Abraham Tomkins is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:
Name:
Abraham Tomkins
Rank:
Seaman
Serial Number:
4403896
Unit:
Merchant Ship Governor Shelby
Date of Death:
1814-11-03
State:
New York
Cemetery:
American Prisoner of War Cemetery, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon Borough, Devon, England
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Abraham Tomkins was a 36-year-old seaman from New York who served aboard the merchant ship Governor Shelby. During the War of 1812, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war at Dartmoor Prison in Princetown, England. Tomkins died of pneumonia on November 3, 1814. He was buried at the American Prisoner of War Cemetery in Dartmoor Forest, Devon, England.