James Crompton was born in 1752 Lancashire, England, to John and Alice Hardman-Crompton, the year Benjamin Franklin would prove lightning is actually electricity when he experimented with a kite and key.

Ben Franklin

James married Margaret ? in 1774 Lancashire, England. The American Revolutionary War would break out the next year, "whereby the colonists rejected the right of the Parliament of Great Britain to govern them without representation, claiming that this violated the Rights of Englishmen." (Wikepedia)

James and Margaret had at least one child, a son.

Ellis Crompton b. 1784 m. Ann Longworth 1808.