HADFIELDs of Edale, Derbyshire

The following information was researched and compiled by Roger HADFIELD MA, F.R.G.S., Tony RYE, Andrea HADFIELD and David HADFIELD

There are connections in this line to the Isle of Wight, Australia and New Zealand.

first known generation

1440 William Hadfield of Edale, tenant of the King within the Duchy of Lancaster

first generation

1. John Hadfield (Johes Hadfeild){‘Founder’ of Edale}of Whitmorelea [Barber Booth] b.c1590. m.Alice, daughter of Edmund. d.<1640

Children:

i. (2a) John Hadfield of Whitmorelea b.? d.c1710

ii. (2b) Thomas Hadfield of Whitmorelea b.c1610 d.1670 (unable to confirm beyond doubt that Thomas was indeed a son of John. However, Thomas’s Will was witnessed by John (2a) who was John’s (1) son)

iii. Edmund Hadfield b.? d.>1615

second generation

2a. John Hadfield (Johes Hadfeild) of Whitmorelea m.#1. 26Aug1676 Dorothy Ashton (d.29Jan1679 + still born child) at Glossop. m.#2 Grace (Tym?) (d.29Jun1695). d.31Dec1711 will see Hadfields of Peak Forest

Children marriage #1:

i. (3a) Joseph Hadfield b.c1676 d.1740

Children marriage #2:

ii. Allis Hadfield bap.16Jan1685 m.26Feb1711 John Kirke at Castleton d.?

iii. John Hadfield b.? (killed at Marlborough's battle of Ramilles 1706) - no issue

2b. Thomas Hadfield (Thomas Hadfeild) yeoman of Whitmorelea b.c1610 m.Allis [Ellin] Cresswell d.1670 Allenbrook will

Children:

i. (3b) John Hadfield b.c1631 d.1662

ii. Ann Hadfield bap.11Jan1645 d.?

iii. (3c) Thomas Hadfield b.? d.?

iv. Grace Hadfield bap.5Dec1647 d.?

v. (3d) Robert Hadfield of Ollerbrook bap.5Dec1647 d.1706

vi. Nicholas Hadfield bap.8Oct1650 d.?

vii. Ralph Hadfield of Whitmorelea b.c1650 d.1671 will

viii. Elinor Hadfield b.? m. John Mellor d.?

ix. Mary Hadfield b.? m. Nicholas Ibbotson d.?

x. (3e) Jonathon Hadfield b.1663 d.1727

third generation

3a. Joseph Hadfield b.c1676 m.1695 Ann Gee at Castleton (bur.19Aug1755) d.1740 Chapel-en-le-Frith. bur. Chinley Chapel.

Children:

i. (4a) Joseph Hadfield bap.19Jun1696 d.1768

ii. Nathaniel Hadfield bap.28May1699 d.<1767

iii. Thomas Hadfield bap.Mar1701 never married d.1772.

iv. Elizabeth Hadfield bap.28Feb1704 m.1730 John Pickford issue d.>1730

v. (4b) James Hadfield b.? d.?

vi. (4c) John Hadfield b.1708 d.1775

vii. (4d) Henry Hadfield bap.16Nov1710 d.1752

viii. William Hadfield. (never married, died overseas whilst serving in the Royal Navy)

3b. John Hadfield (Johes Hadfeild) b.c1631 m. Elizabetha Timms (d.23Nov1710) d.1662

Children:

i. Sarah Hadfield b.? d.21May1694

ii. Anne Hadfield b.? d.?

iii. John Hadfield b.? d.?

3c. Thomas Hadfield b.? m.1678 Mary Low d.?

Children:

i. Joseph Hadfield b.? d.20Dec1716

ii. (4f) Joseph Hadfield b.? d.1758

iii. Thomas Hadfield b.? d.14Jun1700

iv. Martha Hadfield b.? d.1699

v. (4g) George Hadfield b.c1688 d.>1750

vi. (4h) John Hadfield b.? d.1749

vii. Edward Hadfield b.? d.18Feb1708

3d. Robert Hadfield of Allenbrook bap.5Dec1647 m.Maria [Mary] Carrington (bur.26Dec1720) bur.3Dec1706 will

Children:

i. Thomas Hadfield bap.19Jan1679 d.23Aug1681

ii. Ellen [Ellin] Hadfield bap.25Sep1681 m.(Revd) William Bagshaw (b.1674 d.1721 curate at Edale in 1701-2) d.?

iii. Sarah Hadfield bap.20Jul1684 m.12May1715 John Wainwright d.?

iv. Martha Hadfield bap.24Apr1687 m.26Jun1718 William Frith of Eyam d.?

