John Wingfield Sr. (abt. 1695 - abt. 1759)

Born about 1695 in New Kent, Virginia [uncertain]

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Died about 1759 at about age 64 in Walnut Shade, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, British America

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Biography

Did not have a son named William BOOKS: Living Descendants of Blood Royal, Vol. I, P 395, 424, 428, 580; Vol. II, P 508, 691; Vol. V, P 33-40, 746-7; Vol. IV P. 889. History of Wingfields of Virginia by L. D. Wingfield, P 35. Pioneer Families of Franklin County Virginia, P 230 by M. Wingfield. History of Albemarle, by Woods, P. 344. Rev. Harvey S. Johnson, Wingfield Ancestry and Kindred, 1927.

CHURCH RECORDS: Vestry Book of St. Peters Parish, Virginia 1684 - 1786. Vestry Book of St. Paul's Parish Hanover County Virginia , 1706-1786. Ed. C. G. Chamberlayne, 1940. (contains several references to John Wingfield and indicates he died ca. Nov 1759.

The following article was taken from the:

THE VIRGINIA GENEALOGIST Volume 36, Number 4 October-December, 1992

JOHN AND MARY HUDSON WINGFIELD OF HANOVER COUNTY, VIRGINIA

By LeBron C. Preston, Walnut Creek, Calif. and Richard Wingfield Quarles, Princeton, N.J.

Although John Wingfield and his wife Mary Hudson were the progenitors of many of the Wingfield family in Virginia, little has been written about their children except for son Charles. What little has been published contains errors. Dr. John G. Herndon questioned the existence of any children but Charles.

1 Linwood Wingfield omits several of the children and misidentifies another.
2 Dr. William Wingfield and others have mistaken grandchildren for children of John and Mary Wingfield.
3 Despite the fact that Hanover is one of the "burned" counties of Virginia, the authors have been able to reconstruct this family using records, such as the land tax records, not normally searched for genealogical. John Wingfield first appears on the record in 1728 when his land in St. Paul's Parish, Hanover Co., Virginia, was processioned.
4 The Vestry Book also shows that John was a surveyor, maintained roads and succeeded his father-in-law, Charles Hudson, as procession master.
5 John operated a plantation in Amelia County
6 Family tradition suggests he was a prosperous merchant and trader. John Wingfield was present at the processioning through 1755. He died before his land was processioned in 1759 and then his son, Thomas, was present.
7 A John Wingfield was present at the 1759 processioning but he owned land nearby and was John Wingfield, Sr., son of Thomas Wingfield and Sarah Garland of St. Martin's Parish. The lands of John Wingfield, deceased, were processioned through 1767, but in 1771 the land was listed under the name of his widow, Mary Wingfield. Mary Wingfield was the daughter of Charles Hudson whose wife was probably Sarah Anne Royall and his mother is thought to have been Rebecca Wingfield.
8 Charles Hudson's will, dated 1745, names John Wingfield, his son-in-law, as an executor. This will lent Prospect, a Goochland (later Albemarle) County plantation, to his daughter Mary for life, after which it descended to his grandson Charles Wingfield. The will also left a legacy to his granddaughter Rebecca Wingfield. Mary Wingfield is believed to have died about 1779 since the slave estate of John Wingfield was being settled in that year and the 1782 Land Tax Book in the Virginia State Archives at Richmond shows that the 350 acres of Mary Wingfield was divided between her sons, John Wingfield, Jr., and Thomas Wingfield.

The settlement of the slave estate of John Wingfield in 1779 must have been the subject of some controversy or acrimony, based on the ?100,000 bond posted during the settlement. Although the original was lost in Hanover County, a copy of the quit-claim deed dated 1779 pertaining to the settlement was found in an Albemarle County Deed Book.10 In this deed, some children of John Wingfield or their spouses were parties to a bond in which they relinquished all right, title, etc., "to a certain Negro woman Called Sal that belonged to the Estate of John Wingfield, Deceased and by his executors was sold to his Son, John Wingfield." The parties to the bond were Thomas Pemberton, John Prince, Josiah Wingfield and James Garland of Albemarle County and Thomas Wingfield, Joseph Wingfield and Mary Norvell of Hanover County. Thomas Pemberton, John Prince and Josiah Wingfield signed in Albemarle County and among the witnesses were Charles Wingfield, Jr., William Wingfield and Christopher Wingfield, sons of Charles Wingfield. Although James Garland is listed as of St. Ann's Parish in Albemarle, his signature does not appear on the Albemarle copy of the deed. The other parties are listed as of St. Paul's Parish in Hanover and presumably signed in that county. This slave deed linking the signers to John Wingfield provides an important clue for identifying John and Mary Hudson Wingfield's children.

Although the primary records of Hanover County are missing, there exist a few records. The Land Tax Books in the Virginia State Archives at Richmond permit one to follow the course of the land. In the absence of wills, these books provide a valuable resource for establishing relationships These land records and the Slave Deed and other documents of the signers and their spouses have helped reveal the family of John and Mary Wingfield. The children of John Wingfield and Mary Hudson Wingfield who have been proved are shown below. The order of birth and dates are uncertain.

CHILDREN OF JOHN AND MARY HUDSON WINGFIELD

CHARLES WINGFIELD was apparently the eldest son as he was the only one mentioned in his grandfather Hudson's will. He was not a party to the Slave Deed but, as eldest son, he probably was one of the executors of his father's estate. The will of Charles Hudson, taken with Mary Wingfield's deed of half her life interest in Prospect to her son,11 proves Charles' parentage. Charles was a Justice in Albemarle County in 177112 and a lieutenant during the Revolution.13 A copy of Charles' Bible record, owned by his son Charles, Jr., shows that Charles was born in 1728, married Rachel Joyner in 1750, and lists his children.14 Their spouses are from this publication by Quarles and substantiated by a suit to settle Wyatt Wingfield's estate.15 The children of Charles Wingfield and Rachel Joyner were:

a. John Wingfield (1751-1828), married Susannah Lewis.
b. Charles Wingfield, Jr. (1752-1819), married Mary (Lewis)
c. Thomas Wingfield (1754-1776).
d. Elizabeth Wingfield (1756-1757).
e. William Wingfield (1758-1836), married Mary Wingfield, first
f. Christopher Wingfield (1760-1821), married Elizabeth Cocke.
g. Mary Hudson Wingfield (1762- ), married Richard Hamner. Wingfield, daughter of Reuben Wingfield.
j. Sarah Wingfield (1768- ), marred John Martin.
k. Francis Wingfield (1770-1866),16 married Elizabeth Wingfield, first cousin and daughter of Thomas Wingfield.
l. Jemima Wingfield (1773- ), married Samuel Barkesdale.
m. Elizabeth Wingfield (1775- ), married Hendley Hamner.

