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From Chitterne to Hampshire and beyond
The Comptons appear first in Chitterne in Wiltshire in 1545 when John and Avis Compton each pay 6s 8d to Henry VIII as benevolence tax.
The next point are a few Wills from the 1550s which are still not "set in". The first definite set of grandparents are Edward (d 1580) and Isabell nee Mills (d.1589).Both left Wills, and Isabell's inventory is extant. They were yeoman farmers with land for crops, sheep and a relatively comfortable lifestyle.
John Compton wrote his Will in 1610,and wrote it himself.He left 10 beehives as well as the usual things like horses,sheep etc.It is from his son Tristram that the line comes down.Chitterne itself is a small village today made up of Chitterne All Saints and Chitterne Saint Mary.No evidence of where the early Comptons lived exists. www.chitterne.com is good for more news.
A later John married Joan Crouch from Codford St Peter in 1660 and they moved to Rushall on the northern edge of the Salisbury Plain.They had children of which Thomas married an Elizabeth and lived in Enford. His son Thomas married Ann Cooper from South Tidworth and a son John married her sister Elizabeth.
Thomas' son Thomas married Ann,his cousin, and they moved to Amport in Hampshire.Sometime after their children Mary and Thomas(1731) were born they adopted an orphaned French heiress Frances Mount Childeroy (probably Francoise de Mont Childeroy).We think this occurred through the family`s connection to the Winchester family.Thomas was Norton Powlett`s executor.Experts think Frances may have been 1)a child of Norton with a French aristocratic lady 2)a Bourbon bastard,there were many, whom Norton took on and found a home for.She came with a "bag of gold" and was married off to Thomas Jr.
Thomas Sr's Will tells us that he actually owned over 1000 acres of land.The wording makes no mistake of this. He and his brother Edmund dabbled in the East India Company stocks and did well.
Thomas Jr and Frances had thirteen children,eleven of which lived to adulthood.Most of them married locally.Edmund, a Lieutenant in the Perthshire Fencibles at the time of the Napoleonic Wars,died in 1796 from pneumonia contracted in Ireland when putting on a damp shirt after being overheated from hunting.He went home to die. A long thin plait of his hair is preserved in a locket.
George was a Major in the same outfit and a friend of the first Lord Palmerston(not the famous one!) and lived at Chilworth near Broadlands.Lord Palmerston`s house.
Harry married a descendant of Alice Lisle,beheaded in 1685,Charlotte Newman.They had three children then Charlotte died.Arthur drowned at sea off the West Indies, Charlotte moved to France and died aged 93,Thomas emigrated with his father to Prince Edward Island in 1803.Today many of his descendants still live in Canada and even in the USA.Harry went;to live on his estate in Brittany and died in 1839 aged 80.In 1821 Harry bought a very pleasant chateau in Brittany.It is called Chateau de La Bruyere and is near St Launeuc.The conveyancing papers are extant.The building is still there.
A daughter Frances married William Noake and their descendants live in Australia.
Thomas and Frances' son Thomas married a local girl,Mary Elizabeth Batt, and of their children George became a brewer and Thomas continued the line,marrying Eliza Morant. Eliza's ancestry contained the Gale and Etwall families.The Gales were descended from John Pitman,Lord of the Manor of Quarley,although he did not own Quarley,it belonged to the Brothers of St Katherine.The Etwalls came from Bishops Cannings in Wiltshire.William Etwall was the Rector of Quarley from 1660 to 1718 and died aged 87. His sister Katherine married Christopher Gale.
Thomas and Eliza's son Thomas Henry Edward married Sarah Parham from Sutton Veny and they had a rather unproductive family.Only Albert (Harry) had any children.It is from the surviving sons that the Hampshire Comptons descend,although none of them live in Hampshire today. You can contact us through broom13ukko@yahoo.co.uk |
From Chitterne to Hampshire and beyond
The Comptons appear first in Chitterne in Wiltshire in 1545 when John and Avis Compton each pay 6s 8d to Henry VIII as benevolence tax.
The next point are a few Wills from the 1550s which are still not "set in". The first definite set of grandparents are Edward (d 1580) and Isabell nee Mills (d.1589).Both left Wills, and Isabell's inventory is extant. They were yeoman farmers with land for crops, sheep and a relatively comfortable lifestyle.
John Compton wrote his Will in 1610,and wrote it himself.He left 10 beehives as well as the usual things like horses,sheep etc.It is from his son Tristram that the line comes down.Chitterne itself is a small village today made up of Chitterne All Saints and Chitterne Saint Mary.No evidence of where the early Comptons lived exists. www.chitterne.com Pis good for more news.
