Some genealogy of a branch of the Tompkins family from New York. Surnames include Tompkins, Washburn, Coons, Piester, Mars. Places include Salt Point, Dutchess Co.,NY; Pine Plains, Dutchess Co., NY; Mt. Pleasant, Westchester Co., NY; Long Island, NY; New York City, NY.. Some vacation pictures include Haines Falls, Distons, Bear Mountain. I'm putting what I have of this family on-line because of all the interesting pictures I have, including tin types (I think of Mars family), many various cabinet cards. In addition I have a typewritten page that lists some Tompkins lineage back to 1600's. The purpose of the form was in order to document the handing down of a baby spoon, engraved with a "T" for Thomas Tompkins, from generation to generation.

• Ancestors of Sheri Sleyzak

• Nathaniel Tompkins Descendants - abt 1645 Fairfield CT- 1684 Eastchester, NY. Married Elizabeth White.
• William Washburn (Washbourne) Descendants - First generation in America. (bap. 1601, d. Oct 30, 1658).
• Amy Washburn (Amy Birdsall) will (b. March 4, 1722/23 , d.Oct 16, 1812), wife of Richard Washburn.
• Richard Washburn will (b. June 27, 1730, d. bet. 1775-1786) Husband of Amy Birdsall. Son of John Washburn and Hannah Hallett.
• Thomas Fones will Died April 15, 1629 London. Father of Elizabeth Fones who married William Hallett.
• Samuel Hallett will Abt 1651-1724. Father of Hannah Hallett who married John Washburn. Son of William Hallett and Elizabeth Fones. Grandson of Thomas Fones and Anne Winthrop.
• Tompkins family papers A collection of family papers containing genealogy information. Passing of a baby spoon that belonged to Thomas Tompkins (b. Dec 19, 1779). Genealogy of Frank Willet Tompkins. Coons genealogy of the family of John P. Coons (son of Philip A. Coons and Ruama Washburn) and Catharine Piester.
• Letters from Salt Point, Dutchess Co., NY Family letters from the Coons and DeLaVergne families to the Tompkins family. Life in Salt Point, family, gardening, the DeLavergne store and alot about rain. Some of the names mentioned are Catharine Coons (Aunt Dady),William C. Tompkins, The DuBois family, Jennie Sherman Woodin. Charles & Florence DeLaVergne, Paul DeLaVergne, Mason DeLaVergne , Meredith DeLaVergne, who are sons and grandsons of Abigail DeLaVergne (nee Coons). Frank Tompkins and his wife Eleanor Battle. Mrs. Jo Harper Mars (Elizabeth O'Connell) and May Mars Tompkins,Willie Tompkins.

URIAH WASHBURN TOMPKINS [ b. December 12, 1840 in Stamford, Dutchess County, NY, and died December 18, 1931 in Cranford, NJ] Son of William TOMPKINS and Jane MERRITT. Grandson of Thomas Tompkins and Judith Acker. Great grandson of Richard Tompkins and Philena Washburn. He married HARRIET COONS, [b. Nov 24, 1851, d. February 26, 1887] m. Feb 27, 1878. Daughter of John P. COONS and Catherine PIESTER, both of Ancram, NY. This Coons family were also related to a different branch of the Washburn family from Livingston Manor NY, through the parents of John P. Coons who were Philip A. Coons and Ruamy Washburn. Harriet died a year or so after the birth of her third son, Frank Tompkins. She died of measles in NYC. Catharine Coons was her sister. Known by the name Aunt "Dady". Her address was Salt Point, NY. She was there in 1935. I have some letters from Salt Point NY from both Catharine Coons and Mr. Meredith DeLavergne. She lives with her sister Abbie Coons DeLavergne, wife of Alexander DeLavergne. The Delavergne's managed a grocery store in town. Catharine Coons helped raise Uriah Tompkins' three boys after her sister died and census records prove that she lived with Uriah Tompkins 1900, 1910, 1920 in NYC where he had a law practice on Broadway. He was a corporate attorney.