REBECCA WINGFlELD was probably born before 1731 since she was old enough to be left a slave in her grandfather Hudson's will of 1745. Thomas Pemberton of Albemarle County signed the Slave Deed. Deeds which Pemberton made through 1797 were signed by his wife Rebecca.17 Evidently, Rebecca Pemberton was Rebecca Wingfield. There was a son, Thomas Pemberton, Jr., and perhaps other children.

ELIZA WINGFIELD married Josiah Wingfield and lived in Albemarle County and later Nelson County. Although Josiah signed the Slave Deed, he was not a son of John and Mary Hudson Wingfield. Josiah Wingfield is proved to be a son of Robert Wingfield of Louisa County by the fact that his heirs sued to share ln the estate of his brother, Thomas Wingfield of Buckingham County.18 Eliza and Josiah Wingfield had four sons:

a. Charles Wingfield married (1) Elizabeth Day and (2) Nancy Giles. Charles was dead prior to Josiah's death in 1819 and his children Anderson and Polley were provided for in Josiah's will.19 b. Thomas Wingfield (1763-1857) lived in Appomattox County. His wife is believed to have been a Miss Scott who predeceased him. He left descendants, of whom Nancy, Martha, William and Jane were living with him at the time of the 1850 census.20 c. Joseph Benjamin Wingfield married Susannah Wingfield, daughter of John and Robina Lankford Wingfield.21 They lived in Nelson County and were alive in 1851 when they sold land.22 They left numerous children. d. Robert Wingfield married Nancy Wingfield, daughter of Nathan Wingfield, and lived in Amherst County.23

MARY WINGFIELD was one of the parties to the Slave Deed as Mary Norvell, indicating that she was a widow. A Virginia Bounty claim24 reveals that Mary was married to Holcraft Norvell and reveals the names of their children.

They were on the Tax Rolls in Amelia County in 1767 but the Bounty Claim indicates they were during the Revolution in Albemarle County where they had bought land.25 Norvell was killed along with his son, George, while serving with the Virginia in the Continental Service. Mary was living in Hanover County when she signed the Slave Deed and died there before 1795 since her brother Thomas was at that time administrator of her estate.26 The bounty papers reveal that Mary had several children, among whom were George, John, William, Wingfield, Elizabeth, Nancy and Mary. Wingfield Norvell and his wife Nancy Hare lived in Nelson Co., Virginia,27 and he was the only living child in 1842 when he filed the bounty claim. More the descendants is found in Lynchburg, Virginia, court records.28

THOMAS WINGFIELD was born between 1740 and 1750 according to the Hanover census of 183029 but nearer to 1740 since he was processioning the lands of his deceased father in 1759.30 By 1782 the 350 acres of the estate of John Wingfield on Mechump's Creek had been divided between Thomas and his brother, John, Jr.,31 with the home, Walnut Shade, going to Thomas.32 Thomas married Ann Davis, the daughter of William Davis and Elizabeth Shelton.33

Thomas died after the census of 1830 and his will, probated that year, survives because disputes over the will were appealed to a higher court. The will mentions his wife, children and even grandchildren. The will and suit prove his children:34

a. Christopher Wingfield was born between 1765 and 1775 and died before the census of 1830 leaving a widow, Elizabeth.35 The settlement of his father's will in 1837 proves that his surviving children were: i. Joseph Thomas,36 ii. Ann R., iii. Bushrod W., iv. Willis W., v. Stephen Garret, vi. Paul (deceased by 1837), vii. Francis, viii. Charles L., and ix. Henrietta.37

b. Joseph Wingfield was one of the executors of his father's and his mother's estates and inherited the homestead, Walnut Shade. Reputedly he married (1) Mary Simms38 by whom he had no issue. His wife seems to have died by 1840.39 Census records reveal that in his old age he was living in Negrofoot with Paul Simms and married her daughter, Ella P. Simms.40 There was a daughter, Emma, born in 1858, who, with her mother, inherited Walnut Shade.

Another daughter, Delia, born in 1859, seems to have died as an infant since the Land Books do not show her with any part of Joseph's land.41

c. Ralph Wingfield (born 1777) married Lucy Ann Whitlock. The will of Lucy's mother mentions the children and her son-in-law and in the settlement the girls' husbands are proved.42 Ralph was an innkeeper (ordinary license in 1815) and a dancing master. His children were: i. Martha Rebecca, ii. Lucy Ann Barbara, who married William H. Curtis, iii. Sarah Lewis, iv. Juliet Blair, who married Philip R. Norment, v. Henry Clay, and vi. Virginia.43

d. John Wingfield (1780-1859).44

e. Reverend Charles Wingfield (1789-1864) in Feb. 1815 marred Cary Ann Nicholas of Alta Vista, Albemarle County.45 Charles was a well known Baptist preacher in Albemarle County and his family as reported by Woods46 were:

i. Frances, married Waddy Roberts, ii. Mary J., married John A. Mosby, iii. Sarah, married John Morris, iv. Maria Louise, married Robert Thornton, v. Julia, vi. Edmonia, vii. John, married Custine Cary Nelson, viii. Rev. George, and ix. Charles L., married his cousin, Virginia, daughter of Ralph Wingfield.47

f. Lewis Wingfield, died around 1843 without issue.

g. Thomas Wingfield. For some reason the land allotted to Thomas by his father's will was only for his life, after which it was to revert to Jane. Thomas does not appear in the 1840 census in Hanover County and presumably was dead by then.

h. Jane Wingfield, unmarried in 1838.

