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William Whitfield 1688 – 1770 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1688

Birth Location: Suffolk, Nansemond, Virginia, United States

Death Date: 1770

Death Location: Rockford, Lenoir, North Carolina, United States

Father: Rev. VA)

Mother: Priscilla Lawrence

Spouse(s): Mary Goodman

Children(s): Elizabeth Smith, Isham Whitfield, John Whitfield, Mary Graddy, William Whitfield, Matthew Whitfield, Edith Smith, Edith Whitfield, Patience Outlaw, Capt. Whitfield, Robert Whitfield, Joseph Whitfield, Constantine Whitfield, Margaret Whitfield, Elizabeth Beck, Sarah Whitfield, Eleanor Whitfield, Charity Whitfield, Mary (m.Slate)

In 1688, William Whitfield entered the world in Suffolk, Nansemond, Virginia, United States, born to Rev. Matthew Whitfield II (Immigrant) (arriv in "The Providence" his own ship 1664 to VA) and Priscilla Lawrence. William Whitfield married Mary Elizabeth Goodman, and had children including Elizabeth Whitfield m. Smith, Isham Whitfield, John Whitfield, Mary Graddy, William Joshua Whitfield, Matthew II Whitfield, Edith Smith, Edith Elizabeth Whitfield, Patience Whitfield Outlaw, Capt. Luke Whitfield, Robert Whitfield, Joseph Whitfield, Constantine Whitfield, Margaret Whitfield, Elizabeth Whitfield Beck, Sarah L Whitfield, Eleanor Whitfield, Charity Whitfield, Mary Whitfield (m.Slate). William Whitfield passed away in 1770 in Rockford, Lenoir, North Carolina, United States.

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Biography

  • In 1688, William Whitfield entered the world in Suffolk, Nansemond, Virginia, United States, born to Rev. Matthew Whitfield II (Immigrant) (arriv in "The Providence" his own ship 1664 to VA) and Priscilla Lawrence.
  • William Whitfield married Mary Elizabeth Goodman, and had children including Elizabeth Whitfield m. Smith, Isham Whitfield, John Whitfield, Mary Graddy, William Joshua Whitfield, Matthew II Whitfield, Edith Smith, Edith Elizabeth Whitfield, Patience Whitfield Outlaw, Capt. Luke Whitfield, Robert Whitfield, Joseph Whitfield, Constantine Whitfield, Margaret Whitfield, Elizabeth Whitfield Beck, Sarah L Whitfield, Eleanor Whitfield, Charity Whitfield, Mary Whitfield (m.Slate).
  • William Whitfield passed away in 1770 in Rockford, Lenoir, North Carolina, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Rev. VA)
1657 – 1761
Birth Location: Surrey, England
RV
Priscilla Lawrence
1661 – 1739
Birth Location: Isle of Wight Co, Virginia, USA (Nansemond)
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Spouses(s)

Mary Goodman
1693 – 1773
Birth Location: Gates, Gates County, North Carolina
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Children(s)

Elizabeth Smith
1702 – 1765
Birth Location: Smithfield, Johnston, North Carolina, United States
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Isham Whitfield
1714 – 1750
Birth Location: Isle, Virginia, United States
IW
John Whitfield
1714 –
Birth Location: –
JW
Mary Graddy
1715 – 1791
Birth Location: Duplin County, North Carolina, United States of America
MG
William Whitfield
1715 – 1795
Birth Location: Chowan County, North Carolina, USA
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Matthew Whitfield
1716 – 1785
Birth Location: Bertie, North Carolina, United States
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Edith Smith
1717 – 1785
Birth Location: Cranen, Virginia, United States
ES
Edith Whitfield
1717 – 1785
Birth Location: Craney Island, Portsmouth ,South Hampton Roads, Virginia, USA
EW
Patience Outlaw
1718 – 1759
Birth Location: Bertie, North Carolina, United States
PO
Capt. Whitfield
1718 – 1796
Birth Location: Chowan, North Carolina, United States
CW
Robert Whitfield
1722 –
Birth Location: North Carolina, United States
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Joseph Whitfield
1723 – 1790
Birth Location: Virginia, USA
JW
Constantine Whitfield
1727 – 1798
Birth Location: Bertie, North Carolina, United States
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Margaret Whitfield
1728 – 1772
Birth Location: Santee, Chowan, North Carolina, USA
MW
Elizabeth Beck
1728 – 1798
Birth Location: Bertie, North Carolina, United States
EB
Sarah Whitfield
1730 – 1770
Birth Location: Craven, North Carolina, United States
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Eleanor Whitfield
1734 – 1790
Birth Location: Bertie County, North Carolina, USA
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Charity Whitfield
1736 – 1748
Birth Location: Santee, North Carolina, United States
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Mary (m.Slate)
1736 – 1817
Birth Location: , , Virginia, USA
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William Whitfield's Ancestors