OBITUARY of Uriah Tompkins. Photostat copy of cutout newspaper clipping reads as follows: The Passing of Uriah W. Tompkins "Grand Old Man" Uriah W. Tompkins, a life member of the Supreme Council of New York, who reached his 91st birthday Dec 12, passed away six days later, Dec. 18, at the home of his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. Frank W. Tompkins, 15 Tuxedo Place, Cranford, New Jersey. Nephritis and old age infirmities were the cause of death. Bro. Tompkins had been in attendance at 33 sessions of both the Supreme and Grand Council. At one time he was a member of the Commitee on laws of the Supreme Council. Despite his advanced age, he made the trip to the recent sessions of the Supreme Council to Victoria, British Columbia, and enjoyed every day of the long journey and the stay in Victoria. His most recent photo, taken in the Gardens at Victoria, is reproduced here. For 45 years, Bro. Tompkins had been a practicing lawyer, with offices at 256 Broadway. Forty-five years also represented his membership in the Royal Arcanum, as a member of Knickerbocker Council, No. 572, New York City. He was regent of the council many years ago, and of late years he was honored with the station of sitting past regent. In November, 1930, at the annual dinner of the Associated Grand Council Officers and District Deputies of the Metropolitan Districts, held in the grand ball-room of the Commodore hotel, Manhattan, Bro. Tompkins was the guest of honor, the reception being tendered as recognition of his 90th birthday. It was a joyous occassion for "the Grand Old Man of the Royal Arcanum." Until six weeks previous to his death, Bro. Tompkins was enjoying his usual good health, and appearing at his office daily. Then came the break-down due to nephritis. He was in bed for several weeks, and when improved he resumed trips to his office as late as Dec. 8. He also called on the editor at his office. His friends and associates noted that he had failed considerably. A few days later he took to his bed again where he lingered until his death. On Saturday, Dec. 12, his 91st birthday, scores of telegrams, birthday cards and floral tributes arrived at the home. The messages of friendship and good wishes were read to Bro. Tompkins who was happy to hear from his many Royal Arcanum brothers. Among the visitors at the home on Sunday, the day following his birthday, were Past Supreme Regent Knoeppel and Mrs. Knoeppel and Supreme Orator Willament and Mrs. Willament. Born in N.Y. State Bro. Tompkins was born in Stamford, Dutchess County, New York. He received his early education in Stamford before entering college for the study of law. He was a member of the Dutchess County Society from the date of its organization. Many years ago he was a professor of mathematics at the River View Military Academy, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Mrs. Tompkins died several years ago. There are three sons, Frank W. Tompkins of Cranford, N.J.; Harry L. Tompkins, of Ecuador, South America, and William C. Tompkins, of Woodhaven, Queens County, Long Island. The three sons are members of Knickerbocker Council. Besides the large number of Royal Arcanum officials and members of Knickerbocker Council who attended the funeral on Dec. 20, there was a delegation of officers and members of Radiant Lodge, F. & A. M., N.Y. City. Services were held in Trinity Church, Cranford, the interment following in Woodlawn cemetary, Bronx, N.Y. City. There were many beautiful floral tributes from the Supreme and Grand Councils and the Associate Grand Council Officers. Suddenly you were gone, Your smiles and you; And no one ever knew the road you took, but only That your ways Of kindness, and your face Of gladness, left an aching place Within the heart that no one else could fill. Now, seeing a blossom-covered bough, Or a white crown of snow On far blue hills, we know The world is sweeter for your having been Awhile therein.

On left Harriet's sister Catharine Coons (1861- 1935). Photo on right brother Calvin Coons (1846-1929) with sister Abby Coons DeLavergne (1857-1938). Calvin married Augusta McCord and lived in Poughkeepsie.

The Coons siblings above are the children of John P. Coons and Catharine Piester (marriage recorded at Gallatin Reformed Church 1837), both of Ancram, Columbia County, NY. Grandchildren of Phillip A. Coons and Ruamy Washburn. Grandchildren as well of Peter Piester and Abigail Coon. Great grandchildren of Andreas Coons and Anna Barbara Lown. Descendants of Palatine Immigrant Matthias Kuntz as well as Samuel Kuhn who came to New York in 1710 from Germany. The family settled on the Hudson. Livingston Manor, Ancram, Gallatin were the places they would live before this family moved on to Salt Point, NY and NYC.

