Born in Lenoir, North Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Bryan Whitfield Sr.
and Winifred (Bryan) Whitfield
Sister of
William Whitfield [half], Needham Whitfield [half], Polly Whitfield [half], Bryan Whitfield Jr [half], Rachel (Whitfield) Herring [half], Nancy (Whitfield) Cobb [half], Elizabeth (Whitfield) Croom [half], Nathan Bryan Whitfield Sr., George Whitfield, James Bryan Whitfield, Lewis Whitfield and Mary Ann Whitfield
Wife of
Richard Croom
— married
about 1825 in Bertie, North Carolina, United States
Mother of
Mary Whitfield (Croom) Whitfield
Died
at age 35
in Whitfield, Sumter, Alabama, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Feb 2013
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The Marriage Date is a rough estimate. See the text for details.
Biography
- Winifred was born in 1812. She died in 1848 at the age of 35.
- Parents: Brig. Gen. Bryan Whitfield 1754 - 1817 and Winifred (Bryan) Whitfield 1778 - 1828.
- Spouse: Richard Dale Croom 1805 - 1859. They were married about 1825 in Bertie, North Carolina. Findagrave #107490767
- Children:
1. Winifred Bryan Croom 1831 - 1856
- Married George Washington Sappington 1821 - 1906
- Findagrave #54196358
2. Nicholas Pavolich Croom 1833 - 1866
- Findagrave #107490987
3. Evelyn Croom 1835 - abt. 1835
- Died as an infant
- Findagrave #107490935
4. Mary Ann Croom 1836 - 1867
- Married Judge Richard Allen Whitfield 1832 - 1906
- Findagrave #10183409 (pic. on page)
5. Bryan Croom 1839 - 1863
- Married Augusta F. Marshall 1838 -
- Findagrave #107490923
6. Susan Matilda Croom 1841 - 1920
- Married James George Whitfield 1840 - 1923
- Findagrave #107491076
7. James Richard Croom 1843 - 1844
- Died @ 1 yrs old
- Findagrave #107490957
Sources
- Winifred is buried at the Croom Family Cemetery in Whitfield, Sumter County, Alabama, USA. Her page lists and has links to her parents, siblings, spouse, 6 children. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107490870/winifred-bryan-croom#add-to-vc
- Winifred (Bryan) Whitfield: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MBVC-ZFL Lists her parents, 5 siblings, spouse, 7 children, 9 souces/notes.
- The North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register. Volume 1. Page 604. Lists "Winnefred", her birth & death dates, her spouse Richard Croom (a cousin). Page 607 lists the kids names and who they married: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015028952177&view=1up&seq=602&q1=whitfield%20record
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Winifred by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Winifred:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Winifred by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Winifred:
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~1.56%
S Roberts
:
23andMe, GEDmatch JC8771838 [compare]
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~0.78%
Philip Wortman :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Julia (Wright) Lewis :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member jlewis80356
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