American Silversmiths

Edmund Tompkins
(1757-)
Lucinda Wildman
(Abt 1762-)
Elihu B. Tompkins
(Abt 1785-)
Alletta Shadrach Osborn
(1789-)
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Erastus Osborne Tompkins
(Abt 1812-1851)

 

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Spouses/Children:

1. Mary Penfield Marquand

Erastus Osborne Tompkins
  • Born: Abt 1812, Southbury CT
  • Marriage (1): Mary Penfield Marquand on 7 Jul 1836 in New York City NY
  • Died: 7 May 1851, Savannah GA

  General notes:

Silversmith and jeweler

  Events in his life were:


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  • He was a partner circa 1830-1838 with Isaac and Frederick Marquand in New York City NY as MARQUAND & Co. 4

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  • He was a partner in 1839-1851 with Henry Ball and William Black in New York City NY as BALL, TOMPKINS, & BLACK, successors to MARQUAND & Co. 4

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  • Alternate Mark

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  • Alternate Mark

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  • Paten by William Forbes for BALL, TOMPKINS & BLACK, c 1849
    Private Collection
    d: 10 3/4"
    wt: 19 oz.
    Engraved "Presented by / James, Robert & / John Hollister / to / St. Johns Church / Clayville / 1849." St. John's Episcopal church, Clayville, was incorporated July 9, 1849, with 21 members. Services had been held about two years previously and funds raised for the building of a handsome brick edifice, which was finished in 1849 at a cost of nearly $20,000. The site for the church was deeded by the Empire Mills Company.

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  • Chalice by William Forbes for BALL, TOMPKINS & BLACK, c 1849
    Private Collection
    h: 7"
    Engraved "Presented by / James, Robert & / John Hollister / to / St. Johns Church / Clayville / 1849." St. John's Episcopal church, Clayville, was incorporated July 9, 1849, with 21 members. Services had been held about two years previously and funds raised for the building of a handsome brick edifice, which was finished in 1849 at a cost of nearly $20,000. The site for the church was deeded by the Empire Mills Company.
  • He appeared on the 1850 census taken at Brooklyn NY, listed as a jeweler.

Erastus married Mary Penfield Marquand, daughter of Isaac Marquand and Mehitable Perry, on 7 Jul 1836 in New York City NY. (Mary Penfield Marquand was born on 29 Nov 1813 in New York City NY and died on 1 Feb 1838 in Natchez MS.)




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