8697.Nathaniel Tompkins. Born ca 1633. Nathaniel died in Eastchester, Westchester County, New York on 6 Sep 1684.
15 Jan 1670/1 Nathaniel married Elizabeth White. Elizabeth died in Eastchester, Westchester County, New York 24 mar 1713/4.
8698.Hannah Tompkins. Born ca 1637 in Salem, MA. Hannah was baptized in Salem, MA, on 10 Feb 1639.25 Hannah died in Salem, MA ca 1639.
8699.Elizabeth Tompkins. Born on 9 May 1639 in Salem, MA.25
8700.Hannah Tompkins. Born 21 Feb 1640/1 in Salem, MA.387 Hannah died in Salem, MA on 10 May 1672.25
On 26 Jun 1660 Hannah married Hugh Jones (5906) .25 Born ca 1635 in Wincanton, Somerset. Hugh died in Salem, MA ca 1688.164
“When [Hugh] died is not known but it was before 30 June 1692, for that day Elizabeth Booth swore on the trial for witchcraft of Elizabeth Procter, that the spectre of Jones assured the witness that Mrs. Proctor knew him, ‘because he had a pot of cider of her, which he had not paid for.’ Such were the nonsense stories, that the Court allowed to be given to the jury. Essex Inst. II. 198.”25
From Joseph Gardner Bartlett’s article “Hugh Jones of Salem, Mass., and his Descendants” New Eng. Hist. Gen. Reg. (1907): 149:387
“Hugh^1 Jones, progenitor of the particular Jones family herein treated, was born about 1635, came to New England about 1650, and settled in Salem, Mass., where he resided the rest of his life, and died about 1688. The following deposition secured presumably to establish a claim to some property in england, affords authentic particulars of his origin and emigration: ‘These presents are to certifie unto whome it may concerne that wee have known Hugh Joanes, as one coming from England in ye same shipp with us into the contry above thirty yeares agoe (and as we understood abord Mr. Stratton’s ship) that he came from Wincanton and was servant to Mr. Robert Gutch: and his sister and Elizabeth Due and Margaret White and James Abbott and John Vining as wee understood came from the same place: and the same Hugh Joanes that came along with us into ye contry is now liveing. Taken upon the corporall oathes of ye sd Thomas and John Cromwell in court at Salem the 27 of June 1682. And alsoe ye sd Hugh Joanes then personally appeared in Court being in health. Attestes Hilliard Veren, Clerk.’ (Essex Co. Deeds, vol. vi. fol 28.)
“Wincanton is a small parish in Somersetshire, England, of which the existing registers do not begin until 1636.
“His ‘service’ with Robert Gutch was perhaps as an apprentice; and after its expiration , it appears that he was for a while in the employ of Thomas Gardner of Salem, as in June, 1660, he made a deposition in regard to the estate of Joshua Conant beginning, ‘I Hugh Jones doe witness that while I lived with my master Mr. Gardner,’ etc.; also, in Nov., 1661, Hugh Jones, aged 25 years, testified in regard to a colt ‘formerly owned by my master Mr. Gardner.’ (Essex Co. Court files.) About this time he married, and on Nov. 18, 1661, received from the town a homestead grant of about three acres of land near the brook running down to the mill. (Salem Town Records. Essex Institute Hist. Coll., vol. xl, p. 114.) This land ‘Hugh Jones, planter,’ sold to William robinson of Salem, on Apr. 22, 1673 (Essex Co. Deeds, vol. iv. fol. 63); and on Apr. 13, 1674, he bought of Thomas Gardner, five acres in the ‘North Neck,’ formerly the property of Henry Skerry. (Essex Co. Deeds, vol. iv, fol. 54). No records are found of his possession of any other land.