i. Elizabeth Wingfield, born 1780, married her cousin Francis Wingfield, son of Charles and Rachel Wingfield of Albemarle, as proved by the settlement of her father's will. She died in Albemarle County 13 Nov. 1860 and her death record as reported to the Clerk of Albemarle County by her son, Thomas, names her husband, Frank, and her parents, Thomas Wingfield and Ann Davis. Bible records prove her children were:48 i. Kitty Shelton (1796-1862), unmarried, ii. John Joyner (1798-1859), married (1) Harriet Bowe and (2) Susannah Ellis, iii. Mary Hudson, born 1800, married Robert Gentry, iv. Charles M., born 1802, unmarried, v. Thomas (1805-1879), married Kitty Sowell, vi. Ann Davis, born 1807, married Lindeton Chick, vii. Francis born 1810 died unmarried, Elizabeth Jane (1812-1815), ix. Rebecca Lewis, born 1814, married Charles M. Wingfield, her first cousin, son of William Wingfield.

j. Anne Wingfield married John R. Chick. Their children were: i. John R., Jr., ii. Amanda, iii. Elizabeth, married Samuel Pleasant, iv. Rebecca Ellen, married Benjamin F. Turner, v. Ann Selden, married John S. Ragland, vi. Littleton Chick, married Ann Wingfield of Albemarle County.49

k. Rebecca Wingfield married Benjamin Wingfield, her cousin, the son of Joseph Wingfield of Hanover. Benjamin Wingfield was a lawyer who was co-executor with Joseph of his father-in-law's will.

l. Mary Wingfield married David Simms. Their daughter Isabella Josephine Lewis Simms is left a legacy in her grandfather Thomas Wingfield's will.50 Isabella married Thomas Rutherford, son of Sally Joyner Wingfield, daughter of Joseph S. Wingfield and Cynthia Wingfield of Hanover County.51

JOHN WINGFIELD, JR, is proved to be a son of John and Mary by the Slave Deed. Land Tax records show he and his brother, Thomas, each received 175 acres which had previously belonged to Mary Wingfield and earlier to the estate of John Wingfield, deceased In 1796 the Land Tax record shows that 145 acres adjoining his property, and probably including Marl Ridge, were transferred to him from Joseph Starke to add to the 175 acres inherited from his father's estate. This land remained in his name until 1803 when it was listed under Elizabeth Wingfield, widow of John. The Hanover census of 181052 indicates that Elizabeth was born between 1765 and 1784, therefore too young to be the mother of John's older children. This census shows that Elizabeth had a daughter under ten but in the 1820 census no record of her is found. Elizabeth Wingfield married John P. Brock before 1820 but he died about 1823.53 Elizabeth's death in 1852 is proved by a newspaper advertisement offering to sell the dower slaves she held from John Wingfield's estate.54

John's eldest daughter, Mary, named a child Austin55 and there appears to have been a son Austin. Another son was named Hudson Morris which would suggest that John's first wife was the daughter of an Austin or Austin Morris. The death record of a son, Hudson, however, gives his mother as Susannah. The wives have not been further identified.

Children of John Wingfield, Jr., were:

a. William Wingfield (1761-1844) married Mary Elizabeth Davis and in 1791 he, his wife Eliza, and her sister Rhoda Davis, were engaged in property sales of the land the sisters inherited from their parents, Tolliver and Mary Davis, in 1783.56 The tax records of 178457 show that a slave, Sal (or Sall), was in William's tax list but none of that name was on his father's list or on another of the Wingfield family, suggesting that this was the slave John Wingfield, Jr., bought in the Slave Deed and bespeaks the relationship of William to John, Jr. William Wingfield lived near Beaver Dam in Hanover County. From his pension file one finds he had four children: i. Mary (1789-1875) who married (1) Thomas Martin and (2) John Wood, ii. Capt. William, Jr. (1792-1842, who married Mary Owen Winston, iii. Charles Lewis, who married Ann Israel Wilson 9 Sept. 1808, and iv. Rev. John Henry (1798-1871), who married (1) Elizabeth Swepson Whitehead in 1822 and (2) Mrs. Emily Boykin in 1866. 58

b. Mary Wingfield married William Wingfield, a son of Charles and Rachel Joyner Wingfield of Albemarle. After living in Albemarle until about 1800, she and William moved to Franklin County.59 Mary was born between 1760 and 1765 and was alive at the time of the census of 1840.60

c. Elizabeth Wingfield was born 2 June 1768 in Hanover County and died 23 April 1823 in Claiborne Co., Miss. She married Walter Leake of Albemarle, son of Mask Leake and Patience Morris, on 2 Oct 1786. They moved to Mississippi after 1799 where Walter Leake was Judge, U.S. Senator and finally Governor when he died. There were eight children of whom only two survived: 1. Susan, married Judge Henry Goodloe Johnson, and ii. Lucy, married ___ Kiern.61

d. Thomas Wingfield married Rhoda Davis, the sister of Elizabeth Davis, wife of his brother William, before 1800.62 Thomas and Rhoda Wingfield had three children: i. Cynthia Hudson, born 18 Nov. 1797, who married 9 Sept. 1828 Joseph Spottswood Wingfield, son of Joseph Wingfield and Mary Tool of Albemarle and grandson of Charles and Rachel Wingfield, ii. Oscar Morris (1808-1862), who married Henrietta Elizabeth Wingfield, daughter of Christopher and Elizabeth Wingfield, and iii. Henry.63

e. Joseph Wingfleld married Lucy Wade In Goochland Co., Va,64 and went to Maury Co., Tenn., where he appears in the census records for 1820.65 He served during the War of 1812 in the 2nd Regiment of Tennessee Militia and his widow received a bounty in 1855.66 An advertisement published when Elizabeth Wingfield Brock died in 1852 was used to give notice of her estate settlement to Joseph Wingfield and his sister Elizabeth Leake, "children of John Wingfield who died in 1802,67 proving the relation of Joseph to John Wingfield, Jr. The Bounty Claim file reveals that the children of Joseph and Lucy Wingfield were: i. Sarah M., married (1826) Ephraim W. McRady (or McCrady), ii. Mary D., born 1808, married (1837) Chesley Bynum, iii. Joseph Logan, born 1814, married Margaret ---, iv. Eliza J., married (1840) Beauford (or Bluford) J. Smith, v. Lucy Ann, born 1819, married (1846) Ray S. Orton.68

