Mary (Unknown) Wingfield (1670 - 1714)

Born 1670 in London, London, England

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Wingfield — married 1690 in New Kent, Virginia

Descendants

Died 21 Jan 1714 at about age 44 in St Peters, New Kent, Virginia

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Lora Koch [send private message]

Biography

The surname of Mary, wife of Thomas Wingfield, early immigrant to New Kent County, Virginia is not known.

The only children of Thomas Wingfield (aka Winfield and Winkfield) recorded at St. Peter's were Ruth, Mary and Elizabeth. The excellent article "The Real 'Thomas Wingfield of York River' Dilemma" by Abigail Anne Young must be read to gain a full understanding of the state of both paper trail and DNA genealogy with respect to this family.^[1]

Owen is provably NOT a son of Thomas Wingfield; he was listed as son of Mary Wingfield in the parish register and if his father was alive and Owen was legitimate, his father would have been listed. Thomas was still alive at this point so the most likely explanation is that Owen was either the illegitimate son of Mary Wingfield, Thomas' daughter OR he was the son of a woman named Mary who married another Wingfield man who had died by 1719 when Owen was born.^[2]

The baptism of several of Thomas' daughters appear in the parish register of St. Peter's in New Kent County:^[3]

1. Ruth 18 Oct 1691 (p. 42)
2. Mary 25 Feb 1699/1700 (p. 43)
3. Elizabeth 12 Jul 1702 (p. 54)

Other children are credited without sources and as discussed on Thomas' profile and in the Abigail Young article, are not likely to be his sons: -- Thomas Wingfield (1693 - 1785)
-- John Wingfield (1695 - 1759)
-- Robert Wingfield (1697 - 1769)
-- Francis Wingfield (1703-)

Mary's death is recorded at St. Peter's on 31 Jan 1714/15 (listed as Mary "Winkfield", wife of Thomas).^[2] (p. 447)

The only known association with the "Stegall" name is a Robert Wingfield of New Kent County who appears to have had a 13-year old Moses Stegall (son of Samuel & Elizabeth of that parish) in his charge when the boy died. Whether Moses was an apprentice or in a foster situation is not yet known. A death record for Samuel or his wife was not found in the parish.

Sources

1. ↑ The Real 'Thomas Wingfield of York River' Dilemma 2002 by Abigail Anne Young http://homes.chass.utoronto.ca/~young/genealogy/Thomas.wingfield.html
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} The vestry book and register of St. Peter's Parish, New Kent and James City counties, Virginia, 1684-1786 transcribed and edited by C.G. Chamberlayne (Churchill Gibson), 1876-1939 p. 496
3. ↑ The parish register of Saint Peter's, New Kent county, Virginia from 1680 to 1787 by St. Peter's Parish (New Kent County, Va.); National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Virginia Publication date 1904 p. 72

Some discussion o Stegall/Wingfield connection at Rev War.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Richard Cooper for creating WikiTree profile Stegall-172 through the import of Cooper.ged on Nov 4, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Richard and others.