Individual Details
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Families
Spouse | Richard Barfield (1696 - 1755) |
Child | Henry Barfield (1722 - 1790) |
Child | Richard Barfield (1722 - ) |
Child | Ann Barfield (1727 - ) |
Child | Solomon Barfield (1729 - ) |
Child | Catherine Barfield (1729 - 1801) |
Child | Lewis B. Barfield Sr. (1734 - 1814) |
Child | Elizabeth "Lebeth or Tebeth" Barfield (1735 - 1754) |
Child | Jesse Barfield (1737 - 1780) |
Child | Mary "Mollie" Barfield (1740 - 1791) |
Notes
Marriage
No wife is mentioned in his will, she must have died before 1755.Death
As his wife is not mentioned in his will of June 5, 1755, it has been assumed that she had already died. But a family story of Catherine Taylor, daughter of Richard Barfield, dealing with a raid during the revolution, mentions her aged mother living with her. "During the fracas Catherine's mother, who was very old and feeble, became so frightened that she shook as with an ague." (Hughes).Endnotes
1. Barfield and Taylor data from D7-247 - Sampson Deed Book 7--Page 247 & W5E-608 - Wayne County Deed 5E--Page 608 (compiled by Jerome Tew, emailed April 1998 & Feb. 1999 jdtew@esn.net).
2. Hughes, Pauline Craig (1826-1910), Family History on Barfield, Craig, Hughes, Mathews, McCulloh, Steveson, Taylor, written in 1908 (copy held by Jeff Prouty, CA, prouty@sonic.net).