Born in Seven Springs, Wayne, North Carolina
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Whitfield III
and Hester (Williams) Whitfield
Sister of
William Whitfield IV, Mary Catherine (Whitfield) Killebrew, Bryan Whitfield, Joseph Whitfield, Lewis Whitfield Sr., Rachel Whitfield, Needham Whitfield, Sarah (Whitfield) St. George, Hatch Whitfield [half], Charles Whitfield [half], Lemuel Hatch Whitfield [half], Benjamin Whitfield [half], Edmund Hatch Whitfield [half], Lucy H. Whitfield [half], Harriet Howard (Whitfield) Kornegay [half], Narcissa Dansey Whitfield [half], John Oliver Whitfield [half], Lewis Burdette Whitfield [half], Francis Edwin Whitfield [half], George Washington Whitfield [half] and William Alexander Whitfield [half]
[spouse(s) unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Nancy Ann (Kethley) Coor, John Kethley, Sarah (Kethley) Collier, William Whitfield Kethley and Mary Elizabeth (Keathley) Butler
Died after
after age 50
in Feliciana, Louisiana, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Feb 2013
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Biography
Elizabeth "Betsy" Whitfield was the daughter of William Whitfield and Hester Williams. [1] In her father William Whitfield's Last Will and Testament signed 2 February 1816, she was referred to as one of his children, Elizabeth Kethly.[2]
According to the referenced book (page 69), she married John Keathley. See research notes about husband's surname.
In the 1820 U.S. Census, John Kethley was enumerated 7 August 1820 in Mississippi, Feliciana, Louisiana, as head of a 23 person household, including two adults male and female, both over age 45 (conjectured to be John and Elizabeth).[3]
Research Notes
Husbands surname: There are several variant spellings Kethley, Kethly, Keathley, Keathly, Keithley etc.
Montgomery County, Tennessee: There is some evidence that prior to moving to Louisiana they lived in Montgomery County, Tennessee. Further research required.
Death Date: She died sometime after the 1820 U.S. Census Enumeration date, 7 August 1820. Some researchers believe that she died 12 March 1823, but no sources have been provided for that specific date. Both John and Elizabeth are said to have died in Feliciana Parish, Louisiana.
Sources
- ↑ Whitfield, Emma Morehead. Whitfield, Bryan, Smith, and Related Families. Westminster, Maryland, 1948-50. Paged 64 - 69. Accessed 14 August 2020.
- ↑ "North Carolina Probate Records, 1735-1970," Last Will of William Whitfield, signed 2 February 1816, Wayne County, North Carolina, Dockets, 1816-1822, Vol. 04, image 49 of 311; Viewed in FamilySearch 21 May 2014.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1820," John Kethley, Mississippi, Feliciana, Louisiana, United States; citing p. 48, NARA microfilm publication M33, roll 31; FHL microfilm 181,357. FamilySearch database with images accessed 16 August 2021.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth 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 Elizabeth:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth 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 Elizabeth:
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~2.34%
Kathy (Whitfield) Stepp
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Dennis Whitfield :
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~1.56%
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~1.56%
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~1.56%
Penny (Fischer) Short :
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~1.56%
Judy (Garris) Mauldin :
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Margaret Kirby :
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Betty (May) Bowden :
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~0.78%
Julia Morrison :
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~0.78%
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Heather Hart :
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~0.78%
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M (Allen) Braslavsky :
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~0.78%
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~0.78%
Alan Higginbotham :
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~0.78%
Erica (Hammond) Kaolowi :
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Thanks. Do you have a specific source which shows that John was there son?
edited by Elida Tirey
I will let you decide which spouse is right & if you want to merge.
Not the same person. The Elizabeth represented in profile Whitfield-1261 may not be a Whitfield. The referenced ancestry.com profile is a real MESS, it's a hodgepodge profile which doesn't make any sense. Some of the sources, for example the 1960 Boston city directory and S.A.R. record are so wrong. The S.A.R. record is for Elizabeth (Whitfield) Smith, daughter of William Whitfield and Rachel Bryan and wife of Alexander Smith.
Anyway, that ancestry.com profile is not reliable. Thanks.