1st wife of James Tompkins

Not the same as Frances Elizabeth Coleman

Identity

Evidence needed to support the first wife of James Tompkins, Sr. as Frances Elizabeth Coleman, daughter of John Coleman and Comfort Coleman

About 1743, when she was twelve (!!??). she married James Tompkins..[2]. James Tompkins was born about 1715 / 1724 in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, son of Eleazer and Deborah Hannah (Hickcox) Tompkins

She died before 1767 (sic: 1757) in an unknown location of unknown causes.

There is no firm documentation for the name of James' first wife and mother of his twin children. More research is needed.

Children of James Tompkins and his first wife were:

1. Mary Gardiner (twin) Tompkins, b. 1744, d. 18 May 1828, Cumberland Co., Kentucky (Age 84 years). Married Joseph Sewall.
2. Thomas (twin) Tompkins, b. 1744.

'The Record' History of the First Presbyterian Church, Morristown, New Jersey, (http://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/), Vol 1, No. 1; Jan 1880, pg 6. The record mentions that they are twins. Baptised by Timothy Jones.

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Daughter?

https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Mary_Tompkins_(42)

Find a Grave and other genealogical sites identify her with the Mary Tompkins, daughter of James Tompkins, baptized in Morristown, New Jersey in 1744. However, this appears to be due to a consolidation of at least two different James Tompkins, and it is unlikely that this is true.

Notes

https://www.quiltedfamilytrees.com/getperson.php?personID=P17&tree=001

One World Tree chart has another child of James Tompkins, a Mary Gardiner Tompkins, b 27 May 1764. There is some indication that James was married to his 1st wife and they had Mary Gardiner. I don't know the wife's name. It is likely she died and James and Elizabeth married abt 1767. If the child survived, Elizabeth surely raised her. This is supposition on my part as I have no record of this child.

Later: I have found a rootsweb chart by Melvin Morris who gives the information on James' first wife and their child, Mary Gardiner Tompkins. She apparently was taken as a child with James and Elizabeth when they traveled to the Carolinas where she married Joseph Sewell. Joseph Sewell is mentioned in various documents pertaining to North Carolina.

Herman Baker gives an ALT birth date of 1715 and the fact that the children were twins.

References

1. https://www.quiltedfamilytrees.com/getperson.php?personID=P156&tree... Cites
   1. [S347985195] Rootsweb chart of Melvin Morris: Family, (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3193979).
   2. [S347984714] Rootsweb chart of Dave Hughey: Dave's Bohemian, Canadian & Southern Kin, (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=david_hughey).
2. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106800074/mary-gardner-sewell
3. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Coleman-2095