Martin/Puitt
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COMPTON, William Henry
1775 - 1872 (96 years)-
Name COMPTON, William Henry Birth 1775 Comptons Creek, N.J. 
Gender Male Note - According to Comptonology magazine: This family was first established after coming from N.Jersey up the New England coast, at Quaco, now St. Martins, in St. John County, N.B. Canada. They engaged there in making vessel,s bilge pumps, Taff Rail posts, Lignum Vitae Shelves and blocks. This was told by 'Grandfather' John Compton (The writers Grandfather). He also related how either his father or grandfather had fought off those 'damn Yankees' while standing on deck behind molasses puncheons as they were being pursued up the coast. The joke was that they themselves even after settling late in P.E. island, were called 'Yankees' for over a generation by their neihbors who came over directly from Scotland. The old english V.S. Scotch feud has hardly yet died out in our local schools, and blood was many times drawn by it.
James Ebenezer in a letter to Betty (Martin) McComb writes 'At the time he was born Great Britain was in possession of the American Colonies and my great Grandfather being loyal to the British Crown when the colonies determined to throw off the British yoke, gathered his family together and moved up to New Brunswick Canada and settled in a place called Quaco-now renamed some other name.
Reference Number 491 _UID 0315F11E5933457B88D5FD9EF2738ED230A7 Death Between 1871 and 1872 Person ID I492 MARTINPRUITT Last Modified 31 Aug 2021
Father COMPTON, William d. Yes, date unknown Mother SWEET, Sarah d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F585 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family VAUGHAN, Mary 'Polly', b. 26 Feb 1784, Nova Scotia d. Yes, date unknown Children 1. COMPTON, Henry, b. Abt 1810 d. Abt 1867 (Age 57 years) 2. COMPTON, John, b. 6 Apr 1812, Quacoi, Canada d. 1901 (Age 88 years)3. COMPTON, Wellington, b. 1815, Quaco, New Brunswick, Canada d. 5 Jan 1902, Belle River, Prince Edward Island, Cananda (Age 87 years)4. COMPTON, Emily, b. 1818, P.E.I., Canada d. 1899 (Age 81 years)5. COMPTON, Sarah Agnes, b. 1818, Belle River, Belle Creek d. 16 Feb 1889 (Age 71 years)6. COMPTON, Donald d. Yes, date unknown 7. COMPTON, Mary d. Yes, date unknown 8. COMPTON, Joseph d. Yes, date unknown 9. COMPTON, James d. Yes, date unknown 10. COMPTON, William d. Yes, date unknown 11. COMPTON, Louisa d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F541 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 14 Sep 2021
- According to Comptonology magazine: This family was first established after coming from N.Jersey up the New England coast, at Quaco, now St. Martins, in St. John County, N.B. Canada. They engaged there in making vessel,s bilge pumps, Taff Rail posts, Lignum Vitae Shelves and blocks. This was told by 'Grandfather' John Compton (The writers Grandfather). He also related how either his father or grandfather had fought off those 'damn Yankees' while standing on deck behind molasses puncheons as they were being pursued up the coast. The joke was that they themselves even after settling late in P.E. island, were called 'Yankees' for over a generation by their neihbors who came over directly from Scotland. The old english V.S. Scotch feud has hardly yet died out in our local schools, and blood was many times drawn by it.
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Birth - 1775 - Comptons Creek, N.J. 
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