f. Hudson Morris Wingfield was born in 1783 and died 12 Feb. 1859. His death certificate shows his father as John and his mother as Susannah.69 He married Sophia Bowe.70 Hudson was in the militia during the War of 1812 and became the surveyor for Hanover County. The court settlement of his estate proved that he had four children:71 i. Walter Leake who married Elizabeth Brock, ii. William M. who married his cousin, Virginia Selden, daughter of Hector Bowe, iii. Susan who married Isaac Davenport, and iv. Martha L., wife of William H. B. Campbell, who left an infant daughter Martha L. W. Campbell72 who later married Thomas Wingfield in 1886.73

g. Austin Wingfield appears on the tax rolls of St. Martin's Parish in Hanover first in 1794 and in Albemarle County in 1800.74 He is tentatively listed as a son of John Wingfield, Jr., because his sister Mary Wingfield named a son Austin and the name persisted in the family through the next generation, which adds to the probability that they were siblings. Austin's name is also found on the rolls of the Masonic Lodge in Charlottesville in the 1800-03 period. He appears to have followed his sister Elizabeth to Mississippi where he joined the 7th Battalion Of the Mississippi Militia. He died 26 Dec. 1814 while serving in the War of 1812.75

JOSEPH WINGFIELD signed the Slave Deed indicating that he was a son of John and Mary Wingfield. Joseph appears to have married Mary Cocke, widow of Charles Jones, around 1783. Joseph died in 1793.76 Their children were:77

a. Benjamin Wingfield (1785-1856) married his cousin Rebecca Wingfield, daughter of Thomas Wingfield. He was an attorney and was named an executor in his father-in-law's will. After Rebecca's death Benjamin married Martha P. Lipscomb, daughter of N. C. and Mary B. Lipscomb. The distribution of his estate in 1856 proves his children. By his first wife he had; i. Joseph Andrew, married Mrs. Juliet Winder Swift, ii. Barbara C., married B. F. Coor, iii. Sarah, married Henry Briel, iv. Molly Ellen, married John L. Grubbs, v. Melcina P., married John D. Longan, vi. Ira A., married (1) Mary Grotz and (2) Sophia Childs Grotz, and vii. Angelina J. (1839-1856). All but Sarah were living at home at the time of the 1850 census.78

b. Capt. Joseph Coleman Wingfield, born in 1787, married (1) Miss Ragland, daughter of Shelton Ragland, and had three sons to whom land was transferred in 1828, probably from their grandfather Ragland. These sons were: i. Shelton S., who seems to have died without issue, ii. Benjamin F. who married Rebecca Ann Burras and had issue (a. William Franklin, b. Beverly Welford, c. Maria Catherine, d. Henrietta, e. Josephine, f. Louise and g. Elizabeth), and iii. Joseph C., Jr., who married Elizabeth Ann Campbell and had issue a Ann Bluford, born 1834, who married Larkin Roach, b. Sarah Coleman (Sally), born 1835, who married (1) Alex Landrum and (2) Wm. Landrum, c. Virginia E.-, born 1837, who married Lucien Q. Landrum, d. Joseph Fleming, born 1839, who married Emma Tyree, and e. Mary Elizabeth, who married John Pleasants Harwood. There was also a daughter Betty who died young.79 Joseph C. married (2) Martha Sarah (Cocke) Camp, 13 Feb. 1821, in Caro County and had a daughter iv. Mary E. S. Wingfield (1823-1856)80 who married (1) Porter Harris (and had a son Porter, Jr., in 1842) and (2) Vinson.81

c. Elizabeth who married Joseph Bingham.82

SARAH WINGFIELD is listed as a daughter of John and Mary Wingfield since John Prince who signed the Slave Deed in Albemarle County had a wife named Sarah according to a deed they signed in 1781.83 When John Prince sold land to William Wingfield in 1784 her name was not on the deed84 and she presumably had died. John Prince is listed by Wood as among those who enlisted from Albemarle County.85 No further record of John Prince has been found in the Albemarle County records, not any indication of any children.

ANN WINGFIELD married James Garland, son of James Garland and Mary Rice of Hanover.86 He was a lieutenant who was accidentally shot at the Hessian Barracks near Charlottesville. James Garland's name appears on the Slave Deed which confirms that Ann Wingfield, his wife, was a daughter of John and Mary Wingfield. After Garland's death, Ann's brother, Charles Wingfield, was appointed guardian for her son Hudson Garland.87 Ann moved to Amherst County with her children:88

a. Hudson Martin Garland married Elizabeth Penn Phillips.

b. Spotswood Garland (1777-1850), married (1) Mary Stone and (2) Lucinda Rose. He was Assistant Clerk of Amherst County and when Nelson County was formed from Amherst he became the Clerk of Nelson, a position he held for years.

c. James Parker Garland married Kitty (or Katura) Stone.

d. Henrietta M. Garland.

Among the Wingfields of Albemarle County there was a tradition that Charles Wingfield was accompanied to Albemarle by a younger brother, William. He is even assigned a wife, Elizabeth Morris. Two William Wingfields were listed among the signers of the Albemarle Declaration of Independence but there is no proof that there were two different people. No other trace of William has been found in the Albemarle records and there is no evidence of him or his heirs in the Slave Deed.

The authors have made use of extensive family records compiled between 1914 and 1956 by Herbert Hay Wingfield and his wife Linda Bryant. These records were obtained through personal contacts with families and were copied from Bibles and family charts. They have been invaluable in guiding and interpreting our findings and in supplementing census and court records. The data are quoted where there is confirming evidence such as court records and census data and may provide a starting point for further research.

End Notes

1. John Goodwin Herndon, "Thomas Wingfield (1670-1720) of York River, Virginia, His Ancestry and Some of His Virginia and Georgia Descendants," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, v. 60 (1952), pp. 305-22.

2. Linwood Davis Wingfield, History of the Wingfields of Virginia (Richmond, 1952).

3. William Lynn Wingfield, "Some Wingfield Genealogical Notes, Hanover County," Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly, v. 20 (1982), p. 53; Hanover County Historical Society, Old Homes of Hanover County, Virginia (Salem, W.Va., 1983), p. 107.

4. C G. Chamberlayne, ed., The Vestry Book of St. Paul's Parish, Hanover County, Virginia, 1706-1786 (Richmond, 1940), p. 270.

5. Ibid., pp. 141, 148.

6. Amelia Co., Va., Deed Bk. 3, p. 481. Sale of land, 17 Aug. 1750, by John Wingfield and his wife Mary. Since the property sold for ?60, whereas the same 400 acres of raw land was available for about 40 shillings, the property must have been a working farm.

