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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 progenitorsof many of the Wingtleld family in Virginia, little has been written abouttheir children except for son Charles. What little has been published containserrors. Dr. John G. Herndon questioned the existence of any children butCharles. l Linwood Wingfield omits several of the children and misidentifiesanother. 2 Dr. William Wingfield and others have mistaken grandchildren forchildren 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 asthe land tax records, not normally searched for genealogical information.

John Wingfield tlrst appears on the record in 1728 when his land in St.Paul's Parish, Hanover Co., Va., was processioned.4 The Vestry Book alsoshows that John was a surveyor, maintained roads and succeeded his father­in-law, Charles Hudson, as procession master.s John operated a plantationin Amelia County6 and family tradition suggests he was a prosperousmerchant· and trader. John Wingfield was present at the processioning

through 1755. He died before his land was processioned in 1759 and then

~v:- 1 John Goodwin Herndon. "Thomas Wingfield (1670-1720) of York River. Virginia. HisAncestry 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 Wingrield. "Some Wingfield Genealogical Notes. Hanover County."

Virginia Gene'alogicaL Society Quarterly. v. 20 (1982). p. 53: Hanover County HistoricalSociety. Old Homes of Hanover County, Virginia (Salem. W.Va., 1983). p. 107.

• C. G. Chamberlayne, ed .• The Vestry Book of St. Paul's Parish, Hanover County,

Virginia, 1706-1786 (Richmond. 1940). p. 270.5 !bid... pp-. 14h14JJ.. ..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 landwas available for about 40 shillings. the property must have been a working farm.

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his son, Thomas, was present. 7 A John Wingfield was present at the 1759processioning but he owned land nearby and was John Wingfield, Sr., son ofThomas Wingfield and Sarah Garland of St. Martin's Parish, The lands of

John Wingfield, deceased. were processioned through 1767, but in 1771 theland was listed under the name of his widow, Mary Wingfield,

Mary Wingfield was the daughter of Charles Hudson whose wife wasprobably Sarah Anne Royall and his mother is thought to have been RebeccaWingfield.s Hudson's will, dated 1745,9 names John Wingfield, his son-in­law, as an executor. This will lent Prospect, a Goochland (later Albemarle)County plantation, to his daughter Mary for life, after which it descended tohis grandson Charles Wingfield. The will also left a legacy to hisgranddaughter Rebecca Wingfield. Mary Wingfield is believed to have diedabout 1779 since the slave estate of John Wingfield was being settled in thatyear and the 1782 Land Tax Book in the Virginia State Archives atRichmond shows that the 350 acres of Mary Wingfield was divided betweenher sons, John Wingfield, Jr., and Thomas Wingfield.

The settlement of the slave estate of John Wingfield in 1779 must havebeen the subject of some controversy or acrimony, based on the £100,000bond posted during the settlement. Although the original was lost in HanoverCounty, a copy of the quit-claim deed dated 1779 pertaining to the settlementwas found in an Albemarle County Deed Book.1O In this deed, somechildren of John Wingfield or their spouses were parties to a bond in which

7 Chamberlayne, ap. cit., p. 377.

8 Edgar Woods, Albemarle County in Virginia (Charlottesville, 1901), p. 231, reportsCharles 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 Wingfieldtold his children that when he attended the marriage of his aunt, Rebecca Wingfield. to hercousin 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 hiscousin, Elizabeth, in 1790. At that time Charles Wingfield, Francis' father, told the group thathis mother and father (]ohn 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." Headded that he would rather breed his fine racing mare within his own stable than breed her toa jackass.

