Notes:

Birth:
est date

Family/Spouse: Lydia Crawford. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

Notes:

Birth:
est date

Cornelious married Jean Stout in 1694 in Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As : Baptist William
• Religion: Baptist
• Old Address: Old Middletown
• Stories and Notes: Had 10 Childern
• To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent
• Old Address: 1666, Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States; went with a number of others in 1666 to Monmouth County, New Jersey, and were among the founders of Middletown.
• Old Address: Dec 1667, Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States; records indicate William was was identified with lot 15 in the town itself, and lot 14 in the Poplar field [sic].

Notes:

(Research):Captain John Bowne, of Middletown, for his rights, 18th March, 1675, 500 acres. Item: for rights of himself and wife, his father, mother and for William Compton and his wife from first year, 120 acres each, 780 acres; three servants at 60 acres each. 180 acres.

This suggests a close link between Capt. John Bowne and William Compton; we know William Compton's wife was a Mary, so we have interpreted it as Mary being sister to Capt. John Bowne, and Bowne and Compton being brothers-in-law.

Religion:
William Compton is a Baptist, he with twelve men and twenty-four associates founded the first Baptist Church in Middletown township.

William married Mary Bowne about 1666 in Long Island, , New York, United States. Mary (daughter of Captain William Bowne and Lydia Holme) was born in 1645; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Stories and Notes: Had 10 Children
• To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

Notes:

