Hello, I'm looking for an Isaac COMPTON & wife Ann ----, who had a son Jonathan COMPTON b. ca 1780. The COMPTON's went to Berkeley Co, (W)VA where Isaac died Feb 1826. I've been unable to find anything on this family in NJ. Perhaps someone has run across this name in connection with this movement/group? Thank you for any help, Carol Wilson Mason, WI At 03:54 PM 10/8/97 -0400, you wrote: >Bob Scott: > >Many of the first settlers in Old Frederick County (VA) came from Monmouth >County, Province of East Jersey. Benjamin Bordin (1692-1743) came to >Frederick County to serve as a land agent for Lord Fairfax. Although he >settled in what is now Clarke County, he was one of the first to purchase >land on Apple Pie Ridge from Alexander Ross/ Morgan Bryan. As you may know, >the Bordins were very active citizens and well-known in their hometown of >Freehold, New Jersey. > >Also, from Freehold, NJ were the Foremans who settled in Hampshire Parish, >which later became Hampshire County, (WV). Benjamin Foreman (1695-1751) held >several political appointments in Old Frederick, including constable and >justice of the peace. My research on the Foreman family is extensive, in >case someone is researching that surname, let me know. Originally English, >the Foreman family spent a brief period in Holland before settling on Long >Island (NY) in 1645, and Benjamin's father came to East Jersey in 1690. > >John Van Meter (1682-1745) came from New York to Somerset County, Province >of East Jersey, in 1689. It was during this period that settlers in New York >moved into the Jerseys and later, in the 1730s, to Old Frederick County. >These people were instrumental in attracting settlers to "Old Frederick County." > >While looking through Monmouth County records, I saw many surnames that >unmistakeably came to Old Frederick. For example, Benjamin Hull, Cornelius >Vanorsdale, and other surnames such as Higgins, Royce, Taylor, Ruckman, >Davis, Allen and so forth. There was definitely a pattern or movement of >settlers from New York to the Jerseys during the late 1600s and ultimately >to the Shenandoah Valley during the 1730s and early 1740s. > >Wilmer L. Kerns > >At 10:42 AM 10/8/97 -0400, you wrote: >>I'm not working on Haines/Haynes, but I am interested in families who came to >>Va. from N.J. with Benjamin Borden. These include the Hankins, Clevengers and >>others. Do you have any information on the movements of this group. Thanks, >>Bob Scott >> Carol Jones Wilson cjwilson@win.bright.net Genealogy is my LIFE, Living is just a hobby... (re-phrased from Dianna Csikos) ==== OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA Mailing List ==== List Problems? Be sure to read your Welcome Message that you received when you joined this list! You may also e-mail me, Yvonne James-Henderson, list owner, mailto:daisy@usroots.com