Greetings, Seeking information on my Compton (Crompton) ancestors in colonial Maryland. I am descended from ANN COMPTON, who married Col. John Weems (1737-1813) of Calvert County, Maryland. She was the daughter of: THOMAS COMPTON of Maryland may have lived in Calvert County. He died in 1749 in Maryland. Thomas Compton may have been the builder of the plantation house Cedar Hill in Calvert County, Maryland. In 1745 Thomas Compton married Mary Skinner (widow of Robert/Roger Wheeler who died in 1728, and then widow of Joesph Wilkinson who died 1734). Mary Skinner was daughter of Dr. William Skinner (died 1738) and Elizabeth Mackall (born 1665), both of Calvert County, Maryland. After Thomas Compton died, his widow Mary Skinner Compton married Dr. James Weems (of Calvert County), who was the father of Col. John Weems, husband of ANN COMPTON mentioned above. I have discovered that the Compton surname sometimes was spelled Crumpton, Crompton, Cumpton, and other ways. Have you encountered my Compton ancestors as part of your own research? Do you have any info on Comptons in Maryland and/or England in the 1600's and early 1700's that might be possible parents or siblings of Thomas Compton? Do you have any suggestions of books and other resources which I might search as part of my research into my Compton roots in old Maryland? Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Selena Fox selena@mhtc.net PO Box 219, Mt. Horeb, WI 53572 USA