Saturday, December 22, 2018

Surname Saturday -- STANSFIELD (England to colonial Massachusetts)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.

I am working in the 9th great-grandmothers by Ahnentafel number, and I am up to Ancestor #2213 who is Miriam STANSFIELD (1627-1682). [Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 9th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts.]

My ancestral line back through two generations in this STANSFIELD family line is:

1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

16. Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)
17. Lucretia Townsend Smith (1827-1884)

34.  Alpheus B. Smith (1802-1840)
35.  Elizabeth Horton Dill (1791-1869)

68.  Aaron Smith (1768-1841)
69.  Mercy Plimpton (1772-1850)

138.  Amos Plimpton (1735-1808)
139.  Mary Guild (1735-1800)

276.  John Plimpton (1708-1756)
277.  Abigail Fisher (1711-1785)

552.  John Plimpton (1680-1730)
553.  Susanna Draper (1688-1769)

1106.  John Draper (1656-1749)

1107.  Abigail Mason (1660-1705)

2212.  James Draper, born before 28 July 1622 in Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England; died 13 July 1697 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 4424. William Draper and 4425. Grace Mitchell.  He married 21 April 1646 in Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England.
2213.  Miriam Stansfield, born before 20 January 1627 in Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England; died 12 August 1682 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 4426. Gideon Stansfield and 4427. Grace Eastwood.

Children of James Draper and Miriam Stansfield are:
*  Miriam Draper (1647-1678), married 1668 Daniel Holbrook (1645-1673)
*  Susanna Draper (1650-1678), married 1668 John Bacon (1647-1723).
*  Sarah Draper (1652-2675), married 1669 James Hadlock (1650-1687).
*  James Draper (1654-1698), married 1681 Abigail Whiting (1663-1721).
John Draper (1656-1749), married (1) Abigail Mason (1660-1705), (2) 1711 Judith Rogers (1656-1730)
*  Moses Draper (1663-1693), married (1) 1685 Hannah Chandler (1669-1692); (2) 1692 Mary Thacher (1671-????).
*  Daniel Draper (1665-????), married (1) 1691 Elizabeth Brackett (1667-1692); (2) 1693 Elizabeth Aspinwall (1672-????).
*  Patience Draper (1668-1742), married 1690 Ebenezer Case (1671-1763).
*  Jonathan Draper (1670-1747), married 1702 Sarah Jackson (1680-1746).

Information about the Stansfield family was obtained from:

*   Thomas Waln-Morgan Draper, The Drapers in America, being a history and genealogy of
those of that name and connection (New York : John Polhemus Printing Company, 1892)

I have done no original research on this family line.


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