9 Lucetta C. Sammis, "Will of Charles Hudson, Hanover County," Virginia GenealogicalSociety 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.

they relinquished all right, title, etc., "to a certain Negro woman Called Sal

that be~onged to the Estate of John Wingfield, Deceased and by his executors

was sold to his Son, John Wingfield." Th~ parties to the bond were ThomasPemberton, John Prince, Josiah Wingfield and James Garland of Albemarlc

County and Thomas Wingfield, Joseph Wingfield and Mary Norvell ofHanover County. Thomas Pemberton, John Prince and Josiah Wingfieldsigned in Albemarle County and among the witnesses were CharlesWingfield, Jr., William Wingfield and Christopher Wingfield, sons of CharlesWingfield. Although James Garland is listed as of St. Ann's Parish inAlbemarle, 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 presumablysigned in that county. This slave deed linking the signers to John Wingfieldprovides an important clue for identifying John and Mary Hudson Wingfield'schildren.

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

CHILDREN OF JOHN AND MARY HUDSON WINGFIELD

CHARLES WINGFIELD was apparently tI1e eldest son as he was the

only one mentioned in his grandfather Hudson's will. He was not a party tothe Slave Deed but, as eldest son, he probably was one of the executors ofhis father's estate. The will of Charles Hudson, taken with Mary Wingfield'sdeed of half her life interest in Prospect to her son,ll proves Charles'parentage. Charles was a Justice in Albemarle County in 1771!2 and alieutenant during the Revolution.!3 A copy of Charles' Bible record, ownedby his son Charles, Jr., shows that Charles was born in 1728, married Rachel

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

12 Justices afthe Peace of Colonial Virginia, 1757-1775 (Virginia State Library, Bulletin.

v. 14; Richmond, 1922), p. 110.13 Virginia Auditors Accounts, v. 18, p. 462.

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

Joyner in 1750, and lists his children.14 Their spouses are from thispublication by Quarles and substantiated by a suit to settle Wyatt Wingfield'sestate. IS The children of Charles Wingfield and Rachel Joyner were:

a. John Wingfield (1751- I828), married Susannah Lewis.

b. Charles Wingfield. Jr. (1752-1819), married Mary (Lewis) Lewis.c. Thomas Wingfield (1754-1776).d. Elizabeth Wingfield (1756-1757).e. William Wingfield (1758-1836), married Mary Wingfield. first cousin

and daughter of John Wingfield. Jr.f. Christopher Wingfield (1760-1821), married Elizabeth Cocke.g. Mary Hudson Wingfield (1762- ), married Richard Hamner.h. Joseph Wingtield (1764-1830), married (1) Mary Tool, (2) Sarah

Wingfield, daughter of Reuben Wingfield.i. Ann Wingfield (1766- ), married (1) John Hamner, (2) John

Harrison.

j. Sarah Wingfield (1768- ), married John Martin.

k. Francis Wingfield (1770-1866),16 married Elizabeth Wingfield, firstcousin and daughter of Thomas Wingfield.

1. Jemima Wingfield (1773- ), married Samuel Barkesdale.

m. Elizabeth Wingfield (1775- ), married Hendley Hamner.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 oftheir children. They were on the Tax Rolls in Amelia County in 1767 but theBounty Claim indicates they were during the Revolution in Albemarle Countywhere they had bought land.2s Norvell was killed along with his son,George, while serving with the Virginia Line in the Continental Service.Mary was living in Hanover County when she signed the Slave Deed anddied there before 1795 since her brother Thomas was at that time

County and later Nelson County. Although Josiah signed the Slave Deed, hewas not a son of John and Mary Hudson Wingfield. Josiah Wingfield isproved to be a son of Robert Wingfield of Louisa County by the fact that hisheirs sued to share in the estate of his brother, Thomas Wingtield of Buck­ingh:un County. IS 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 Andersonand Polley were provided for in Josiah's WiIl.19

b. Thomas Wingfield (1763-1857) lived in Appomattox County. His wifeis believed to have been a Miss Scott who predeceased him. He leftdescendants, of whom Nancy, Martha. William and Jane were living with himat the time of the 1850 census.20

c. Joseph Benjamin Wingfield married Susannah Wingfield. daughter ofJohn and Robina Lankford Wingfield.21 They lived in Nelson County andwere alive in 1851 when they sold land.22 they left numerous children.

