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Elizabeth Compton (unknown)

Also Known As: "widow Maddox"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Charles County, Maryland, British Colonial America
Death: before 1784
Charles County, Maryland, British Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Wife of John Maddox and Stephen Harvey Compton
Mother of Sarah Hatch Hanson; Elizabeth Jenifer Lane and John Maddox, Jr.

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About Elizabeth Compton


Early Families of Southern Maryland, Volume: 9

John Maddox; Charles Co.; £255.3.2; 19 Aug 1767; 23 Oct 1767; nok William Maddox, Charles Maddox; admx./extx. Elisabeth Maddox (I 95.176)

John Maddox; acct.; Charles Co.; £255.3.2; £182.16.8; 1 Feb 1769;
representatives: Widow (unnamed); 3 children (all infants): Sarah Hatch Maddox, Elisabeth Jenifer Maddox, John Maddox; admx. Elisabeth Maddox (AA 61.64)

John Maddox; acct.; Charles Co.; £157.4.7; 23 Aug 1769; admx. Elisabeth Compton, wife of Stephen Compton (AA 62.329)

Family history says John m. 10 Jun 1757 Elisabeth Jenifer; one family history says her first husband was David Stone. David Stone was m. to Elizabeth Jenifer, d/o Dr. Daniel Jenifer, from ca 1739 to his death in 1773 according to Harry Wright Newman in The Stones of Poynton Manor.

Estate records prove John Maddox's wife's name was Elizabeth, but nothing was found to verify her
maiden name.

Charles County Land Record Book S#3, 1770-1775; Page 146. Deed of Gift. For the love I have for my daughter- in-law, Sarah Hatch Maddox, and for divers other good causes, I have given sd Sarah, 1 young horse, 1 bed and furniture. 1 young heifer, all to be delivered to her when she arrives to age 16 or the day of marriage. Signed Apr 8, 1771 - Stephen Compton. Wit - Wilson Cage, Townley Maddox, Recorded Apr 10, 1771.


References

  1. https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I4256... cites
    1. [S53] Early Families of Southern Maryland, Volume: 9.
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Elizabeth Compton's Timeline

1741
1741
Charles County, Maryland, British Colonial America
1758
January 9, 1758
1765
February 17, 1765
St. Mary's, Maryland, United States
1767
April 16, 1767
Charlestown, Cecil, Maryland, United States
1784
1784
Age 43
Charles County, Maryland, British Colonial America