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Benjamin Compton

Male 1854 - 1921  (66 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Benjamin Compton was born on 13 Apr 1854 in Belle Creek, Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada; was christened in Church of Scottland, Brooklyn, , Prince Edward Island, Canada (son of Daniel Donald Compton and Mercy Elizabeth Bears); died on 11 Mar 1921 in Charotte, , Prince Edward Island, Canada; was buried in Old Shore Cemetary, Belle River, , Prince Edward Island, Canada.

    Benjamin married Ellen Sanders on 30 Mar 1886. Ellen was born in 1853; died on 5 May 1897. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Sarah Elizabeth Libby. Sarah was born on 15 Oct 1883 in Brandon, , Manitoba, Canada; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Compton. Elizabeth (daughter of John H. Compton and Flora G. Mana) was born in 1883; died in 1936. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Honorable Daniel James Compton was born on 28 Jan 1915; died on 18 Apr 1990.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Daniel Donald Compton was born about 1807 in Quaco, St Martin's, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada (son of William Compton and Mary Vaughan); died on 5 Jan 1869 in Belle River, Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

    Daniel married Mercy Elizabeth Bears. Mercy (daughter of Benjamin Bearse Bears and Sarah Abigail Smith) was born between 1807 and 1816 in Barrington, , Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 29 Apr 1859 in Belle River, Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mercy Elizabeth Bears was born between 1807 and 1816 in Barrington, , Nova Scotia, Canada (daughter of Benjamin Bearse Bears and Sarah Abigail Smith); died on 29 Apr 1859 in Belle River, Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
    Children:
    1. Louisa Jane Compton was born in Apr 1833 in Quaco, , New Brunswick, Canada; died on 1 Feb 1901 in Belle River, Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada; was buried in Belle River Pioneer Cemetery, Factory Road, Belle River, , Prince Edward Island, Canada.
    2. Emily Compton was born on 22 Feb 1836 in Belle River, Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada; died on 5 May 1921.
    3. Simon Compton was born on 26 Feb 1838 in Belle River, Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada; died on 3 Oct 1909 in Elverta, Sacramento, California, United States; was buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Pleasant Grove, Sutters, California, United States.
    4. Henry Compton was born about 1841 in Belle River, Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada; died on 29 Nov 1905 in Bangor, Kings County, Prince Edward Island, Canada; was buried in Bangor Cemetery, Morell East , Kings County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
    5. Elizabeth Compton was born on 1 Mar 1843 in Belle River, Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada; died in 1914 in Belle River, Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
    6. Mary Compton was born about 1846 in Belle River, Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada; died in 1926 in Belle River, Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
    7. John Compton was born about 1848 in Belle River, Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada; died on 6 May 1897 in Bangor, Kings County, Prince Edward Island, Canada; was buried in Bangor Cemetery, Morell East , Kings County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
    8. George Compton was born on 19 Apr 1851 in Belle River, Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada; and died.
    9. 1. Benjamin Compton was born on 13 Apr 1854 in Belle Creek, Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada; was christened in Church of Scottland, Brooklyn, , Prince Edward Island, Canada; died on 11 Mar 1921 in Charotte, , Prince Edward Island, Canada; was buried in Old Shore Cemetary, Belle River, , Prince Edward Island, Canada.
    10. William D. Compton was born on 3 May 1856 in Belle Creek, Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada; died on 3 Feb 1929 in Belle River, Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada; was buried in Bangor Cemetery, Morell East , Kings County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
    11. Lucy Ann Compton was born on 8 Aug 1858 in Belle Creek, Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada; was christened on 24 Oct 1858 in Church of Scottland, Brooklyn, , Prince Edward Island, Canada; died on 3 Jun 1927 in Belle River, Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  William Compton was born in 1771 in Compton Creek, , Monmouth, New Jersy, United States (son of William Henry Compton and Sarah Sweet); died in 1867 in Belle River, Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada; was buried in Brooklyn Church of Scotland Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

    William married Mary Vaughan. Mary (daughter of Daniel Vaughan and Lydia Harrington) was born on 26 Feb 1784 in Chester, Lunenburg, , Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 16 Mar 1866 in Belle River, Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada; was buried in Brooklyn Church of Scotland Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Mary Vaughan was born on 26 Feb 1784 in Chester, Lunenburg, , Nova Scotia, Canada (daughter of Daniel Vaughan and Lydia Harrington); died on 16 Mar 1866 in Belle River, Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada; was buried in Brooklyn Church of Scotland Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
    Children:
    1. Lydia Compton
    2. Henry Compton was born about 1803 in Quaco, St Martin's, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada; died in Apr 1863 in Belle River, Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
    3. 2. Daniel Donald Compton was born about 1807 in Quaco, St Martin's, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada; died on 5 Jan 1869 in Belle River, Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
    4. Louisa Compton was born about 1810 in Wallace, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 9 Feb 1874 in Belle River, Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada; was buried in Belle River Pioneer Cemetery, Factory Road, Belle River, , Prince Edward Island, Canada.
    5. Sarah Agnes Sally Compton was born about 1810; died on 16 Feb 1889 in Belle River, Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
    6. William Compton was born about 1811 in , , New Brunswick, Canada; died in , , New Brunswick, Canada.
    7. John Compton was born on 6 Apr 1812 in Quaco, St Martin's, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada; died on 7 Aug 1901 in Belle River, Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada; was buried in Belle River Pioneer Cemetery, Factory Road, Belle River, , Prince Edward Island, Canada.
    8. Wellington Compton was born about 1815; died on 5 Jan 1902 in Belle River, Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
    9. Joseph Benjamin Compton was born about 1817 in , Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 9 May 1898 in Brooklyn, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
    10. Emily Compton was born on 5 Jan 1817; died in , , Prince Edward Island, Canada.
    11. James Ebenezer Compton was born about 1819 in , , Prince Edward Island, Canada; died in Belle River, Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
    12. Mary Compton was born about 1820 in , , Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 15 Mar 1886 in Brooklyn, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

  3. 6.  Benjamin Bearse Bears was born on 13 Mar 1777 in Barrington, , Nova Scotia, Canada; was christened on 18 Sep 1781 in Cape Negro, Shelburne, , Nova Scotia, Canada (son of Benjamin Bearse Bears and Mercy Smith); died on 18 Sep 1820 in Cape Negro, Shelburne, , Nova Scotia, Canada.

