Matthew COMPTON

1671 - 1747  (76 years)

• Name	Matthew COMPTON
  Birth	17 Jun 1671	Charles County, Maryland
  Gender	Male
  identified as a son in the will of John Compton	29 May 1713  [1]
  	identified as a son in the will of John Compton
  Will written	19 Mar 1744  [1]
  	Will written
  Death	9 Aug 1747	Charles County, Maryland
  Will probated	5 Sep 1747	Charles, Maryland, British Colonial America   [1]
  	Will probated
  _FSFTID	LH61-G4W
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LH61-G4W
  _UID	774DA1F522424C2AA2F5BED597ACD577EDF3
  Person ID	I10063	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2022

  
  

  Father	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)
  Mother	Mary CLARKE,   b. Abt 1643, Of Charles County, Maryland d. Bef 29 May 1713, Of Charles County, Maryland (Age ~ 70 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1666	Second, Husband, Charles, MD
  Family ID	F5005	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sussanna BRISCOE,   b. Abt 1677, Charles County, Maryland d. 11 Feb 1739, Charles County, Maryland (Age ~ 62 years)
  Alt. Marriage	1700	Trinity Parish, Charles, Maryland, British Colonial America   [1]
  	Alt. Marriage
  Marriage	Abt 1701	MD
  Children	1. John COMPTON,   b. 9 Nov 1702, Charles County, Maryland d. Maryland   2. Philip COMPTON,   b. 5 Jan 1705, Charles County, Maryland d. Yes, date unknown   3. Susanna COMPTON,   b. 6 Feb 1707, Charles County, Maryland d. Yes, date unknown   4. Matthew COMPTON, II,   b. 26 Jun 1709, Charles County, Maryland d. 4 Mar 1770, Worncout, Charles, Colorado, MD (Age 60 years)   5. Stephen COMPTON,   b. 1710, Charles, Maryland, British Colonial America d. Yes, date unknown   6. Eleanor COMPTON,   b. 1 Dec 1711, Charles County, Maryland d. Yes, date unknown   7. Zachariah COMPTON,   b. 1712, Charles County, Maryland d. 1790, Inventory Culpepper Co, , Virginia (Age 78 years)   8. Sarah COMPTON,   b. 24 Mar 1714, Charles County, Maryland d. Bef 1747 (Age 32 years)   9. Samuel COMPTON,   b. 19 May 1716, Charles County, Maryland d. Yes, date unknown   10. William Clark COMPTON,   b. 1723, Charles, Maryland Colony d. 5 Dec 1807, Culpeper, Culpeper, Virginia (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F5014	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2022

  
  

• Photos

  Compton Arms.jpg

  
  

• Notes

  _________________________________________________________ Mathew and Susannah's known children were: 1. John - b 9 Nov 1702 2. Philip - b 5 Jan 1705 3. Susanna - b 6 Feb 1707, ca 1745 m Robert Whitely, m/2 Taylor 5. Mathew, Jr - 1709-1770, md Rachel Howard - 1714-1789. 6. Eleanor - b 1 Dec 1711, m John Slye 7. Sarah - b 24 Mar 1714, m John Parker 8. Samuel - b 19 May 1716, (WB 1765 Charles Co 33.280) _________________________________________________________ Mathew and Susanna purchased land called Manchester from Abel Wakefield in 1705 for 5000 pounds of tobacco, Mathew being listed at that time as a cooper, or maker of barrels. On May 29 1713, in Charles County, Matthew named as son of John Compton in will proved Mar 5, 1718. Mathew received one-third of his father's real, and one third of his father's personal estate, whereas, John's eldest son, John, received two-thirds interest. The real estate lay in both Charles and St. Mary's Counties. No other children mentioned. On 9 March 1722, Mathew received land from his father, John. This was his 1/3 share of 200 acres called Boswell and 80 acres called Boden. By 20 March 1737, Mathew Sr sold his son Mathew Jr. 90 acres of the Boden and Boswell property from his father, including dwellings, out-buildings, gardens and orchards. Mathew Sr wrote his will on 19 March 1744,witnessed by George Briscoe and William Howard. His son, Samuel, was to receive all land he owned in Virginia and 2 shillings sterling, daughters Susanna Whitely & Elender Slye receive 2 shillings each, grandson Mathew Compton Parker 2 shillings and son Mathew all the rest of his property, both real and personal, with son Mathew being executor. Wittness: George Briscoe, William Howard. Will probated 5 Sept 1747. According to Bible record found actual death date was 9 Aug 1747 and wife, Susannah, died 12 Jan 1739. _________________________________________________________ SOURCES: - All above info provided by James L Compton, 6 Jul 2015. - Maryland Deponents, 1634-1799 (Parentage). - Charles Co Wills L 25, f 150 (Will Written). - Maryland Libary, L 25 f 150 (Will Probated). - Bible, Maryland Historical Society Library. - Notes of Sarah Browder to James L Compton, 12/15/2003. _________________________________________________________ The Compton Coat of Arms is officially documented in Burke's General Armory. The original description of the arms (shield) is as follows: "D'arg, a la fasce mebulee de bu.: au chef du meme, ch. d'un casque de profil d'or entre deux tetes de lion du meme." (translated as follows): "Silver with a red fess, the lines of diversity of which are undulating, under a red chief charged with a profiled, gold helmet between two gold lions' heads." Above the shield and helmet is the crest which is described as: "A naturally colored beacon." Leeman Worldwide Web.ged Entries: 7837 Updated: Sat Aug 25 14:38:10 2001 Contact: Carol Leeman ID: I2004 Name: Matthew COMPTON Sex: M Birth: 1671 in MD Death: 1747 in St. Mary's Co., MD Change Date: 20 JUL 1999 Father: John COMPTON Mother: Mary Clark DOUGLASS b: in Maryland Marriage 1 Sussana BRISCOE Children Matthew COMPTON b: 1709 Susanna COMPTON Stephen COMPTON Samuel COMPTON Samuel COMPTON Zacharah COMPTON Margaraurate COMPTON Elizabeth COMPTON Matthew COMPTON Phillip COMPTON John COMPTON Barton COMPTON Alexander COMPTON Edmund Howard COMPTON

  
  

• Sources

  [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 9 Dec 2022), entry for Matthew COMPTON, person ID LH61-G4W. (Reliability: 3).