William COMPORT

  General Notes:

The 1841 Sussex census lists William with his father John and family as follows:
HO107/1109 NORTHIAM FOLIOS 26/27 PAGES 8/9 The Street,
JOHN COMPORT 55 PLUMBER NOT BORN SUSSEX
ANN 50 BORN SUSSEX
FREDERICK 15
GEORGE 13
ALSO
WILLIAM COMPORT 25 PLUMBER
MARY 25 NOT BORN SUSSEX
FANNY 5
MARY 3
WILLIAM 9 MONTHS
Those not stated born Sussex


1861 Census
National Archive Reference:
RG number: RG09 Piece: 558 Folio: 47 Page: 5


Reg. District: Rye Sub District: 2 Beckley
Enum. District: 5 Ecclesiastical District:
Parish: Northiam City/Municipal Borough:

Address: Northiam Street, Northiam


Name Relationship to
Head of H'hold Condition Sex Age Profession/Occupation,
Disability Where Born

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COMPORT, William Head Married M 48 Plumber & Farmer Of 30 Acres Employing 3 Men & ### NorthamSussex
COMPORT, Mary Ann Wife Married F 45 ...Kent
COMPORT, Mary Daughter F 999 NorthamSussex
COMPORT, John Son Unmarried M 16 Painter... NorthamSussex
COMPORT, Frederick Son M 14 Farmers Son NorthamSussex
COMPORT, Alfred Son M 11 Scholar NorthamSussex
COMPORT, Frank Son M 4 NorthamSussex
..., Fanny NIECE F 7 Scholar TenterdenKent (surname looks like Pinofan?)




Builder/Plumber of Northiam

1881 UK census
William COMPORT Head M Male 68 Northiam, Sussex, England Builder
Mary COMPORT Wife M Female 63 London, London, Middlesex, England Wife
Frank COMPORT Son U Male 24 Northiam, Sussex, England Carpenter
Agness M. GOLDSMITH Servant U Female 34 Hellingley, Sussex, England Domestic Servant


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Source Information:
Dwelling Northiam Street
Census Place Northiam, Sussex, England
Family History Library Film 1341242
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 1019 / 49
Page Number 8



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[from Scope and Content] NU/4 Northiam Unitarian Chapel: church books containing history of the chapel, lists of members, minutes, 1788-1850; accounts for the building of the chapel, subscriptions and expenditure, bills for bread, wine and candles, bills for repairs and maintenance, 1795-1910; correspondence and papers consisting of services, printed works, lists of trustees, letters from the British and Foreign Unitarian Association, questionnaire from the Provincial Assembly of non-Subscribing Ministers and Congregations, appointment of trustees, order of service, 1817-1916; Northiam Union Library register of issues, printed catalogue, 1809-1823; Sunday School pupils' attendance register, 1835-1844; other records consisting of photographs of members of the Comport family, photographs of the interior and exterior of the chapel, c1890-1988



NORTHIAM UNITARIAN CHAPEL

Correspondence and papers - ref. NU/4/3

FILE - Letters - ref. NU/4/3/8 - date: Feb - Nov 1886
[from Scope and Content] From the British and Foreign Unitarian Association to W Comport re the re-opening of the chapel

FILE - Incomplete text of sermon preached on the death of Mr [William] Comport - ref. NU/4/3/9 - date: 18 [Nov 1888]

FILE - Letters - ref. NU/4/3/12 - date: 23 Oct 1897
[from Scope and Content] Edward Cox of Worthing from Alfred Comport re appointment of new trustees

FILE - Trustee appointments - ref. NU/4/3/13 - date: 1850-1897
[from Scope and Content] Photocopy of appointment of Frank Turner of North Bersted, West Sussex, farmer, William Henry Wilson of 50 South Street, Eastbourne, draper, Edward Charles Hilder of Tenterden, Kent, assistant surveyor, Frederick Comport of Northiam, hotel keeper, Alfred Comport of Northiam, builder, Frank Comport of Northian, innkeeper, Sam Sinden Fuggle of Northiam, baker and confectioner, James Archer of Northiam, post master, Charles Cloute of Northiam, painter, William Blake Odgers of the Middle Temple, Mx and Sivyer Rootes of Northiam, mail contractor, as trustees. Recites trust deed of 4 Jul 1796 between a) Elias Gilbert and George Clark and b) John Miles, Samuel Luff, William Chester, Thomas Ranger, William Ashby, Stephen Blundell, John Bull and William Coleman, and deed poll of 25 July 1850 appointing James George Norris, William Edwards, George Gibbs Edwards, William Comport, Edward Perigoe, Edward Cox, Newton Edwards, James Ashenden, James Sargent and Ferguson Wright Edwards as new trustees, 31 Oct 1897

FILE - Letter to Mr Comport from Wallis H. Burgess - ref. NU/4/3/14 - date: 26 May 1910

Miscellaneous - ref. NU/4/6

FILE - Modern prints taken from old negatives of Frederick Comport (at Morley Farm) - ref. NU/4/6/1-6 - date: c.1890-1988
[from Scope and Content] Fanny Weekes; Alfred Comport, junior; Beatrice Fanny Comport as a young nurse; group including Mrs Alfred Comport, Alfred Comport, senior, Fanny and Elliss; Thornton House



Surname Given Name Age District Volume Page Transcriber
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Deaths Dec 1888
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Comport William 76 Rye 2b 5

William married Mary Ann HANSON APPS, daughter of William HANSON APPS and Unknown, on 7 Jan 1835 in N. (Mary Ann HANSON APPS was born circa 1815 in London, Middlesex, England.)