7. Chamberlayne, Op. cit., p. 37?.

8. Edgar Woods, Albemarle County in Virginia (Charlottesville, 1901), p. 231, reports Charles Hudson's marriage to a Royall and family tradition supplies her name. Charles Hudson and his daughter Mary each named daughters Sarah and Rebecca. Alonzo Wingfield told his children that when he attended the marriage of his aunt, Rebecca Wingfield, to her cousin Charles Wingfield in 1854, there was a discussion of cousins marrying. Francis Wingfield, the bride's father, said that the same question was raised at his marriage to his cousin, Elizabeth, in 1790. At that time Charles Wingfield, Francis' father, told the group that his mother and father (John and Mary Hudson Wingfield) were cousins and their children turned out all right. He said "If you have good blood you can keep it in the family." He added that he would rather breed his fine racing mare within his own stable than breed her to a jackass.

9. Lucetta C. Sammis, "Will of Charles Hudson, Hanover County" Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly, v. 20 (1982), p. 59.

10. Albemarle Co., Va., Deed Bk. 7, p. 428, quit-claim deed, 7 Dec. 1779, for the sale of a slave, Sal, by the estate of John Wingfield, deceased, to John's son John Wingfield.

11. Albemarle Co., Va., Deed Bk. 3, p. 157, 13 May 1762.

12. Justices of the Peace of Colonial Virginia, 1757-1775 (Virginia State Library, Bulletin, v. 14; Richmond, 1922), p. 110.

13. Virginia Auditors Accounts, v. 18, p. 462.

14. Richard W. Quarles, "The Wingfields of Albemarle County, Virginia--A Correction," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, v. 26 (1988), pp. 79-100; v. 27 (1989), p. 102.

15. Albemarle Co., Va., Order Bk. 1813, p. 171, 7 Sept. 1813, Clerk's Office, Charlottesville, Va.

16. Francis Wingfield's estate was inventoried in 1863, presumably when he became senile, but his death was reported to the Albemarle Clerk 8 April 1866, age 96.

17. Albemarle Co., Va., Deed Bk. 5, p. 250; Deed Bk. 12, p. 219 (1797); Deed Bk. 21, p. 231.

18. Legal notice, Richmond Enquirer, 18 Oct. 1836.

19. Will of Josiah Wingfield, Nelson Co., Va., Will Bk. B, p. 66.

20. Appomattox Co., Va., 1850 census, p. 312 or 156R, family 16-16.

21. Albemarle Co., Va., marriage bond, 2 Feb. 1795.

22. Nelson Co., Va., Deed Bk. 13, p. 489.

23. Amherst Co., Va., marriage bond, 18 Feb. 1798.

24. Rejected Revolutionary War Bounty Claims, Box 40 N, reel 11, Virginia State Archives, claim George Norvell (1776-1784) and Holcraft by Norvell. Affidavit of Elizabeth Wingfield which gives the family to support the claim.

25. The Edward Pleasants Valentine Papers (Richmond, 1923), V. 2, p. 1181.

26. Janice Luck Abercrombie, Hanover County, Virginia, Superior Court Records, ed. by Richard Slatten (Richmond, 1987), v. 2, p. 39.

27. Nelson Co., Va., 1810 census, p. 718; 1820 census, p. 197; 1830 census, p. 117; 1840 census, p. 70.

28. Lynchburg, Va., Chancery Court and Law Book, 1846-49, pp. 204, 240.

29. Hanover Co., Va., 1830 census, p. 201.

30. Chamberlayne, op. cit., p. 377.

31. Hanover Co., Va., Land tax book, 1782, Virginia State Archives. These records are alphabetized by the taxpayer's name.

32. Walnut Shade was willed to Joseph Wingfield by Thomas and passed on to his widow and daughter, who sold it in the 1860s. This is substantiated by the Land Tax books.

33. The identity of Anne's parents is from records of Herbert H. Wingfield now in the author's possession. Herbert received family records and prepared charts with the help of his father, Alonzo Wingfield, and Alonzo's two brothers and two sisters. They attributed the to their grandparents, Elizabeth Wingfield, daughter of Thomas Wingfield, and her husband Francis Wingfield.

34. William Ronald Cocke, Hanover County Chancery Wills and Notes (reprint; Baltimore, 1978), pp. 171-72.

35. Hanover Co., Va., 1810 census, p. 61, places Christopher as 2645 years while the census of 1820, p. 51, places him in the over 45 category. He does not appear in the 1830 census but his widow, Elizabeth, is listed, p. 201. She is listed in 1850, West Dist., p. 797 or 398, family 924-924, with her children Stephen G., Francis and Bushrod. Elizabeth is thought to have died in 1857.

36. J. T. Wingfield and his wife Hannah Knapp migrated to Missouri and were in Clackamas Co., Ore., with children George, Jane, Lucy, Henrietta, Joseph and Hannah in 1850 (p. 21 or 41, family 153) and 1860 (Beaver Creek Pct., p. 46R or 199, family 1897-1582).

37. Henrietta married Oscar Morris Wingfield according to family records which Herbert Wingfield obtained from their grandchildren. This agrees with William Lynn Wingfield's statement (Op. Cit., p. 54): "Oscar married a Miss Wingfield, sister of Garrett Wingfield."

38. The name of Joseph's first wife is from Herbert Wingfield's charts, based on from her sister-in-law, Elizabeth Wingfield (see note 33). She was a sister of David Simms who married Joseph's sister Mary.

39. Mary's death is inferred from Hanover Co., Va., 1840 census, p. 125, which records Joseph, aged 60-70, with a household of two males (30-40) and a female (15-20).

40. Hanover Co., Va., 1850 census, West Dist., p. 749 or 374, family 529-529, shows Paulina Simms, aged 48, with a daughter Ella B., aged 13. The 1860 census (Upper Dist., p. 32 or 450, family 236-232) has Paulina, age 48, as head of the household, with Ella Wingfield, aged 22, Joseph Wingfield, 60, Emma Wingfield, 2, and Delia [Lelia? Wingfield, 7/12.

