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Ralph Tompkins

Ralph was born in 1585 in Monington, Hereford, England. Ralph's father was John Tompkyns and his mother was ?. His paternal grandparents were James Tompkyns and Margaret Ketlesby. He was an only child. He died at the age of 81 in 1666 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA.

General Notes
- Ralph and Katherine arrived in New England in the Truelove in Sep 1635: Ralph, husb: 50, Kat: wife 58, Elizabeth 18, Marie 14, and Samuel 22. They resided first at Dorchester, MA, where he was admitted freeman 2 May 1638. On 23 Jan 1642/3, the Town of Salem, MA, granted to Brother Ralph 10 acres of land "next to Brother King's lott". On 2 Jun 1648, Ralph sold his house, lands, and common rights to John Farnham of Dorchester. On 29 Jan1648/9 Salem granted Ralph a "spot of meadow", and on 8 May1654, the town confirmed this grant. After the death of his wife, Ralph moved to Bridgewater, MA, to his son Samuel's home, where he died in 1666. His property in Salem was inventoried 12 Nov 1666, administration granted to son John, who had the land, and, after the debts were paid the rest to Mary, the daughter of John Foster [and Ralph's granddaughter].

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- William Tompkyns
  - b.  1360 in London, England
  
  Thomas Tompkyns
  - b.  1400 in Monington, Herefordshire, England
  
  William Tompkyns
  - b.  1450 in Monington, Herefordshire, England d.  1502 in Monington, Herefordshire, England
  
  James Tompkyns
  - b.  1490 in Monington, Herefordshire, England d.23 Dec 1561 in Webley, England
  
  Geoffrey Harley ^*
  - b.  1384 in Brampton, England d.>10 Jun 1448
  
  Sir John Harley
  - b.~  1431 in Brampton Bryan Castle, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England d.  1460 in Brampton Bryan Castle, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England
  
  Juliana Burley ^*
  - b.  1388 in Burley, Ringwood, Hampshire, England
  
  Alice Harley
  - b.  1463 in Brampton Bryan Castle, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England
  
  Joan Hackluyt
  - b.~  1435 in Eyton, Shropshire, England
  
  John Tompkyns
  - b.  1540 in Monington, Herefordshire, England d.23 Dec 1593 in Edlesborough, Buckinghampshire, England
  
  Margaret Ketlesby
  - b.  1527 in Monington, Herefordshire, England d.  1565 in Monington, Herefordshire, England
  
  Ralph Tompkins
  - b.  1585 in Monington, Hereford, England d.  1666 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA
  
  ?
  - b.  1563 in Monington, Herefordshire, England
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

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