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From: "Nancy Compton" <>
Subject: Re: [COMPTON] Compton, Northamptonshire, England
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 19:15:35 -0600
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Hi Mike!

Thank you for your note. I checked my database and I do not have a Frank
Compton and I have two Willie Comptons and several Williams' but not with
that birthdate. One Willie Compton is a female, born to William A. Compton
and Elisa Louisa Gordon Compton and was married to men with the surname of
Joiner and Ross. She died 5 May 1947 in Stewart County, Tennessee. The
other Willie Compton is a male and I have no data on him other than his
parents were a Charles Compton, b. 1873, Kentucky, m. 19 June 1895 Trigg
County, Kentucky to Virginia Taylor. Willie had a sibling by the name of
Monico.

I looked in my Trigg County, Kentucky Cemetery Records of Land Between the
Lakes 1814-1982 book and I found:

Trigg County, Compton Cemetery

Frank Compton, 25 Aug 1891-10 April 1918 and in Trigg County, Dixon Cemetery
there is Lona Harper Compton, Wife of Frank, 13 Dec 1899-10 April 1918. Is
there a story behind these two?

I have not found anything about a Willie Clay Compton, but I wrote to a
cousin and asked him if he had any information regarding your Willie Clay
and if I find anything, I'll pass it on.

I hope this helps and please let me know if I can be of further help.

Nancy



----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Gillespie" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 4:42 PM
Subject: Re: [COMPTON] Compton, Northamptonshire, England