d. Robert Wingfield married Nancy Wingtleld, daughter of NathanWingfield, and lived in Amherst County.23

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ELIZA WINGFIELD married Josiah Wingfield and lived in Albemarle

14 Richard W. Quarles. "The Wingfields of Albemarle County, Virginia-A Correction,"

Jfagazine of Virginia Genealogy, v. 26 (1988), pp. 79-100; v. 27 (1989), p. l02.i' 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, presumedly 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, l8 Oct. l836.19 Will of Josiah Wingfield, Nelson Co.. Va .• Will Bk. B. p. 66.

:0 Appomattox Co .. Va.. l850 census, p. 312 or l56R. family 16-l6.11 Albemarle Co., Va .. marriage bond, 2 Feb. l795.U Nelson Co., Va., Deed Bk. l3, p. 489.23 Amherst Co .. Va .. marriage bond. 18 Feb. 1798.14 Rejected Revolutionary War Bounty Claims. Box 40 N, reeill. Virginia State Archives

claim George Norvell (1776-1784) and Holcraft Norvell by Wingfield Norvell. Affidavit 01

Elizabeth Wingfield which gives information the family to support the claim.:!S The Edward Pleasants Valentine Papers (Richmond, 1923). v. 2, p. 1181.

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before the census of 1830 leaving a widow, Elizabeth.3s The settlement ofhis father's will in 1837 proves that his surviving children were: i. JosephThomas,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 hismother's estates and inherited the homestead, Walnut Shade. Reputedly hemarried (1) Mary Simms38 by whom he had no issue. His wife seems tohave died by 1840.39 Census records reveal that in his old age he wasliving in Negrofoot with Pauline Simms and married her daughter, Ella P.Simms.4o There was a daughter, Emma, born in 1858, who, with hermother, 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.41c. 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

J5 Hanover Co., Va., 1810 census, p. 61. places Christopher as 26-45 years while the

census of 1820, p. 51. places him in the over 45 category. He does not appear in the 1830census but his widow, Elizabeth, is listed, p. 201. She is listed in 1850, West Dist., p. 797 or398, family 924-924, with her children Stephen G., Francis and Busbrod. Elizabeth is thoughtto have died in 1857.

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

37 Henrietta married Oscar Morris Wingfield according to family records which Herbert

Wingtield obtained from their grandchildren. This agrees with William Lynn Wingfield'sstatement (op. cir., 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 oninformation 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 40, with a daughter Ella B., aged 13. The 1860 census (Upper Dist., p.32 or 450. family 235-232) has Paulina, age 48, as head of the household. with Ella Wingfield,

aged 22, Joseph Wingfield, 60, Emma Wingfield, 2, and Delia [Lelia?] Wingfield, 7112.4\ 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 (formei:Jr'n\:mi:1g~rlarrd'lid'j'\5itiin~"Thomas Wingfield's estate. This would indicate that Joseph'swidow married William S. Talley shortly after her husband's death.

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..•mlnistrator of her estate.:6 The bounty papers reveal that Mary had{Y

//several children, among whom were George, John, William, Wingfield,• Elizabeth, Nancy and Mary. Wingfield Norvell and his wife Nancy Hare

lived in Nelson Co., Va.,n and he was the only living child in 1842 whenhe tIled the bounty claim. More information on the descendants is found inLynchburg, Va., court records.:g

THOMAS WINGFIELD was born between 1740 and 1750 according tothe Hanover census of 183<y9 but nearer to 1740 since he was processioningthe lands of his deceased father in 1759.30 By 1782 the 350 acres of theestate of John Wingfield on Mechump's Creek had been divided betweenThomas and his brother, John, Jr.,31 with the home, Walnut Shade, going toThomas.n Thomas married Ann Davis, the daughter of William Davis andElizabeth Shelton.33 Thomas died after the census of 1830 and his will,

probated that year, survives because disputes over the will were appealed toa 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

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;6 Janice Luck Abercrombie, HaJ10ver County, Virginia, Superior Court Records, ed. byRichard Slatten (Richmond, 1987), Y. 2, p. 39.