Self
William Whitfield
1688 – 1770
Birth Place: Suffolk, Nansemond, Virginia, United States
Parents
Rev. Matthew Whitfield II (Immigrant) (arriv in "The Providence" his own ship 1664 to VA)
1657 – 1761
Surrey, England
Priscilla Lawrence
1661 – 1739
Isle of Wight Co, Virginia, USA (Nansemond)
Grandparents
Rev. (Henry) Whitfield
1590 – 1657
Mortlake, Surrey, , England
Dorothy Sheafe
1601 – 1669
Cranbrook, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, UK
John Lawrence
1643 – 1696
Nansemond, Virginia, United States
Mary Power
1643 – 1700
New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Sheaffe
1562 – 1639
Maria (Sheafe)
1537 – 1609
John Coroghmore
1597 – 1661
Lady Pyphoe
1598 – 1642
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Sr
1532 – 1604
Mary (12GGM)
1536 – 1609
Thomas Harman
1500 – 1547
Elizabeth Courthope
1500 – 1547
John LePoer
1570 – 1600
Lady Barry
1570 – 1642
Robert Phypoe
1570 – 1599

William Whitfield's Descendants

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William Whitfield (1688 – 1770) m. Mary (Elizabeth) Goodman (July 1693 – 1773)
  1. 1. Elizabeth (Whitfield m.) Smith (1 Jun 1702 – 01 Jun 1765) m. John (Smith m.) Whitfield (18 Dec 1691 – 01 Nov 1777)
    1. 1. Edith Smith (1720 – 29 Jul 1791)
    2. 2. Thomas (Smith) Smythe (30 October 1720 – 15 January 1797) m. Elizabeth (Witt m.) Smith (2 February 1725 – 1797) m. Eleanor Davis (16 Apr 1712 – 30 Aug 1830)
      1. 1. Margarett (Elizabeth Smith m.) Mays (1738 – 1846)
      2. 2. Zachariah (Smith m.) Moore (1742 – 19 May 1798)
      3. 3. Drury (Erastus Smith m.) Vaughn (1746 – 29 Jun 1822)
      4. 4. Mary (Smith m.) Jarnigan (4 Dec 1747 – 1820)
      5. 5. Sarah (Sally) Smith (1748 – 14 May 1815)
      6. 6. Elizabeth (Nancy Daux) Smith (29 December 1752 – October 1846)
      7. 7. Charles Smith (1748 – 1825)
      8. 8. Thomas Smith (c. 1750 – 8 November 1828) m. Eunice (Nancy Lewis) Smith (23 Feb. , 1753 – 9 March 1827)
        1. 1. Sarah Carter (1773 – 1870)
        2. 2. Sarah Carter (1773 – 1870)
        3. 3. Sarah Carter (1773 – 1870)
        4. 4. John (Arra) Smith (1774 – 17 March 1849)
        5. 5. James Smith (1774 – )
        6. 6. James Smith (1774 – )
        7. 7. James Smith (1774 – )
        8. 8. Mary (Margaret "Polly") Smith (1775 – 8 Jan 1874)
        9. 9. Mary (Margaret "Polly") Smith (1775 – 8 Jan 1874)
        10. 10. Mary (Margaret "Polly") Smith (1775 – 8 Jan 1874)
        11. 11. Sallie (Ann) Smith (Abt. 1776 – )
        12. 12. Sallie (Ann) Smith (Abt. 1776 – )
        13. 13. Sallie (Ann) Smith (Abt. 1776 – )
        14. 14. Sarah (Smith) Stewart (1778 – 20 November 1859)
        15. 15. Mary (Smith) Swafford (1779 – 1826)
        16. 16. Mary ("Polly" Smith) Swafford (1779 – 1826)
        17. 17. Mary ("Polly" Smith) Swafford (1779 – 1826)
        18. 18. Mary ("Polly" Smith) Swafford (1779 – 1826)
        19. 19. Robert Smith (1780 – 1864)
        20. 20. Robert Smith (1780 – Aft. 1860)
        21. 21. Benjamin Smith (19 May 1780 – 20 Jul 1859) m. Celia (Smith) Hall (1787 – 1859) m. Minor Mothershead
        22. 22. Jabel (M) Smith (1781 – 22 Mar 1858)
        23. 23. Eunice (Nancy Smith) Jones (1784 – BEF 1812)
        24. 24. Nancy (J) Smith (1785 – 1850)
        25. 25. Thomas Smith (1788 – 1874)
        26. 26. Thomas Smith (1788 – 8 Nov 1828)
        27. 27. Thomas Smith (1788 – 8 Nov 1828)
        28. 28. Thomas Smith (1788 – 8 Nov 1828)
        29. 29. Margaret (Peggy Smith) Henson (1790 – 8 January 1874)
        30. 30. Mary (Polly) Smith (1791 – 1860)
