Elizabeth Nancy (Craig) Hatfield (abt. 1781 - abt. 1823)

Descendants

Died about 1823 at about age 42 in Newtown, Hamilton, Ohio, United States

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Biography

The first wife of William Hatfield was likely born about 1781. Her name is uncertain, but may have been either Nancy McMahan or Nancy Craig (see "Research notes -- Her name" below).

She and William had at least 11 children before she died in 1823.^[1]

Research Notes

Her name

The name of William Hatfield's first wife is not certain. She was the mother of his children born before 1823. There is no known contemporaneous record of their marriage or records of the births of their children that confirm her name. The possibilities for her actual name are the following:

• Nancy McMahan. According to a biographical sketch of her son Nathan published in 1897 when he was 84, her name was "Nancy McMahan".^[2] Assuming this is correct, she was likely related to his second wife, Angeline McMahan -- possibly the older sister of Angeline's father Andrew McMahan, who served in the War of 1812 in the company commanded by her husband's brother Nathan Hatfield (1770-1843). However, if she was related to her son's second wife, the biographical sketch fails to mention it.
• Nancy Craig. A genealogy of the Cleveland family published in 1899 states that her name was "Nancy Craig", the mother of Margaret Hatfield born in 1802.^[3] No source is provided for this information. It should be noted that her husband's brother Nathan Hatfield (1770-1843) married a woman named "Nancy Craig" (Nancy being a diminutive of Agnes) in 1814 in Belmont County, Ohio.^[4] So, it is possible that her name was "Nancy", but her surname was confused with the surname of her brother-in-law's second wife, Nancy Craig. Alternatively, they may have been related, either cousins, or aunt/niece.
• Elizabeth Nancy Craig. According to her memorial on Find A Grave, her name was "Elizabeth Nancy Craig".^[1] No sources are provided for this information, and it was possibly based on the information contained in the Cleveland Genealogy described above. It is not clear where the first name "Elizabeth" comes from.

Footnotes:

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Elizabeth Nancy Craig memorial on FindAGrave (accessed 21 Mar 2024).
2. ↑ History of Wood County Ohio (full citation below), at p. 1294.
3. ↑ Cleveland Genealogy (full citation below), at p. 1267.
4. ↑ Marriage of Nathan Hatfield and Nancy Craig, Belmont County OH, 1 Sep 1814. FamilySearch.org database with images: "Ohio, County Marriages, 1800-1958" (requires free registration) (accessed 21 Mar 2024).

See also:

• Commemorative Historical and Biographical Record of Wood County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, Chicago IL: JH Beers & Co, 1897. Archive.org (accessed 21 Mar 2024) (referred to herein as "History of Wood County Ohio").
• Cleveland, Edmund Janes and Horace Gillette Cleveland. The Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families, Hartford CT: The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1899. Ancestry.com (accessed 21 Mar 2024) (referred to herein as "Cleveland Genealogy").