John was born in 1737 in Middleton, Middlesex, New Jersey. He is the oldest child of James Compton and Mary Coddington.
John married Sarah Jewel on 15 Oct 1773/1774 in either Somerset, New Jersey, or Hopewell, Ontario, New York. Or perhaps both. After this, John & Sarah called New York home. Six sons have been identified; John (1775), David (1776), James (1777), William John (1779), Abraham (1781) & Charles (1798).
John served in the Revolutionary War in the second regiment out of Dutchess, New York.
He passed away in 1805.
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