HomeMy WebLinkAboutBiographies of Revolutionary War Veterans of Tompkins Co John Compton
Name:John Compton
Date of birth:July 31, 1755
Birthplace:Morris Co., NJ
Parents: David Compton and Ann Howard
Spouse:Abigail Hanes b. April 14, 1755 Morris Co., NJ d. Feb. 1, 1843 Enfield, Tompkins, NY
Marriage date:May 26,1777
Place of marriage: Morris Co., NJ
Date of death:April 30, 1842
Place of death:Enfield, Tompkins, NY
Place of burial:Budd Cemetery
Children:
Phebe Compton b. Dec. 27, 1778 Morris Co., NJ
Joseph Compton b. Oct. 15, 1780
David Compton b. 1780 NJ, d. Aug. 16, 1853 age 70-11-2. M. Anna Linderman b. Feb. 19, 1790 d. Oct. 14, 1873 age 83-8, daughter of Cornelius Linderman (Rev. War vet of Ithaca) and Anna
Young
Robert Compton b.Feb. 13, 1785
Amy Ann Compton b. Apr. 20, 1787 Morris Co., NJ d.Oct. 18, 1862
John Compton, Jr. b. May 27, 1789 d. April 3, 1872 Danby, Tompkins, NY bur. BuddCem. Enfield, Tompkins, NY age 64-3-27 m. Elizabeth d. April 10, 1879 70-9-15
Elizabeth Compton b. May 21, 1791 Morris Co.NJ, d. Mar. 20, 1846 m. Derrick Richard Van Etten
Ruth Compton b.Feb. 28, 1794 Morris Co., NJ d. Feb. 23, 1796 Morris Co., NJ
Priscilla Compton b. Feb 23, 1796 Morris Co., NJ
Silas Compton b.Mar. 31, 1798 Morris Co., NJ d.Aug. 23, 1895 Danby, Tompkins, NY m.
Mary Bacon b. 1804 VT d. June 1, 1865 Danby, Tompkins, NY
Pension File #: Denied as service was less than six months.
Place of enlistment:Morris Co., NJ
Service record:
American Genealogical-Biographical Index
John Compton
b. 1750, NJ
Vol. 33, p.22
Private
Official reg. of officers and men of NJ in the Rev. War.Ed. by Will. S. Stryker. Trenton, NJ. 1872. (878p.): 171, 547
American Revolutionary War Rejected Pensions:
Name: John Compton
Location: Enfield, Tompkins
Reason: He did not serve six months.
New Jersey Census, 1643-1890
John Compton
NJ
Morris County
Morris
1793
June Tax List
NJ Tax Lists Index 1772-1822
Sources:
Clark Family Tree
Munn
Clark Ketchum
Voight Family Tree
Will Book F:132 Intestate Estate of Cornelius Linderman of Ithaca online at nytompki.org
Godfrey Memorial Library, comp..American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
Original data: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT,
USA: Godfrey Memorial Library.
Ancestry.com. American Revolutionary War Rejected Pensions [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
Original data: Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions. Washington, D.C.: n.p., 1852.
Jackson, Ronald V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp..New Jersey Census, 1643-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
Original data: Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.