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

:s Lynchburg, Va., Chancery Court and Law Book. 1846-49. pp. 204, 240.:9 Hanover Co., Va., 1830 census, p. 201.JO Chamberlayne, op. cit., p. 377.

J1 Hanover Co., Va., Land tax book. 1782, Virginia State Archives. These records are'Jlphabetized by the taxpayer's name.

)1 Walnut Shade was willed to Joseph Wingfield by Thomas and'passed on to his widow

,I Jnd ~aughter, who sold it in the 1860s. This is substantiated by the Land Tax books..•J The identity of Anne's parents is from records of Herbert H. Wingfield now in the

Juthor's possession. Herbert received family records and prepared charts with the help of hisfJ[h.:r, Alonzo Wingfield, and Alonzo's two brothers and two sisters. They attributed theinformation to their grandparents, Elizabeth Wingfield, daughter of Thomas Wingfield, and her

! I husband Francis Wingfield.

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

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'8 Wingfield family Bible. Virginia Historical Society, Richmond. Va., Mss6:4W7275:1..9 Cocke. op. cir., p. 35. A suit to settle Pettus Chick's eSlale gives information on several

generations of the family. The family of John Chick, as given here, contains the additionalname Amanda. based on family records collected by Herbert Wingfield, but she was apparentlynot alive at the time of the settlement of the suit.

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

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 andpresumably was dead by then.

h. Jane Wingfield, unmarried in 1838.i. ~lizabeth Wingfield, born 1780, married her cousin Francis Wingfield,

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

j. Anne Wingfield married John R. Chick. Their children were: i. JohnR., 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 sonof Joseph Wingfield of Hanover. Benjamin Wingfield was a lawyer who wasco-executor with Joseph of his father-in-Iaw's will.

1. Mary Wingfield married David Simms. Their daughter IsabellaJosephine Lewis Simms is left a legacy in her grandfather ThomasWingfield's will.5o Isabella married Thomas Rutherford, son of Sally JoynerWingfield, daughter of Joseph Wingfie~d and Cynthia Wingfield of HanoverCounty. 51

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/'settlement the girls' husbands are proved.42 Ralph was an innkeeper(ordinary license in 1815) and a dancing master. His children were: i. MarthaRebecca, ii. Lucy Ann Barbara, who married William H. Curtis, iii. SarahLewis, iv. Juliet Blair, who married Philip R. Norment, v. Henry Clay, andvi. Virginia.43

d. John Wingfield (1780-1859).44e. Reverend Charles Wingfield (1789-1864) in Feb. 1815 married Cary

Ann Nicholas of Alta Vista, Albemarle County.45 Charles was a wellknown Baptist preacher in Albemarle County and his family as reported byWoods46 were: i. Frances, married Waddy Roberts, ii. Mary J., married JohnA. Mosby, lii. Sarah, married John Morris, iv. Maria Louise, married RobertThornton, v. Julia. vi. Edmonia, vii. John. married Custine Cary Nelson, viii.Rev. George, and ix. Charles L., married his cousin, Virginia, daughter ofRalpfl Wingfield.47

f. Lewis Wingfield, died around 1843 without issue.g. Thomas Wingfield. For some reason the land allotted to Thomas by

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H Cocke, op. cit., pp. 168-69. The settlement of Martha Whitlock's will proves themarriage and chiidren.

H Hanover Co., Va., 1850 census. West Dist., p. 780 or 389R, family 785-785, confinnsthe 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 awidower. 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 Frances (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

1_ 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. marriedEdward Ford. Martha Wingfield, widow of Thomas Wingfield. grandson of John Wingfield.:md Ann Eugenia Wingfield (Mrs. E. H. Jackson), granddaughter of John Wingfield, and Edith

W. Hall. great-granddaughter of John Wingfield, supplied the information to HerbertWingfield. which was based on Bible Records :md their own notes. The Stanley will (Cocke,

op. cit., p. 128) confirms the marriage of Samuel and lists his children as Samuel W., MarthaE. wife of Wesley Gilman. Ella. Edward and Gideon Wingfield.