v. unnamed child of Robert and Mary buried 1693

vi. (4i) John Hadfield bap.22Jun1690 d.1774

3e. Jonathon Hadfield of Bettin Hill & Deep Clough (6th child of 8) b.1663. m. 1697 Mary Bramhall, Castleton d.1727

Children:

i. John Hadfield b.? d.?

ii. Thomas Hadfield b.? d.?

iii. Elizabeth Hadfield b.? d.?

iv. Joseph Hadfield b.? d.?

v. Mary Hadfield b.? d.?

vi. (4j) Jonathon Hadfield b.1713 d.16Mar1784

vii. Rebecca Hadfield b.? d.?

fourth generation

4a. Joseph Hadfield of Tideswell bap.19Jun1696 m.1720 Lydia Hinchcliffe (b.1695 Yorkshire d.1779) d.1768.

Children:

i. (5a) John Hadfield b.1720 d.20Apr1802

4b. James Hadfield b.? m.?settled in Yorkshire d.?

Children:

i. Joseph Hadfield m.1776 Keziah (Miss. Harrison b.1733 d.1777) Chapel-en-le-Frith no issue d.?

4c. John Hadfield b.1708 m. Sussana Bimley d.1775

Children:

i. Miss Hadfield b.? d.?

ii. Anne Hadfield b.? m. John Kennedy issue d.?

iii. John Hadfield b.1735 d>1767

iv. Miss Hadfield b.? m.Benjamin Boddington issue d.?

v. Miss Hadfield b.? m.James Esdaile issue d.?

vi. Miss Hadfield b.? d.?

vii. Miss Hadfield b.? d.?

viii. Sarah Hadfield b.? m.Mr. Fenn issue d.?

4d. Henry Hadfield bap.16Nov1710 m.1742 Mary Berry d.1752

Children:

i. Miss Hadfield b.? m. Mr. Cole issue d.?

ii. Miss Hadfield b.? m. Dr. Jackson issue d.?

4e. John Hadfield b.? m.? d.?

4f. Joseph Hadfield of Dore b.? m. 21Jan1713 Anne Wooley, Sheffield (d.1755 Dale Head, Edale) d.1758 Dale Head, Edale

Children:

i. Mary Hadfield bap.19Jan1714 d.?

ii. Sarah Hadfield bap.30Jul1717 m.1Jul1744 Thomas Howe at Edale d.?

iii. Abigail Hadfield bap.5Mar1720 m.1744 William Willis of Eyam d.1773

iv. Ann Hadfield bap.4Mar1721 d.?

v. (5b) Joseph Hadfield bap.2Nov1725 d.1803

vi. (5c) George Hadfield bap.29Jun1729 d.17Oct1810

vii. (5d) Samuel Hadfield bap.31Dec1732 d.>1775

4g. George Hadfield b.c1688 m.29Apr1714 Mary Kirke (Kyrk) (b.1686). d.>1750

Children:

i. Ann Hadfield bap.5Feb1715 d.?

4h. John Hadfield of Shaw Wood m.1716 Elizabeth Ashton (d.1774 Edale) d.1749

Children:

i. Mary Hadfield bap.14Dec1718 d.?

ii. Thomas Hadfield bap.10Jun1722 d.1771

iii. Martha Hadfield bap.8Aug1725 d.?

iv. John Hadfield bap.29Mar1728 d.>1803

v. Charles Hadfield bap.11Aug1734. m. 1793 Mary Bradbury issue unknown d.1801.

4i. John Hadfield of Grimesbrook bap.22Jun1690 m. Martha Cooper (d.1774) bur.8Jun1749

Children:

i. Mary Hadfield bap.1Mar1723 m.20Nov1740 Nathaniel Rowbotham (b.11May1713 d.23Jun1778.) issue d.5Apr1795 Grimesbrook, Edale

ii. John Hadfield bap.17Apr1726 d.13Sep1726

iii. Robert Hadfield b.1728 d.?

iv. Edward Hadfield bap.4Jun1732 d.?

