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| Adam Compton and Elizabeth born 1624 and 1625 Home village or town, Christian Malford, Wiltshire |
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Adam Compton, married: Mary abt. 1658
1624 - 1716
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In the 17th century Elizabethan Script is often used to write the records making it a bit more tricky at times to understand. Medieval symbols used for combinations of certain letters, and the use of unfamiliar abbreviations and contractions, are main cause of trouble.
Correct spelling in the 16th, 17th, and early 18th centuries was unknown and until the late 18th century, there were no hard rules concerning the spelling of words, place-names, or surnames. Words were written phonetically, as a series of sounds, often influenced by dialect. It is not unusual to find words, including surnames, spelled in several different ways on the same page. Common words may appear anywhere in the text with a capitalized first letter, and punctuation is nonexistent or, at the least, unsystematic. Ronald A. Hill |
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| Adam and Elizabeth's children's baptisms below: |
| 'Adam The son of Adam Compton Born December'. |
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| 'Edmonde The son of Adam Compton the younger' (this gives evidence of the grandfather also being called Adam). |
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| 'Mary ye Daughter of Adam Compton'. |
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| 'Mathew the son of Adam Compton Baptized March' |
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| 'Silvester the daughter of Adam Compton Baptized May 17' |
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| 'Dorothy Compton Bap. September:12' |
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| 'Frances The daughter of Adam Compton Baptized ....' |
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| No baptism record for Francis |
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| Missing Records |
To look up Marriages, Baptisms and Burials for Christian Malford, there are 3 Parish Registers that cover the dates from 1653 to 1812. Also there is one other register: The Bishop's Transcripts 1605-1693. But some areas of information are lost and it is explained with the entry (on the right) on the first page of the Parish Register for 1653-1706.
Text on the first page of the Parish Register;
[Memorandum that the …. parish register was burned in the house of Mr John Ferris of Frog Lane when the curate Mr William Piggot …. …. …. house being …. by lightening. And …. noted by John Stump curate of the church of Christian Malford 1693] |
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