Lucy, Thank you for responding to my Tompkins message. I have looked further into the Condit relationship, particularly since a son of Isaac Tompkins married the daughter of another Condit, wife of a Kent. But so far that hasn't helped me with the earlier records. The Cooper relationship is a bit different. Although Elizabeth Cooper was born in New Jersey, her father, Gilbert, came from New York. I have worked his line back another generation or two up there. I try to take a look at any wills and property records I can get hold of or send for. So far I haven't found anything for John Tompkins, although I have had some correspondence. I would love to go to Newark and Trenton to look at some of the materials more directly, but I am not able to travel much at this time. ( How I wish my genealogical interest had sprung up earlier when I was actually living in Trenton!) Beverly Fearn Porter, Columbia, MD ----- Original Message ----- From: <njessex-request@rootsweb.com> To: <njessex@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2007 3:01 AM Subject: NJESSEX Digest, Vol 2, Issue 150 > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: T TOMPKINS , Livingston, Caldwell, Orange, Newark > (Lucy Russell) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 09:51:45 -0400 > From: "Lucy Russell" <joeandlucyrus@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [NJESSEX] T TOMPKINS , Livingston, Caldwell, Orange, > Newark > To: njessex@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <e8e1b1eb0705190651s14843864hc693ce62f181e7d9@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Hi Beverly: I see from your descendant list that you are related to some > other old families of early Newark, NJ: Condit and Cooper among them. > Try > getting into those families a bit and you may pick up some info about your > Tompkins guy. There's also wills and property records to review, if you > can > get a hold of them. There are books with synopses of early NJ wills in > them, as you know. Property record reviews may require a visit to the > Newark historical society in Newark or the NJ state genealogical > collections > at Rutgers U. and in Trenton. Good luck. > > Nothing is easy............... > > Lucy Russell > > On 5/18/07, Beverly Porter <bporter@comcast.net> wrote: >> >> And finally I come to my TOMPKINS. I could hardly wait until we reached >> the T's! >> >> By now, I'm sure you've heard more than you ever wanted to know about my >> Aaron Tompkins, 1735-1823, but with his multiple marriages he does get >> intertwined with a number of lines. My major focus now is to clearly >> establish the link between him and John Tompkins, b about 1700, and >> Rebecca >> Roberts who are I believe his parents. Information on his three siblings, >> Ichabod, 1726-1761, Jacob and Jedediah, 1736-1816 would be useful too. If >> I >> am successful there I will move on back to the 1600's and the Micah >> Tompkins >> of Newark. >> >> >From Aaron on down to the present, my information is fairly good, but >> >I'm >> still working hard on the earlier generations. There must be some NJ >> Tompkins folk on the Essex list. I'd be delighted to hear from them. >> >> My line, from Aaron on is briefly, as follows: >> >> Aaron Tompkins, 1735-1823, and third wife Sarah >> Morehouse >> Isaac >> Tompkins, 1790-1857 and Nancy >> Condit >> Isaac Hubert Tompkins, 1836-1907 and Elizabeth >> Cooper >> Albert >> Judson Tompkins, 1875-1958 and Sara >> Harvey >> Lily >> Tompkins, 1901-1972 and Walter Fearn >> >> and ME >> >> Beverly Fearn Porter, Columbia, MD >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NJESSEX-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the NJESSEX list administrator, send an email to > NJESSEX-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the NJESSEX mailing list, send an email to > NJESSEX@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NJESSEX-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of NJESSEX Digest, Vol 2, Issue 150 > ***************************************