Family
ClaimDetailEvidence
FatherCapt. David Compton (1756-1805) [S152] [N122]
dna
MotherAbigail Prindle (e1757-)
secondary
SpousePhebe Lamoureux (1786-1885) 
Child +Jonathan Jesse Compton (1818-1887) [S2] [S2715] [N122]
dna
Attributes
ClaimDetailEvidence
GenderMale
NameJames Compton [S2] [S107] [S152] [S1637] [S1968] [S2014] [S2715]
primary
NameJ. Compton [S106]
secondary
NameLt. James Compton
 
FatherCapt. David Compton (1756-1805) [S152] [N122]
dna
BurialWheeler Prairie Cemetery, Dunkirk, Dane, Wisconsin, United States [S1637]
primary
Timeline
ClaimDateDetailAgeEvidence
BirthFeb 13, 1782New York, United States [S24] [S1637]
his parents were married in 1779 in New Cornwall, Orange County, New York, but we do not known when they moved to Montgomery County,
primary
Census (US Federal)Aug 1, 1790Chemung, Montgomery, New York, United States [S104] (Counted)
primary
Census (US Federal)Aug 4, 1800Chenango, Tioga, New York, United States [S105] (Counted)
primary
Census (US Federal)Aug 6, 1810Wayne, Steuben, New York, United States [S538] (Named)
primary
Census (US Federal)Aug 7, 1820Wayne, Steuben, New York, United States [S540] (Named)
primary
Census (US State)1825Tyrone, Steuben, New York, United States [S1968] (Named)
primary
Census (US Federal)Jun 1, 1830Ripley, Chautauqua, New York, United States [S511] (Named)
primary
Census (US State)1835Ellicot, Chautauqua, New York, United States [S2014] (Named)
primary
Moved1840Stoughton, Dane, Wisconsin, United States [S2]
memoir
Census (US Federal)Jun 1, 1840Carroll, Chautauqua, New York, United States [S489] (Named)
primary
Census (US State)1842Whitewater, Walworth, Wisconsin, United States [S2011]
secondary
Death1850Dunkirk, Dane, Wisconsin, United States85y
negative
Census (US Federal)Jun 1, 1850Richmond, Walworth, Wisconsin, United States [S483] 65y (Named)
primary
Census (US State)1855Dunkirk, Dane, Wisconsin, United States [S106]
secondary
Residence1860Dunkirk, Dane, Wisconsin, United States [S107]
appears on the plat map
secondary
Census (US Federal)Jun 1, 1860Dunkirk, Dane, Wisconsin, United States [S470] 76y (Named)
primary
DeathMar 22, 1867Dunkirk, Dane, Wisconsin, United States [S1637] 85y2m9d
primary
DeathMar 1872Dunkirk, Dane, Wisconsin, United States
His tombstone shows his death date as 22 March 1867
negative
Sources
IndexTitle
[S2] Minnie Elizabeth Humphrey, "The Forsythe-Humphrey Story" (unpublished).
[S24] "1880 United States Census, Illinois, Fulton, Avon".
[S104] "1790 United States Census, New York, Montgomery, Chemung".
[S105] "1800 United States Census, New York, Tioga, Chenango".
[S106] "1855 State Census, Wisconsin, Dane Dunkirk".
[S107] "1860 Plat Book, Dane County, Wisconsin".
[S152] "Probate Records: David Compton".
[S470] "1860 United States Census, Wisconsin, Dane, Dunkirk".
[S483] "1850 United States Census, Wisconsin, Walworth, Richmond".
[S489] "1840 United States Census, New York, Chautauqua, Carroll".
[S511] "1830 United States Census, New York, Chautauqua, Ripley".
[S538] "1810 United States Census, New York, Steuben, Wayne".
[S540] "1820 United States Census, New York, Steuben, Wayne".
[S1637] "Dane County (Dunkirk Township) Wheeler Prairie Cemetery Tombstone Photos" (http://www.usgwarchives.org/wi/cemetery/dane-dunkirktwp-wheelerprairie.html).
[S1968] "1825 State Census, New York, Steuben, Tyrone" (http://www.newhorizonsgenealogicalservices.com/1825-census-ny-steuben-tyrone.htm).
[S2011] "Wisconsin, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1820-1890".
[S2014] "1835 State Census, New York, Chautauqua, Ellicot" (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nychauta/CENSUS/1835/Elli1835.htm).
[S2715] "Fulton County Heritage" (Fulton County Historical and Genealogical Society).
[N122] Tim Forsythe, "The Compton Family of Smith's Clove", October 9, 2014, online article , Papa Greybeard, Greybeard's Ghosts, (https://timforsythe.com/greybeard/blog/the-compton-family-of-smiths-clove, accessed: January 28, 2025).
Family Note
James Compton married Phoebe Lamoreux sometime before 1808, when their first child was born.