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

'6 Woods, op. Git., p. 346.

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f//' JOHN WINGFIELD, JR., is proved to be a son of John and Mary by the/'

Slave Deed. Land Tax records show that he and his brother, Thomas, each

received 175 acres which had previously belonged to Mary Wingfield andearlier to the estate of John Wingfield, deceased. In 1796 the Land Taxrecord shows that 145 acres adjoining his property, and probably includingMarl Ridge, were transferred to him from Joseph Starke to add to the 175acres inherited from his father's estate. This land remained in his name until

1803 when it was listed under Elizabeth Wingfield, widow of John. TheHanover census of 18l<y2 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 1820census no record of her is found. Elizabeth Wingfield married John P. Brockbefore 1820 but he died about 1823.53 Elizabeth's death in 1852 is provedby a. newspaper advertisement offering to sell the dower slaves she held fromJohn Wingfield's estate.54

John's eldest daughter, Mary. named a child Austin55 and there appearsto 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 AustinMorris. The death record of a son, Hudson, however, gives his mother asSusannah. 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 propertysales 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 (orSall), was in William's tax list but none of that name was on his father's listor on another of the Wingfield family, suggesting that this was the salve JohnWingfield, Jr., bought in the Slave Deed and bespeaks the relationship ofWilliam to John, Jr. William Wingfield lived near Beaver Dam in Hanover

County. From his pension file one finds he had four children: i. Mary (1789­1875) who married (1) Thomas Martin and (2) John Wood, ii. Capt. William.Jr. (1792-1842, who married Mary Owen Winston, iii. Charles Lewis, whomarried Ann Israel Wilson 9 Sept. 1808, and iv. Rev. John Henry (1798­1871), 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 andRachel Joyner Wingfield of Albemarle. After living in Albemarle until about1800, she and William moved to Franklin County.59 Mary was bornbetween 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 died23 April 1823 in Claiborne Co., Miss. She married Walter Leake of

S6 William and Mary College 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 and1783 but none in 1787. while Eliza and Rhoda Davis had 160 acres and their brother. Bartlow~

Davis, owned 140 in 1787, clearly a transfer to the heirs. To liver Davis is on the personal taxrolls in 1782 and 1783, but disappears thereafter. while Bartlet Davis appears for the first timein 1784.

;7 William Wingfield was taxed through 1847 on personal property and through 1846 onland (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. lr., died in 1842or 1843 because the personal property and land taxes for 1843 are both charged to the estateof William Wingfield. lr. ~

ss Revolutionary War pension application, R.11716. A memorandum by Bishop 1. H. D.

Wingfield, son of Rev. lohn Henry Wingfield. dated 9 Sept. 1897 at St. Augustine College.Calif., gives the names of the children and details of tbe family. The memorandum states that

his grandfather married Elizabetb Davis of Davisville in Hanover County. The originalmemorandum, now in the author's possession, was furnished to Herbert Wingfield by Mary

Wingfield Scott. granddaughter of the Bishop.

;;' S9 Quarles, op. cit .• p. 87.60 Franklin Co .• Va., 1810 census, p. 300, indicating Mary was over 45; 1840 census, p.\. 3l6 •. sbAwi.ug.M\If.l'~.a.g.!f.Q.79-80, 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

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

SJ Hanover Co., Va., Land tax book, 1821. shows that 110 acres adjoining ThomasWingrield, which was formerly listed under Elizabeth Wingfield's name, were transferred toJohn 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.>< 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 ... sixslaves ... the estate of lohn Wingfield. deceased, held as Dower slaves by Mrs. ElizabethBrock. deceased, who was the widow of the said lohn Wingfield, deceased."