        31. 31. Mary (Polly) Smith (1791 – 1860)
        32. 32. Mary (Polly) Smith (1791 – 1860)
        33. 33. Kezziah ("Kizzy" Smith) Jones (1794 – 1868)
        34. 34. Kezziah (Smith) Jones (1794 – 1870)
        35. 35. Kezziah Jones (1794 – 18 Jul 1868)
        36. 36. Kezziah (Smith) Jones (1794 – 1870)
        37. 37. Kezziah Jones (1794 – 18 Jul 1868)
        38. 38. Kezziah (Smith) Jones (1794 – 1870)
        39. 39. Kezziah Jones (1794 – 18 Jul 1868)
        40. 40. Paul Smith (1795 – )
        41. 41. Paul Smith (1795 – )
        42. 42. Paul Smith (1795 – )
        43. 43. Martha Smith (1797 – )
        44. 44. Martha Smith (1797 – )
        45. 45. Martha Smith (1797 – )
        46. 46. Kesiah ("Kizzy") Smith (10 Jun 1799 – 1860)
        47. 47. Kesiah ("Kizzy") Smith (10 Jun 1799 – 1860)
        48. 48. Kesiah ("Kizzy") Smith (10 Jun 1799 – 1860)
        49. 49. Rhoda (Smith) Taylor (10 June 1799 – 16 June 1879)
      9. 9. Moses Smith (1754 – )
      10. 10. Moses (R.) SMITH (27 Jan 1756 – 6 November 1830)
      11. 11. SGT (Charles) Smith (1763 – 8 Jul 1833)
      12. 12. John Smith (1770 – 1843)
      13. 13. Anna Smith (03 Apr 1774 – 19 May 1842)
      14. 14. Martha Smith (1780 – )
      15. 15. Moses Smith (1780 – 1850)
      16. 16. Letitia Smith (29 Sep 1782 – Aug 1846)
      17. 17. Joseph Smith (5 Feb 1786 – 26 Jun 1868)
      18. 18. Jane Smith (5 Oct 1789 – 23 Jul 1867)
      19. 19. Martha Smith (11 Aug 1792 – 7 Aug 1883)
    3. 3. Mary Smith (23 Aug 1724 – 1815)
    4. 4. Charles Smith (1726 – 6 Aug 1776)
    5. 5. Elizabeth Smith (ABT 1727 – ABT 1767)
    6. 6. JOHN SMITH (27 AUG 1731 – DEC 1790)
    7. 7. Nancy Smith
  2. 2. Isham Whitfield (1714 – 10 Apr 1750)
  3. 3. John Whitfield (1714 – )
  4. 4. Mary Graddy (20 May 1715 – 30 December 1791)
  5. 5. William (Joshua) Whitfield (20 May 1715 – 31 Mar 1795)
  6. 6. Matthew (II) Whitfield (1716 – 1785)
  7. 7. Edith Smith (07 Mar 1717 – 03 Sep 1785)
  8. 8. Edith (Elizabeth) Whitfield (7 Mar 1717 – 14 Apr 1785)
  9. 9. Patience (Whitfield) Outlaw (02 Feb 1718 – Abt. 1759)
  10. 10. Capt. (Luke) Whitfield (19 Feb 1718 – 2 Dec 1796)
  11. 11. Robert Whitfield (1722 – )
  12. 12. Joseph Whitfield (1723 – 1790)
  13. 13. Constantine Whitfield (6 Mar 1727 – 28 Oct 1798)
  14. 14. Margaret Whitfield (1728 – 1772)
  15. 15. Elizabeth (Whitfield) Beck (06 Mar 1728 – 28 Oct 1798)
  16. 16. Sarah (L) Whitfield (1730 – 1770)
  17. 17. Eleanor Whitfield (23 Oct 1734 – Aft. 1790)
  18. 18. Charity Whitfield (1736 – 1748)
  19. 19. Mary (Whitfield) (m.Slate) (Abt. 1736 – 1817)

William Whitfield's Timeline

5 Records

1688
1688
Birth of William Whitfield in Suffolk, Nansemond, Virginia, United States
Suffolk, Nansemond, Virginia, United States
1709
1709
Age 21
William Whitfield was married in North, NC
North, NC
1713
1713
Age 25
William Whitfield was married
None
1725
1725
Age 37
William Whitfield was married in Duplin Co, NC
Duplin Co, NC
1770
1770
Age 82
Death of William Whitfield in Rockford, Lenoir, North Carolina, United States
Rockford, Lenoir, North Carolina, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1688
    Event Place: Suffolk, Nansemond, Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1709
    Event Place: North, NC

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1713

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1725
    Event Place: Duplin Co, NC

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1770
    Event Place: Rockford, Lenoir, North Carolina, United States
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