Comptonology Records
The following information was kindly supplied to us by William H. Compton, keeper of the Comptonology Records. He reports that he gathered it from records from the Bible of Edith Runyon, now deceased.
Spencer Compton had a grandson (not a son) William Compton. He had a son William Henry Compton born Northampton, England. He married in England Salina Canfield, daughter of Thomas Canfield. They came to America and settled in the Orange Co. NY area. He signs the Articles of Association for Orange Co., NY, June 1775. He fought in the Rev. War and was wounded sometime in 1786 {Esther: I believe this date to be in error and guess that it should be 1776}. He died later because of this wound. He served in the 1st Regt. of the Orange Co. NY Militia under Maj. Zechariah Dubolis (he receives Land Bounty Rights). His son William Compton married Hannah Post 23 Feb. 1798 NY NY City. She was the daughter of Peter Gibbs Post and Mary Canfield. (Mary Canfield was the daughter of Samuel Canfield of NY.) These records are so fragile can hardly read they were on rag yellow paper.