Thomas Wingfield, The Immigrant

Biography

Thomas Wingfield, The Immigrant was born on March 29, 1664 in Tickencote, Rutland, England and was baptized on March 29, 1664 in St Benet Paul's Wharf with St Peter Paul's Wharf, London, Middlesex, England. His parents were John Wingfield, III and Mary Wingfield. He was a priest.

Thomas married Mary Wingfield in 1690 in Virginia, Colonial America. Together they had the following children: Ruth Wright; Thomas Wingfield, II; John Wingfield; Mary Wingfield; Elizabeth Jarratt.

He died on December 19, 1720 in New Kent County, Virginia, Colonial America and was buried after December 19, 1720 in Mattaponi Baptist Church Cemetery, King and Queen County, Virginia, United States.

Thomas Wingfield (of York River, VA), son of John Wingfield York Herald and Mary Owen, (1,3,6,7) was born 29 March 1664 in St. Benet’s Paul’s Warf, London England (1)

About 1690 (3,7) he married Mary Stegal in New Kent County, VA. (2,3,7) He died 19 Dec. 1720 in New Kent County, VA and is buried at St. Peter’s Parrish, VA. (8) Thomas and Mary are the parents of John Wingfield of Hanover County, VA. (1,5) IGI P0031361 , 1619-1837, film #481065, and film #537056, Parrish Records St. Benet’s Paul’s Warf, London England. Marriage done, no date given. Edwin B. Wingfield and Wingfield Family Society database.

From Winter WFS Newsletter 2002, Genealogist Lee Preston found of Thomas’ three daughters, Ruth 18 Oct 1691, Mary 25 Feb 1691, and Elizabeth 12 July 1702 in the St. Peter’s Parrish records of New Kent County, VA. The records between 1691 and 1699 are irretrievably lost.

DN A testing by BY U proved that Thomas, John, and Robert are indeed the sons of Thomas of York River.

Sources: “Genealogies of Virginia Families,” The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 5, p. 822. Based on an article, “The Early Wingfield Family,” by G. Andrews Moriarty, FASG, in the New England Historical and Genealog- ical Register, Vol. ciii, Oct. 1949. Wingfield Family Society database, wwwwingfield:org St. Peter’s Parish Records, VA.

Origins

https://wingfieldfamilysociety.org/john-wingfield-york-herald/

Editor’s note: John Wingfield was born 1619 the 3rd son of Sir John Wingfield of Tickencote. He was educated as an attorney, Captain of Horse in Royal Army 1641-1648. On July 10, 1678 purchased commissions for his oldest sons. Thomas the youngest was 14 in 1678, the year his father died. Thomas considered the ancestor of many Wingfields in the USA, is said to have settled in York River, Va. in 1680.

Disputed origins

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wingfield-421

Thomas' parentage is not proven. The theory that he was a son of John Wingfield, Herald of York and Mary Owen was apparently first put forward by Merwyn Edward [Wingfield], Seventh Viscount Powerscourt in an 1894 publication,[1] and then repeated by John Goodwin Herndon in his 1952 article "Thomas Wingfield (1670-1720) of York River, VA, His Ancestry and some of his Virginia and Georgia Descendants".[2]

In neither case was a source for this relationship stated, it was simply asserted without proof. The excellent article "The Real 'Thomas Wingfield of York River' Dilemma" by Abigail Anne Young must be read to gain a full understanding of the state of both paper trail and DNA genealogy with respect to this family.[3]

John Wingfield of York did have a son Thomas christened March 29, 1664 at St. Benets, Pauls Wharf, London.[4] However, no proof has been uncovered that this Thomas was the emigrant to Virginia. Y-DNA testing, covered in Abigail Young's article cited here, indicates connections between descendants of 3 Wingfield Virginia immigrants, but DOES NOT prove descent of any of them directly from John Wingfield of York.

A birth date of 1660 is assigned to give him time to immigrate, marry and have a child by 1691. He obviously could have been older and would have been a well-established member of the community by 1695 in order to provide a foster house for bastard children by 1695 as is shown by St. Peter's church records cited below.

Disputed Children

Y-DNA testing of known (by paper trail) descendants of John, Thomas (NOT the immigrant but John & Thomas of Hanover County) and Robert was compared to a known descendant of Sir John, Herald of York. The testing has shown, in the words of Abigail Young: ...that the descendants of the three colonial ancestors are not as closely related to the descendant of Sir John as they are to one another... Note that this testing does not confirm that the three were brothers or half-brothers, it does not specify exactly what relationship they were, only that they are related.

please do not add Information on them here.