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64 Kathleen Booth Williams, Marriages of Goochland County, Virginia. 1733-1815 (repri:lt: .

Baltimore. 1979), p. 107.

6' Maury Co., Tenn .. 1820 census. p. 53. enumerated with a wife and nine children. By1840 (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.

01 Richmond Enquirer. 5 April 1853, p. 3. col. 5, advertisement by Hudson M. Wingtield.

68 Jill K. Garrett. War of 18~~iers of .Haury County. Tennessee (Columbia. Tenn ..n.d.), p. 206, states Joseph an~ingtield had seven children. naming Sarah Margaretand Mary D. and reporting ttielf marriages. The names of some of Joseph Wingfield'schildren 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. 630. where Lucy refers toher brother Logan Wingfield. Marriages are reported in Na.shville Whig, 27 Aug. 1846.Nashville Banner and Whig. 10 March 1837. and Virginia Wood Alexander and Rose Harris

Priest. ,l;laury 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 HectorBowe, was married to William M. Wingfield.

e. Joseph Wingfield married Lucy Wade in Goochland Co., Va.,64 andwent to Maury. Co.,\ Tenn., where he appears in the census records for1820.65 He served' during the War of 1812 in the 2nd Regiment ofTennessee Militia and his widow received a bounty in 1855.66 An adver­

tisement published when Elizabeth Wingfield Brock died in 1852 was usedto give notice of her estate settlement to Joseph Wingfield and his sisterElizabeth Leake, "children of John Wingfield who died in 1802, ..67 provingthe relation of Joseph to John Wingfield, Jr. The Bounty Claim file revealsthat 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 1., married (1840) Beauford (or Bluford) J. Smith, v. Lucy Ann,born 1819, married (1846) Ray S. Orton.68

f. Hudson Martin 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 of1812 and became the surveyor for Hanover County. The court settlement of

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fa Albemarle, son of Mask Leake and Patience Morris, on 2 Oct 1786. Theymoved to Mississippi after 1799 where Walter Leake was Judge, U.S. Senatorand finally Governor when he died. There were eight children of whom only

I,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

ii, had three children: i. Cynthia Hudson. born 18 Nov. 1797, who married 9I: Sept. 1828 Joseph Spottswood Wingfield, son of Joseph Wingfield and MaryIi Tool of Albemarle and grandson of Charles and Rachel Wingfield, ii. Oscar

i::IMorris (1808-1862), who married Henrietta Elizabeth Wingfield, daughter of

!:rhriSIO~her and Elizabeth Wingfield, and iii. Henry.m

:1 61 Biographical Directory of the A.merican Congress (Washington. 1971). p. 1274;:,Daugoters of the American Revolution application 637694. Virginia Brickell. 7 March 1979,

'Iwhich provide dates for Elizabeth. A letter of Susan Wingfield Johnson of Ml Salos. Miss .•I,dated 15 Oct. 1854. to Joseph Wingfield, requesting help in obtaining a legacy left to heri mother. Elizabeth Leake, by Elizabeth Brock, gives information on the family. A second

Illetter. dated 13 April 1855, with an affidavit of Henry G. Johnson dated 14 March 1855.

I iattests that Lucy Kearn. late Lucy Leake. and Susan Johnson, late Susan Wingfield Leake,'jwere the sole surviving children of Elizabeth Wingfield Leake. In 1928 both letters and the

i ;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.

, 'I t.1 Wingfield Cemetery at Marl Ridge. Hanover Co .. Va., stone bearing the inscription'I"~s Wingfield ." His wife Rhoda Davis Wingfield." In a deed dated 11 Feb. 1871, (Hanover Co., Va., Deed Ble. 21. p. 230), Cynthia Wingfield transferred to her husband. Joseph

,is. Wingfield, 3 to acres. "land inherited ... from the estate of her father, Thomas Wingtield,,son of John ... and known as Marl Ridge."

