TOMPKINS.
Giles Tompkins was the first of the name that appeared in
the county. He purchased land on Totier Creek in 1765.
He died in 1795, leaving at least three children, William, Elizabeth
and Sarah. William lived in the same neighborhood
on an estate called Whitehall. He died in 1824. His wife's
name was Elizabeth, and his children were John, William,
Elizabeth, the wife of Peter White, Catharine, the wife of
James Minor, Samuel W., Ann, the wife of Thomas Staples,
Edmund, Robert and James. Samuel was a physician, and
practised in the vicinity of Earlysville, and afterwards near
Scottsville. He married Sarah, daughter of George Gilmer,
and his children were Elizabeth, the wife of J. Schuyler Moon,
Jane, George, Junius, Samuel, Martha, Charles, Lucy and
Catharine. James married Sarah, daughter of Dabney Minor,
and his children were William D., James E., and Eliza, the
wife of John L. Coleman. William D. and James E. were for
many years well known commission merchants in Richmond.
James E. married Frances, daughter of John H. Coleman.