41. Hanover Co., Va., Land tax book, 1861, p. 33, shows the estate of Joseph Wingfield with 184 acres but in the Land tax book for 1862, p. 33, this land was transferred from Jos. Wingfield by will and divided between Emaella P. A. C. L. Wingfield and Wm. S. Talley (for life by marriage) land adjoining Thomas Wingfield's estate. This would indicate that Joseph's widow married William S. Talley shortly after her husband's death.

42. Cocke, op. cit., pp. 168-69. The settlement of Martha Whitlock's will proves the marriage and children.

43. Hanover Co., Va., 1850 census, West Dist., p. 780 or 389R, family 785-785, confirms the names of Ralph's children.

44. Hanover Co., Va., Death records, p. 37, Virginia Division of Vital statistics. Notification of death of John Wingfield, 12 Feb. 1859, filed by son Peter, lists John as a widower, age 79, and son of Anna and Thomas Wingfield.

The authors have records with no proof from Herbert Wingfield that show John Wingfield married Martha Hastings Tinsley, daughter of Peter Tinsley and Prances (Bowe), and their children were: i. William T., married Jane Ribble, ii. Samuel Rufus, married (1) Judith Stanley and (2) Martha M. Stanley, iii. Peter Chastain, married Susan Strong, iv. Martha Ellen, married James W. Gilman, v. Maria, married King, vi. Mary, married Thomas Blunt, vii. James Julian, married Harriett Bowers, viii. Frances, married John Gilman, ix. Eugenia V., married Burwell Priddy, and x. Elvira, married Edward Ford. Martha Wingfield, widow of Thomas Wingfield, grandson of John Wingfield, and Ann Eugenia Wingfield (Mrs. E. H. Jackson), granddaughter of John Wingfield, and Edith W. Hall, great-granddaughter of John Wingfield, supplied the to Herbert Wingfield, which was based on Bible Records and their own notes. The Stanley will (Cocke, op. cit., p. 128) confirms the marriage of Samuel and lists his children as Samuel W., Martha E. wife of Wesley Gilman, Ella, Edward and Gideon Wingfield.

45. William L. Norford, Marriages of Albemarle County and Charlottesville, Va, 1791-1924 (Charlottesville, 1956), p. 220, bond dated 9 Feb. 1815.

46. Woods, op. cit., p. 346.

47. R. A. Brock, Virginia and Virginians v. 2 (Richmond, 1889), p. 761.

48. Wingfield family Bible, Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Va., Mss6:4W7275:1.

49. Cocke, Op. Cit., p. 35 A suit to settle Pettus Chick's estate gives several generations of the family. The family of John Chick as given here, contains the additional name Amanda, based on family records collected by Herbert Wingfield, but she was apparently not alive at the time of the settlement of the suit.

50. Cocke, op. cit., p. 172.

51. Rutherford family Bible records, 1805-1973, no. 2730, Virginia State Archives, Acc.28442.

52. Hanover Co., Va., 1810 census, p. 61, lists Elizabeth Wingfield as head of household, aged 26-45, with a female under 10, but Elizabeth was not listed as a householder in the 1820 census of Hanover.

53. Hanover Co., Va., Land tax book, 1821, shows that 110 acres adjoining Thomas Wingfield, which was formerly listed under Elizabeth Wingfield's name, were transferred to John P. Brock for life. In the Land tax book, 1823, Brock's land was listed under his estate and 110 acres adjoining Thomas Wingfield was transferred back to Elizabeth Brock.

54. The Richmond Enquirer, 31 Dec. 1952, p. 3, advertisement of Hudson M. Wingfield, Commissioner, "Pursuant to a decree of the County Court ... I shall proceed to sell ... six slaves ... the estate of John Wingfield, deceased, held as Dower slaves by Mrs. Elizabeth Brock, deceased, who was the widow of the said John Wingfield, deceased."

55. Quarles, op. Cit., p. 88.

56. William and Mary Collage Quarterly Historical Magazine, 1st ser., v. 23 (1914), p. 125. The Land tax books of Hanover County show Toliver Davis owned 300 acres in 1782 and 1783 but none in 1787, while Eliza and Rhoda Davis had 160 acres and their brother, Bartlotte Davis, owned 140 in 1787, clearly a transfer to the heirs. Toliver Davis is on the personal tax rolls in 1782 and 1783, but disappears thereafter, while Bartlet Davis appears for the first time in 1784.

57. William Wingfield was taxed through 1847 on personal property and through 1846 on land (Hanover Co., Va., Personal property tax books and Land tax books, Virginia State Archives). In 1847 William Wingfield's estate was listed. His son, William, Jr., died in 1842 or 1843 because the personal property and land taxes for 1843 are both charged to the estate of William Wingfield, Jr.

58. Revolutionary War pension application, R.11716. A memorandum by Bishop J. H. D. Wingfield, son of Rev. John Henry Wingfield, dated 9 Sept. 1897 at St. Augustine College, Calif., gives the names of the children and details of the family. The memorandum states that his grandfather married Elizabeth Davis of Davisville in Hanover County. The original memorandum, now in the author's possession, was furnished to Herbert Wingfield by Mary Wingfield Scott, granddaughter of the Bishop.

59. Quarles, Op. Cit., p. 87.

60. Franklin Co., Va., 1810 census, p. 300, indicating Mary was over 45; 1840 census, p. 316, showing Mary, aged 70-80, living with her daughter Lucy. When William and Mary deeded land (Franklin Co., Va., Deed Bk. 11, p. 551) to Lucy, it was on the condition that they live there for the rest of their lives.

61. Biographical Directory of the American Congress (Washington, 1971), p. 1274; Daughters of the American Revolution application 637694, Virginia Brickell, 7 March 1979, which provide dates for Elizabeth. A letter of Susan Wingfield Johnson of Mt. Salos, Miss., dated 15 Oct. 1854, to Joseph Wingfield, requesting help in obtaining a legacy left to her mother, Elizabeth Leake, by Elizabeth Brock, gives the family. A second letter, dated 13 April 1855, with an affidavit of Henry G. Johnson dated 14 March 1855, attests that Lucy Kearn, late Lucy Leake, and Susan Johnson, late Susan Wingfield Leake, were the sole surviving children of Elizabeth Wingfield Leake. In 1928 both letters and the affidavit were in the possession of Dr. Brown Wingfield of Marl Ridge, Ashland, Va., who provided copies to Herbert Wingfield. These copies are now in the author's possession.