I 63 William Lynn Wingfield. op. cit.. p. 54: notes by Joseph Spottswood Wingfield in a~iary of Wyatt Wingtield. photocopies sent to R. W. Quarles by Dr. William Wingfield of~larl Ridge. Hanover Co .. Va. (Joseph Wingfield used the diary of his deceased brother to

, ,~ecord his family records). The Hanover Co., Va .. Land tax books for St. Paul's Parish show'IElizabeth and' Rhoda Davis with 180 acres from 1787 through 1792. But on 31 May 1791

/\Villiam 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

!' ~Haga:.ine, 1st ser., v. 23, p. 125). From 1793 through 1799 the Land Books in St.. ~'~""Parish carried the land in the name of William Wingfield and Rody Davis, but in 1800 theland is listed under William and Thomas Wingfield. suggesting a date for the marriage of

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JOSEPH WINGFIELD signed the Slave Deed indicating that he was a

son of John and Mary Wingfield. Joseph appears to have married MaryI Cocke, widow of Charles Jones, around 1783. Joseph died in 1793.76 Their

71 Hanover Co., Va., 1850 census. West Dist .. p. 801 or 404R, family L047-L047, confirmsthe names of the children.

7! Cocke. op. cir.. p. 170. Wingfield vs. Campbell, 1858.

1) Chart in the author's possession made by Herbert Wingfield in 1928 with the help ofMarrba (Pat) Campbell Wingfield and her family records. Pat Wingfield was a granddaughterof Hudson M. Wingfield and the widow of Thomas Wingfield, grandson of John Wingfieldand Martha Tinsley. The same information was obtained from Agnes T. Wingfield, widowof Edward Wingfield, son of Samuel Rufus Wingfield and from Edward's brother GideonWingfield. 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 andknowledgeable 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 AustinWingfield 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. 1814.16 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 abmptl:; ..:-nc,~red..: to 20 slaves. 10 horses and 44 cattle, which probably coincided with his marriage. From 1794

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children were:77

a. Benjamin Wingfield (1785-1856) married his cousin RebeccaWmgfietd; daughter of Thomas Wingfield. He was an attorney and wasnamed an executor in his father-in-Iaw'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 hisfIrst wife he had; i. Joseph Andrew, married Mrs. Juliet Winder Swift, ii.Barbara c., married B. F. Coor, iii. Sarah, married Henry Briel, iv. MollyEllen, 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 1. (1839-1856). All but Sarah were living at home at the time ofthe 1850 census.78

b. Capt. Joseph Coleman Wingfield, born in 1787, married (1) MissRagland, daughter of Shelton Ragland, and had three sons to whom land wastransferred in 1828, probably from their grandfather Ragland. These sonswere: 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 andg. Elizabeth), and iii. Joseph c., Jr., who married Elizabeth Ann Campbelland 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. MaryElizabeth, who married John Pleasants Harwood. There was also a daughter

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 263acres in her estate was transferred to her sons Joseph C. Wingfield and Benjamin Wingfield

and to Elizabeth Bingham. confirming their relation to her.18 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., 19f. 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: Booi<fo~ 135$·.saOw,sdhat Benjamin Wingfield's land was distributed to his children:Joseph A., Ira A., Barbara C., Mary E., Melvina Longan and Sarah A. Briel. Angelina wasthen dead.

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,~ 11,>'his estate proved that he had four children: L 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 daughterMartha 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 tentativelylisted as a son of John Wingfield, Jr., because his sister Mary Wingfieldnamed a son Austin and the name persisted in the family through the nextgeneration, which adds to the probability that they were siblings. Austin'sname is also found on the rolls of the Masonic Lodge in Charlottesville in the1800-03 period. He appears to have followed his sister Elizabeth to

Mississippi where he joined the 7th Battalion of the Mississippi Militia. Hedied -26.Dec. 1814 while serving in the War of 1812.75

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. Betty who died yaung.79 Joseph C. mamed (2) Martha Sarah (Cocke) Camp,