> In you research on Comptons in Kentucky, specifically Trigg County,
> have you noticed a Frank Compton, date of death April 10, 1918, with
> burial
> in Compton Cemetery near Golden Pond?
> Or Willie Clay Compton, born April 18th, 1893, in Trigg County?
> Mike Gillespie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> [mailto:]On Behalf Of Gary Compton
> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 4:45 PM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [COMPTON] Compton, Northamptonshire, England
>
>
> Hi Annette!
>
> I read in interest regarding your post about a Compton coming from Kent.
> Sometime ago I posted my line from Kent. Are you familiar with these
> names?
> Here's a copy of my posting:
>
> "England-Massachusetts-Maryland-Virginia-Tennessee-Kentucky-Arkansas-Idaho
>
> I'm glad to see the activity on the Compton list and I noted with interest
> the various connections. Below is my family's direct line and I'm
> interested in hearing from anyone with information to share. This is the
> information I have and I will begin the line with our immigrant's Compton
> father and the names with the asterisks before are the U.S. direct
> ancestors:
>
> **Thomas Compton
> d. 29 Apr 1606, Sutton Valance, Kent County, England
>
> Thomas Compton was the vicar (preacher-church diplomat) of Sutton and
> Sutton Valance in Kent County, England. Kent County was a "hotbed" of
> Puritan beliefs. It is probable that all of Thomas's children were raised
> with this very stringent way of life, even though John was a very young
> boy
> when Thomas died. It is also probable that the people who migrated with
> John were also of the Puritan belief. This is a copy of his will:
>
> "I Thomas Compton Vicare of Sutton Vallence together with the Chappall of
> East Sutton annexed being sicke in body but sound in mynde and of perfect
> memory, Thanks be unto God, unto Jesus Christ, doe make and ordaine my las
> Will and Testament in the manner and forme as followeth: ffirst I
> Bequeath
> my soule to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ that Hath bought it
> with
> a deare price even the blood of his only begotten sonne, that tooke flesh
> of
> the Virgine Mary for the redemption of his people, which God I have served
> all the days of my life, though not so as I should yet ? in the gospel of
> his son whom I have ? and ?? whom I look for mercye to eternall life att
> the
> last day. In body and soule as now ? Iook to have my soule, by his holly
> angels carried up to heaven to ? rest from my labours next I bequeath my
> body to be buried in the ? of Sutton Vallence. Ffor my good which ?? I
> dispose thus-1st I give my daughter Mary the wife of one John Barnsbridge
> (or could it be Brigden as in a relative of John Compton that migrated
> along
> with him to New England, Colonies?), fortnight after my deceased ? her
> portion she hath already, secondly I give to my eldest son Redeemed after
> my
> buriall my bootes and all my apparel. Saving my ??? which I leave to my
> wife. I give to my daughter Crescens Compton presently after my burial
> for
> a small token five shilling six pence in a a littell piece of gould as
> much
> to my daughter Anna in a piece of silver. All the rest of moveables
> without
> and within I give to my wife fro the bringing upp of my youngest son John
> Compton whatsoever I ? in ? or otherwise ? my detts being payd ??? She
> shall have im my booke of Accounts ? well is due to me as owing to others.
> I make her my sole executor and so God bless my children to ?? I ? them
> hoping he will be an helper to my wife and a father to them. And her I
> end
> my last will and testament dated the 22 of Marche 1605 and ??? myne owne
> and
> seale in the presence of John Peckherst, Robert Sharpe signed Thomas
> Compton
>
> Approved was this testament of Thomas Compton ? of Sutton Vallance ?? died
> twenty ninth day month April in the year of our Lord 1606 in the presence
> of
> wife."
>
> I believe his son John Compton migrated to the Colonies and below is
> information on the U. S. direct ancestors:
>
> **John Compton
> b. abt. 1603, Cranneboro, Kent County, England
> m. Susannah Freeman abt. 1628, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
> d. 8 Dec 1656, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
> Their children:
> **John Compton, b. abt. 1629
> William Compton, b. 12 Apr 1631
> Abigail Compton, b. abt. 1633
> Samuel Compton, b. abt. 1634
> Benjamin Compton, b. abt. 1635
>
> On April 17, 1635 Rachel (Martin) Bigge, accompanied by her daughter,
> Patience Bigge Foster, and her grandson Hopestill Foster, embarked for
> New
> England on the ELIZABETH and settled at Dorchester, Massachusetts, where
> they became members of the church between August 23, 1636 and Nov 4,
> 1639.
> Another daughter, Elizabeth Bigge Stowe, wife of John Stowe, had arrived
> in
> New England with her husband and children May 17, 1634 and settled at
> Roxbury, Massachusetts. Many other relatives of the Bigge family also
> joined in the migration to the New World, including, James and Clement
> Bate,
> William Batchelor and his wife, JOHN COMPTON, and others. John Compton
> may
> have been an indentured servant when he arrived, or he may have arrived as
> a
> "freeman". JOHN COMPTON, Roxbury, Massachusetts, freeman, September 3,
> 1634
> had wife Susanna, in recorded church records spelled Cumpton, and also in
> the list of freeman; removed to Boston, was disarmed with the majority in
> 1637. His daughter Abigail, married January 30, 1652 to Joseph Brisco,
> but
> the father was probably dead though his widow lived to November 1664.
>
> John Compton migrated from Kent County, England to Roxbury Mass before
> 1634
> and possibly went to Maryland before 1654. John was one of the grantees
> for
> a large section of land deeded by Indian Chief Wehanowit on April 13,
> 1638
> in the vicinity of Roxbury, Massachusetts. John was admitted to
> membership
> in the Boston, Massachusetts Church in 1642. His son and direct U.S.
> descendents:
>
> **John Compton
> b. abt. 1629, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, or England ?
> m. Mary Clarke, abt. 1654, Charles County, Maryland
