Hannah Minthorne Tompkins
Hannah Minthorne Tompkins (born August 28, 1781 in New York , † February 18, 1829 in Tompkinsville , Staten Island ) was the wife of Daniel D. Tompkins , Vice President of the United States during the tenure of James Monroe and thereby Second Lady of the United States .
Hannah Minthorne was the second child of Mangle Minthorne (1740-1824) and his second wife, Aryet Constable Minthorne (1743-1830). In February 1798, 16-year-old Hannah married Daniel D. Tompkins, a 23-year-old New York City attorney. At the time of the marriage, her father was an assistant on the Common Council and the young Tompkins was planning a career in politics. From 1800 to 1814 the couple had eight children, including Arietta Minthorn Tompkins (born July 31, 1800), who married a son of Smith Thompson in 1818 , and Minthorne Tompkins (born December 26, 1807; † June 5, 1881), who was born in 1852 ran for governor of New York for the Free Soil Party .
Hannah outlived her husband by almost four years. She died on February 18, 1829 in Tompkinsville, Staten Island. She and her husband are buried in the Minthornes family crypt at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery in Lower Manhattan .
Web links
- Hannah Minthorne Tompkins in the database of Find a Grave (English)
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| SURNAME | Tompkins, Hannah Minthorne |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American second lady |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 28, 1781 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 18, 1829 |
| Place of death | Tompkinsville (Staten Island) |