John COMPTON

Abt 1604 - Abt 1656  (~ 52 years)

• Name	John COMPTON
  Born	Abt 1604	Cranneboro, Kent, England
  Gender	Male
  _UID	E4BBAD90802C449193455A25E588B79C7426
  Died	Abt 1656	Roxbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I10038	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	30 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Sir Thomas COMPTON,   b. Abt 1564, Compton, Warwichshire, England ,   d. Apr 1626, Cranbroke, Kent Co., England  (Age ~ 62 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth BIGGE,   b. Abt 1590, Cranbroke, Kent Co., England ,   d. 21 Aug 1638, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 48 years)
  Family ID	F5037	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Susannah Elisabeth FREEMAN,   b. Abt 1605, Cranneboro, Kent, England ,   d. 1664, Piscataway, Middelsex, New Jersey  (Age ~ 59 years)
  Children	1. William Weilleum COMPTON,   b. Abt 1630, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts ,   d. 21 Sep 1694, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey  (Age ~ 64 years)   2. Abigail Brisco COMPTON,   b. Abt 1632, Cranneboro, Kent, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Benjamin COMPTON,   b. Abt 1634, Of, Mass ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. John F. COMPTON,   b. 20 Apr 1638, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America ,   d. Bef 5 Mar 1718, Charles, Maryland, British Colonial America  (Age 79 years)
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016
  Family ID	F4996	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  John left Cranbrook, Kent, England for America in 1634 at the age of 29. Roxbury was his first residence in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was one of eleven men who, "having license to depart, summons is to go out for them to appear (if they not be gone before) at the next court, the third month, to answer such things as shall be objected". He was among the Boston men disarmed on 20 November 1637/38. John was an ?Antinomian? claiming that living a devout, 'saintly' life excused them from obeying civil laws. The Puritan Orthodoxy held this as one of their tenets. However, living a saintly life could not help an individual to receive grace - to claim otherwise would be to preach a covenant of works. The Antinomians wanted sanctification to play no part in justification whatsoever. The Orthodox Church?s standpoint was that if Antinomians didn?t need to obey any laws, they would eventually become libertines. Clearly this presented problems for the political stability of the colony. He was in Piscataway New Hampshire from 1638 to 1640 and left for Maryland shortly thereafter, before returning to Boston in 1640. John Compton of Boston in New England, clothier, gave power of attorney to Robert Scott of Boston, merchant, to "recover his title to certain lands (with power to rent the said lands) to him descending". Legal/Court Date: 17 Nov 1646 Age: 41 Legal/Court Place: Suffolk County, Massachusetts. On 20 Jun 1648 he and eight other men were given "liberty to build a highway from their houses, over the marsh to the bridge "and were freed from paying highway charges for nine years in recompense". This liberal freedom from taxation was later amended to pay each man 9 pounds, 16 shillings. Sources International Genealogy Index Small Hope Biggs left 5 shillings to John Compton, now of New England, on 3 may 1638 in Cranneboro, Kent Co England. John was at Roxbury church 1634 in Mass and moved 1642 to Boston was in Piscataway NH from 1638 to 1640 and since left from there to Md shortly after that time. John and Susannah returned to Boston ca 1640 Wife died 1664 listing husband John as "long dead" When Small Hope Bigg died, he left a bequest to his cousin (John Compton) who was then living in the Massachusetts colony and another cousin found an Elizabeth Bigg who married a William Compton in 1595. Grandparents of our first William? Name: John Compton I Sex: M Birth: 1603 in Kent Co, England Death: in Roxbury, MA Marriage 1 Susanna Ann Freeman Event: Unknown-Begin in England Children John Compton II b: 1629 in England Abigail Compton William Compton b: 1631 in England ******************** I have the wills of John Bigge and his mother Rachell Bigg, both of whom left money to John Compton. Both of their wills mention that he came to New England from Crannbrook, Kent, England. Analysis of the wills by a contributor to the New England Historical Genealogical Society said that the Bigg?s and Compton?s are related. I have searched the Bigge surname from 1450 forward to 1650 and find no relationship to Compton listed; therefore, I am assuming that the connection came via his mother Rachell Bigge and I have not determined a surname for her. I believe that he left Kent England for religious reasons as his name appears in religious "uprisings" in Boston. Religion - Puritan. Name: John COMPTON1 Birth Date: bef 1605 Birth Place: England Birth Memo: Purportedly Crannbrook(e), Kent, England. Crannbrook is a market town in the parish and hundred of its name, and in the lower division of the lathe of Scray; 48 miles S.E. from London, 30 S.W. from Canterbury, 14 S. from