1807 Info 1b: James Crompton
The children of James and Fanny Crompton

1. Thomas Edmund CROMPTON ...
... was born 5 May 1839 at Metham near Howden. His details are on a linked page.

2. William (Richardson) CROMPTON ...
... was baptised 18 April 1841 at North Newbald. IGI does not record a middle name.
He died 04 June 1860 and was buried at Bishop Burton, though his death is not recorded in East Yorkshire Monumental Inscriptions.

3. James Botterill CROMPTON...
...was baptised 03 November 1844 St. Stephen's Church, Acomb, York.
IGI does not record a middle name. However his Aunt Martha, born 1817, married a James Botterill LOWTHER.

St Stephen's Church, Acomb, York - 35kB jpg St Stephen's Church, Acomb, York - 36kBjpg
Above: St Stephen's from the graveyard.

Right: St. Stephen's lynch gate leading to the church.

The 1861 census shows James Botterill still living in Bridlington apprenticed, at the age of 17, to a grocer.

1861 Census Sun/Mon. 7/8th April 1861
Source:     FHL Film  PRO Ref RG09/3613
            Piece: 3613; Folio: 24; Page: 3; Sched: 10
Dwelling:   King Street    
Place:      Bridlington, York, England

Name                Rel  Mar  Age  Occupation                      Birthplace 
Thomas N Vickerman Head   M   45   Grocer, wine & spirit merchant  Yorks, Thwing
...
James B Crompton     Ap   U   17   Ap[prentice]                    Yorks, Acomb
1807info1b, sheet 2
Right: King Street, Bridlington in 2010, showing examples of the old shop fronts King Street, Bridlington 2010 - 37kB jpg

There is no further evidence of James Botterill in the census. However, the GRO clearly records the death of one James Botterill CROMPTON, in Newark Nottingham.

Source: GRO Deaths
Crompton James Botterill  25 Newark 7B 238

Having been an apprentice grocer James Boterrill died a cellarman, following in his father' s one-time trade as a publican. There is no known reason for his move to Newark. There is no GRO evidence of his marriage.

Map of Newark locating Appleton Gate - 74Kb gif
Above: Central Newark locating Appleton Gate
1807info1b, sheet 3
Right: A map locating Appleton Gate, the street where James botterill died. Detailed map of Appleton Gate, Newark - 26Kb gif

Registration District Newark
1869 DEATH in Sub-District of Newark in the County of Nottingham
No. When and
where died 		Name and surname Sex Age Occupation Cause of
Death 		Informant When
registered 		Signature of
registrar
185 26th November 1869
23 Appleton
Gate 		James Boterill Crompton Male 25 years Cellarman Disease of heart 6 months Dropsy 1 month Certified M.A.Keen
In attendance Appleton Gate Newark 		26th November 1869 Thomas P??i???? Registrar

4. Martha Ann CROMPTON ...
.. was born 18 March 1847 at The Plantation, Acomb, York, and baptised at St. Stephen's Church, Acomb. Her details are on a linked page.

5. Mary Frances CROMPTON ...
... was born 03 May 1850 in Scarborough, but this is given as Burlington (Bridlington) in the 1891 census. Her details are on a linked page.

6. John Harper CROMPTON ...
... was born 07 May 1852 in Bridlington. His details are on linked pages.

1807info1b, sheet 4

7. Sarah Dorsey CROMPTON ...
... was baptised on 28 June 1854 in Bridlington. Her details are on a linked page.

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