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Descendants of Miles Whitfield

Generation No. 1

1. MILES³ WHITFIELD (RICHARD², RICHARD¹) was born 1427 in Newberry Alstenmore, Cumber. England. He married MATILDA. She was born 1431.

Children of MILES WHITFIELD and MATILDA are:

2.	i.		ROBERT⁴ WHITFIELD, b. 1453, Cumberland England; d. 1541.
	ii.		ROBERT WHITFIELD, b. 1452, Newberry, Alstenmore, Cumber. England; m. AGNES GILES; b. 1475, Biddlesdero, Kent, England; d. 1567, Wadshurst, Kent, England.

Generation No. 2

2. ROBERT⁴ WHITFIELD (MILES³, RICHARD², RICHARD¹) was born 1453 in Cumberland England, and died 1541. He married AGNES GILES. She was born 1475 in Biddlesdero, Kent, England, and died 1567 in Wadshurst, Kent, England.

Child of ROBERT WHITFIELD and AGNES GILES is:

SIR ROBERT ROGER⁵ WHITFIELD, b. 1518; d. 1597.

Generation No. 3

3. SIR ROBERT ROGER⁵ WHITFIELD (ROBERT⁴, MILES³, RICHARD², RICHARD¹) was born 1518, and died 1597. He married (1) AGNES ATWOOD. She was born 1522, and died 1591.

More About SIR ROBERT ROGER WHITFIELD:
Burial: December 19, 1597, Emmington, England

Child of ROBERT WHITFIELD and AGNES ATWOOD is:

SIR THOMAS⁶ WHITFILED, b. 1545; d. 1629.

Generation No. 4

4. SIR THOMAS⁶ WHITFILED (ROBERT ROGER⁵ WHITFIELD, ROBERT⁴, MILES³, RICHARD², RICHARD¹) was born 1545, and died 1629. He married (1) MILDRED FORTUNE MANNING January 10, 1583/84 in St Magnus Church, London England. She was born 1560, and died 1627. He married (2) MARY REED.

Children of THOMAS WHITFILED and MARY REED are:

5.	i.		HENRY⁷ WHITFIELD, b. 1597; d. 1657.
	ii.		MATTHEW WHITFILED I, b. 1602; m. ANN.

Generation No. 5

5. HENRY⁷ WHITFIELD (THOMAS⁶ WHITFILED, ROBERT ROGER⁵ WHITFIELD, ROBERT⁴, MILES³, RICHARD², RICHARD¹) was born 1597, and died 1657.

Child of HENRY WHITFIELD is:

MATTHEW⁸ WHITFIELD II, b. 1666; d. 1761.

Generation No. 6

6. MATTHEW⁸ WHITFIELD II (HENRY⁷, THOMAS⁶ WHITFILED, ROBERT ROGER⁵ WHITFIELD, ROBERT⁴, MILES³, RICHARD², RICHARD¹) was born 1666, and died 1761. He married ANN.

Child of MATTHEW WHITFIELD and ANN is:

SIR MATHEW⁹ WHITFIELD, b. 1646, Lancashire, England; d. 1688.

Generation No. 7

7. SIR MATHEW⁹ WHITFIELD (MATTHEW⁸, HENRY⁷, THOMAS⁶ WHITFILED, ROBERT ROGER⁵ WHITFIELD, ROBERT⁴, MILES³, RICHARD², RICHARD¹) was born 1646 in Lancashire, England, and died 1688. He married PRISCILLA LAWRENCE 1703, daughter of JOHN LAWRENCE and MARY POWER. She was born Abt. 1664 in Isle of Wight, VA, and died in Bertie Co NC.

Notes for SIR MATHEW WHITFIELD:
On Feb 9, 1708,Matthew and Priscilla Whitfield of Masemond Co., VA sold their interest in a patent
made to the late John Lawrence for 530 acres to John LAwrence of Newport Parish in the Isle of Wight for 5,000 pounds of tobacco

Child of MATHEW WHITFIELD and PRISCILLA LAWRENCE is:

WILLIAM¹⁰ WHITFIELD I, b. Bef. 1680, England; d. Abt. 1770, Lenior Co NC..

