When Hannah Compton was born on 1 March 1804, in Powick, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Compton Sr, was 41 and her mother, Phebe Tombs, was 29. She married Edmund Wattis on 12 July 1824, in St Giles without Cripplegate, London, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Davis, Utah, United States in 1850 and Springville, Utah, Utah, United States in 1860. She died on 21 July 1884, in Fairview, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Fairview, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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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’.
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Possible Related NamesHannah was the daughter of John Compton and Phebe Tombs. She married Edmond Wattis in England abt 1824 and they became the parents of four known children: John, Edmond Orsis, Mary Ann and Henry. Emig …
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