William Whitfield

1780 - 1821  (~ 40 years)

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• Name	William Whitfield
  Gender	Male
  Christened	27 Dec 1780	Damerham, Wiltshire, England   [1]
  Buried	19 Aug 1821	Fawley, Hampshire, England   [2]
  	Age: 42
  	Cause: Consumption
  Person ID	I1268	Richard's Genealogy
  Last Modified	6 May 2017

  
  

  Father	John Whitfield,   bp. 26 Dec 1754, Damerham, Wiltshire, England ,   bur. 5 May 1813, Damerham, Wiltshire, England  (Age ~ 58 years)
  Mother	Mary,   b. Abt 1755,   bur. 6 Aug 1815, Damerham, Wiltshire, England  (Age ~ 60 years)
  Siblings	6 siblings
  1. Betty Whitfield,   bp. 12 Nov 1775, Damerham, Wiltshire, England 2. James Whitfield,   bp. 3 Feb 1778, Damerham, Wiltshire, England ,   bur. 28 Jul 1812, Cranborne, Dorset, England 3. William Whitfield,   bp. 27 Dec 1780, Damerham, Wiltshire, England ,   bur. 19 Aug 1821, Fawley, Hampshire, England 4. John Whitfield,   b. Abt 1787, Damerham, Wiltshire, England ,   bur. 13 Jul 1843, Ringwood, Hampshire, England 5. George Whitfield,   bp. 24 Jan 1789, Damerham, Wiltshire, England 6. Thomas Whitfield,   b. Abt 1794, Damerham, Wiltshire, England ,   bur. 19 Apr 1845, Damerham, Wiltshire, England 7. Anne Whitfield,   bp. 7 Jun 1797, Damerham, Wiltshire, England ,   bur. 28 Jan 1854, Damerham, Wiltshire, England
  Family ID	F396	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Charlotte Wrann,   bp. 14 Aug 1791, Fawley, Hampshire, England ,   bur. 21 Jul 1822, Fawley, Hampshire, England  (Age ~ 30 years)
  Married	25 Dec 1808	Fawley, Hampshire, England   [3]
  Children	+ 1. William Whitfield,   b. 12 Aug 1810, Fawley, Hampshire, England ,   d. 1885, New Forest district, Hampshire, England  (Age 74 years) + 2. George Whitfield,   b. 29 Aug 1812, Fawley, Hampshire, England ,   bur. 6 Dec 1851, Fawley, Hampshire, England  (Age ~ 39 years)   3. Eliza Whitfield,   bp. 20 Nov 1814, Fawley, Hampshire, England   4. John Whitfield,   bp. 6 Jun 1817, Fawley, Hampshire, England
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2017
  Family ID	F377	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - 25 Dec 1808 - Fawley, Hampshire, England Buried - Age: 42 - 19 Aug 1821 - Fawley, Hampshire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  William first appears in Fawley sometime in the opening decade of the 19th century. The only source giving an age for William is his burial which says he was 42 in 1821, putting his birth in about 1779. A George Whitfield first appears in Fawley at about the same time as William, and William is a witness to George's marriage, suggesting they are probably close relatives, most likely (but not necessarily) brothers. The 1851 census says that George was born in Damerham, then in Wiltshire just across the Hampshire border, and various sources put his birth in about 1789. If George and William were related, it is reasonable to suppose William was also from Damerham or nearby. George does not appear in the Damerham parish register, but it is clearly incomplete it contains no baptisms between 1788 and 1792. There is however a William baptised in Damerham in 1780, son of John and Mary Whitfield. John and Mary seem to be the only Whitfield couple having children at this time in the wider New Forest area (whether in Wiltshire, Hampshire or Dorset), and with George establishing a probable connection to the Damerham area, it is reasonable to suppose this is the right baptism.

  
  

• Sources

  [S13] Hampshire Baptism Index, 1752–1812, Hampshire Genealogical Society. [S38] Burial registers transcript — Fawley, Hampshire, England (1813–1919), Steve Steere. [S14] Hampshire Marriage Index, 1754–1837, Hampshire Genealogical Society.