Children of URIAH TOMPKINS and HARRIET COONS are:

First son of Uriah TOMPKINS and Harriet COONS:

i. WILLIAM COPELAND TOMPKINS [ b. December 12, 1880, d.March 30, 1960] He married Mary Helen 'May' MARS [ b.October 15, 1880, d.August 15, 1956], daughter of Jo Harper MARS (b. abt. 1857, NY) and Elizabeth O'CONNELL (b. abt. 1863, NY).

Children of WILLIAM TOMPKINS and MAY MARS are:

i. MARION ELIZABETH TOMPKINS,[ b. October 17, 1906, d. Oct 1995 in Florida] ; m. ED BEAN. No children. She was a secretary in NY for Ginn & Co. publishing. Avid golfer. She was married very late in life to the love of her life.

ii. WILLIAM WASHBURN TOMPKINS.[ b. January 28, 1909, d. June 1984 in Florida] Unmarried, no children. He couldn't get the girl he liked to marry him. Luckily for us he and his sister liked to document his family history through photo albums. He saved many older family photos from previous generations. He made an album of his childhood vacations. And he saved letters and postcards from a trip the family took across country in 1934. His father referred to him once as "Willie Wishbone Tompkins".

Second son of Uriah TOMPKINS and Harriette COONS:

ii. HARRY LAVERGNE TOMPKINS, b. April 05, 1879, Salt Point, NY; d. March 12, 1937, Guayaquil, Equador. Married Harriette Woods BAKER (b. 25 Nov, 1874 Rochester, NY, d. 3 March 1943 Plainfield, NJ.). She was the daughter of Rev. George Stuart Baker, minister and Superintendant of St. Luke's Hosptital in NYC and Margaret Coats of Scotland. They had two daughters, Eleanor Tompkins and Winifred Tompkins. I have this line in my Woods Baker Family History . I am descended from this line. This site goes back to early Massachusetts genealogy in the Woods, Wheeler, Whitney, Baker lines and others. Harry Lavergne Tompkins did have two more marriages. His second marriage to Annie M. Schilling Nobbs produced two children, Philip Lavergne Tompkins and Barbara Tompkins. They are living in Hackensack, Bergen Co., NJ in 1920 census. Later he married in Guayaquil, Ecuador April 16, 1935, a Judith Suarez Baquerizo. He had gone to Ecuador to do banking for the US State Department.

Third son of Uriah TOMPKINS and Harriette COONS:

iii. FRANK WILLETT TOMPKINS, [b. October 03, 1885; d. October 1979, Burlington, Burlington Co., NJ] ; m. ELEANOR FRANCES BATTLE; [b. August 20, 1890 St. Thomas on the Green, New Haven , Connecticut, d. January 1977 Burlington, Burlington Co., NJ.]. Daughter of Mary Frances De LACEY and Charles Stephen BATTLE. Both Eleanor and Frank are buried at Odd Fellows Cemetary, Burlington, NJ. No children. Shown here surveying, he was a civil engineer. He ran a constuction company called Deer Island Granite. He later lived in Far Hills, NJ. He had a house with a stream running through the backyard with ducks. He often said when I went to visit him in the nursing home, "If there's no construction job in heaven, then I'm not going!". He had a funny sense of humor and he loved his cocktails too. Always seemed to get ppl to bring him Whiskey Sours in disguise into the nursing home. He also received visits there during the 1970's from Mr. Meridith DeLavergne, (son of Charles DeLavergne and Florence), a cousin from Salt Point, NY. Correspondence between Meridith and Winifred Tompkins is found in letters from Salt Point NY . Frank also kept picture albums, some of Salt Point, NY with some pictures dated 1910's, 20's. There are grand view landscapes, photos of property, places, as well as groups of people. Some places are titled. Such as Salt Point dam, looking towards Salt Point (with schoolhouse), Cotton Dolls Hill, Dover Stone Church, Point O'Rocks, Salt Point pond, Salt Point Creek, Wappingers Creek, Charles DeLavergne house, Paul DeLavergne house, Big Elm Salt Point, Turkey Hollow. There are photos of farms, farmers, farm animals such as cows, horses, lambs.