> d. 1718, Charles County, Maryland
> Their children:
> John Compton, b. abt. 1667
> Samuel Compton, b. abt. 1669
> **Mathew Compton, b. 17 Jun 1671
> Gerald Compton, b. abt. 1673
> Elinor Compton, b. abt. 1675
> James Compton, b. abt. 1677
> Ralph Compton, b. abt. 1679
>
> **Mathew Compton
> b 17 Jun 1671, Charles County, Maryland
> m. Susannah Briscoe, abt. 1700, Charles County, Maryland
> d. 9 Aug 1747, Charles County, Maryland
> Their children:
> John Compton, b. 9 Nov 1702
> Phillip Compton, b. 5 Jan 1705
> Susanna Compton, b. 6 Feb 1707
> **Mathew Compton, b. 26 Jun 1709
> Elinor Compton, b. 1 Dec 1711
> Zachariah Compton, b. abt. 1712
> Sarah Compton, b. 24 Mar 1714
> Samuel Compton, b. 19 May 1716
>
> **Mathew Compton
> b. 26 Jun 1709, Charles County, Maryland
> m. Rachel Howard, Abt. 1730 Charles County, Maryland
> d. 4 Mar 1770, St. Mary's County, Maryland
> Their children:
> Wilder Compton,
> Margaret Compton
> William Compton, b. 4 Mar 1732
> Zachariah Compton, b abt. 1735
> Stephen Compton, b. abt. 1736
> Samuel Compton, b. 25 Oct 1737
> Elizabeth Compton, b. 21 May 1742
> **Mathew Compton, b. 31 Dec 1746
> John Compton, b. abt. 1747
> Susannah Compton, b. 1 Feb 1747
>
> Rachel Howard is a descendent of the grandparents of cousins Ann Boleyn
> and
> Catherine Howard who were wives of King Henry VIII
>
> **Mathew Compton
> b. 31 Dec 1746, St. Mary's County, Virginia
> m. Theodosia Scott Earle
> d. 11 Jan 1809, Culpepper county, Virginia
> Their children:
> Truman Compton, b.
> Richard Compton, b. abt. 1766
> Garrett Compton, b. abt 1777
> **William Mathew Compton, b. 17 Nov 1778
> Edward Compton, b. abt. 1779
> Charles Compton, b. abt. 1781
>
> **William Mathew Compton
> b. 17 Nov 1778, Culpepper, Maryland or Virginia
> m. Nancy Vaughn, 23 Dec 1806, Culpepper County, Virginia
> d. 1 Jan 1854, Rock Island, McMinville, Warren County, Tennessee
> Their children:
> Alexander J. Compton, b. abt. 1809
> **Howard Wilson Compton, b. abt. 1815
> William Turner Compton, b. 26 Sept 1817
> Mary Ann Compton, b. 27 May 1821
> Richard Compton, b. abt 1825
>
> Both William Mathew and Nancy are buried at the Compton Cemetery,
> Primitive
> Baptist Church, Rock Island, Warren County, Tennessee. William Mathew was
> a
> Bondsman.
>
> **Howard Wilson Compton
> b. 1815, Culpepper County, Maryland or Virginia
> m. Mary Cantrell, 1839, Warren County, Tennessee
> d. 12 Nov 1876, Golden Pond, Trigg County, Kentucky
> Their children:
> Tabitha J. Compton, b. abt. 1840
> Nancy S. Compton, b. abt. 1842
> Laura L. Compton, b. abt. 1845
> William Alexander Compton, b. abt. 1847
> Martha Fanie Compton, b. abt. 1851
> **Richard Pinkney Compton, b. abt 1853
> Talmadge Lafate Compton, b. 22 Nov 1854
> Issac Wilson Compton, b. 22 Sept 1857
> Louella Compton, b. abt 1860
> John N. Compton, b. 20 Apr 1862
> Mary Compton, b. abt. 1864
> Quinthy Compton, b. abt 1866
>
> Howard Wilson moved from Virginia to Trigg County, Kentucky and possibly
> had
> a son named Coleman L.- would be 15 in 1870 census? Tennessee born? 1870
> Census Trigg County, Kentucky. Mary Cantrell Compton is buried at Lone
> Oak,
> Cemetery, Kentucky.
>
> **Richard Pinkney Compton
> b. 1853, Warren County, Tennessee
> m. Mary Josephine Ross, 23 Nov 1876, Trigg County, Kentucky
> d. Arkansas
> Their children:
> Sara Josephine Compton, b. abt 1878
> **James Oscar Compton, 22 Apr 1884
> William Talmadge Compton, abt. 1885
>
> **James Oscar Compton
> b. 22 Apr 1884, Golden Pond, Trigg County, Kentucky
> m. Beatrice Spears, 17 Mar 1905 , possibly Arkansas and Christena Voss, 19
> Sep 1914, Twin Falls County, Idaho
> d. 26 Jun 1962, Wendell, Gooding County, Idaho
>
> James and Beatrice's children:
> Richard Thomas Compton, b. 5 Jan 1906
> Clara Josephine Compton, b. 8 Jun 1908, Prairie Grove, Arkansas, m. Brown,
> d. 24 Jan 2005, Houston County, Missouri
>
> James and Christena's children:
> Viola Mae Compton, b. 20 May 1915
> Robert Lee Compton, b. 24 Sep 1917
> **Herman Everett Compton, b. 23 Apr 1921
> Lydia Caryle Compton, b. 25 Dec 1922
> Jane Marie Compton, 3 Aug 1924
> Dorothy Ruth Compton, 3 Apr. 1934
>
> James Oscar came to Twin Falls County, Idaho in 1909.
>
> Nancy Compton
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Annette" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 11:12 AM
> Subject: Re: [COMPTON] Compton, Northamptonshire, England
>
>
>> Dear Dan,
>> I have been researching the Compton line for years. My father was James
>> Compton, his father came from Northamptonshire, His grandfather came
>> from
>> Wiltshire. That is were I have done most of my research. I have
>> watching
>> with interest the research of Aquilla and Thomas. My Compton line comes
>> straight from England they did not stop anywhere in the U.S.A. until they
>> got here in 1869. I am interested in knowing if you have the sources
>> that
>> say that they thought William come from Kent. I have in my research
>> found
>> a
>> William Compton chr. 1621 in Essex. I have Williams father, mother,
>> sisters
>> and brothers.
>> Maybe this will help.
>> Annette Compton Clark
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Dan Compton" <>
>> To: <>
>> Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 10:04 AM
>> Subject: [COMPTON] Compton, Northamptonshire, England
>>
>>
>>> Recent DNA results have directed attention toward a potential connection
>> between Aquilla and Thomas (m. Rachel Smith). It is likely their common
>> ancestor was born in the 1600s and at least one paper trail leads to
>> Northamtonshire, England. The best thing to do at his point is to
>> provide
>> a
>> special invitation to men from this area to join the Compton surname
>> reconstruction project. Being from that area will dramatically increase
>> the
>> likelihood of their being from this line.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.familytreedna.com/surname_join.asp?code=E42333
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Dan Compton
>>>
>>> Family Tree DNA Compton Surname Reconstruction Project
>>>
>>> www.familytreedna.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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