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Subject: [GenConnecticut-L] REDFIELD
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 10:34:10 EDT

Surname: REDFIELD
Source: History of Charlestown, NH - Fort No. 4 by
Rev. Henry H. Saunderson pub l876
p. 534
William Redfield
The family may be traced back for five generations. He
was son of William Redfield and wife Susannah (Rockwell)
Redfield of Middletown, CT. Wm. Redfield Sr. was b. Aug
9, l725 and entered very early upon a seafaring life.
He was several years of the Revolutionary War, engaged
as a non commissioned officer in the Connecticut Militia
and honorably discharged at temination of the war. His
grandson had the orig. warrant creating him a sergeant.
After the war he went to sea again as master of a vessel
and was lost near Bermuda while comparatively a young man.
He left a widow and two children - Mehitabel Redfield
b. l78l and d. l804 and William Redfield, the subject of
of this memoir. His widow lived with her son, William
Redfield, Jr. at Charlestown, NH and died a very advanced
age.

The grandfather of this William Redfield, also named
William Redfield was b. Dec 5, l727. He too was a sea
captain and resided at Middletown, CT where he died in
l8l3 leaving four sons all of whom followed the seas.
He lived in what was then called High Street, Middletown
CT and his house and garden occupied part of the site of
Wesleyan University. In l777 he was apptd Commissary of
the troops raised by CT for the war. He had eight
brothers and sisters.

William Redfield (subject of this memoir) great-grand
father was Theophilus Redfield of Killingworth, CT b.
l632 d. l759. He left a family of thirteen children -
nine boys and four girls all of whom married and left
families and from whom nine-tenths of all the Redfield(s)
in this country are descended.

William Redfield (subject of this memoir) great great
grandfather was James Redfield (the name in his day was
written often as Redfin) he was prob. b. at New London
CT m. in New Haven and lived afterwards in both Saybrook
and Fairfield, CT.

William Redfield (subject of this memoir) his great great
great grandfather bore the name of William. In his time
his name was variously written as Redfin, Redfyn and Red
fyne and perhaps other ways. He was prob. one of the
early emigrants from England to the Province of MA. He
first located on the Charles River where Cambridge now
stands but after a time removed from there to Brewster's
Neck near New London, CT where he died l662 leaving one
son and three daughters.

William Redfield b. at Middletown, CT Apr l9, l784 m.
Dec l0, l808 Dally Dejean dau of Philip and Sallie (Fos-
dick) Dejean, b. Jan l9, l789. Her father was a Lieut
in the French Army and help the office of Vice Consul
at the port of New London, CT a place of considerable
trade. Their children were:
l. Justus Starr Redfield b. at Wallingford, CT Jan 2,
l8l0 m. (l) l835 Elizabeth C. Hall who d. l842 leav-
ing one son, Justus S. Redfield b. NYC l842 d. l862
Justus Starr Redfield Sr. m. (2) l850 Elizabeth Jones
by whom he had one child: August Sidney Doane Red-
field b. Jan 23, l852. She d. at Lucca, Italy l864
and he m. (3) l87l Susan F. Reed. He left Charles-
town for Boston in l823 working as a stereotyper.
Then with his employer to NYC (at age 2l) He opened
his own bus. of printing, bookselling and publishing
in NYC for 30 yrs. In l86l he was apptd by Abe
Lincoln as U. S. Consul to one of the Italian ports
going to his post Jan l, l862. He remained there
four years, resigned and returned home. His res.
in Jan l876 was on his fruit farm near Burlington,
N.J.

Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth

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