Generation No. 8

8. WILLIAM¹⁰ WHITFIELD I (MATHEW⁹, MATTHEW⁸, HENRY⁷, THOMAS⁶ WHITFILED, ROBERT ROGER⁵ WHITFIELD, ROBERT⁴, MILES³, RICHARD², RICHARD¹) was born Bef. 1680 in England, and died Abt. 1770 in Lenior Co NC.. He married (1) ELIZABETH GOODMAN 1713. She was born 1697, and died 1773. He married (2) MARY ELIZABETH GOODMAN 1713 in Gates CO. NC. She was born 1697 in Dublin, Ireland, and died Abt. 1770 in Lenoir CO., NC.

Notes for WILLIAM WHITFIELD I:
William may have been born in LAncashire, England and later came to Nasemond Co., VA in the early part of the 18th C. and settled in Nasemond, VA. After his marrige in 1713, he settled in Bertie Co. NC and eventually moved to Rockford, Lenoir CO, NC

The Whitfields came from Lancashire, England. Whitfield is of Danish origin. John Whitfield and his brother WIlliam WHitfield left Denmark with the Arny of the King of the Normans and came to England. Fought in the Battle of the Hastings in 1066. Settled in Lancaster. Their descendants were scattered all over England. George Whitfield must have been the first to ccome to America, as his name appears on the register of the first permanent English settlement in America in 1607.

Nathan Whitfield, a descendant of Sit Thomas Whitfield was knighted in 1606 and came to America in the early 17th C. He left his son WIlliam Whitfield to finish his education at Minster. The king's officesrs tried to put him in the aramy but he evaded them by sailing to America in his own ship "The Prosperous". He settled in Nasemond Co VA. William Whitfield married ELizabeth Goodman of Gates County in 1713. After his marriage he settled in Bertie County, NC. Both were murdered by the Indians while they were moving to join their son William II at Rockford, Lenoir CO. NC( Th account of the murder was given by Mrs Lucy Wooten, a daughter of Needham Whitfield and Lucy Harch.) William and ELizabeth had fou8r sons, Wiliam II, Matthew, Like, and Constantine; six daughters: Mary, Patience, Margaret, Elizabeth, Sarah and Charity.

William WHitfield II married Rachel Bryan and moved to Richlands, NC on the Neuse River. In 1743 he built "White Hall" a very handsome house which stood at Seven Springs, NC. He was a member of the colonial Assembly, a memeber of the Committee of Safety and also a member of the Council of State in 1779. He was a prosperous planter and slave holder. He furnished supplies and ferriage for the patriot cause in the Revolution.

Williams parents were Nathan Whitfield, born abt 1640 and Priscilla Lawrence.

Child of WILLIAM WHITFIELD and ELIZABETH GOODMAN is:

MARY ELIZABETH¹¹ WHITFIELD, b. 1714, Duplin Co NC; d. December 20, 1791, Albertson Township, Duplin Co, NC.

Children of WILLIAM WHITFIELD and MARY GOODMAN are:

10.	ii.	PATIENCE¹¹ WHITFIELD, b. 1718, Bertie CO., NC; d. Aft. 1759.
	iii.	CHARITY WHITFIELD.
	iv.	WILLIAM WHITFIELD, JR., b. 1715, Chowan River, NC.; m. RACHEL BRYAN.

Notes for WILLIAM WHITFIELD, JR.:
William II was a prosperous planter and member of the Colonial Assembly, Committee of Safety and the Council of State in 1779. He furnished supplies and ferriage for the patriot cause.
His beautiful plantation home was called "White Hall" on the Neuse River.

	v.		LUKE WHITFIELD.
	vi.		MARY ELIZABETH WHITFIELD.
	vii.		MATTHEW WHITFIELD.
	viii.		MARGARET WHITFIELD.
	ix.		ELIZABETH WHITFIELD.
	x.		SARAH WHITFIELD.
	xi.		CONSTANTINE WHITFIELD.

Generation No. 9