Maidstone, 8 W. by N. from Tenterden-and 38 N.E.from Brighton, 22 N. from Hastings, and 18 N.N.W. from Rye in Sussex. Residence Date: 1634 Age: 29 Residence Place: Roxbury, Massachusetts Residence Memo: Roxbury was his first residence in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Migration Date: 1634 Age: 29 Migration Place: England - Boston, Massachusetts Religious Notes Date: 16343 Age: 29 Religious Notes Place: Roxbury, Massachusetts Religious Notes Memo: He was admitted as member #105 among the 1634 immigrants. Residence Date: 16374 Age: 32 Residence Place: Boston, Massachusetts Residence Memo: He was disarm. with the majority and removed from Roxbury to Boston. Religious Notes Date: 12 Mar 1637 / 16383,5 Age: 32 Religious Notes Place: Boston, Massachusetts Religious Notes Memo: He was one of eleven men who, "having license to depart, summons is to go out for them to appear (if they not be gone before) at the next court, the third month, to answer such things as shall be objected". Religious Notes Date: 20 Nov 1637 / 16383,6 Age: 32 Religious Notes Place: Boston, Massachusetts Religious Notes Memo: He was among the Boston men disarmed on 20 November 1637/38. The Antinomian Controversy: Justification by Sanctification: Living a devout, "saintly" life could be used as evidence for justification (the Puritan Orthodoxy held this as one of their tenets). However, living a saintly life could not help an individual to receive grace - to claim otherwise would be to preach a covenant of works (remember that an individual can have no say in his/her election). To a certain extent, Antinomianism is an extension of Puritan logic - the Antinomians wanted sanctification to play no part in justification whatsoever. From the Orthodoxy's standpoint, the implication was that Antinomians would not need to obey any laws (hence the term "anti-nomian"), and would eventually become libertines: Clearly this presented problems for the political stability of the colony. Residence Date: 1638 - 1640 Age: 33 Residence Place: Piscataway, New Hampshire Residence Memo: This is purported data and no supporting evidence has been found. Legal/Court Date: 3 May 16387 Age: 33 Legal/Court Place: Crannbrook, Kent, England Legal/Court Memo: Smallhope Biggs left 5 shillings to John Compton now of New England on 3 May 1638 in Cranneboro, Kent County, England. When Smallhope Biggedied, he left a bequest to his cousin (John Compton) who was then living in the Massachusetts colony and my cousin found an Elizabeth Biggewho married a William Compton in 1595. Legal/Court Date: 3 Oct 16388 Age: 33 Legal/Court Place: Crannbrook, Kent, England Legal/Court Memo: In the will [dated 3 May 1638 and proved 3 October 1638] of Smallhope Bigg, clothier, the following is written: "To my kinsfolk Thomas Bate of Lydd, James Bate, Coement Bate, the wife of Wiliam Baychelor, John Compton, Edward White and Martha his wife, all of which are now resident in New England, twenty shillings each. Religious Notes Date: 25 Sep 16429,10 Age: 37 Religious Notes Place: Boston, Massachusetts Religious Notes Memo: He was admitted to the Boston Church:".... laborer upon letters of admission from our sister Church of Roxbury and profession of his faith in the public assembly". Legal/Court Date: abt 164311 Age: 38 Legal/Court Place: Crannbrook, Kent, England Legal/Court Memo: In the Will of John Bigg, he is left "twentie shillings" along with Edward Whitt, John Moore, Thomas Bridgden and Goodman Beale that went from Crannbrook. He is mentioned along with other townsmen who went to New England: Clement Bate and William Bachelor. [Note: Bachelor was a minister and eventually led a group from Boston to New Hampshire.] Residence Date: 1645 Age: 40 Residence Place: Boston, Massachusetts Residence Memo: He owned one house and one garden. Legal/Court Date: Oct 164512 Age: 40 Legal/Court Place: Boston, Massachusetts Legal/Court Memo: John Compton of Boston in New England, clothier, gave power of attorney to Robert Scott of Boston, merchant, to "recover his title to certain lands (with power to rent the said lands) to him descending". Legal/Court Date: 17 Nov 164613 Age: 41 Legal/Court Place: Suffolk County, Massachusetts Legal/Court Memo: In the will of Rachel Biggs, the mother of John Bigg, Smallhope Bigg, Hopestill BiggeFoster, Daughter m. John Stow, Daughter m. Peter Masters are named along with "Thomas BEall, John Compton, goodwife Turner, the wife of Richard Brittan, goodman Mead, old Margery, goodwife Phebe, goodwife Hill, goodwife Patching:. Legal/Court Date: 26 Feb 1648 / 16493,14 Age: 43 Legal/Court Place: Boston, Massachusetts Legal/Court Memo: He and eight other men were given "liberty to build a highway from their houses, over the marsh to the bridge" and were greed from paying highway charges for nine years in recompense". Note: This liveral freedon was amended to "[such time as] the sum of L8 16s. be run out which they have dispursed". Miscellaneous Date: 20 Jun 164815 Age: 43 Miscellaneous Place: Boston, Massachusetts Miscellaneous Memo: His name was on a list of bills to Mr. Jonathan Brewster, owing 363 pounds. Death Date: bef 1664 Age: 59 Occupation: Laborer16,17 Occupation: Clothier18