4j. Jonathon Hadfield (descended from the Hadfields of Padfield) b.1713 m.#1 Ellen (d.17Jun1760) m.#2 1761 Sarah Shepley (nee Hadfield) (d.12Dec1816) d.16Mar1784

Children:

i. (5e) John Hadfield b.1741 d.1784

ii. Mary Hadfield bap.15Jul1744 d.?

iii. Elizabeth Hadfield bap.1Mar1746 d.?

iv. (5f) Thomas Hadfield bap.26Feb1748 d.?

v. Jonathon Hadfield bap.13Mar1750 d.?

vi. (5g) Joseph Hadfield bap.1Dec1753 d.1832

vii. Rebekah Hadfield bap.27Feb1756 d.?

viii. Zippora Hadfield bap.2Jul1758 d.1760

ix. (5h) Benjamin Hadfield bap.17Jun1760 d.1832

fifth generation

5a. John Hadfield b.1720 Castleton, Derbyshire m.c1750 Dorothy Fryer (‘Belle of Exeter’ daughter of John Fryer, an eminent Spanish merchant) d.20Apr1802 Bonchurch, Isle Of Wight

Children:

i. Fryer Hadfield b.1753 m.Miss Van Ryan no issue d. India

ii. Thomas Hadfield b.? never married d.?

iii. (6a) Joseph Hadfield b.16Aug1759 d.Dec1852

iv. (6b) John Hadfield b.? m.? d.?

v. Bray Hadfield b.? never married d.?

vi. Howe Hadfield b.? never married d.? Martinique W.I.

vii. Dorothy Hadfield b.? m.James Hyde issue, 3 sons, 2 daughters d.?

viii. Charlotte Hadfield b.? m.William Maitland issue d.?

5b. Joseph Hadfield bap.2Nov1725 m.1755 Mary Kirke (b.1725 d.1798) Castleton d.1807

Children:

i. Ann Hadfield bap.3Jul1756 m. J.Birch d.?

ii. (6c) Robert Hadfield bap.28Dec1757 d.1807

iii. Mary Hadfield bap.27Sep1759 m. Thomas Wood d.?

iv. Fanny Hadfield bap.26Sep1761 m. James Howe d.?

v. Alice Hadfield b.?. m. John Greaves d.?

vi. James Hadfield b.? d.1847

vii. Benjamin Hadfield b.1767 d.?

5c. George Hadfield bap.29Jun1729 m.1756 Ann Bagshaw (b.1737 d.21Feb1827) Castleton d.17Oct1810

Children:

i. George Hadfield bap.6Aug1758 d.1836

ii. Sarah Hadfield bap.28Sep1760 d.19Dec1816

iii. Ann Hadfield bap.20Jun1762 m.1781 John Swindells d.184?

iv. Elizabeth Hadfield bap.6Jan1763 m.1780 David Riley d.?

v. Joseph Hadfield bap.25May1767 d.1846

vi. Martha Hadfield b.1771 m. Handford d.?

vii. Samuel Hadfield b.21Mar1773 d.1775

viii. Hannah Hadfield bap.11Jun1775 m.1796 J. Marshall of Castleton d.?

ix. (6d) William Hadfield bap.15May1777 d.14Jan1860

5d. Samuel Hadfield b.1732 m.1756 Grace Kirke (b.c1730 d.1775) d.>1775

Children:

i. Mary Hadfield bap.12Jun1757 d.?

ii. Hannah Hadfield bap.2Feb1760 d.?

iii. Sarah Hadfield bap.12Apr1762 d.?

iv. Joseph Hadfield b.? d.?

5e. John Hadfield b.1741 m.1768 Nancy Yarwood (b.1744 d.1818) d.1784

Children: (only 1 known)

i. Benjamin Hadfield b.1774 d.1840

5f. Thomas Hadfield bap.26Feb1748 m.1Jan1780 Sarah Roylance, Stockport Parish Church, Cheshire (b.? d.?) d.?

Children:

i. John Hadfield bap.8Jul1780 d.?

ii. James Hadfield bap.9Mar1782 d.?

iii. Jane Hadfield bap.2Dec1783 d.?

iv. Ann Hadfield bap.15Oct1785 d.?

v. (6e) Thomas Hadfield bap.2Feb1788 d.1846

5g. Joseph Hadfield bap.1Dec1753 m.1792 Ann Jackson d.1832

Children: 6 children including (i) below

i. Benjamin Hadfield b.1794. wife unknown, father of Revd. Thomas Hadfield (1792-1848)

5h. Benjamin Hadfield bap.17Jun1760 m.1785 Mary Etchells (b.1759 d.1832) d.1832

Children: 10 known including Jonathon and Ellen

sixth generation

6a. Joseph Hadfield b.16Aug1759 Exeter m.16Jun1795 Amelia Caroline White (b.23Apr1777 daughter of General White). Later descendants included General Sir Charles Hadfield, Governor of the Transvaal in 1910 and Mr. Charles Raymond Hadfield, author, 1909-1996.) d.Dec1852

A copy of the extensive notes taken from family journals written by Joseph Hadfield, dated 6Nov1831,(with footnote written by his grandson, Charles Arthur Hadfield), together with other various family documents can be obtained by contacting the e-mail address at the bottom of the front page of this website.