A later John married Joan Crouch from Codford St Peter in 1660 and they moved to Rushall on the northern edge of the Salisbury Plain.They had children of which Thomas married an Elizabeth and lived in Enford. His son Thomas married Ann Cooper from South Tidworth and a son John married her sister Elizabeth.
Thomas' son Thomas married Ann,his cousin, and they moved to Amport in Hampshire.Sometime after their children Mary and Thomas(1731) were born they adopted an orphaned French heiress Frances Mount Childeroy (probably Francoise de Mont Childeroy).We think this occurred through the family`s connection to the Winchester family.Thomas was Norton Powlett`s executor.Experts think Frances may have been 1)a child of Norton with a French aristocratic lady 2)a Bourbon bastard,there were many, whom Norton took on and found a home for.She came with a "bag of gold" and was married off to Thomas Jr.
Thomas Sr's Will tells us that he actually owned over 1000 acres of land.The wording makes no mistake of this. He and his brother Edmund dabbled in the East India Company stocks and did well.
Thomas Jr and Frances had thirteen children,eleven of which lived to adulthood.Most of them married locally.Edmund, a Lieutenant in the Perthshire Fencibles at the time of the Napoleonic Wars,died in 1796 from pneumonia contracted in Ireland when putting on a damp shirt after being overheated from hunting.He went home to die. A long thin plait of his hair is preserved in a locket.
George was a Major in the same outfit and a friend of the first Lord Palmerston(not the famous one!) and lived at Chilworth near Broadlands.Lord Palmerston`s house.
Harry married a descendant of Alice Lisle,beheaded in 1685,Charlotte Newman.They had three children then Charlotte died.Arthur drowned at sea off the West Indies, Charlotte moved to France and died aged 93,Thomas emigrated with his father to Prince Edward Island in 1803.Today many of his descendants still live in Canada and even in the USA.Harry went;to live on his estate in Brittany and died in 1839 aged 80.We think Chateau La Bruyere was an estate of his mother's family.iIt is near St Launeuc in Cotes du Nord and is in good condition.
A daughter Frances married William Noake and their descendants live in Australia.
Thomas and Frances' son Thomas married a local girl,Mary Elizabeth Batt, and of their children George became a brewer and Thomas continued the line,marrying Eliza Morant. Eliza's ancestry contained the Gale and Etwall families.The Gales were descended from John Pitman,Lord of the Manor of Quarley,although he did not own Quarley,it belonged to the Brothers of St Katherine.The Etwalls came from Bishops Cannings in Wiltshire.William Etwall was the Rector of Quarley from 1660 to 1718 and died aged 87. His sister Katherine married Christopher Gale.
Thomas and Eliza's son Thomas Henry Edward married Sarah Parham from Sutton Veny and they had a rather unproductive family.Only Albert (Harry) had any children.It is from the surviving sons that the Hampshire Comptons descend,although none of them live in Hampshire today. You can contact us through broom13ukko@yahoo.co.uk |
Thomas Compton "The Hedgeplanter"
Thomas was the eldest son of Thomas who came from Wiltshire.When he was 23 he was married off to the family`s adopted daughter,Frances Mount Childeroy,an orphaned French heiress.
He is mentioned in the Quarley Manor Court Rolls for two misdemeanors.Quarley was the parish running alongside Amport where the Comptons` land was.
The entry for November 11th 1762 reads "The present that Thomas Commpton the Younger of Cholderton for turning a Highway leading from Quarley to Thrusxton by means whereof he hath encroached upon the said Highway and contract and made it very narrow whereby the said Highway is become ruinous and not fit for Carriages and Horses and Passengers to pass and repass over and through the same".It was mentioned again in 1765 and 1769.
If this was not irritating enough for the neighbouring parish we read on 26.6.1775:
"They present that Thomas Compton the Younger has planted a quick hedge to near the road leading from his House towards Salisbury whereby he has contracted the same Road and rendered it very narrow."
This was repeated continuously until 1804! There are tiny changes -after his father died in 1791 he was no longer the Younger and, after he died himself,the Court minutes of 29.10.1795 and thereafter referred to himn as "The late Mr Thomas Compton".
We believe the hedge is the one seen in 1994.So hedge disputes are nothing new!
If you wish to contact me with queries or information please e-mail me at broom13ukko@yahoo.co.uk.Catherine Compton Koppana |
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