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William Compton (1771 - 1867)

William Compton
Born in Compton's Creek, New Jerseymap
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Husband of — married 1800 in Chester, Nova Scotiamap
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Died at about age 96 in Brooklyn, Kings, Prince Edward Islandmap
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Biography

In 1783, William moved up to Canada, to Parrtown, New Brunswick, with his father, William Henry Compton, a Loyalist from the Loyalist enclave in Monmouth County, NJ. There he and his father worked in the shipbuilding industry with the Daniel Vaughan family, loyalists from Scituate, Rhode Island. He married Daniel Vaughan's daughter, Mary. He belonged to the St. John Militia. Following service in the War of 1812, he was granted a tract of wilderness land lying to the westward of Quaco (now St. Martins), New Brunswick, in 1815. He was a shipbuilder specializing in the making of vessel's bilge pumps, taff-rail posts, lignum vitae shelves, and blocks. - paraphrase of information taken from The Loyalist Comptons of Prince Edward Island, page 6.

He moved to PEI later in life with his wife, Mary Vaughan and his young family (His oldest son, William, stayed behind in New Brunswick)-- family tradition says they were following the Rev. Donald MacDonald, a charismatic evangelist from Scotland, when they moved to Prince Edward Island.

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  • From Harold S. MacLeod's book, "The Loyalist Comptons of Prince Edward Island" Printed in Canada. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 28 October, 1996
  • [1] Click here for the Island Register Page for this Compton line




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Compton-1532 and Compton-1139 do not represent the same person because: the merge should be between Compto-1139 and Compton-1531
posted by Deborah Compton
Compton-1531 and Compton-1139 appear to represent the same person because: Brian, these are the same person. I put in the children of Mary Vaughan and William Compton on your profile. There is some question whether this William's middle name is Henry or not. His father William Henry Compton, b. 1740, is "The Loyalist". According to Harold MacLeod's book, the William Compton married to Mary Vaughan is not William Henry.
posted by Deborah Compton

Rejected matches › William Henry Compton (1740-1804)

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