Compton Family Record - James Compton

Person Chart

Parents

Father	Date of Birth	Mother	Date of Birth
John Compton		Helena Shearer

Partners

Partner	Date of Birth	Children
Clarissa Cleveland	1770	Hugh Compton Fanny Compton James Compton Sophia Compton Sarah Compton Eliza Compton John Compton Johnson Josiah Compton Narcissa Compton

Person Events

Event Type	Date	Place	Description
Birth	21 JAN 1770	Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont, USA
Birth		New Jersey, USA
Birth		New York, USA
Marriage	17 FEB 1793	Delaware, New York, USA
Occupation	BEF 1793	Delhi, Delaware, New York, USA	Lumberman
Place of Residence	BEF 1793	Delhi, Delaware, New York, USA
Occupation	BEF 1793	Delhi, Delaware, New York, USA	Expert Pilot (Delaware River)
Place of Residence	1800	Walton, Delaware, New York, USA
Place of Residence	1810	Tompkins, Delaware, New York, USA
Place of Residence	1816	Ulysses, Tompkins, New York, USA
Place of Residence	1818	Leicester, Livingston, New York, USA	Referred to as Old Leicester
Place of Residence	1819		Smoky Hollow
Place of Residence	1820	Genesee, New York, USA
Place of Residence	1822	Leicester, Livingston, New York, USA	Referred to as Moscow
Place of Residence	1823		Correll Farm, above Moscow
Place of Residence	1826	Leicester, Livingston, New York, USA	200-acre farm just north of town
Place of Residence	1830	Leicester, Livingston, New York, USA
Death	9 FEB 1831	Leicester, Livingston, New York, USA	Leicester Cemetery
Death	9 FEB 1835	Leicester, Livingston, New York, USA
Death	9 FEB 1836	Leicester, Livingston, New York, USA	Age: 66
Burial		Leicester, Livingston County, New York, USA	Moscow Cemetery

Notes


James Compton 2 was a lumberman and expert pilot on the Delaware river. As a young man, he moved to Delhi, in Delaware County, New York where he married Clarissa Cleveland, and there reared his family. In 1816 he moved from Delhi to Ulysses, Tompkins County, New York, familiarly known as "between the lakes," resided there about two years, and in 1818 moved to Old Liecester, Livingston County, New York where he stayed for about a year. In 1819 he moved to a nearby locality known as "Smoky Hollow," where he remained for three years. From there he moved to Moscow, Livingston County, New York and lived there one year. In 1823 he moved onto the Correll farm above Moscow, where he stayed three years. In the fall of 1826 he bought from the Connecticut Land Company a farm of 200 acres, situated 1.5 miles north of Moscow. No money, only an article, was required in this purchase and fortunate it was, for he was poor. The farm proved to be a valuable one, for he and his sons had paid for it by 1834 from its earnings, and in that year he sold it for from $30 to $33 per acre, thus giving them between $6,000 and $7,000 for their work of about eight years. He died at Moscow, Feb. 9, 1835. By the year 1836, his children had settled in Washington Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania, except Fanny (Compton) Wicker, who, with her husband, had moved to Vermont, and Sophia (Compton) Densmore, who had settled in Woodcock Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, seven miles from Meadville. He was a skillful river pilot and managed gangs of lumbermen, who took lumber on rafts down the Delaware River to Philadelphia. He always brought home books, collecting quite a library. Lived in Delaware County to 1814, lumbering in Tompkins County, New York, Bristol and Moscow, Livingston, New York to 1816; afterward of Leicester, farming. [Moses.ged]

James Compton 2 was a lumberman and expert pilot on the Delaware river. As a young man, he moved to Delhi, in Delaware County, New York where he married Clarissa Cleveland, and there reared his family. In 1816 he moved from Delhi to Ulysses, Tompkins County, New York, familiarly known as "between the lakes," resided there about two years, and in 1818 moved to Old Liecester, Livingston County, New York where he stayed for about a year. In 1819 he moved to a nearby locality known as "Smoky Hollow," where he remained for three years. From there he moved to Moscow, Livingston County, New York and lived there one year. In 1823 he moved onto the Correll farm above Moscow, where he stayed three years. In the fall of 1826 he bought from the Connecticut Land Company a farm of 200 acres, situated 1.5 miles north of Moscow. No money, only an article, was required in this purchase and fortunate it was, for he was poor. The farm proved to be a valuable one, for he and his sons had paid for it by 1834 from its earnings, and in that year he sold it for from $30 to $33 per acre, thus giving them between $6,000 and $7,000 for their work of about eight years. He died at Moscow, Feb. 9, 1835. By the year 1836, his children had settled in Washington Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania, except Fanny (Compton) Wicker, who, with her husband, had moved to Vermont, and Sophia (Compton) Densmore, who had settled in Woodcock Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, seven miles from Meadville.

He was a skillful river pilot and managed gangs of lumbermen, who took lumber on rafts down the Delaware River to Philadelphia. He always brought home books, collecting quite a library. Lived in Delaware County to 1814, lumbering in Tompkins County, New York, Bristol and Moscow, Livingston, New York to 1816; afterward of Leicester, farming. [Moses.ged]

Sources

Description	Page	Quality	Information	Evidence
1800 United States Federal Census	Year: 1800; Census Place: Walton, Delaware, New York; Roll: 22; Page: 1300; Image: 372; Family History Library Film: 193710	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
1810 United States Federal Census	Year: 1810; Census Place: Tompkins, Delaware, New York; Roll: 26; Page: 418; Image: 0181380; Family History Library Film: 00224	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
1820 United States Federal Census	1820 U S Census; Census Place: Genesee, New York; Page: 161; NARA Roll: M33_72; Image: 95	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
1830 United States Federal Census	1830 US Census; Census Place: Leicester, Livingston, New York; Page: 169; NARA Series: M19; Roll Number: 93; Family History Film: 0017153	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Family Record of James Compton and Clarissa Cleveland-Compton	p. ii	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Family Record of James Compton and Clarissa Cleveland-Compton	p. 3	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000	Book Title: The genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland families. An attempt to trace, in both the male and female lines, the posterity of Moses Cleveland ... [and] of Alexander Cleveland ... with numerous biographical sketches; and containing ancestries of ma...	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000	Book Title: Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 028	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000	Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 095 : 1912	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000	Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 112 : 1914	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000	Book Title: The genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland families. An attempt to trace, in both the male and female lines, the posterity of Moses Cleveland ... [and] of Alexander Cleveland ... with numerous biographical sketches; and containing ancestries of ma...	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
RootsWeb	Parren Family 0914, (Leonard Parren, compiler, (lparren@stny.rr.com), Parren Family 0914 ahnentafel, RootsWeb's World Connect Project, (www.rootswb.com)), Ahnentafel submitted September 14, 2002.	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Supplemental Compton Family Record	p. 11	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Supplemental Compton Family Record	p. 10	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current		Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970	Volume: 64; SAR Membership Number: 12634	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970	Volume: 93; SAR Membership Number: 18565	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970	SAR Membership Number: 94375	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Web: New York, Find A Grave Index, 1660-2012		Don't know	Don't know	Don't know

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