    Benjamin married Sarah Abigail Smith in 1797 in , , Nova Scotia, Canada. Sarah (daughter of Joseph Smith and Elizabeth Baker) was born about 1783 in , , Nova Scotia, Canada; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Sarah Abigail Smith was born about 1783 in , , Nova Scotia, Canada (daughter of Joseph Smith and Elizabeth Baker); and died.
    Children:
    1. Nancy Bears
    2. Benjamin Bears, III was born on 11 Jul 1798 in Barrington, , Nova Scotia, Canada; and died.
    3. 3. Mercy Elizabeth Bears was born between 1807 and 1816 in Barrington, , Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 29 Apr 1859 in Belle River, Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
    4. Thomas Benjamin Bears was born in 1810; died on 13 Mar 1884.
    5. George Bears was born in 1812 in Guysborough Cemetery, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 7 Apr 1879 in Belle Creek, Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  William Henry Compton was born in 1740 in Compton Creek, , Monmouth, New Jersy, United States (son of William Compton and Jean Jane Browne); died in 1804 in Saint John, , New Brunswick, Canada.

    William married Sarah Sweet on 2 Feb 1762 in Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States. Sarah (daughter of Godfrey Sweet and Elizabeth Van Echstein) was born on 17 Nov 1740 in , , Rhode Island, United States; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Sarah Sweet was born on 17 Nov 1740 in , , Rhode Island, United States (daughter of Godfrey Sweet and Elizabeth Van Echstein); and died.
    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Compton
    2. Judith Compton and died.
    3. Phoebe Compton and died.
    4. Catherine Compton and died.
    5. 4. William Compton was born in 1771 in Compton Creek, , Monmouth, New Jersy, United States; died in 1867 in Belle River, Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada; was buried in Brooklyn Church of Scotland Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
    6. Jacob Compton and died.
    7. Cornelious Compton was born in 1775; and died.

  3. 10.  Daniel Vaughan was born on 2 Feb 1747 in Scituate, , Rhode Island, United States (son of David Vaughan and Dinah Northup); died in 1807 in Saint John, , New Brunswick, Canada.

    Daniel married Lydia Harrington on 25 Feb 1768 in St. John's Anglican Church, Lunenburg, , Nova Scotia, Canada. Lydia and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Lydia Harrington and died.
    Children:
    1. 5. Mary Vaughan was born on 26 Feb 1784 in Chester, Lunenburg, , Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 16 Mar 1866 in Belle River, Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada; was buried in Brooklyn Church of Scotland Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

  5. 12.  Benjamin Bearse Bears was born in 1742 in Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States (son of Benjamin Bearse and Elizabeth Godfrey); died in 1808 in Cape Negro, Shelburne, , Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried in Cape Negro Cemetery, Cape Negro, Shelburne, , Nova Scotia, Canada.

    Benjamin married Mercy Smith on 8 Nov 1764 in Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. Mercy (daughter of David Smith and Sarah Hamblen) was born on 23 Feb 1745 in Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States; died on 20 Jul 1805 in Cape Negro, Shelburne, , Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried in Cape Negro Cemetery, Cape Negro, Shelburne, , Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Mercy Smith was born on 23 Feb 1745 in Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States (daughter of David Smith and Sarah Hamblen); died on 20 Jul 1805 in Cape Negro, Shelburne, , Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried in Cape Negro Cemetery, Cape Negro, Shelburne, , Nova Scotia, Canada.
    Children:
    1. James Barss Bears was born in 1765 in Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States; died in Liverpool, , Nova Scotia, Canada.
    2. David Bearse Bears was born in 1768 in Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States; died on 17 Oct 1819 in Canso, , Nova Scotia, Canada.
    3. Elizabeth Barss was born on 18 Aug 1771 in Barrington, , Nova Scotia, Canada; and died.
    4. infant Barss was born in 1774 in Barrington, , Nova Scotia, Canada; died in 1774 in Barrington, , Nova Scotia, Canada.
    5. 6. Benjamin Bearse Bears was born on 13 Mar 1777 in Barrington, , Nova Scotia, Canada; was christened on 18 Sep 1781 in Cape Negro, Shelburne, , Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 18 Sep 1820 in Cape Negro, Shelburne, , Nova Scotia, Canada.
    6. George Bears Barss was born in 1780 in Barrington, , Nova Scotia, Canada; died in Jul 1853 in Guysborough Cemetery, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, New Harbour, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    7. Mary Barss was born in 1783 in Barrington, , Nova Scotia, Canada; and died.
    8. Mercy Barss was born on 11 Oct 1786 in Barrington, , Nova Scotia, Canada; and died.

  7. 14.  Joseph Smith was born in 1754 in Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States (son of Elkanah Smith and Elizabeth Kendrick); and died.

    Joseph married Elizabeth Baker. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 15.  Elizabeth Baker
    Children:
    1. 7. Sarah Abigail Smith was born about 1783 in , , Nova Scotia, Canada; and died.