62. Wingfield Cemetery at Marl Ridge, Hanover Co., Va., stone bearing the inscription "Thomas Wingfield ... His wife Rhoda Davis Wingfield." In a deed dated 11 Feb. 1871 (Hanover Co., Va., Deed Bk. 21, p. 230), Cynthia Wingfield transferred to her husband, Joseph S. Wingfield, 310 acres, "land inherited ... from the estate of her father, Thomas Wingfield, son of John ... and known as Marl Ridge."

63. William Lynn Wingfield, Op. Cit., p. 54; notes by Joseph Spottswood Wingfield in a diary of Wyatt Wingfield, photocopies sent to R. W. Quarles by Dr. William Wingfield of Marl Ridge, Hanover Co., Va. (Joseph Wingfield used the diary of his deceased brother to record his family records). The Hanover Co., Va., Land tax books for St. Paul's Parish show Elizabeth and Rhoda Davis with 180 acres from 1787 through 1792. But on 31 May 1791 William Wingfield and Eliza, his wife, and Rhoda Davis exchanged with John Austin, Jr., this land for 200 acres in St. Martin's Parish (William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, 1st ser., v. 23, p. 125). From 1793 through 1799 the Land Books in St. Martin's Parish carried the land in the' name of William Wingfield and Rody Davis, but in 1800 the land is listed under William and Thomas Wingfield, suggesting a date for the marriage of Thomas to Rhoda.

64. Kathleen Booth Williams, Marriages of Goochland County, Virginia, 1733-1815 (reprint; Baltimore, 1979), p. 107.

65. Maury Co., Tenn., 1820 census, p. 53, enumerated with a wife and nine children. By 1840 (census, p. 318) his widow Lucy is listed with seven children.

66. War of 1812 Bounty land warrant 55-80-19915, duplicate 17 Nov. 1855.

67. Richmond Enquirer, 5 April 1853, p. 3, col. 5, advertisement by Hudson M. Wingfield.

68. Jill K. Garrett, War of 1812 Soldiers of Maury County, Tennessee (Columbia, Tenn., n.d.), p. 206, states Joseph and Lucy Wingfield had seven children, naming Sarah Margaret 0 and Mary D. and reporting their marriages. The names of some of Joseph Wingfield's W children are found in the following records: Maury Co., Tenn., Deed Bk. A2,p. 330, a quit-claim deed, 6 April 1844, naming three of the daughters; ibid., p. 601, where Lucy her brother Logan Wingfield. Marriages are reported in Nashville Whig, 27 Aug. 1846, Nashville Banner and Whig, 10 March 1837, and Virginia Wood Alexander and Rose Harris Priest, Maury County, Tennessee, Marriage Records (Columbia, 1962), p. 104.

69. Certification of Death issued by Virginia Department of Health on 21 Aug. 1987 shows that Hudson was a farmer and surveyor who died 12 Feb. 1859, age 76. Parents Susannah and Jno. Wingfield. Informant, son W. L. Wingfield.

70. Cocke, op. cit., p. 21. Nathaniel Bowe~s will shows his daughter, Sophia D., married to Hudson M. Wingfield. This same document proves that Virginia Selden, daughter of Hector Bowe, was married to William M. Wingfield.

71. Hanover Co., Va., 1850 census, West Dist., p. 801 or 404R, family 1047-1047, confirms the names of the children.

72. Cocke, Op. Cit., p. 170, Wingfield va. Campbell, 1858.

73. Chart in the author's possession made by Herbert Wingfield in 1928 with the help of Martha (Pat) Campbell Wingfield and her family records. Pat Wingfield was a granddaughter of Hudson M. Wingfield and the widow of Thomas Wingfield, grandson of John Wingfield and Martha Tinsley. The same was obtained from Agnes T. Wingfield, widow of Edward Wingfield, son of Samuel Rufus Wingfield and from Edward's brother Gideon Wingfield. One of the authors, R. W. Quarles, knew all of the informants at the time the records were collected and can vouch for the fact that the persons were alert and knowledgeable about the family connections.

74. Albemarle Co. Va, Order Bk. 1800-01, p. 180. On 6 Oct. 1800 Charles Wingfield, Jun., concerning the "repairs of the bridge across Hardware River ...: Reported Austin Wingfield had become the undertaker at a price of thirty four Dollars and fifty cents."

75. Capt. Samuel Bullen's Company muster roll, 15 Sept. 1814 to 31 Dec. 1814 at Fort Charlotte shows Austin Wingfield, pvt., died 26 Dec. 1814; enlisted 19 Sept. 1814.

76. William Ronald Cocke, Hanover County Taxpayers, St. Paul's Parish, 1782-1815 (Columbia, Va., 1956), p. 146.. These records show the personal property of Joseph Wingfield consisted of three slaves and three horses in 1782, but in 1783 his property abruptly increased to 20 slaves, 10 horses and 44 cattle, which probably coincided with his marriage. From 1794 to 1797 the property was listed under the estate of Joseph Wingfield and in 1800 under Mary Wingfield's name. Moreover, in 1787 Wyatt Jones, his stepson, is added as a tithable to his tax list. In 1807 land from Wyatt Jones estate was transferred to his step-brother Joseph C. Wingfield.

77. After Mary Wingfield's death the Land Tax Book for 1822, pp. 2, 20, shows the 263 acres in her estate was transferred to her sons Joseph C. Wingfield and Benjamin Wingfield and to Elizabeth Bingham, confirming their relation to her.

78. The children's names were obtained by Herbert Wingfield in 1929 from Nancy Grubbs, daughter of Molly Ellen Wingfield and granddaughter of Benjamin Wingfield. These are substantiated by Hanover Co., Va., 1850 census, west Dist., p. 810 or 404R, family 1043-1043, which has Benjamin with Joseph A., 23m, M. P., 29f (wife), B.C., l9f, M. E., 17f, A. J., 12f, and Ira A., 15m. Sarah is not listed since she was married at that time. The Hanover Land Tax Book for 1856 shows that Benjamin Wingfield's land was distributed to his children: Joseph A., Ira A., Barbara C., Mary E., Melvina Longan and Sarah A. Briel. Angelina was then dead.

