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Colonel Christopher Tompkins 1778–1838 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 24 January 1778

Birth Location: Caroline Co., VA, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 16 August 1838

Death Location: Mathews Co., VA, Virginia, USA

Father: Benjamin Tompkins

Mother: Elizabeth Goodloe

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Colonel Christopher Tompkins was born in 1778 in Caroline Co., VA, Virginia, USA, the child of Benjamin Tompkins And Elizabeth Goodloe. Colonel Christopher Tompkins passed away in 1838 in Mathews Co., VA, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • Colonel Christopher Tompkins was born in 1778 in Caroline Co., VA, Virginia, USA, the child of Benjamin Tompkins And Elizabeth Goodloe.
  • Colonel Christopher Tompkins passed away in 1838 in Mathews Co., VA, Virginia, USA.

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Colonel Tompkins's Ancestors

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Colonel Tompkins
1778–1838
Birth Place: Caroline Co., VA, Virginia, USA
Parents
Benjamin Tompkins
1732–1811
Caroline County, Virginia, USA
Elizabeth Goodloe
1738–1808
Aylett, King William, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
George Goodloe
1701–1741
St George Parish, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA
Diana Minor
1709–1748
Caroline, Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
Henry line
1675–1748
Elizabeth Somerville
1678–1751
2nd-Great-Grandparents
George Goodloe
1637–1710
Mary Weeks
1651–1751
Edmund Bybee
1658–1696
Ester Floyd
1660–1697

Colonel Tompkins's Timeline

2 Records

1778
24 January 1778
Birth of Colonel Christopher Tompkins in Caroline Co., VA, Virginia, USA
Caroline Co., VA, Virginia, USA
1838
16 August 1838
Age 60
Death of Colonel Christopher Tompkins in Mathews Co., VA, Virginia, USA
Mathews Co., VA, Virginia, USA

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 24 January 1778
    Event Place: Caroline Co., VA, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 August 1838
    Event Place: Mathews Co., VA, Virginia, USA

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