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Caleb Tompkins and Elizabeth (Green) Tompkins Family Record

(later inked or penciled annotations, where decipherable and relevant, shown here in blue)

These Bible pages are housed in the Janet Rider Lang Collection at the Saratoga County Historian’s Office.

First page

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from (Ossining, N.Y.) to E. Galway    beyond Caleb     (Wright built)

later Bill Young place                                           Family Record
Marriages	Marriages
Caleb Tompkins and Elizabeth Green Married on the 5^th day of January 1820	Hiram Tompkins and Laurentine Chamberlin October 11^th 1855 no children
Foster Whitford                       married    Indianapolis Susan Ann Tompkins September 20^th 1844 Ruth Whitford,  granddaughter	Wright Tompkins married Magdalin Bartlet                                Magdalena March 18 1860
Simon P. V. Swan married Eliza Tompkins July 17^th 1847	Paul O. Perry married Elizabeth Tompkins March 22th 1882 dau. of Wright and Magdalin
Caleb Tompkins married Maranda Rogers January 5^th 1848 (no children)	Abram C. Tompkins married Madora Clute   August 12  1891 son of Wright and Magdalin
Look up Maranda – when died:  Galway Cemetery

uncle Hiram furnished room in memory of his wife at Home of the Good Shepherd in Saratoga
His history and picture in Sylvester’s History, can be found in any library locally.  (see note below) Family Record  (page image)
Births	Births
Caleb Tompkins born Aug. 26^th 1796	William Tompkins Born October 4^th 1838   died 1864
Elizabeth Green born December 26^th 1798	children of Wright Tompkins
Susan Ann Tompkins born January 29^th 1822   died 1888	Elizabeth Tompkins born May 29, 1861
Hiram Tompkins born September 7^th 1824  died 1909	Wm. Tompkins    (Willie – baby) buried in Ashley Cemetery born Aug 29 1864 child of Wright and Magdaline Bartlett
Eliza Tompkins born March 31^st 1827   died 1874	Abram C. Tompkins born February 9 1870
Wright Tompkins born Oct. 6^th 1829  died 1916	children of A. C. Tompkins
Waren Tompkins born May 27^th 1832   died 1883	Jessie Tompkins born March 8, 1892
Ire Tompkins born March the 15^th 1835  died 1836	Hattie Tompkins born January 18, 1894
	Willie Tompkins  died as baby 1864. He is in Ashley Cemetery. (son of Wright & Magdalena Janet Bartlett)

Note:  A short biography, but no picture, of Hiram Tompkins is found in the 1893 version of Sylvester’s History of Saratoga County, but not in the 1878 version which appears elsewhere on this saratoganygenweb.com site.  A scan from one of the online image presentations of this 1893 volume is displayed here.

Family Record (page image)
Deaths	Deaths
Ire Tompkins  died October the 23 1836 1 yr. age	Eliza Tompkins Swan   (in Greenridge Cemetery died August 22d 1874.  Aged      on her lot.) 47 years 4 mo. & 21 days
Elizabeth Green Tompkins died August the 12^th 1841 Aged 42 years 7 months and 17 days. Old Cemetery by Abe O’Brien, Atomic Property, West Milton?   Maybe buried at Ossining?	Foster Whitford died Dec. 16 1882
Warren Tompkins died August 8^th 1853 Age 21 years 2 months and 12 days	Susan Ann Tompkins Whitford died Feb 14 1888 Aged 66 years, 16 days in Indianapolis
William Tompkins* Died February 20^th 1864 In defense of his Country on Battlefield as Lieutenant at Olustee Florida Aged 25 ys 4 m & 16 days.	Caleb Tompkins died Jan. 12 1885 Aged 89 years 4 mo 12 days
	Abram C. Tompkins died Jan 27 1895 Aged 25 years
	Jessie Tompkins died June 6 1894
	Hattie Tompkins died Jan. 12 1895 (Jessie and Hattie children of Abram)
	Willie Tompkins passed on as baby; Ashley Cemetery

*Name on Memorial on Monument, Low St., Ballston Spa NY

Caleb, Hiram & Laurentine in Saratoga – Greenridge Cemetery -- ??????? – Huge lot Memorial on large monument: Wm., his brother & his mother – Elizabeth Green Wright & his family Ashley Cemetery          Family Record (page image)            except for daughter Elizabeth who married Paul Perry.  They are in Ballston Spa Village Cemetery with daughter Maude, her husband Roy Rider & great-granddaughter Elizabeth Tompkins Lang  & Bessie their dau.
Deaths	Deaths
Maud Elizabeth Perry Rider daughter of Paul O. and Eliz. Tompkins Perry (wife of Roy S. Rider) aged 69 years “Left this life here” Jan. 17, 1957 (Cancer of colon)          May 7, 1887	Magdalena Bartlett Tompkins died Dec. 2, 1907, aged 69 years. wife of Wright
Roy Stephen Rider – aged 80 yrs. husband of Maud & then Edna Monroe   Apr 6, 1969 Easter A. M. following operation for hiatal hernia – not a good operation risk.  Operation in Munroe Memorial Hosp. Ocala Fla.  Had had coronaries in 1962 about.	Hiram Tompkins died January 15, 1909, age 84 years.
	Laurentine Chamberlin Tompkins Aug. 1, 1900 aged 67 years.
Paul O. Perry – husb. Of Elizabeth Tompkins age 99 – May 22, 1955 died.  Just general wearing out.  Born 9/22/1858.  Elder for years.	Wright Tompkins died Jan. 27, 1916. Age 86 yrs.
Bessie Mae Perry dau. of Paul O. & Elizabeth Tompkins Perry aged 93 years born August 23 1890 died March 16, 1984 Cardio pulmonary failure; non-functioning g.b., diabetes controlled mostly by diet, arthritis for years, causing all kinds problems. Legally blind for years, deaf, stroke Feb 1978 causing speech problems & aphasia, weakness rt. Side, dislocated shoulder about 1983 early or late 1982, causing problems don’t know how exactly. Another stroke Dec. 1980 – Christmas.	Elizabeth Tompkins Perry Jan 28, 1947  age 85.  5 p.m., strokes
	Elizabeth “Lisa” Tompkins Lang daughter of Clinton Alford Lang       and Janet Mabon Rider Lang (Janet – granddaughter of Elizabeth Tompkins Perry and Paul O. Perry born July 28 1953.  Two laminectories 1961 – craniectomy 1965 Died or left this life here June 20, 1967   age 13 years, 10 months, 23 days; around 1 a.m. An extra special & very “gifted” child from the very beginning - far beyond her years; lived her time here more fully than most who live many years – even with her physical problems – astrocytoma of spinal cord & brain, also hydromyelias.  Her overall character and outlook in life inspirational (well-liked by fellow students & all).  Led her class of 385 (average over 95) top of class all through her years – even when unable to be in school – same ????s as those in school.