William Burton Tompkins
Spouse
Lucretia Snell
Lucretia Snell
1798 - 1856
Children

1819


Feb 17
Age: 22y
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1820


Age: 23y
1820 Alexander Ypsilantis is declared leader of Filiki Eteria, a secret organization to overthrow Ottoman rule over Greece.
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1822


Age: 25y
1822 13Battle of Nauplia: In a series of naval engagements the Ottoman Fleet fails to break through the Greek Fleet under Admiral Andreas Vokos Miaoulis

1825


Oct 1
Age: 28y

property


Randolph, Missouri, USA ⇓
Purchases land in Missouri, possibly the first he owns there - he would later purchase more in April of 1829.
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1825 • Second Treaty of Indian Springs: The Creek cede the last of their lands in Georgia to the United States government, and migrate west.
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1829


Age: 32y

1830


Age: 33y
William Burton Tompkins - 1830 United States Federal Census

residence


Randolph County, Missouri, USA ⇓
Right next door to Joseph Higby, and a house or two away is a May Burton and Elijah Burton.
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1830 • The London Protocol establishes the full independence and sovereignty of Greece from the Ottoman Empire as the final result of the Greek War of Independence.
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1839


Age: 42y
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1842


Age: 45y

1856


Dec 21
Age: 60y

marriage


Randolph, Missouri, USA ⇓
He married secondly a Phillitia Robertson.
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1856 Christchurch, New Zealand is chartered as a city.

1857


Nov 14
Age: 60y
William B Tompkins - Laws of the State of Missouri Passed by the Adjourned Section

event


Randolph, Missouri, USA ⇓
Went to the Randolph county court to sell and convey real estate - His stepchildren, heirs of Joseph Robertson, are mentioned.
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1857 France and the United Kingdom formally declare war on China in the Second Opium War.

1858


Sep 27
Age: 61y

will


Randolph, Missouri, USA ⇓
His heirs are his widow Philitia; James B. & John C., Grundy Co; Mary B. Tompkins & Ambrose, Boone Co; Priscilla T. & Joseph W. Robertson, heirs of Sarah Francis Robertson, Rand. Co; Paulina J. wife William Bowen (presumed Bourn), Scotland Co; Lucy M. & May N. Tompkins, Rand. Co; signed: G. W. Dameron
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1858 • The Lutine bell, is salvaged and subsequently hung in Lloyd's of London.

1858


Age: 61y
1858 Feudalism and serfdom in Bulgaria are abolished in the Ottoman Empire (practically in 1880).

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