(Research):Comptonology is giving the fruits of some research work on the kinship of one branch of the Compton family of America to the Abraham Lincoln's family. Capt. William Bowne, a nabob of English settlement of Long Island had among other daughters Mary and Sara. Mary Bowne and William Compton came to Monmouth Co., NJ by 1666 was one of the 12 men to help establish the Baptist Church at Middletown and the children of William and Mary were Richard md. Providence Isselstyne (Prudence Usselton) 1694 NJ, Cornelius thought to have md. -?- Stout, Jacob md. Elizabeth (last name unknown) and Judith md. Benjamin Devell 1689--possibly they had other children. Sara Bowne md. Richard Salter, moved to Monmouth Co., NJ and had these children: Thomas, John, Hanna, Richard Jr.,Wm., Ebenezer, James, Beborah and Oliver. Sara, wife of Richard Saltar, was a member of the Baptist Church at Middletown Co., NJ. There are other Saltars who must have been children of Richard and Sara Saltar. Hanna Saltar md. Mordecai Lincoln, who was born 4/24/1686 at Hingham, Mass, and came to NJ with His brother Abraham by 1708. Mordecai was son of Mordecai, Sr. and grandson of Samuel Lincoln, the emigrant from England, who came to Hingham by 1637. Samuel md. Martha, her last name is unknown, and they had eleven children.
Mordecai and Hanna Salter Lincoln's oldest son was John b. 5/3/1711, and moved with his parents and other children to Chester Co., PA by 1725. This John Lincoln in 1748 sold land in Middlesex Co., NJ which had been willed him by his father on Cranberry Creek, 300 acres to Wm. Dye for 200 lbs..
At that date John resided in Lancaster Co., PA. This John was the great grandfather of the president, Abraham Lincoln. We do not know whom this John married, but in some way, they were related to Daniel Boone, the frontiersman. Doubtless all five of John's children were born at Caernarvon Township, Lancaster Co., PA. The third son was Abraham the grandfather of the president b. 7/16/1739. In 1767 or '68 John moved to the Shenandoah Valley, near the present site of Harrisonburg, Virginia. There he was referred to as "Virginia John" to distinguish him from a cousin John living in PA. His son Abraham accompanied him to Virginia where he purchased land in 1773 and sold it in 1780, when incited by narratives of his kinsman Daniel Boone whom he followed to the wilds of KY by or before 1784, and was shot and killed by the Indians in 1784. Abraham's son, Thomas b. 1/20/1780, was the father of the president. It is of interest to know that in the progressive migration of the noted family from Hingham, Mass. through NJ, PA, Virginia, KY, IN, onto IL and the White House. Here we show the first time Abraham Lincoln speaks of his people; statement made in 1860. "I was born 2/12/1809, Harden Co., KY. My parents were both born in Virginia of undistinguished families, possibly of the second generation, I should say. My mother, who died when I was 10 years old, was a Hanks, some of whom now reside in Adams Co., IL. My paternal grandfather Abraham Lincoln came from Rockingham Co., Virginia to KY about 1781-2 where a year or so later he was killed by Indians--not in battle but by stealth when he was laboring to open a farm in the forest. His ancestors came from PA. My father, at the death of his father, was six years of age, and grew up literally without education.
My father removed to Spencer Co., IN in my 8th year and there reached our new home when the state came into the Union. It was a wild region, with many bears and other wild animals still in the woods. There were schools but no qualifications of teachers beyond 'readin', 'writen' and 'cipherin' to the 'Rule of Three'. If a straggler, supposed to know and understand Latin happened to sojourn in the neighborhood, he was looked upon as a wizard. There was nothing to excite ambition for education. Of course when I grew up I did not know much. At 21 I came to Macon Co., IL, then to New Salem where I remained a year or so as clerk in a store." (and so on in his narrative.) Then Abraham says "an effort has been made to identify my family with the Lincoln family of New England and has ended in nothing more definite than a similarity of Christian names in both families, such as Enoch, Levi, Mordecai,Solomon, Abraham and so on. It has since been proved the families are the same.
At Clarksburg, Monmouth Co., NJ there was found some years ago a small weather beaten tombstone, a marker of Mordecai and Hanna Salter Lincoln's daughter Bebora died age 3 years and 4 months. It is near the town where Mordecai and Hanna Lincoln had lived before 1711. The grave received official recognition some years ago when Miss Ida Tarbell led a motorcade of persons interested in Lincoln to the "Ye Olde Robbins Cemetery" and placed a wreath on the grave.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As : Godly Cavalier
• Immigration Information: Came from England
• To Lady Kathleen: 9 x great grandfather
• Old Address: 1643, Gravesend, Kings, New York, United States; Land Patent: He was among the 39 patentees. Gravesend was an early English settlement in an area in modern Brooklyn adjacent to Coney Island.
• Namesake: 1645, Gravesend, Kings, New York, United States; He lived among the Dutch and was referred to as Weilleum
• Stories and Notes: 1645, Gravesend, Kings, New York, United States; He was granted a patent by Judge Keith.
• Stories and Notes: 1652; stated in a desposition that he was 30 years old
• Stories and Notes: 30 Sep 1652, Gravesend, Kings, New York, United States
• Stories and Notes: 1656, Gravesend, Kings, New York, United States; Estate Owes
• Old Address: 1658, Gravesend, Kings, New York, United States; Land Patent
• Stories and Notes: 1670, Gravesend, Kings, New York, United States; He was sued by Nicholas Stillwell. The suit involved William Compton hogs trespassing on Nicholas Stillwell's property at Settler's Neck.
• Stories and Notes: 5 Jan 1670, Gravesend, Kings, New York, United States; An agreement, which William Compton signed at the town meeting, concerned the laying out of the low lands on Garretson Neck, Long Island.
• Stories and Notes: 1677, Gravesend, Kings, New York, United States; He was called as a witness in a land dispute among Samuel Spicer, John Tilton and Samuel Holmes.
• Occupation: 29 Jun 1677, Gravesend, Kings, New York, United States; He was sworn into office as the Constable
• Old Address: 1683, , , New Jersey, United States; Moved with Son
• Stories and Notes: 1683, Gravesend, Kings, New York, United States; Law Suit

Notes:

In July 1643, the Church of England was over-thrown and Presbyterianism was the
only religion tolerated in England. William Compton was a Baptist and left
England because of religious persecution.

Legend has it that William went into exile in Holland, as many did at that
time, then emigrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony where the same religious
situation developed. He then moved with other Baptists to Long Island, New
York (at that time a part of Connecticut).

(Research):As there is much confusion and not yet proven that William Weillum Compton and Sir William Compton are the same person. (more fact disprove this than prove it THose listed at the end.)

I am linking William Weillum and Sir William seperatly under Spencer Compton, but keeping William Weillum as disproved status so I can list all the facts and keep this straight.

There is a lot of confusion about Sir William and William Weillem and even a William born from an earlier time.

There was the "Weillum" Compton that refers to was one of the "Puritans" who spent time in Holland prior to moving to America during the English Civil War, and he would have lived 1622 - 1694. This would be the William Compton who died in Gravesend, Suffolk County, New York. This one had a son named William.

There was "Sir" William he was born in 1625, third son, of Lord Spencer Compton, Earl of Northampton whose ancestral home was Compton Wynyates in Warwickshire, England. This Sir William was knighted at the age of 19 fighting for King Charles I in 1643 and was very active in subsequent conspiracies to bring about the restoration of the Stewart family to the Crown of England, including that of the "Sealed Knot" which lasted for all of about six months; all of these after the execution of Charles I in 1649. Willaim had 2 sons named Thomas and John.

