Brief Life History of William
William Compton was born in 1780, in Turton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom as the son of John Crompton. He married Nancy about 1804, in Edworth, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son.
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- William Crompton in entry for John, "England, Manchester, Parish Registers, 1603-1910"
- William Crompton in entry for John Crompton, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- William Crompton in entry for John Crompton, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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1801 · The Act of Union
The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of numerous places throughout England (but especially in the southwest) named Compton, from Old English cumb ‘short, straight valley’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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