Matthew William Whitfield II (abt. 1657 - abt. 1708)

Born about 1657 in Whitfield, Northumberland, England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died about 1708 at about age 51 in Nansemond County, Colony of Virginia

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Biography

Matthew Whitfield II was born in England.

Matthew was born between 1647 and 1657, possibly in Northumberland, England.

Migration

Type: Arrival

Date: 1664

Place: Colony of Virginia

Annotation: Date of covenant or indenture of service and apprenticeship with intended destination. Extracted from Servants to Foreign Plantations, a two volume set discovered in the Council House of Bristol. ^[1]

His indenture would be served by this time and he would be bringing others over for headrights.

Name: Mathew Whitfeild

Arrival Year: 1679

Arrival Place: Virginia

Primary Immigrant: Whitfeild, Mathew Arrival: 1679; Place: Virginia. ^[2]

Name: Matthew Whitfield

Arrival Year: 1682

Matthew Whitfield, received a grant of land in Nansemond County, Virginia, for bringing in a colony of 13 people, 1682.^[3][4]

Marriage

Wife: Priscilla Ann (Lawrence) Whitfield

Marriage Date: 1683^[5]

Place: Isle of Wight County, Virginia^[4]

Children

Among his children were:

1. Elizabeth (Whitfield) Smith (abt.1687-abt.1765) who married John Smith^[6][4] in 1708^[7]
2. William Whitfield I (abt.1688-abt.1770) of Nansemond County, who married in 1713 Elizabeth Goodman of Chowan (later, Gates County),^[7] North Carolina.^[3][4][5]

Research Notes

Source Leads

• Family Tree-based Sites, with Possible Sources: Gurganus, Ray. "Our Family Tree" - note: Gurganus is the founder of Our Family Tree. This note lacks specificity.
• See also: The following source, which provides a pedigree for son William Whitfield who married Elizabeth Goodman. It describes the Whitfield family as having Lancashire origins, but provides no sources. Hathaway, James Robert Bent, editor. The North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 1, p. 567/8.

Birth

It should be noted that the 14 Jun 1761 death date from FindAGrave is an unexpected date, and is unsourced. A correction request has been submitted.

Disputed Parents

Some sites name Henry Whitfield (1597-1657) and Dorothy (Sheaffe) Whitfield (1601-1669) as his parents, though these parents are essentially unproven (presently attached on FindAGrave without a source).^[5]

Disputed Origins

Essentially, his origins are disputed/unproven, except that at least one source does list a Matthew Whitfield (circa 1607-84), landowner in Virginia and wife Ann just prior to the entry for this Matthew Whitfield (died 1708) proprietor and surveyor of North Carolina and Virginia and wife of Priscilla Lawrence.^[8]

Migration

Migration Notes: Came over from England on the ship "Prosperous" in May, 1679. Settled as a landowner in Nansemond Co., Va. and in 1713 in Gates Co., N.C. but probably lived in Virginia. He and his wife had 4 sons and 6 daughters.^{[citation needed]} This narrative, except for the migration date, seems to be conflated with the history of his son, William Whitfield.

Children

A child named Benjamin may be of this family, but no further proof has emerged.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ A summarized transcription by R. Hargreaves-Mawdsley. Place: Virginia; Year: 1664; Page Number: 204; COLDHAM, PETER WILSON. The Bristol Registers of Servants Sent to Foreign Plantations, 1654-1686. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. 491p; U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA
2. ↑ ; Hotten, John Camden. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s (database on-line). The Original Lists of Persons of Quality; Emigrants; Religious Exiles; Political Rebels; Serving Men Sold for a Term of Years; Apprentices; Children Stolen; Maidens Pressed; and Others Who Went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700. With Their Ages, the Localities Where They Formerly Lived in the Mother Country, the Names of the Ships in Which They Embarked, and Other Interesting Particulars. From MSS. accessed December 2018.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Virkus, Frederick Adams, ed. Marquis, Albert Nelson. The abridged compendium of American genealogy; first families of America; a genealogical encyclopedia of the United States. 1925, p. 478. Chicago: A.N. Marquis & company.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} A 1708 deed provides no direct marriage date, but does establish that Matthew Whitfield and Priscilla Lawrence were married. Boddie, John Bennett. Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight County, Virginia: A History of the County of Isle of Wight, Virginia, During the Seventeenth Century, Including Abstracts of the County Records. 1973, p. 494-5. Chicago: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Find a Grave, database and images www.findagrave.com/memorial/212606080/matthew-william-whitfield accessed 25 Jun 2022, memorial page for Matthew William Whitfield II (1657–14 Jun 1761), Find A Grave: Memorial #212606080; Maintained by Nancy Yankie Sidarous (contributor 48149695) Burial Details Unknown.
6. ↑ Extracted biography of John Smith and Elizabeth (Whitfield) Smith. Undated, p. 6. Citing Alabama Department of Archives and History.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} Hathaway, James Robert Bent, ed. The North Carolina historical and genealogical register. Vol. 2. 1901, p. 159. Edenton, North Carolina: Author.
8. ↑ Marshall, Mary Louise. Seventeenth Century Colonial Ancestors of Members of the National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century, 1915-1975. 1976, p. 278. Edwards Brothers.