Seventh Generation (Continued)
Mary COMPTON (William6, John5, Richard4, Tristram3, John “the Elder”2, Edward1).
Born in 1725. Christened on 4 Jul 1725 in Chitterne St Mary, Wiltshire, England.
- 1725 England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906
Name: Mary Compton
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 4 Jul 1725
Christening Place: Chitterne, Wiltshire, England
Father's name: William Compton
Mother's name: Elizabeth
Place: Chitterne, Wiltshire, England; Collection: St Mary; -; Date Range: 1712 - 1725; Film Number: 1279399
John COMPTON (William6, John5, Richard4, Tristram3, John “the Elder”2, Edward1).
Born in 1727 in Chitterne, Wiltshire, England. Christened on 5 Apr 1727 in Chitterne St Mary, Wiltshire, England.
- 1727 England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906
Name: John Compton
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 5 Apr 1727
Christening Place: Chitterne, Wiltshire, England
Father's name: William Compton
Mother's name: Elizabeth
Place: Chitterne, Wiltshire, England; Collection: St Mary; -; Date Range: 1727 - 1729; Film Number: 1279399
Thomas COMPTON (William6, John5, Richard4, Tristram3, John “the Elder”2, Edward1).
Born in 1731 in Chitterne, Wiltshire, England. Christened on 27 Jun 1731 in Chitterne All Saints, Chitterne, Wiltshire, England. Thomas died in 1785; he was 54.
- 1731 England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906
Name: Thomas Compton
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 27 Jun 1731
Christening Place: Chitterne, Wiltshire, England
Father's name: William Compton
Mother's name: Elizabeth
Place: Chitterne, Wiltshire, England; Collection: All Saints; -; Date Range: 1710 - 1735; Film Number: 1279399
From another researcher:
- Thomas was a maltster in Chitterne All Saints, Wiltshire, England.
- In June 1771 Thomas came up before the court of the Manor of Chitterne because the Wallis family and Thomas Martin had a copyhold on a ruinous cottage and garden called Mondays in Bitton Lane, Chitterne All Saints, where Thomas had built a messuage and malthouse. He got the property. The premises with appurtenances, the garden, messuage and tenement, five luggs and four feet on the east by five luggs and ten feet on the west, the breadth being seven luggs and eight feet. Thomas’s family then consisted of his wife Mary, Thomas 6, and John 3. He got it for “Three lives” and paid one shilling a year. He paid a fine of 38 pounds and did fealty and was admitted tenant as was the custom. It was in such ceremonies that feudal England still lived on.
- Thomas died intestate in 1785. The Court Rolls mention this again in 1785 and grant the messuage and so on to Anthony Burbidge, butcher of East Knoyle. He was to have it to hold it for the lives of Mary aged about 20, and also for Thomas and John Compton the other children. There was also Anthony who was 6. The uncle, Anthony, had a veery elegant signature. We presume the children went to live with him at East Knoyle.
RESEARCH NOTES
- there seems to be a gap in the Chitterne Wiltshire baptism index for much of the last half of the 1700s; very limited Compton entries then.
Thomas married Mary BURBIDGE. Born ca 1730.
1764 E. Knoyle
Daughter of Anthony Burbidge.
They had the following children: