John TOMPKINS
Sex: Male
Birth Jan 1608

Child 2: Nathaniel TOMPKINS

Name: Nathaniel TOMPKINS
Sex: Male
Birth 1612

Child 3: Samuel TOMPKINS

Name: Samuel TOMPKINS
Sex: Male
Birth 1613

Child 4: Isabel TOMPKINS

Name: Isabel TOMPKINS
Sex: Female
Birth 1615

Child 5: Micah TOMPKINS

Name: Micah TOMPKINS
Sex: Male
Birth 1616

Child 6: Micah TOMPKINS

Name: Micah TOMPKINS
Sex: Male
Birth 1616

Child 7: Elizabeth TOMPKINS

Name: Elizabeth TOMPKINS
Sex: Female
Birth 1617

Child 8: Martha TOMPKINS

Name: Martha TOMPKINS
Sex: Female
Birth 1620

Child 9: Ralph TOMPKINS

Name: Ralph TOMPKINS
Sex: Male
Birth 1623

Child 10: Martha + TOMPKINS

Name: Martha + TOMPKINS
Sex: Female
Spouse: John + FOSTER (1618-1685)
Birth 1627 Edlesborough, Buckinghamshire, England
Immigration 1635 (age 7-8)5
Death 16 Nov 1688 (age 60-61) Salem, Essex, MA, US

Child 11: John TOMPKINS

Name: John TOMPKINS
Sex: Male
Birth 1644

Note on Husband: Ralph + TOMPKINS

Came from Wendover, Buckinghamshire to Massachusetts Bay in 1635 on the Truelove. (On Sept. 19, 1635, "husbandman Ralph Tomkins," aged 50, uxor Kat[herine} Tomkins." aged 58, "Elizabeth Tomkins," aged 18, "Marie Tomkins," aged 14, & "Samuel Tomkins," aged 22, were enrolled at London as passengers for New England on the Truelove. They first settled at Dorchester MA & moved to Salem by 1642.

He was born about 1585, according to the passenger list. But on 12 Aug 1569, a "Raffe Tompkyns the son of John Tompkyns" was baptized at Edlesborough. If this is our passenger, then he is 7 yrs older (rather than 8 yrs younger) than his wife.

He married (1) 6 Nov 1608 in Wendover, Buckinghamshire, Katherine Foster, daughter of Peter Foster.

He married (2) by an unknown date, ____ ____. who was somehow a "sister" of Samuel Aburne.

He died by 12 Nov 1666 (date of inventory).

There is no proof who his father was.

Source: Anderson's Great Migration Study Project.

Note on Wife: Katherine + FOSTER

Came from Wendover, Buckinghamshire to Massachusetts Bay in 1635 on the Truelove. (On Sept. 19, 1635, "husbandman Ralph Tomkins," aged 50, uxor Kat[herine} Tomkins." aged 58, "Elizabeth Tomkins," aged 18, "Marie Tomkins," aged 14, & "Samuel Tomkins," aged 22, were enrolled at London as passengers for New England on the Truelove. They first settled at Dorchester MA & moved to Salem by 1642.

She was born about 1578, according to the passenger list, daughter of Peter Foster.They married 6 Nov 1608 in Wendover, Buckinghamshire, & had 5 known children:

JOHN: b. say 1609; m. (1) by 1636 Margaret ____, who d. Salem 18 Jul 1672; m. (2) Salem, __ Sep 1673, Mary Read.

SAMUEL: bp. Wendover, 1 Dec 1611; m. [Plymouth] 11 Oct 1639, Lettice Foster.

ELIZABETH: bp. Wendover, 5 Nov 1612. No record after 1635.

She died after 3 Apr 1642.

SARAH: bp Wendover, 19 Dec 1613; bur there, 28 Dec 1613.

MARY: bp. Wendover, 16 Mar 1616/7; possibly m. by abt 1647 John Foster.

Katherine was sister of Thomas Foster, whose widow married as his 2nd wife JONAS HUMPHREY {1637, Dorchester}. Three of the children of Thomas Foster came to New England.

Source: Anderson's Great Migration Study Project.

Sources

1"US New England Marriages prior to 1700".
2"US and International Marriage Records, 1550-1900" (on-line, Yates Publishing, Provo, UT).
3Samuel G. Drake, "The Founders of New England" (New England Historic Genealogicl Society). p 42-43.
Text From Source: Sept 1635. Theis vner written names are to be transport to New England imbarqued in the Truelove, Jo: Gibbs, Mr. the men have taken the oathes of Alleg: and Suprem:
4"MA Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Indes, 17990-1890 Record".
5"US and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500-1900".