We have a book on this that a great Uncle wrote about ten years ago, but it only focuses on my mom’s side. I do know that I am descended from the Compton family, and one of my ancestor’s brothers was the second Prime Minister of the UK.
Were they, by any chance, the namesake of Compton, Calif.? Or was that another, unrelated Compton?
No, but my great uncle (times 8 or 9) was the Earl of Wilmington during his brief government under George II, so Wilmington, Delaware and Wilmington, NC, are named for him.