;/113 Feb. 1821, in Caroline County and had a daughter iv. Mary E. S., Wingfield (1823-1856)30 who married (1) Porter Harris (and had a 5011

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c. Elizabeth who married Joseph Bingham.32

'! SARAH WINGFIELD is listed as a daughter of John and Mary Wingfield

:i, since John Prince who signed the Slave Deed in AlbemarLe County had a:'1: wife named Sarah according to a deed they signed in 1781. B When John

J. Prince sold land to William Wingfield in 1784 her name was not on theif,; deedS4 and she presumably had died. John Prince is listed by Wood asIP among those who enlisted from Albemarle County.85 No further record ofl John Phnce has been found in the Albemarle County records, not any

':1: indication of any children.'i.,'I'" ANN WINGFIELD married James Garland, son of James Garland and

i ' Mary Rice of Hanover. 86 He was a lieutenant who was accidentally shot at'II

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,I,:i 19 Cocke, Hanover Chancery Wills, p. 170. suit Wingfield vs. Campbell shows Miss'i i Ragland married a Mr. Wingfield and had i. Benj. F, Wingfield. wife Rebecca, and ii. Joseph

!'; :' C. Wingrield, Jr., survived by a widow Elizabeth in 1860 and lists the five children with,>pouses. A letter dated 30 Dec. 1930 from Mrs. Sarah Coleman Hall. daughter of Ann Bluford

iL Wingtield. to Herbert Wingfield, now in possession of R. W. Quarles, confirms the children's

j i names. Hanover Co., Va., Land Tax book. 1828, contains notation of land ownership: 'j, "Shelton. Joseph C. and Benjamin F. Wingfield. children of Joseph C. Wingfield. 109 acres'(, adjacent Fleming B. Cross." This appears to have been a legacy from their grandfather~,' Ragland.

'!I '0 Cocke. Hanover Chancery Wills, pp. 39-40. 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.

: 'I 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. Harris. and Sarah'sI children John and Paul Camp. The death of Mary E. S. Vinson in Albemarle County, 26 Oct.,. !856. was reported to the Clerk by her brother. B. F. Wingfield of Fredericksburg.I ,~ Hanover Co., Va .. Land tax book, 1822, shows Elizabeth Bingham, widow of Josephl Bingham. received land from the estate of Mary Wingfield.

! H Albemarle Co .• Va., Deed Bk. 7. pp. 135, 428, 502.:lis.. Albemarle Co., Va .. Deed Bk. 8, p. 144.;I ' S~ Wood, op. dr., p. 366.

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Ir1 Albemarle Co., Va., Guardian Bonds 1783-1852, 14 July 1791, "Charles Wingfield

guardian of Hudson Garland, son of James Garland, Jr."38 Records obtained by Herbert H. Wingfield from Mary L. Garland, Lynchburg, Va ..

great-granddaughter of Spotswood Garland; Richmond Times-Dispatch, 26 July 1908; LandonC. Bell. Cuinberlil11a~P'ari:rff;<Lunenburg County. Virginia. 1746-1816 (reprint; Ballimore.

1974), pp. 223-24.

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Among the Wingfields of Albemarle County there was a tradition thatCharles Wingtield 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 ofIndependence but there is no proof that there were two different people. Noother trace of William has been found in the Albemarle records and there isno 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. Theserecords were obtained through personal contacts with families and were

copied from Bibles and family charts. They have been invaluable in guidingand interpreting our findings and in supplementing census and court records.The data are quoted where there is confirming evidence such as court recordsand census data and may provide a starting point for further research.

the Hessian Barracks near CharlottesvilIe. James Garland's name appears onthe Slave Deed which confirms that Ann Wingfield, his wife, was a daughter

of lohn. a11d Mary Wingfield. After Garland's death, Ann's brother, CharlesWingfield, was appointed guardian far her son Hudson Garland.s7 Annmaved to Amherst County with her children:s3

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 positionhe held for years.

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

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