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Descendants of John Wakefield

Generation No. 2

2. THOMAS² WAKEFIELD (JOHN¹) was born 1618 in England, and died November 02, 1697 in Charles Maryland. He married (1) HESTER. He married (2) ANN MARLER in Charles County, Maryland, daughter of JONATHON MARLER.

Notes for THOMAS WAKEFIELD:
Thomas, Richard, and John Wakefield, were brothers, and natives of Gravesend, County of Kent, England, as there is record of an inscription from the Gravesend Church, of Mrs. Charlotte Wakefield, showing Gravesend to have been an ancient seat of the family Wakefield. Gravesend is a river port, and boundary of the port of London. The tradition of the descendants of Thomas Wakefield, regarding the emigration of their progenitor does not differ materially from the conventional story of the emigration and association of the three brothers. In this case the tradition is only partially corraborated by official records. The meager list of early emigration from England, preserves to us the emigration record of but one ot the brothers, his name, Thomas Wakefield, age 17, is given among passengers transported to Norfolk, Virginia, which embafked in the AMERICA, William Barker, Master, on June 23, 1635, and arrived in Virginia, the same year. A certificate from the Minister of the town of Gravesend, England, of conformity to the order and discipline of the Church of England, accompanied it. Richard and John, in another ship soon after. Thomas Wakefield was in James City, Virginia, in 1637.
According to the Abstract of Virginia Land Patents, 'Theodore Moyses, received 2000 acres in James City, Virginia for transportation of 40 persons, including Thomas Wakefield, by Harvey, May 23, 1637'. Thomas Wakefield moved to Charles County, Maryland, in 1667, and resided near the northern shore of the Potomac River. The following- Proceeding of Assessment 1678-1683. An act for payment and assessing the public charges of the Province 895, 999 pounds of tobacco, have been expended in the late expedition against the Naticoke Indians. Order an assessment, etc. Here follows lists of names with accounts, November 1678. Thomas Wakefield-Charles County-300 pounds of tobacco, September 1681. Address of the inhabitants of Charles County to their most excellent majesties, King William and Queen Mary, November 28, 1689. Gentlemen, merchants, planters, free holders and free men. Their majesties subjects in Charles County, Allegiance, Loyalty. Thomas Wakefield's name appears as a signer amoung the gentlemen of Charles County, Maryland, their majesties protestant subjects, in address to their majesties in 1689. Also appearing in a list of names taken from books which contained grants and deeds in the area, between 1777 and 1800, were Alexander, Charles, and Wallace Wakefield.
Thomas Wakefield, was born in England in 1618 and died November 2, 1697 in Charles County, Maryland, and is bruied there. In Virginia Thomas married first Hester , who was born about 1622 in Norfolk, Virginia. Their known children-
1. Thomas-1637-1709
2. John-1646-1734
3. William-1648-
4. George-1650-1753

Thomas married secondly to Ann Marler, daughter of Jonathon Marler of Charles County, Maryland. Ann was born in 1638. The will of Jonothon Marler was written July 29, 1673 and proven December 24, 1673. In his will Jonathon Mrler willed to Thomas Wakefield, 180 acres and his estate called 'Manchester'. Thomas Wakefields will was written November 2, 1697, and proven February 19, 1699. He left to his wife Ann, the 'dwelling plantation', 100 acres, 'Wakefields Beginning', and 80 acres, 'Ratchdale'.
To Thomas and Ann Wakefield was born a son-
1.Abel-1668-1731

1. From information received from Michael Wakefield of Bixby, Oklahoma.

2. Insert from Wakefields of the South by Roberta Wakefield.

Children of THOMAS WAKEFIELD and HESTER are:

THOMAS³ WAKEFIELD, b. 1637, Charles County, Maryland; d. December 02, 1709, Norfolk Virginia.

ii.

JOHN WAKEFIELD, b. 1646, Charles County, Maryland; d. 1734.

iii.

WILLIAM WAKEFIELD, b. 1648, Charles County, Maryland; m. MARY BARNES, August 02, 1682.

iv.

GEORGE WAKEFIELD, b. 1650; d. Abt. December 1753, Norfolk Virginia; m. MARY.

Child of THOMAS WAKEFIELD and ANN MARLER is:

ABEL³ WAKEFIELD, b. 1668, Charles County, Maryland; d. February 26, 1730/31, Charles County, Maryland.

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