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The older gentleman (upper left), with a beard and an X over his head, is Alexander TOMPKINS. Alexander was the brother of my grandfather's (Nathan Tompkins KELLY's) mother (Rebecca Tompkins KELLY). Standing to the right of Alexander is one of his son-in-laws, Justus (Jess) MUNN. Standing to the right of Justus MUNN is Alexander TOMPKINS son, Williams TOMPKINS.
Seated, in front of Alexander TOMPKINS, is his son, John Wesley TOMPKINS. To John TOMPKINS right is their dog (which appears to be a Labrador or Irish Setter). Seated, to the dogs right, is Alexander TOMPKINS son, Charles TOMPKINS. This picture was taken sometime in the late Nineteenth Century, in Kent County, Harwich Township, Ontario, Canada. Alexander TOMPKINS of the Township of Harwich in the County of Kent petitioned to administer the estate and effects of Nathan TOMPKINS (My G-G-Grandfather), his father. It mentions the surviving children as George, Alexander and James, his sons, and Sarah Mc Neil, Elizabeth Young, Clarenda Roland, Mary Gales, and Rebecca Kelly (My G-Grandmother-Nathan Tompkins KELLY's mother). (Provinical Archives, Toronto, Canada, Film #281-408, Wills 1878-1880).
I recently acquired the following, in a letter from Ethel
TOMPKINS of 147 Church Street, Toronto, Ontario, dated
August 15th, 1934. It is addressed to the Deputy Minister of Public Records & Archives, Parliament Buildings, Toronto,
Ontario. Ethel TOMPKINS writes:
"Dear Sir:
For purely personal reasons, I am anxious to
obtain what information I can of the persons whose names,
with all the data I can gather, I have listed on the enclosed page. I am not concerned as much about their Loyalist connection, though that is important, as I am about the regiments they were attached to, Crown Lands, births or deaths and where buried.
Yours very truly,
Miss Ethel Tompkins"
Ethel TOMPKINS attached the following information to this
letter:
"Israel and Rebecca (Brown) Tompkins were of English extraction and natives of New York until after the Revoltionary War when they settled in Canada, in Lanark County, Ontario, where they were well known as United Empire Loyalists. Israel Tompkins served in the British Army and was captured at one time while carrying dispatches.
Obadiah Tompkins son of the above, was born near Prscott, Grenville County in 1790. He served in the engineering department of the Government for three years during the war of 1812. He, with his wife and family, settled in Harwich
Township, County of Kent, in or about the year 1842.
The above information is taken from a book listed in the Chatham Public Library as 'The Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Kent'. Published 1904.
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Phillip Toll a British soldier who served in the Revolutionary War of 1776
William Toll son of the above, who came from the Detroit Headquarters and settled in Raleigh Township, County of Kent.
I quote the following from 'The Kent Historical Society Papers and Addresses, Vol. 5.
"This year (1817) brought the names of D'Clute, Toll Lytle etc. to the Settlement."
"In 1840 Wm. Sterling, a resident of the River, entered into the minute book a census of Talbot Road, with Raleigh, Tilbury, Romney along this road indcluded. This census has heads of families both male and female, boys and girls over and under the age of fifteen years of age, and hired help. The following is the census.....Phillip Toll...etc."
There is no mention here of William Toll, son of Phillip Toll who had settled in Raleigh after the war of 1812. I do not think the address I quoted from gave a complete list of the census taken. By family reckoning it is supposed that Phillip Toll must have been at least 60 years of age at the time of the Talbot Settlement."
The following response was sent to Ethel TOMPKINS by the Deputy Minister of Public Records and Archives office:
"August 22nd., 1934
Dear Miss Tompkins,
We herewith enclose all the material which Mr. Reid, of this department, was able to discover regarding the Toll and Tompkins families.
We trust that this material will be of some Value to you.
Yours very truly,
(Initials JJT)
FOR DEPUTY MINISTER.
Miss Ethel Tompkins,
147 Church Street,
Toronto."
The following information was attached to this letter:
"TOMPKINS
Evidence on the claim of Israel Tompkins, late of Saratoga, before the Commissioners investigating the Loyalist Claims will be found on page 1108, 1904 Report of this Department. A copy may be consulted at the Archives or at the Toronto Reference Library, College and St. George
Streets.
The lands granted to Israel Tompkins, prior to 1790, were lot 2, concession 9, township of Augusta, which he sold
to William Wells on April 4rth., 1816, and the west half of lot 10, concession 3, in the same township. His wife, Rebecca, received lot 6, Front concession, township of Escott (now Yonge), under a land Board Certificate dated April 1st., 1794, as the daughter of an U. E. Loyalist.
