Thomas was born about 1735 in Colonial Virginia to Abraham Mayfield, Sr. and Elizabeth Valentine Bell. He married Anne Webster. They had 3 children. He passed away in 1803 in Greenville County, SC around age 66.
This biography is a rough draft. It was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import and needs to be edited.
IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE TWENTY SIXTH DAY OF APRIL ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND THREE. I THOMAS Mayfield, OF THE STATE AND DISTRICT AFORESAID, BEING VERY SICK AND WEAK IN BODY BUT OF PERFECT MIND AND MEMORY THANKS BE TO GOD, THEREFORE CALLING
UNTO MIND THE MORTALITY OF MY BODY, AND KNOWING THAT IT IS ONE APPOINTED FOR ALL MEN TO DIE. DO MAKE AND ORDAIN THIS MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT. THAT IS TO SAY PRINCIPALLY AND FIRST OF ALL I GIVE AND RECOMMEND MY SOUL UNTO THE HAND OF ALMIGHTY GOD
THAT GIVE IT. AND MY BODY I RECOMMEND TO THE EARTH. TO BE BURIED IN DECENT CHRISTINA BURIAL AT THE DICERATION OF MY EXECUTOR. NOTHING DOUGHTING BUT AT THE RESURRECTION I SHALL RECEIVE THE SAME AGAIN BY THE MIGHTY POWER OF GOD. AND AS TOUCHING SUCH
WORLDLY ESTATE. HEREWITH IT HAS PLEASED GOD TO BLESS ME IN THIS LIFE, I GIVE AND DISPOSE OF THE SAME IN THE FOLLING MANNER AND FORM.
VIS TO MY BELOVED WIFE ANN Mayfield DURING HER NATURAL LIFETIME. I GIVE ONE THIRD PART OF MY LAND INCLUDING THE PLANTATION AND DWELLING HOUSE, IF SHE CHOOSES TO LIVE ON IT. AND ALSO HER BED THAT SHE LYES ON WITH THE FURNITURE, AND THE CHEST, AND
THE CHAIRS, AND HALF THE PUTER AND ALL THE POT METTLES AND HALF THE STOCK OF HOGGS AND TWO COWS AND CALVES, AND THE MARE AND ONE SET OF GIN AND PLOW AND ALL THE HOES, THE WHEELS AND CARDS AND ALL THE WATER VESSELS. AND SECONDLY I GIVE UNTO MY
SON JOHN Mayfield, ALL MY LAND EXCEPT MY WIFES LIFETIME OUT OF IT, AS IN MENTIONED ABOVE.
FURTHERMORE IT IS MY DESIRE THAT AFTER MY DEATH THAT MY TWO SONS ABRAHAM Mayfield, AND JOHN Mayfield DIVIDE THE REST OF THE PROPERTY EQUALLY AMONGST ALL THE CHILDREN, INCLUDING THEMSELVES. LIKEWISE WHAT PROPERTY MY WIFE HAS AT HER DESCENT TO BE
DIVIDED IN LIKE MANNER.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I HAVE HEREUNTO SET MY HAND AND SEAL THE DAY AND YEAR ABOVE WRITTEN, SIGNED, SEALED, AND DECLARED BY ME TO BE THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT IN PRESENCE OF US.
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15 January 1788: Thomas Mayfield (father of Abraham) of Greenville County SC acquires a 200-acre tract of land situate on the Enoree River, in Greenville County, from a certain John Wakefield. This deed is recorded in Greenville County on 18 February 1788. [See Greenville County SC Deed Book A, pages 165-168]
WikiTree profile Mayfield-225 created through the import of Gedcom ONE for WikiTree.ged on Aug 7, 2011 by Dolores M. Pringle Pringle. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Dolores M. Pringle and others.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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