“Hugh^1 Jones appears to have been a farmer, and a man of small property and humble position in the community; and the struggel for existence must have been a strenuous one in rearing his large family on his small estate. His descendant for five generations lived mostely in Middlesex and Worcester Counties, Mass., and Hillsborough County, N. H. They were a vigorous, hardy, long-lived rade of farmers and blacksmiths, reared large families, were continually pioneers to new settlements on the advancing frontiers, and most of them were at some period engaged in the military service. None of them obtained a liberal education or acquired more than local distinction.
“The record of the decease of Hugh^1 Jones has not been found, but it may be surmised that he came to a mysterious end, as, during the Salem witchcraft trials in 1692, Elizabeth Booth deposed that the uneasy ghosts of four murdered persons appeared to her; and that ‘the spectre of Hugh Jones assured her that Mrs. Elizabeth Proctor killed him because he had a poght of syder of her which he had not paid her for.’ (Essex Institute Hist. Coll., vol. ii, p. 198.)”
“An inventory of the estate of Hugh^1 Jones was returned in Dec., 1688, with an additional inventory in Nov., 1690. (Essex Institute Hist. Coll., vol. iv, p. 44.)”
Hugh Jones was not the son of Robert Jones of Hingham who died in 1691. Hugh’s heirs were not mentioned in Robert’s will, although the heirs of Robert’s deceased son Robert were mentioned in the will.
Their children include:
15704i.
Hannah Jones (Died soon) (9 Feb 1660/1-1 Oct 1662)
8701.Sarah Tompkins. Born 1 Jan 1642/3 in Salem, MA. Sarah died in Salem, MA in 1707.
On 1 Aug 1663 Sarah married John Waters, son of Richard Waters (3 Mar 1603/4-16 Jul 1676) & Rejoice Plaise (ca 1616-ca 1687), in Salem, MA.25 Born on 27 Sep 1640 in Salem, MA. John died in Salem, MA 14 Feb 1705/6.
8702.John Tompkins. Born on 16 Feb 1645 in Salem, MA.25 John died in Salem, MA Jan 1705/6.
On 26 Jun 1672 when John was 27, he first married Rebecca Knight.25 Born say 1651. Rebecca died in Salem, MA on 8 Jan 1688.25
Children of John and Rebecca (Knight) Tompkins, born at Salem:
i. Margaret Tompkins, b. 8 Mar 1672/3;
ii. John Tompkins, b. 3 Sep 1674;
iii. Rebecca Tompkins, b. 19 Jul 1676;
iv. Nathaniel Tompkins, b. 20 Sep 1678;
v. Elizabeth Tompkins, b. 14 Mar 1681;
vi. Mary Tompkins, b. 28 May 1686; and
vii. Deborah Tompkins, b. 8 Jan 1688.
On 20 Nov 1693 when John was 48, he second married Mary Read, daughter of Thomas Read (ca 1626-25 Jun 1667) & Mary, in Salem, MA. Born ca 1653 in Salem, MA. Mary was baptized in Salem, MA, on 10 Apr 1652.
8703.Elizabeth Tompkins. Born on 29 Nov 1646 in Salem, MA. Elizabeth was baptized in Salem, MA, on 17 Jan 1647.25
8704.Mary Tompkins. Born ca 1649 in Salem, MA. Mary was baptized in Salem, MA, on 29 Apr 1649.25
8705.Deborah Tompkins. Born on 8 Jun 1651 in Salem, MA.25
On 5 Nov 1671 when Deborah was 20, she married Nathaniel Silsbee, son of Henry Silsbee (ca 1613-16 Dec 1700) & Dorothy (-27 Sep 1676).25 Born ca 1651 in Lynn, MA. Nathaniel died in Salem, MA ca 1717.
8706.Priscilla Tompkins. Born ca 1653 in Salem, MA.
On 14 Aug 1679 Priscilla married Samuel Marsh, son of John Marsh (ca 1611-Nov 1674) & Susanna Skelton (ca 1613-), in Salem, MA.445 Born ca 1652 in Salem, MA. Samuel was baptized in First Church of Salem, 2 : 8 m : 1652 [2 Oct 1652].139 Samuel died in Salem, MA ca Jun 1693.445