Abraham Compton

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Abraham Compton

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Monmouth County, Province of New Jersey
Death: 1779 (53-54)
Long Run Creek, Botetourt County, Virginia, United States (American Revoulutionary War)
Immediate Family:

Son of Isselstyne Compton and Aaltjie Compton
Husband of Mary Compton
Father of Abraham Compton; Jeremiah H. Compton, Sr.; Lindy Phillips and David Compton
Brother of Elizabeth Compton; Azariah Compton; Jacob Compton; John Compton, I; Henry Compton and 6 others

Occupation: Mariner
Managed by: Private User
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About Abraham Compton

Served in the Continental Army as a private, d. 1779 VA--killed in Revolutionary War, m. Mary Carhart. His genealogy also continues on and parallels this one into Southwest Virginia, principally Russell and Scott Counties. Mary remarried John Brickey after Abraham's death (Blalock). John Compton Brickey (a son?) is reportedly the author of an authoritative Compton genealogy.

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Abraham Compton's Timeline

1725
February 5, 1725
Monmouth County, Province of New Jersey
1772
1772
Monmouth County, Province of New Jersey
1772
Age 46
to, Botetourt, Co, Va
1772
Age 46
to, Botetourt, Co, Va
1776
1776
Botetourt County, Virginia, United States
1777
1777
Russell County, Virginia, United States
1779
1779
Age 53
Long Run Creek, Botetourt County, Virginia, United States
1784
1784
Botetourt County, Virginia, United States
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1772 to Long Run Creek, Botetourt, Co, Va