WILLIAM WHITFIELD I

1) William II	b. 20 May 1715 Chowan Co.NC m. 6 Nov 1741 Rachel Bryan ch:William III, Elizabeth, SARAH, Bryan, Charity, Needham, Rachel, Mary, Lewis d. 31 Mar 1795 Wayne Co.,NC
2) Matthew	b. abt. 1717 Chowan Co., NC m. Miss Warren of PeeDee District, S.C. ch: Betsy d.
3) Luke	b. abt 1722, Chowan/Bertie Co., NC m. Miss Rachel Powell, PeeDee River, SC ch: d. abt 1780
4) Mary	b. Bertie Co., NC m. John Grady ch: d. 20 Dec 1791
5) Patience	b. m. Edward Outlaw III ch: 9 children d.
6) Constantine	b. 6 Mar 1728 m. 30 Nov 1756 Barbara Williams(niece of Rachel Bryan) ch: d. 1798
7) Margaret	b. m. Solomon Barfield Winkfield ch: d.
8) Sarah	b. m. Stephen David Herring ch: d.
9) Charity	b. m. 1) Frederic O'Daniel m. 2) Stephen D. Herring ch: 6 Children d.
10) Elizabeth	b. ABT 1746 m. 1) Jonathan Taylor m. 2) John Beck ch: 10 Children d.

William Whitfield I was killed by Indians in 1770, and his wife Elizabeth was also killed by Indians in 1773, Dobbs County, N.C.

William I left his name many times on the records of North Carolina. In 1723 he was one of 137 jurymen for Bertie County. In 1724 the Council held at Edenton, N.C., heard the petition of William Whitfield "praying for the recovery of certain lands from one John Holmes being 600 acres lying at Beverly's on Meherrine". July 1726, William was a juryman again, and July 1728, a member of the jury in the case of John Lackey. August 1732 William appointed Thomas Jones his attorney in a case against William Badham of Edenton. February 1739/40 he was again on a list of jurymen for Bertie and Edgecomb Counties along with Needham Bryan, William Whitfield II and Hardy Councill.

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