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William Compton 1520–1602 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1520

Birth Location: Crompton, Ashton-under-Lyme, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 16 Dec 1602

Death Location: Wiltshire, England

Father: John Crompton

Mother: Catherine Hiltonne

Spouse(s): Anne Thurston, Katherine Throgmorton

Children(s):

William Compton was born in 1520 in Crompton, Ashton-under-Lyme, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, the child of John Crompton And Catherine Hiltonne. William Compton married Anne Thurston, Katherine Throgmorton, Mary, and had children including William Crompton. William Compton passed away in 1602 in Wiltshire, England.

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Biography

  • William Compton was born in 1520 in Crompton, Ashton-under-Lyme, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, the child of John Crompton And Catherine Hiltonne.
  • William Compton married Anne Thurston, Katherine Throgmorton, Mary, and had children including William Crompton.
  • William Compton passed away in 1602 in Wiltshire, England.

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William Compton's Ancestors

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William Compton
1520–1602
Birth Place: Crompton, Ashton-under-Lyme, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
John Crompton
1490–1554
Lancashire, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Catherine Hiltonne
1500–1554
Bolton, Lancashire, , England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Compton's Timeline

3 Records

1520
1520
Birth of William Compton in Crompton, Ashton-under-Lyme, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Crompton, Ashton-under-Lyme, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
1602
14 December 1602
Age 82
Death of William Compton in Prestwich, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Prestwich, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
1602
16 Dec 1602
Age 82
Burial of William Compton in Wiltshire, England
Wiltshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1520
    Event Place: Crompton, Ashton-under-Lyme, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Detroit, Michigan
    Record Source: U.S., Army Transport Service Arriving and Departing Passenger Lists, The National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774-1985; Record Group Number: 92; Roll or Box Number: 580

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source: History of the Pilkington family of Lancashire and its branches, from 1066 to 1600

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 December 1602
    Event Place: Prestwich, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Wiltshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre; Chippenham, Wiltshire, England; Wiltshire Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: 5942
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 16 Dec 1602
    Event Place: Wiltshire, England
    Record Source: Wiltshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre; Chippenham, Wiltshire, England; Wiltshire Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: 5942

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