1. Thomas
2. John
3. Thomas
4. Robert
5. Francis
6. Owen

References

1. Merwyn Edward [Wingfield], Seventh Viscount Powerscourt, Muniments of the Ancient Saxon Family of Wingfield (London (privately printed), 1894), pp 10, 83.
2. John Goodwin Herndon. "Thomas Wingfield (1670-1720) of York River, Virginia His Ancestry and Some of His Virginia and Georgia Descendants." The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 60, no. 2 (1952): 305-22. Accessed August 1, 2021. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4245840.
3. The Real 'Thomas Wingfield of York River' Dilemma 2002 by Abigail Anne Young http://homes.chass.utoronto.ca/~young/genealogy/Thomas.wingfield.html
4. "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JQP1-P6R : 19 September 2020), Thomas Wingfield, 1664.
5. The vestry book and register of St. Peter's Parish, New Kent and James City counties, Virginia, 1684-1786 transcribed and edited by C.G. Chamberlayne (Churchill Gibson), 1876-1939 p. 447
6. The parish register of Saint Peter's, New Kent county, Virginia from 1680 to 1787 by St. Peter's Parish (New Kent County, Va.); National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Virginia Publication date 1904 p. 72

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Thomas WINGFIELD (AFN: NR13-4G) Pedigree

Sex:  M  Family     

Event(s)

Birth:   29 Mar 1664     Tickencote, Rutlandshire, Eng.   

Death: 19 Dec 1720 New Kent Co., Va
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Parents

Father:  John WINGFIELD (AFN: FK7N-BS)  Family  

Mother: Frances CROMWELL (AFN: FK7N-64)
Father: John WINGFIELD (AFN: 10DZ-0KR) Family
Mother: Mary OWEN (AFN: 10DZ-0L0)
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Marriage(s)

Spouse:  Mary (AFN: 1HMT-J58)  Family   Marriage:    

Virginia
Spouse: Mary OWENS (AFN: NR13-1X) Family
Marriage:
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Husband's Name

Thomas WINGFIELD (AFN:NR13-4G) Pedigree

Born: 29 Mar 1664 Place: Tickencote, Rutlandshire, Eng.

Died: 19 Dec 1720 Place: New Kent Co., Va

Married: Place: Virginia

Father: John WINGFIELD (AFN:FK7N-BS) Family

Mother: Frances CROMWELL (AFN:FK7N-64)

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Wife's Name

Mary (AFN:1HMT-J58) Pedigree

Born: Abt. 1697 Place: <York River, , Virginia>

Married: Place: Virginia

Father:

Mother:

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Children

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1.

M Owen WINGFIELD (AFN:1HMT-J6G) Pedigree

Born: 23 Sep 1719 Place: New Kent Co., Va

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Husband's Name

Thomas WINGFIELD (AFN:NR13-4G) Pedigree

Born: 29 Mar 1664 Place: Tickencote, Rutlandshire, Eng.

Died: 19 Dec 1720 Place: New Kent Co., Va

Father: John WINGFIELD (AFN:FK7N-BS) Family

Mother: Frances CROMWELL (AFN:FK7N-64)

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Wife's Name

Mary OWENS (AFN:NR13-1X) Pedigree

Born: Abt 1670 Place: <St Benet's Paul's Wharf London England>

Father:

Mother:

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Children

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1.

F Ruth WINGFIELD (AFN:TP7M-BC) Pedigree

Born: Abt 1691 Place: New Kent Co., Va

Christened: 18 Oct 1691 Place:

Died: Unknown Place:

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2.

M Robert WINGFIELD (AFN:TP8B-TS) Pedigree

Born: Abt 1697 Place: New Kent Co., Va

Died: 14 Aug 1769 Place: Louisa Co., Va

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3.

F Mary WINGFIELD (AFN:TP8Q-Z5) Pedigree

Born: Abt 1699 Place: New Kent Co., Va

Died: Unknown Place:

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4.

F Elizabeth WINGFIELD (AFN:TP7M-H7) Pedigree

Born: Abt 1702 Place: New Kent Co., Va

Christened: 12 Jul 1702 Place:

Died: Unknown Place:

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5.

M Thomas WINGFIELD (AFN:NR13-24) Pedigree

Born: 1693 Place: New Kent Co., , Virginia

Died: 1785 Place: Wilkes Co., , Georgia

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6.

M John WINGFIELD (AFN:TP7M-JD) Pedigree

Born: 1695 Place: Albemarle Co., Virginia

Died: 1759 Place: Hanover Co., Va

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7.

F Mary WINGFIELD (AFN:1HMT-J42) Pedigree

Born: 1669 Place: <New Kent Co., , Virginia>

Christened: 25 Feb 1669/1670 Place:

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• Reference: FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy: Jul 13 2019, 20:38:40 UTC
• Baptism: "London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812," database with images
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  John Wingfield.
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