Mary Delia Mayfield

THE JOHN MAYFIELD - MARY STANWIX LEGEND BY PHIL NORFLEET

Disproving the Legend

Based on the above extracts from authoritative sources, it is obvious that there is no way for John Mayfield to have married a daughter of John Stanwix. The General had only one daughter, who perished with him in October 1766. The General's only son (Thomas) had previously died, as a young man in 1756, undoubtedly without leaving any progeny.

I also consider it very doubtful that there was ever a marriage between a member of the Mayfield family and anyone with the Stanwix surname. This name is very uncommon, even today. I searched all of the published 1790 census records for all the states, including New York, and not even one Stanwix household was listed. I also searched the 1997 United States telephone directories (via CD-ROM) for the Stanwix surname and only 62 entries were noted; this compares to almost 10,000 entries for the Mayfield surname. I must repeat - the Stanwix surname is extremely rare in the United States.

http://mayfieldsofsc.tripod.com/mayfield_stanwix_legend.htm

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