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Needham Whitfield

Born 7 Jun 1811 in Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Son of Lewis Whitfield Sr. and Elizabeth (Wimberly) Whitfield

Brother of Joseph W. Whitfield, Sarah J. (Whitfield) Bourne, George William Whitfield, Robert Diggs Whitfield, Lewis Whitfield II, Elizabeth D. (Whitfield) Trigg, Susan M. (Whitfield) Fort [half], William Bryan Whitfield I [half] and Catherine (Whitfield) Osburn [half]

Husband of Agnes (Bourne) Whitfield — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

[children unknown]

Died 1905 at about age 93 in Montgomery, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Needham was born in 1811. He died in 1905 at the age of 94.

Parents: Lewis Whitfield I 1773 - 1838 and Elizabeth (Wimberly) Whitfield 1788 - .

Spouse: Agnes (Bourne) Whitfield 1812 - aft. 1860 (on 1860 Census).

Children:

1. Charity B. Whitfield 1840 - 1916

Married Henry A. Williams - 1888

2. Catharine Whitfield 1846 - aft. 1860

On 1860 Census, age 13, Christian, Kentucky

3. Thomas H. Whitfield 1849 - 1921

Married Amelia A. Senseney 1855 - 1894
Findagrave #103304279

Sources

Needham Whitfield: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KGMZ-8Q4

1850 Census: Needham Whitfield. Age: 39. Married. Home in 1850: Montgomery, Tennessee. Birth date/place: 1811 in Kentucky. Household members: Needham Whitfield, 39 (TN). Agnis Whitfield, 32 (KY). Charity Whitfield, 12 (TN). Catharine Whitfield, 4 (TN). Thomas Whitfield, 1 (TN).

1860 Census: Needham Whitfield. Age: 47. Home in 1860: Christian, Kentucky. Birth place: Tennessee. Household members: Needham Whitfield, 47. Agnes Whitfield, 41 (KY). Charity Whitfield, 20. Cathrine Whitfield, 13. Thomas Whitfield, 11. Ambrose Whitfield, 7. Lucy Whitfield, 4. Sarah Whitfield, 4. Note: All but Agnes are listed as born in Tennessee.

1870 Census: N. Whitfield. Age: 59. Home in 1870: District 3, Montgomery, Tennessee. Birth date/place: 1811 in Tennessee. Occupation: miller. Household members: N. Whitfield, 59. Charity Whitfield, 28. Lucy Sallie, 11.

Whitfield, Bryan, Smith and Related Families, Volume 1. By Emma Morehead Whitfield. Page 89 lists Needham's parents, siblings, spouses, Needham's spouse: http://www.bmgen.com/document/pdf/History_Whitfield_Bryan_Smith_Vol_I.pdf Note: Lists Needham as marrying Sallie Bourne. Agnes has a sister, Sarah C. "Sallie" and she married Unk. Cheetham. Book is said to have errors, is this one?

Montgomery County, Tennessee Family History Book, 2000. By the Montgomery County Historical Society (Clarksville, Tennessee). Page 29 lists Whitfield. https://www.tngenweb.org/montgomery/mresearch.html Not digitized, can be purchased.

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Needham by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:

Tyler Whitfield : Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test, haplogroup I-BY205967, FTDNA kit #B590593, MitoYDNA ID T17340 [compare]

It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Needham:

~3.12% Kathy (Whitfield) Stepp : 23andMe
~3.12% ~12.50% Penny (Fischer) Short : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member pennyshort
~1.56% Savannah Stepp : 23andMe
~0.78% Dennis Whitfield : 23andMe
~0.78% Margaret Kirby : 23andMe
~0.78% Philip Wortman : 23andMe
~0.39% M (Allen) Braslavsky : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A210064 [compare], Ancestry member tlwlpilot

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Kathy (Whitfield) Stepp

Whitfield-253 and Whitfield-1209 appear to represent the same person because: I adopted this record and they look like duplicates to me. Your info. is better so I am find with just using it.

posted on Whitfield-1209 (merged) Nov 11, 2020 by Kathy (Whitfield) Stepp

Cindy (Williams) Lesure

This profile should have the mother changed from Wimberly-58 to Wall-1115. Wimberly died in 1815 and Wall was Lewis Whitfield's second wife.

Thanks, Cindy Williams Lesure

posted Jul 28, 2016 by Cindy (Williams) Lesure

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Needham Whitfield (1811 - 1905)

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