An American Family History

The Compton Family

It was common for bequests to include wearing apparel.

John Compton was born about 1651.

He married Mary Clarke. Mary was the daughter of Robert Clarke and the widow of Robert Douglas.

They settled in Charles County Maryland on an estate of eight hundred acres called Brathwood.

John and Mary's children probably included:
John Compton, Jr. (1667 - 1714, died before father),
Samuel Compton (1669),
Matthew Compton (1671, married Susannah Briscoe, daughter of Colonel Philip Briscoe and Susannah Swan),
Gerard Compton (1673),
Eleanor Compton ( 1677, married Henry Hardy).
James Compton (1679) and
Ralph Compton (1681).

Planter is an archaic term for a settler. Plantation was a method of colonization where settlers were "planted" abroad. A plantation is also the kind of large farm that was the economical basis of many American Colonies and owners of these farms were also called planters.

Estate inventories give us a glance into the home life of Colonial Americans.

William Compton, son of John Compton, Jr. (1677) married Mary Clarke.

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