Children:

i. Amelia Harriet Mary Hadfield b.4Dec1798 d.20Jun1875

ii. William Crane Hadfield b.23Nov1800 d.1820

iii. Frances Maria Hadfield b.15Mar1802 d.28Nov1870

iv. Caroline Hadfield b.5Sep1803 d.14Apr1877

v. George Horatio Hadfield (Revd.) b.28May1805 d.1Jul1854 Ventnor, Isle Of White, Hampshire

vi. (7a) Henry Wilbraham Hadfield b.9Feb1807 d.30Apr1902

vii. Alexander James Hadfield b.3Oct1808 d.?

viii. Julia Magdaline Hadfield b.17Jul1810 d.18Jan1874

ix. (7b)Charles Joseph Hadfield b.14Mar1812 d.19Oct1893

x. (7c) Octavius Hadfield b.6Oct1814 d.11Dec1904

xi. Georgina Elizabeth Hadfield b.13Feb1816 m.1838 d.1841?

xii. Octavia Louisa Clementine Hadfield b.25Aug1818 Brussels Belgium d.22Jan1887 Ventnor, Isle of Wight, Hampshire

6b. John Hadfield b.? m.? d.?

Children:

i. William Howe Hadfield b.? d.23Mar1854 Kentish Town, Middlesex will

6c. Robert Hadfield bap.28Dec1757 m.1781 Ann Bennett d.1807

Children:

i. male

ii. male

iii. female

iv. male

v. (7d) George Hadfield b.28Dec1787 d.21April1879

vi. female

vii. female

6d. William Hadfield of Dore & Upper Clough bap.15May1777 m.1799 Martha Morten (b.1779 d.4Oct1851) Ecclesfield. d.1863

Children:

i. Betty Hadfield b.1800 m.1822 Francis Barber, Castleton d.?

ii. George Hadfield b.1803 d.11Sep1836 See Chapel-en-le-Frith chart

iii. Joseph Hadfield b.1805 d.26Dec1845 See Chapel-en-le-Frith chart

iv. Ann Morten Hadfield b.1807 d.?

v. Hannah Hadfield b.1811 d.1853

vi. Mary Hadfield b.1813 m. Joseph Ridall d.1845

vii. Samuel Bagshaw Hadfield b.1815 d.19Aug1890

viii. Katherine Hadfield b.1819 d.?

ix. (7e) William Hadfield b.1823 d.1893

6e. Thomas Hadfield bap.2Feb1788 High Street Chapel, Stockport, Cheshire m.? (b.? d.<1846) Transported convict [together with his son, William] to Van Diemans Land (Tasmania) in 1835. Relocated to New South Wales 1836 d.1846

Children:

i. ?

ii. (7f) William Hadfield b.? d.?

iii. (7g) James Hadfield b.c1818 d.?

iv. ?

v. ?

vi. ?

vii. ?

seventh generation

7a. Henry Wilbraham Hadfield b.9Feb1807 Bonchurch, Isle of Wight, Hampshire (retired Capt. HM Indian Army – lived at High Cliff, Ventnor IOW Hampshire) m.? d.30Apr1902

Children:

i. Amelia Mary Hadfield b.? m.Joseph N. Scrope Shrapnel d.1875

ii. Charlotte Frances Hadfield b.1839 France m.? d.1892

iii. Henry Joseph Hadfield b.1839 d.? found dead by his horse in Australia

iv. Georgina Maria Hadfield b.1841 m.Major B. Everitt no issue d.1896

v. Alexander John Hadfield b.1842 m.(1) Edith Maria Hadfield (2) Belle Robinson d.1914

vi. William Richard Hadfield b.1844 d.1879

vii. George Samuel Hadfield b.1846 m.21Oct1874 Charlotte Jane Donaldson (b.? d.1911 Sydney, NSW, Australia) d.1922 QLD, Australia

viii. Charles Hadfield b.1847 d.? in infancy

7b. Charles Joseph Hadfield b.14Mar1812 m. Agnes Phelps Byers (daughter of Rev.James Byers of “Northdown” Lampney, near Tenby) Joined the Royal Marines, Light Infantry and served throughout the Crimean War retiring in 1862 as a Colonel. d.19Oct1893