The following has been taken from a "List of Inhabitants of the Townships of the Rideau, dated April 20th., 1806":
township of Wolford
Names/Age
Israel Tompkins 47
George " 21
Obediah " 16
Jessey " 14
Nathan " 11
Samuel " 6
Rebekah(F)" 38
Phebe(F) " 3
The following has been taken from another list dated May 28th., 1817:
townhsip of Wolford
Names/Age
Israel Tompkins 60
Samuel " 17
Phebe(F) " 14
Elisha " 8
Israel Jr." 6
Nancy(F) " 51
Obadiah " 27
Nancy(F) " 19
township of Marlborough
Names/Age
Jesse Tompkins 25
Sylvia(F) " 22
Minerva(F)" 1
The following were granted 200 acres of land each as children of Israel Tompkins, an United Empire Loyalist:
George, of the township of Oxford-on-Rideau, under an Order-
in-Council dated February 29th., 1808, located lot11, concession 8, township of South Gower. The west half of lot 19, concession 9, township of Belmont, was located to him as a private in Captain Daniel Burritt's Flank Company, Second Regiment of Grenville Militia, "on actual service in 1812". He died January 4th. 1813. By Claim No. 255, Report
K 2, July, 1840, Heir and Devisee Commission, Adam Henry Meyers and Elijah W. Meyers, of the township of Murray, were allowed the patent for this half lot as "assignee of George D. Tompkins, eldest son and heir at law of George Tompkins, deceased."
Obadiah, of the township of Oxford-on-Rideau, under an Order-in-Council dated April 28th., 1812, located the northerly part of lot 19 and the broken lot 21, concession 6, township of Lansdown. Under an Order-in-Council dated March 1st., 1832, Nancy, wife of Obadiah Tompkins, of the township of Montague, xxx located lot 20, concession 9, township of Marlborough, as a daughter of Joseph Knapp, of the township of Montague, and United Empire Loyalist. The north half of Lot 5, concession 9, township of St. Vincent, was located to him for his services as a private in Captain Danile Burritt's Flank Company, Second Regiment of Grenville Militia, "on actual service in 1812". The patent for this half lot issued in 1839 to James Story, of the township of St. Vincent, as "assignee of Obadiah Tompkins."
Nathan, of the township of Oxford-on-Rideau, under an Order in Council dated November 5th., 1818, located lot 23, E. S. Communication Road, township of Harwick. For his services as a private in Captain Daniel Burritt's Flank Company, Second Regiment of Grenville Militia, between July 2nd., 1812, and January 2nd., 1813, he received the east half of lot 5, concession 10, township of Moore.
Elisha, of the township of Wolford, under an Order-in-Council dated February 21st., 1832, located the north half of lot 11, concession 4, township of North Gower, and the east half of lot 12, concession 6, township of Marlborough.
Samuel, of the township of Wolford, under an Order-in-Council dated January 24th., 1833, located the north halves of lots 9 and 10, concession 7, township of Mara. The patent issued to Hugh Cross Young, of the township of Vaughan, as "assignee of Stanous Daniels, the assignee of Samuel Tompkins."
Asa, of the township of Augusta. Order-in-Council dated October 28th., 1835. Unable to discover any location of land.
Jesse, of the township of Oxford-on-Rideau. Order-in-Council dated June 23rd., 1836. Unable to discover any location of land. For his services as a private in a Flank Company of the Second Regiment of Grenville Militia, "on actual service in 1812", he received the east half of lot 12, concession 4, township of Marlborough.
August 22nd., 1934. W. D. REID.
TOLL
On August 17th., 1820, a petition from a number of inhabitants of the township of Harwich, among them being Philip Toll, was read before the Land Committee of the Executive Council of Upper Canada praying that "they have been deprived of the lots on which they were located by Colonel Talbot and praying relief." the Council ordered grants of 300 acres "each free of all fees out of one of the townships behind Harwich as a full remuneration for their improvements and lots in Harwich." The land located to Philip Toll was lot 11, concession 14, and the east half of lot 12, concession 13, township of Dawn. A copy of the above-mentioned petition may be obtained from the Deputy Minister, Public Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.
Under an Order-in-Council dated January 10th., 1848, Henry Toll, of the townhship of Raleigh, received a grant of lot 150, Talbot Road West, township of Raleigh, as a settler under Colonel Thomas Talbot.
August 22nd., 1934. W. D. REID."
The above citation is from the Ontario Government Record
Series RG 17-21; Archives of Ontario genealogical and biographical research files.
Does anyone know who Ethel TOMPKINS of Toronto, writing in 1934, was? NOTE: W. D. Reid, the famous author of "The Loyalists In Ontario; The Sons and Daughters of the American Loyalists of Upper Canada" responded to her inquiry. He was working at the Ontario Archives in 1934.
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