John Hadley Stanfield Jr. (1743 - 1815)

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Biography

John Stanfield was born 1 August, 1743, in North Carolina near Snow Camp to Quakers John Stanfield and Hannah Hadley. His father died in 1755 when he was 12 years old.

John Stanfield married Phillipina Jones on April 2, 1762. The marriage is recorded in the Cane Creek Meeting Minutes in North Carolina which was, at that time, Orange County. [It was divided in 1771, with part becoming Guilford County.] John and Phillipina are recorded in New Garden Meeting Minutes, in Guilford County in 1786. They eventually moved to Cumberland County, Kentucky. They had seven known children from his will written 17 August 1815 in Cumberland County. It was recorded in Cumberland County, North Carolina Will Book B pages 17 & 18.<1>

Their children were listed in the "Show Me the Bitticks Friends, Willis Henry and Other Missouri Bittick Database". The children were all reported to have been born in Orange County, North Carolina.<3>

Name: Mary Stanfield Born: 26 JUN 1761 at: Orange Co, North Carolina; or June 26, 1764 Married: 3 FEB 1781 at: North Carolina Died: AFT 8 JUL 1816 at: Spouses: Francis Bittick

Name: Thomas Stanfield Born: ABT 1766 at: Orange Co., North Carolina Married: 28 AUG 1791 at: Surry Co., North Carolina Died: at: Spouses: Elizabeth Michaels

Name: Hannah Stanfield Born: ABT 1768 at: Orange Co., North Carolina Married: ABT 1790 at: Deep Creek, North Carolina [disowned, married out of unity] Died: at: Spouses: William Cain

Name: Rebecca\Rebeckah Stanfield Born: ABT 1770 at: Orange Co., North Carolina Married: 27 DEC 1790 at: Surry Co., North Carolina Died: at: Spouses: Benjamin Cain

Name: Lydia Stanfield Born: ABT 1774 at: Orange Co., North Carolina Married: 24 DEC 1812 at: Cumberland Co., Kentucky Died: at: Spouses: John Doss William Rayfield

Name: Samuel Stanfield Born: ABT 1776 at: Orange Co, North Carolina Married: at: Died: ABT 1858 at: Macon Co, Missouri Spouses: Mary Green Catherine Gross

Name: Philapina\Philipina Stanfield Born: 22 APR 1783 at: Orange Co, North Carolina; or June 09, 1778 Married: 21 MAY 1806 at: Cumberland Co., Kentucky Died: 15 MAR 1873 at: Cumberland Co, Kentucky Spouses: Absolem\Absalom Scott

Name: William Stanfield Born: ABT 1780 at: Orange Co., North Carolina<3>

transcribed by Ronda J. Snider 3-27-02; [ ] = added by me; [?] = not sure of transcription; bold = names & dates bold = signature

Item 1: John Stanfield will

John Stanfield Will page 1

In the name of GOD amen, being weak of body but of a sound mind and memory and of a disposing mind and willing to resign my body to the grave and my soul to god; do make this my last will and testament as follows, to wit, Item, I give and bequeath to my daughter Mary Biddecks one dollar

Item, I give and bequeath to my daughter Hanah Cain, RebeckaCain, Samuel Stanfield, Lydia Rayfield and Phillipina Scott the price of my [land, line drawn through it] fifty acres of land be the same more or less lying in Cumberland County & on bear creek, which was the land I bought of William Cain; and It is my desire & will that the said William Cain should have the land again provided he the said William Cain pays after keeping his wifes part to Rebeckah Cain, Samuel Stanfield, Lydia Rayfield, Phillipina Scott & Lydia Rayfield to have double out of the price of land, which land is to be valued after my Decease, it further my will and desire that the above tract of land named should be valued Equal to each, and the said William Cain is bound to pay each legated that is to say Rebeckah Cain & others above named which is to have the price of said fifty acres of John Stanfield Will Page 2[page 18 of probate book] and in trade of the same rates the land is valued at, Item I give & bequeath to my son Thomas Stanfield one Dollar to himand his heirs, it further my will & desire that the rest & residue of my Estate both real & personal after paying my funeral Expences & lawful debts, should be equally divided between Hanah Cain, Rebeckah Cain, Samuel Stanfield, Lydia Rayfield & Phillipina Scott and I do appoint Samuel Stanfield and Abo Scott my sole Exart. to this my last will & testament

As witness my hand & seal this 17th day of Augt 1815

Shadrick Claywell John Stanfield (seal)

Lemuel Stockton

Francis Petty<3>

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---- ---- ----Cumberland County Court set Clerks Office 17th day of April 1816 I John E. King the Clerk of the Court holden in and for the county aforesaid, Do Certify that the within Will of John Stanfield Deceased was Exhibited in the Court aforesaid, at the April Term 1816 & fully proved by the oaths of Shadrick Claywell and Lemuel Stockton two of the subscribing witnesses thereto & ordered to Record, And that I have recorded the same together with this certificate in my said Office in Will book B page 17 Witness my hand the day & year first written

John E. King<3>

Sources

• <1><Hinshaw, William Wade, "THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF QUAKER GENEALOGY," Volume 1, page 419."

• <2><"Camp & Satterfield Family Groups", John Stanfield, http://csbvp.com/camp/johnstanfield.html/>

• <3><"Show Me the Bitticks Friends, Willis Henry and Other Missouri Bittick Database". http://www.showmethebitticks.com/html-f/fam/fam00146.htm/>

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile John Stanfield created through the import of DIXON.GED on Oct 11, 2011 by Glenn Dixon. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Glenn and others. Special thanks to Allen Brown for beginning the biography and adding information and sources.