They had several children, all born in New York:

Joseph L. (1808 - 28 Mar 1895) m1. 1828, Lucinda/Celinia Humphrey, m2. 12 May 1870, Lydia McMillan (14 Mar 1826 - 28 Aug 1868) (w/1 Harriet Maria, James G., William Harrison, Jane)
David (13/15 Sep 1810 - 15 Aug 1855) m1: 1843, Lucy L. _____ ; m2: 24 Jun 1851, Betsy Eunice Courtwright (w/1 Phebe, Dewitt C. [m. Catherine, dau. Sophrona Ellen Compton]; w/2 Frank, Luke)
John Lewis (16 Mar 1812 - 26 Dec 1869) m. 4 Sep 1845, Matilda Johnson (21 Jan 1822 - 11 Sep 1908) (Emily J., Milton Foster, Hannah, Myra Mary A., Sara Letitia, Priscilla O., Martha Lindy)
Abraham E. (1814, NY - )
Elizabeth (1816, NY - )
Jonathan Jesse (17 Jan 1818 - 21 May 1897) m. 9 Apr 1840, Julia Ann Taylor
DeWitt Clinton (1820, NY - 8 Mar 1848) m. 1 Jan 1846, Catherine Ann Wheeler (26 Mar 1828-12 Mar 1901) (Sophorina Ellen)
James Byrd (27 Apr 1823 - 6 May 1892) m. 7 Aug 1850, Catherine Ann Wheeler (26 Mar 1828-12 Mar 1901) (Herbert De Witt, Eugene Duane, Celia Ann, Frank Lafayette, Henry Francis, Elmer Ellsworth)
Lumon Henry (1827/8 - aft 1860) m. abt. 1854, M. C. _____
Catheryne "Kate" (1828/9 - 22 Aug 1839)
Andrew Jackson "Jack" (19 Jul 1831 - 14 Dec 1893) m1. 3 Jan 1856, Huldah Briston, m25 Sep 1863, Elizabeth _____ (w/1 Clara Jane, Fred M.; w/2 Grace Winnefred)
Benjamin Franklin (20 Aug 1835 - 9 Dec 1911) m. 16 Aug 1861, Susan Herrick (Lannes George, Jessie T.)

The family then moved to and area between Lake Kegonsa and Stoughton, Wisconsin in 1841. James is listed in the 1860 Plat book for Dane County, Wisconsin. There is a James H. Compton listed in the Will book for Fulton County, Illinois, but it is not certain that they were the same individual. Their son Jonathan Jesse Compton lived in Fulton County, Illinois at the time of his death.
After James died in 1867, Phoebe went to live with her son Benjamin in Dunkirk, Dane County, Wisconsin where she is listed in the 1880 Federal Illinois census. Phebe is not found in the 1870 census. Both Andrew and Benjamin are found in Dane County, Wisconsin, and their mother is not living with either one. According to a biography on Benjamin, his parents remained in Dunkirk until their deaths.

When Dewitt C. Compton died in 8 Mar 1848, James Byrd Compton married his wife in 1850 and took over guardianship of his minor daughter, Sophrona Ellen Compton in April of 1855.

Andrew Jackson had a daughter Clara Jane (-15 Jan 1942) who married Frank Haymaker. They had a daughter, Ethel Haymaker (21 Mar 1892 - )