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Catherine <I>Tompkins</I> Hillman

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Catherine Tompkins Hillman

Birth
Canterbury, York County, New Brunswick, Canada
Death
31 Jul 1824 (aged 42)
Woodstock, Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada
Burial
Ritchie, York County, New Brunswick, Canada Add to Map
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daughter of the Revolutionary War soldier Edmund Tompkins and Eunice-
Her parents were married in 1777 at York Island.
Source: New Brunswick Archives -Records of Old Revolutionary Soldiers and Their Widows
Marriage: 15 Jan 1798-Family source
children: Eunice, Tristram, George, Esther, Edmund, Phoebe, Joshua, Bartlett, Moses

Killed by Lightning Strike. Source: NB Archives
Daniel F. Johnson : Volume 3 Number 183
Rank 240
Date August 10 1824
County York
Place Fredericton
Newspaper The New Brunswick Royal Gazette

d. Woodstock (Carleton Co.) 31 July, Catherine Hilman w/o Triston Hilman, by lightning.

Daniel F. Johnson : Volume 3 Number 197
Rank 80
Date August 19 1824
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper City Gazette
d. Mrs. Hilman, Woodstock (Carleton Co.), killed by lightning which struck house.

Sources: New Brunswick Archives newspapers
**Note- Carleton County-Established in 1831 from York County: named for Thomas Carleton (1736-1817), brother of Sir Guy Carleton, and first lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick: Carleton County included all of Victoria County until 1844.
daughter of the Revolutionary War soldier Edmund Tompkins and Eunice-
Her parents were married in 1777 at York Island.
Source: New Brunswick Archives -Records of Old Revolutionary Soldiers and Their Widows
Marriage: 15 Jan 1798-Family source
children: Eunice, Tristram, George, Esther, Edmund, Phoebe, Joshua, Bartlett, Moses

Killed by Lightning Strike. Source: NB Archives
Daniel F. Johnson : Volume 3 Number 183
Rank 240
Date August 10 1824
County York
Place Fredericton
Newspaper The New Brunswick Royal Gazette

d. Woodstock (Carleton Co.) 31 July, Catherine Hilman w/o Triston Hilman, by lightning.

Daniel F. Johnson : Volume 3 Number 197
Rank 80
Date August 19 1824
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper City Gazette
d. Mrs. Hilman, Woodstock (Carleton Co.), killed by lightning which struck house.

Sources: New Brunswick Archives newspapers
**Note- Carleton County-Established in 1831 from York County: named for Thomas Carleton (1736-1817), brother of Sir Guy Carleton, and first lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick: Carleton County included all of Victoria County until 1844.


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  • Maintained by: Helen Currie
  • Originally Created by: DianeY
  • Added: Dec 20, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63104796/catherine-hillman: accessed ), memorial page for Catherine Tompkins Hillman (Aug 1781–31 Jul 1824), Find a Grave Memorial ID 63104796, citing Hillman Cemetery Ritchie Extension, Ritchie, York County, New Brunswick, Canada; Maintained by Helen Currie (contributor 47672258).