• Born: 1814, Cambridge MA
• Marriage (1): Lydia Brownell on 17 May 1836 in Boston MA
• Died: 6 Sep 1867, Vineland NJ

  General notes:

Jeweler and merchant

  Events in his life were:

• He was a partner in 1846 with Eliphalet Wharf Dennison in Bangor ME as TOMPKINS & DENNISON. ⁴

• He appeared on the 1850 census taken at Bangor ME, listed as an optician.

• He was a partner circa 1855-1865 with John Chambers Morris in Bangor ME as TOMPKINS & MORRIS.

• Alternate Mark for TOMPKINS & MORRIS

• Master to M. Whitman c 1857-1860 in Bangor ME.

• He appeared on the 1860 census taken at Bangor ME, listed as a watchmaker.

John married Lydia Brownell on 17 May 1836 in Boston MA. (Lydia Brownell was born in 1811 and died in 1858 in Bangor ME.)