In the Book: British and American Comptons in New York, New Jersey, Virginia,Tennessee, Alabama and Texas. 1634-1984 First edition 1984. It talks about another William: ...William Compton, the builder of this castle, Compton Wyngates, was eleven years old when his father died. He became a ward of King Henry VIII, who appointed him to wait on his son, Henry, Duke of York. William Compton so igratiated himself with the Duke that his fortune was greatly enhanced by this connection.... THis William is actually born in 1482 and is upline from Earl Spencer.

Sir William born 1626 was the Governor of Banbury Castle in 1645-1646, and William Weillum was in Gravesend at the time. Sir William also died in England and is buried in England, William Weillum died in Gravesend.

New Leads:

Smalehope Bigg, of Cranbrooke in the County of Kent, clothier, 3 May, 1638, by John Bigg. Brother John Bigg, of Maidstone, to be executor. To the poor of Cranbrooke ten pounds. To my Aunt Mary Bridger of West Peckham and her two sons, Robert and Thomas Betts; to my kinswomen, the wife of William Hunt of Brenchley, Anne Bottinge of Brenchley, widow, and the wife of John Saxby of Leeds; to Judith, wife of Thomas Tadnall, late of Dover; to Godfrey Martin of Old Romney and his sisters; to the children of Robert Pell of New Romney, jurat, deceased. "To my kinsfolk Thomas Bate, of Lydd, James Bate, Clement Bate, the wife of William Batchelor, John Compton, Edward White and Martha his wife, all of which are now resident in New England, twenty shillings each. I give ten pounds to be distributed to them or to others in New England by my mother and my brother John Stow. To Peter Master of Cranbrook who married my sister. To my mother Rachel Bigg one hundred pounds. Lands &c. at Rye in County Sussex to my wife Ellin. To my sisters Patience Foster and Elizabeth Stow in New England. To Hopestill Foster, son of my sister three hundred pounds. To Thomas and John Stow, sons of my sister Stow two hundred pounds each. To Elizabeth Stow and the other three children (under age) of my sister Stow. Lands in Horsmonden to my brother John Bigg. Lands at Wittersham, Lidd and Cranbrook to Samuel Bigg, my brother's son, at the age of twenty-three years. My friends John Nowell of Rye, gentleman, James Holden and Thomas Bigg the elder, of Cranbrook, clothiers, to be overseers. To my cousin Hunt's children and John Saxbey's children; to the two sons of my Aunt Betts; to my cousin Bottenn's children; to my cousin Pell's children, viz., Joan Pell, Elizabeth Pell, Richard Pell and Thomas Baytope's wife." Mr. Waters continued, "After a hearing of the case between John Bigg, brother and executor of the one part, and Hellen alias Ellen Bigg (the relict), Patience Bigg alias Foster, wife of Richard Foster, and Elizabeth Bigg alias Stow, wife of Richard (sic) Stow, testator's sisters, of the other part, sentence was pronounced to confirm the will 4 April, 1639

Is it possable that this John Compton is Williams Father?

Birth:
He stated his birth as 30 in 1645, He made an affadavit in a lawsuit, in his sworn statement he said he was born in 1622 in England.

Old Address:
Age at this event:23

Stories and Notes:
Age at this event:23

Stories and Notes:
According to the town records of Gravesend, long Island, on September 30, 1652 William Compton made a deposition in the slander case of Nicholas Stillwell v. Ann Goulder. In his deposition, William stated that he was then 30 years old.

Stories and Notes:
He made a deposition in the slander case of Nicholas Stillwell v. Ann Goulder. In his deposition, he stated that he was 30 years old. This would put the year of his birth at about 1622
Age at this event:31

Stories and Notes:
The Estate of John Morris owes to William Compton(spelled Cumpton) Age at 34

Old Address:
Age at this event:36

Stories and Notes:
Age at this event:48

Stories and Notes:
Age at this event:48

Stories and Notes:
Age at this event:55

Occupation:
Age at this event:55

Old Address:
Both the elder and the son William, who migrated to New Jersey appear in the early records

Stories and Notes:
This suit involved William Compton hogs trespassing on Nicholas Stillwell's property at Settler's Neck.

William married Mary Wilmot about 1662. Mary was born in , , , Holland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration Information: Came from Holland
• To Lady Kathleen: 9 x great grandmother

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Sea Captain
• To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

William married Lydia Holme. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent