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![Show Contents]() Whitefeild History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins of the Whitefeild familyThe surname Whitefeild was first found in Northumberland at Whitfield, a parish, in the union of Haltwhistle, W. division of Tindale ward where "this place was for six centuries the property of the Whitfield family, to whom the Countess Ada, widow of Henry, Earl of Huntingdon, and mother of William the Lion, King of Scotland, made a grant of it in fee, with the exception of some lands to be held under the convent of Hexham; shortly after which, the family had a grant from that establishment of nearly all Whitfield." 1 Due to the literal translation of the surname to "dweller by the white field," 2 there are many other place name in both common spellings, Whitefield and Whitfield; too many to list here. The Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 list: Margery de Wytefled in Oxfordshire; and Peter de Whytefled in Norfolk. 3 Early History of the Whitefeild familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Whitefeild research. Another 119 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1371, 1378, 1384, 1401, 1619, 1634, 1639, 1646, 1650, 1660, 1684, 1685, 1688, 1705, 1712 and 1721 are included under the topic Early Whitefeild History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Whitefeild Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Whytefield, Whitfield, Whitefield, Whitefeild and others. Early Notables of the Whitefeild familyNotable amongst the family name during their early history was Henry Whitefield, Archdeacon of Barnstaple from 1371 to 1384; and Thomas Whitefield (fl. 1378-1401), an English politician, Member of the Parliament for Hereford in 1378 and 1401.
Henry Whitfield or Whitefield (d. 1660?), was an English divine, said to have been second son of Ralph Whitfeld of Gray's Inn. "He was more probably son of Thomas Whitfeld, lord of the manor of East Sheen and of Mortlake. In 1639 Whitfield, who had become a nonconformist at...
Another 85 words (6 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Whitefeild Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.  Migration of the Whitefeild family to Ireland
Some of the Whitefeild family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 146 words (10 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
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Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Whitefeild Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Matthew Whitefeild, who arrived in Virginia in 1700 4
- Thomas Whitefeild, who landed in Virginia in 1705 4
- Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
- Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
- Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
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Whitefeild migration to the United States 
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