79. Cocke, Hanover Chancery Wills, p. 170, suit Wingfield va. Campbell shows Miss Ragland married a Mr. Wingfield and had i. Benj. F. Wingfield, wife Rebecca, and ii. Joseph C. Wingfield, Jr., survived by a widow Elizabeth in 1860--and- lists the five children with spouses. A letter dated 30 Dec. 1930 from Mrs. Sarah Coleman Hall, daughter of Ann Bluford Wingfield, to Herbert Wingfield, now in possession of R. W. Quarles, confirms the children's names. Hanover Co., Va., Land Tax book, 1828, contains notation of land ownership "Shelton, Joseph C. and Benjamin F. W ingfield, children of Joseph C. Wingfield, 109 acres adjacent Fleming B. Cross." This appears to have been a legacy from their grandfather Ragland.

80. Cocke, Hanover Chancery Wills, pp. 3940. William Cocke's will proves Martha Sarah Cocke's marriages to Camp and to Capt. Joseph C. Wingfield and the name of her daughter Mary E. S. Wingfield.

81. Henrico Co., Va., 1850 census, p. 566 or 281R, family 756-838, shows Joseph and his wife Sarah with daughter Mary E. S. Harris and grandson Porter W. Hams, and Sarah's children John and Paul Camp. The death of Mary E. S. Vinson in Albemarle County, 26 Oct. 1856, was reported to the Clerk by her brother, B. F. Wingfield of Fredericksburg.

82. Hanover Co., Va., Land tax book, 1822, shows Elizabeth Bingham, widow of Joseph Bingham, received land from the estate of Mary Wingfield.

83. Albemarle Co., Va, Deed Bk. 7. pp. 135, 428, 502.

84. Albemarle Co., Va., Deed Bk. 8, p. 144.

85. Wood, Op. Cit., p. 366.

86. Ibid pp. 199-200.

87. Albemarle Co., Va., Guardian Bonds 1783-1852, 14 July 1791, "Charles Wingfield guardian of Hudson Garland, son of James Garland, Jr."

88. Records obtained by Herbert H. Wingfield from Mary L. Garland, Lynchburg, Va., great-granddaughter of Spotswood Garland; Richmond Times-Dispatch, 26 July 1908; Landon C. Bell, Cumberland Parish, Lunenburg County, Virginia, 1746-1816 (reprint; Baltimore, 1974), pp. 223-24.

Sources [S13] Kutner, Neil & WFT Vol. 3, Ed. 1, Tree #2910, (Broderbund, Novato, California, Feb 5, 1997).

Disputed Origins

This profile was previously attached as a child of Thomas Wingfield and Mary Stegall based on an unsupported theory first put forward by Merwyn Edward [Wingfield], Seventh Viscount Powerscourt in an 1894 publication,^[1] and then repeated by John Goodwin Herndon in his 1952 article "Thomas Wingfield (1670-1720) of York River, VA, His Ancestry and some of his Virginia and Georgia Descendants".^[2]

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.^[3]

In summary, the only known children of Thomas the early immigrant to Kent County, Virginia were 3 daughters: Ruth, Mary and Elizabeth. Neither paper trails nor Y-DNA testing has confirmed any specific relationship between Thomas the immigrant and descendants of the other known Wingfield males of Kent County (Thomas, Robert, John and Owen) other than to say that they are in some way related. Thomas' wife's surname is also unknown, there is no support for "Stegall" or any other specific name.

John's birth location and parentage are not known with certainty. In records he appeared in Hanover County, Virginia which was formed by dividing New Kent County in 1720 so very possibly he was born in New Kent County.

John married Mary Hudson (1704-1779)

John Wingfield was a prosperous merchant and trader. He operated a plantation in Amelia Co., VA. He had land in St. Paul's Parish, Hanover Co., Va. (1728) and was a surveyor.

Bible records, referenced in the Virginia Genealogist, say first son, Charles, (brother to Rebecca) was born 1728. Rebecca's parents must have been married soon before this and Rebecca born soon after.

John Wingfield died before his land was processioned in 1759. Afterward the land was listed under the name, Mary Wingfield, his widow.

A book on Old Homes of Hanover Co. VA describes the home, Marle Ridge, where John and Mary lived and Walnut Shade, the home near where he is buried. Also described is Locust Hill, a nearby home of his son, Charles.

Research Notes

Note N1013Will Book3, pages 236-238, Franklin, Virginia.

The Real 'Thomas Wingfield of York River' Dilemma, Abigail Ann Young, (October 2002, Copyright © 2002, The Centre for Computing in the Humanities and Social Sciences, (CHASS)) discusses the records for Wingfield-429 and the records for Wingfield-677 The conclusion is that there is no documented relationship. It follows that the respective profiles for their son's, John are also not related and that Mary Hudson must be the wife of only one of them.

In 2017, Anonymous Snyder provided the middle name and nickname for John Wingfield. This was without any documentation, that I could find. I have removed the reference to Richardson and Rich as the middle and nicknames.

Sources

1. ↑ Merwyn Edward [Wingfield], Seventh Viscount Powerscourt, Muniments of the Ancient Saxon Family of Wingfield (London (privately printed), 1894), pp 10, 83.
2. ↑ John Goodwin Herndon. "Thomas Wingfield (1670-1720) of York River, Virginia His Ancestry and Some of His Virginia and Georgia Descendants." The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 60, no. 2 (1952): 305-22. Accessed August 1, 2021. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4245840.
3. ↑ The Real 'Thomas Wingfield of York River' Dilemma 2002 by Abigail Anne Young http://homes.chass.utoronto.ca/~young/genealogy/Thomas.wingfield.html

https://wingfieldfamily.org/getperson.php?personID=I5&tree=tree1

• Nicely referenced Biography at World Connect

• Albemarle County in Virginia, by Edgar Woods and David Woods; Clearfield; USA; 1901, p. 200.

• Makers of America: Biographies of Leading Men of Thought and Action, the Men who Constitute the Bone and Sinew of American Prosperity and Life, Volume 1, by B.F. Johnson; McQueen Press; USA; 1915, p. 111.

• The Hulls of Georgia

• Find A Grave: Memorial #13233899 Memorial ID 13233899

• [1] Pedigree Resource File

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Lila Patton for creating WikiTree profile Wingfield-429 through the import of lila marie patton herbst Famil.ged on Nov 11, 2013.