Barber Family Tree » Ambrose Compton (1727-1778)
Personal data Ambrose Compton
Source 1- He was born in the year 1727 in Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States.
- He died on March 31, 1778 in Amelia, Virginia, United States, he was 51 years old.
- A child of John Compton and Rachel Burton
Household of Ambrose Compton
He is married to Elizabeth Mundy.
They got married in the year 1745 at Amelia, Virginia, United States, he was 18 years old.
Child(ren):
- Reuben Compton 1752-1786
- Caleb Compton 1753-1830
- Benjamin Compton 1754-????
- Meredith Compton 1754-1820
- Elizabeth Compton 1755-1786
- William Compton 1756-1831
- Joshua Compton 1757-1786
- John Compton 1758-1760
- Joel Compton 1758-1817
- Micajah Compton 1759-1786
- Archibald Compton 1760-1826
- Richard Compton 1761-????
- Levi Compton 1761-1825
- Tamson Compton 1762-????
- Jane Jennie Compton 1764-1786
- Jeremiah Compton 1764-1786
- Meredith Compton 1770-????
- Banner Compton 1774-1818
- Zachariah Compton 1775-1850
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Historical events
Day of death March 31, 1778
- The temperature on March 31, 1778 was about 10.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly west. Weather type: betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
- Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1778: Source: Wikipedia
- February 6 » New York became the third state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
- February 14 » The United States flag is formally recognized by a foreign naval vessel for the first time, when French Admiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte renders a nine gun salute to USSRanger, commanded by John Paul Jones.
- May 1 » American Revolution: The Battle of Crooked Billet begins in Hatboro, Pennsylvania.
- May 12 » Heinrich XI, count of the Principality of Reuss-Greiz, is elevated to Prince by Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor.
- June 28 » American Revolutionary War: The American Continentals engage the British in the Battle of Monmouth Courthouse resulting in standstill and British withdrawal under cover of darkness.
- December 29 » American Revolutionary War: Three thousand British soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell capture Savannah, Georgia.
Same birth/death day
- 1723 » Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, English soldier and politician, 14th Colonial Governor of New York (b. 1661)
- 1741 » Pieter Burman the Elder, Dutch scholar and author (b. 1668)
- 1751 » Frederick, Prince of Wales, Hanoverian-born heir to the British throne (b. 1707)
- 1797 » Olaudah Equiano, Nigerian merchant, author, and activist (b.1745)
- 1837 » John Constable, English painter and educator (b. 1776)
- 1850 » John C. Calhoun, American lawyer and politician, 7th Vice President of the United States (b. 1782)
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Jerry Barber, "Barber Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/barber-family-tree/P1936.php : accessed May 15, 2024), "Ambrose Compton (1727-1778)".
Jerry Barber, "Barber Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/barber-family-tree/P1936.php : accessed May 15, 2024), "Ambrose Compton (1727-1778)".