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Data
description and type |
Hannah
Wells Bible Family
record |
Harriet’s
Letters Family record |
Delphine
Lockwood Wilson Family record |
Elva
Mae Dunham Family record |
Comptonology William
H. Compton |
Comptonology1 Mrs. Ethel Compton Thomas |
Complete
American Armory, 1911 |
Trina
Compton Quoting
a Book |
FamilySearch
& Ancestry |
Generations
from fact |
One (before 1887) daughter of Wm & Hannah Phebe via Hannah Marie | Two
(1910) - grand-daughter of
Wm & Hannah Phebe via Peter |
Three (1911) - great-granddaughter of Wm & Hannah Phebe via Lockwood | Four (1920s?) -gggrand-daughter of Wm & Hannah Phebe via David | Unknown |
Unknown | Descendant of Wm I’s brother Runyon & his son Jesse Miller Compton | N/A | |
Holland
|
Hannah
Post was born in
Holland, came to
New York City, married Wm. Compton, son of Wm. Compton |
Hannah Post came over from Holland | Hannah
Post was born in
Holland, coming to this country when 16 years of age. Her sister, two years
younger, came with her. |
….
daughter of Peter Gibbs Post and Mary Canfield. (Mary ... was the daughter
of Samuel Canfield of NY.) [no mention of
Holland
] |
1746
<
Monterey, |
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Orange
Co. NY |
He
served in the 1st Regt. of the Orange Co. NY Militia |
They
came to
America
and settled in the Orange Co. NY area |
…went
to N.Y. state and settled in
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...settled in Dutchess Co. NY., …1st Regt. Orange Co., NY state militia, … | William and his wife … came to the US from England and settled in Orange County, New York | ||||
Fought
in Rev. War |
…
had his lower jaw shot off and died during the Revolution. |
He
was the Wm. Compton who came from
England, fought in the Revolutionary War (American side) |
William
Compton fought in the Revolutionary War in the 1st regiment
of Orange Co. Militia Co |
He
fought in the Rev. War and was wounded sometime
in 1786 [believe it should
be 1776;
fighting ended with
Yorktown
in 1781] |
He fought in Rev. Was… under Major Z… DuBois…jaw shot off, died during War | …killed in Revolutionary War, … | N/A | ||
Spencer
Compton |
William
Compton was a grandson of a younger
branch of Sir Spencer Compton,
Warwickshire,
England
. |
The
reason for the
Comptons
leaving
England
was…that in those days the oldest
son was the heir to all estates, leaving the remainder of the
family …. poor …. hence they left
Eng.
& came to
America
|
“William
Compton came from
England, one of the
three sons of the house of Warrick.” Give history of
Compton
estates and mansions, but does not mention Spencer by name. |
Spencer
Compton had a grandson (not a son) William Compton. He had a son
William Henry Compton born
Northampton,
England
. |
…son of Wm. Compton who came from Northamptonshire, England, … grandson of William Compton, son of Spencer Compton, slain at Hampton, 1843. | ||||
1st
Regiment Orange Co. Name is in the Registry book in
Newburgh
NY
|
William
Compton born in
England
(our great-grandfather) [served] in first
regiment of
Orange County,
NY
militia |
…in
the 1st regiment of Orange Co. Militia |
He
served in the 1st Regt. of the Orange Co. NY Militia under
Maj. Zechariah Dubolis. |
N/A | |||||
Marriage
to Hannah Post |
Hannah
Post was born in
Holland, came to
New York City, married Wm. Compton, son of Wm. Compton who fought in American
Revolution. |
Our
grandfather married Hannah Post. Her mother's name was Mary Canfield
Gibbs and her mother's name was Salina Canfield |
His
wife was Hannah Post, daughter of Peter Post. |
His
son William Compton married Hannah Post 23 Feb. 1798[4] NY City He
married in England Salina Canfield, daughter
of Thomas Canfield. |
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Salina
Canfield |
{Hannah
Post’s] mother's name was Mary
Canfield Gibbs and her mother was Slina Canfield [her
misspelling] |
….
Hannah Post. Her mother's name was Mary
Canfield Gibbs and her mother's name was Salina Canfield |
[WmI} came from England with his wife Salina Canfield | William I and his wife Salina Canfield came to the U.S. from England |
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Died
at Sugar Hill |
She
is buried in
Sugar Hill,
N.Y.
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Grandmom
[i.e., Hannah Post Compton] died at
Sugar Hill,
NY, about 69 or 70 yrs. ago. She is buried there. |
Hannah
Post Compton died at
Sugar Hill,
N.Y.
in Watkins Co.
New York, then known as Jefferson Co. |
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Wife
of Rev. War Wm. |
No
mention |
“What
was his wife’s name I cannot find out… I may yet find out whom he
married.” Second Harriet
letter: “Rachel, can you possibly recall…the maiden name of our
great-grandmother?” |
“His
wife was Hannah Post, daughter of Peter Post.” |
No
mention |
Salina Canfield | ||||
Land Bounty Rights | (he receives Land Bounty Rights) | He fought the Revolutionary War …under Major Z DuBois (Land Bounty Rights) | |||||||
Articles of Assoc. for Cornwall, Orange Co. NY | He
signed articles of Association for
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