Rebecca (Ridgely) Warfield (abt. 1714 - bef. 1755)

Ancestors

Descendants

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Biography

Birth

Rebecca Ridgely was born 18 OCT 1714 in Anne Arundel, MD, and died 1755. She was the daughter of 18. Nicholas Ridgely , Judge and 19. Sarah Worthington. ^[1]

Marriage

Benjamin Warfield was born 1702 in 'Warfield's Range', Anne Arundel, MD, and died 22 AUG 1753 in Anne Arundel, MD. He was the son of 16. John Warfield and 17. Ruth Morley Gaither. ^[1]

Children

Children of Rebecca Ridgely and Benjamin Warfield are:

1. Mary Ridgely Warfield was born ABT 1733 in Anne Arundel , Maryland. She married Thomas Dorsey 1755, son of Henry (Judge) Dorsey and Elizabeth Worthington. He was born 15 MAR 1737/38 in Anne Arundel , Maryland, and died 1790 in Elkridge, Anne Arundel, MD.^[1]
2. Benjamin Warfield was born 1734 in Anne Arundel, MD, and died 1806 in Anne Arundel, MD. He married Catherine Ridgely Dorsey 1769, daughter of Philemon Dorsey and Catherine Ridgely. She was born 30 NOV 1745.^[1]
3. Vachel Warfield was born 1737 in 'Elk Ridge' Anne Arundel, MD, and died 17 OCT 1815 in Will probated Anne Arundel, MD. He married Sarah Dorsey 1772 in Anne Arundel, MD, daughter of Philemon Dorsey and Catherine Ridgely. She was born 9 SEP 1747, and died BEF 1815.^[1]
4. Elisha Warfield was born 29 NOV 1741 in Elk Ridge, Ann Arundel Co. Maryland, and died 16 JUL 1818 in Lexington, Fayette Co., Kentucky. He married Elizabeth Dorsey 11 AUG 1771, daughter of Henry (Judge) Dorsey and Elizabeth Worthington. She was born 15 FEB 1743/44 in Elk Ridge, Ann Arundel Co. MD, and died 1776. He married Ruth Burgess 22 AUG 1778 in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland, daughter of Joseph (Captain) Burgess and Elizabeth Dorsey. She was born 10 MAY 1763 in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland, and died 30 MAY 1835 in Lexington, KY.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Fonda Carroll. Fonda Flax Carroll Genealogy in Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio and South Carolina. Updated: 2014-07-27 http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=AHN&db=spot54&id=I06325. Accessed March 19, 2017. jhd

See also:

• [1] The Cabells and Their Kin: A Memorial Volume of History, Biography, and Genealogy Alexander Brown January 1, 1895 Houghton, Mifflin & Company: Husband, parents, Child page 500

• Calendar of Kent County, Delaware probate records, 1680-1800, page 159. Database and images at Ancestry.com Image accessed 27 Sept 2021.

RIDGELY, NICHOLAS. Will. Made Feb. 15, 1755. Heirs: wife Mary; son Charles Greenberry Ridgely; daus. Sarah & Elizabeth Ridgely; grandchildren Benjamin & Nicholas Vining & Sarah Gorrell; dau.-in-law Mary Vining; granddau. Ann Warfield; grandsons Elisha, Nicholas, Benjamin & Joshua Warfield, children of dau. Rebecca Warfield. Exec’rs, wife & son Charles. Wits., Benjamin Chew, Richard Wells, Henry Bickerton. Prob. March 3, 1755. Arch. vol. A43, pages 226, 228—232. Reg. of Wills, Liber K, folio 103.