Compton Family Record

Hugh Compton

Person Chart

Parents

Father Date of Birth Mother Date of Birth
James Compton Clarissa Cleveland 1770

Partners

Partner Date of Birth Children
Allynda Burt 16 AUG 1799
Martha Proudfit 9 MAY 1809

Person Events

Event Type Date Place Description
Birth 1795
Birth 9 DEC 1795 Delaware, New York, USA
Birth Delhi, Delaware, New York, USA
Birth Delhi, Delaware, New York, USA
Marriage 17 MAR 1822 Leicester, Livingston, New York, USA
Occupation BET 1822 AND 1826 Pike, Wyoming, New York, USA Farmer
Occupation BET 1828 AND 1830 Leicester, Livingston, New York, USA Farmer
Place of Residence 1830 Leicester, Livingston, New York, USA
Occupation BET 1830 AND 1831 Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA Made wooden ware, owned three acres where Market Bridge stands
Place of Residence BET 1831 AND 1832 Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA
Place of Residence 1837 Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Washington Township
Place of Residence 1838 Woodcock, Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA
Place of Residence 1839 Washington, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
Marriage 8 DEC 1842 Edinboro, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
Marriage 8 DEC 1842 Washington, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
Place of Residence 1849 Fairview, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
Place of Residence 1850 Fairview, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Age: 55
Place of Residence 1853 Edinboro, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
Place of Residence 1854 Washington, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
Place of Residence 1855 Jonesville, Hillsdale, Michigan, USA
Place of Residence 1856 Burritt, Winnebago, Illinois, USA
Place of Residence 1860 Burritt, Winnebago, Illinois, USA Age: 64
Place of Residence 1863 Blooming Valley, Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA
Place of Residence 1864 Edinboro, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
Death 8 APR 1878 Edinboro, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Age: 83
Death 8 APR 1878 Edinboro, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
Death 1878 Age: 83
Burial Edinboro, Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA Edinboro Cemetery

Notes

Hugh Compton, second child and first son of James Compton and, Clarissa (Cleveland) Compton, was born at Delhi, New York on Wednesday 9 Dec 1795. He married Allynda Burt, daughter of Luther and Priscilla (Compton) Burt, on Sunday 17 Mar 1822, at Leicester, Livingston County, New York. Allynda Burt Compton died Wednesday 26 Aug 1835, at Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Michigan and is buried in Otisville Cemetery in Belleville, Wayne County, Michigan. Hugh Compton remarried to Martha Proudfit, daughter of Alexander and Martha (McCleary) Proudfit, on Thursday 8 Dec 1842, at Edinboro, Erie County, Pennsyvlania. Martha Proudfit died Tuesday 28 Jan 1890, at Edinboro, Erie County, Pennsylvania and is buried in Edinboro Cemetery.

Hugh Compton was a soldier in the war of 1812, serving in Capt. Denio's Company of the New York Regiment. Later he was a farmer at Pike, Wyoming County, New York from 1822 to 1826 and in Leicester, Livingston County, New York from 1828-30. He made wooden ware in Rochester, Monroe County, New York from 1830-1931, and owned three acres of land where Market Bridge now stands (1901). He moved to Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Michigan where he lived from 1831-1832.

From 1837 to 1854, he moved several times between Erie County, Pennsylvania and Crawford County, Pennsylvania, living in Washington Township, Woodcock Township, Fairview and Edinboro. He moved to Jonesville, Hillsdale County, Michigan in 1855, then to Burritt, Winnebago County, Illinois from 1856 to 1863, from which he relocated to Blooming Valley, Crawford County, Pennsylvania. He moved once more in 1864 back to Edinboro, where he died Monday 8 Apr 1878 and was buried in Edinboro Cemetery. He was a farmer during most of his active life.



War of 1812 Veteran
Pvt. U.S. Army, Capt. John Morris' Co,
17th Regt, Pennsylvania Line
Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5750781/hugh-compton

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1860 United States Federal Census Year: 1860; Census Place: Burritt, Winnebago, Illinois; Roll: M653_240; Page: 123; Image: 123; Family History Library Film: 803240 Don't know Don't know Don't know
Family Record of James Compton and Clarissa Cleveland-Compton p. 11 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
Iowa, Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990 Don't know Don't know Don't know
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New York, War of 1812 Payroll Abstracts for New York State Militia, 1812-1815 Don't know Don't know Don't know
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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
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Pennsylvania, Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-2012 Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania Veterans Burial Cards, 1929-1990; Archive Collection Number: Series 1-2; Folder Number: 94 Don't know Don't know Don't know
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