Children:

i. Helen Amelia Hadfield b.27Jan1847 did not marry d.1931

ii. Edith Maria Hadfield b.1848 m.Alexander John Hadfield d.1873

iii. Gertrude Mary Hadfield b.31Jul1850 did not marry d.1940

iv. (8a) Charles Arthur Hadfield b.27Mar1852 d.1938

v. Alice Agnes Hadfield b.4Apr18?? m.Richard Weston d.1942

vi. Frederick Howe Hadfield b.1857 m.Jane d.1941

vii. Herbert Charles Hadfield b.1858 m.Clara Evelyn Desailly d.1923

viii. Emily Octavia Hadfield b.1860 m.William Henry d.1928

ix. Annie Isobel Hadfield b.1863 did not marry d.1956

7c. Octavius Hadfield b.6Oct1814 Bonchurch, Isle of Wight m.19May1852 Catherine (Kate) Williams (b.? d.8Jan1902) (third daughter of Archdeacon Henry Williams) . Became Bishop of Wellington and Primate of New Zealand. Retired to Edale, near Marton, Manawatu, New Zealand d.11Dec1904

Children:

i. (8b) Henry Samuel Hadfield b.1853 m. Elizabeth Rhodes Tuckey d.1910

ii. George Joseph Hadfield b.1854 d. in infancy

iii. Octavius Hadfield b.1856 did not marry d.1877

iv. Annie Hadfield b.1858 m.John Marshall d.1942

v. Georgina Hadfield b.1860 m.Arthur Alloway d.1937

vi. Catherine Hadfield b.1862 m.Rev. Julian Dove d.1903

vii. Alexander Charles Hadfield b.1864 m.Marion Francis Fulford d.1924

viii. Ernest Frederick Hadfield b.1866 m.May Wood d.1946

ix. Amelia Caroline Hadfield b.1869 did not marry d.1956

x. Francis Carleton Hadfield b.1874 did not marry d.1946

7d. George Hadfield b.28Dec1787 Sheffield, South Yorkshire m.1814 Lydia Pope (b.? d.?) of Cheapside, London (MP for Sheffield 7Jul1852 - 29Jan1874) d.21April1879 Victoria Park, Manchester, Lancashire

Children:

i. George Hadfield b.? d.?

7e. William Hadfield b.1823. m.#1 Ann Bennett (b.1832 d.1858) m.#2 Sarah Cooper (1826 d.1884) d.1893

Children:

i. Thomas Hadfield b.1853 d.1861

ii. Martha Hadfield b.1855 d.?

iii. Joseph Bennett Hadfield b.1858 d.1858 (3 days)

iv. Elizabeth Cooper (illegitimate)

v. Benjamin Hadfield b.1863 d.?

vi. (8c) George Samuel Hadfield b.1865 d.1941

vii. Sarah Hadfield b.1867 d.?

7f. William Hadfield b.? Found guilty of murder and transported to Van Diemans Land (Tasmania) in 1835. m.? d.?

7g. James Hadfield b.c1818 Bradford canal boatman m. Mary Wynne (b.? d.?) d.?

Children:

ii.

iii.

iv. (8d) William Hadfield b.? d.?

vi.

vii.

viii.

ix.

eighth generation

8a. Charles Arthur Hadfield Major General b.27Mar1852 m.17Jan1880 Florence Elizabeth Byers (daughter of Rev. Octavius Byers, vicar of Christ Church, Croydon) Last known address 28 Basset Road, North Kensington, London d.1938 Service biography obtainable from King’s College London, Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives.

Children:

i. Gladys Hadfield b.? died in infancy

ii. Ethel Hadfield b.? died in infancy

iii. Marjorie Hadfield b.? died in infancy

iv. Wilfrid John Mackenzie Hadfield b.11Jan1889 Southsea (Grauated RMC and commissioned 2^nd Lt. South Lancashire Regiment 1909 - distinguished WW1 military career) d.10Sep1914 from wounds received. bur. Terlincthun British Cemetery (CWGC) , Wimille, France

(8b) Henry Samuel Hadfield b.1853 m. Elizabeth Rhodes Tuckey (b.? d.?) d.1910

Children:

i. Alan Hadfield b.? died in infancy

ii. (9a) Gordon Horatio Hadfield b.1899 m.Maisie Dunbar Gray d.1978

iii. Catherine Isobel Hadfield b.1903 m.Edward C. Cooper d.1986

iv. Hilda Mary Hadfield b.1905 m.Charles A. Hawkes d.1960

v. Selwyn Tancred Hadfield b.1906 m.(1) Rosamund Harper m.(2) Mavis Greenslade d.1973

8c. George Samuel Hadfield b.1865 m.1899 Annie Hall (b.1873 d.1951) d.1941

Children:

i. Joseph Hadfield b.1900 d.1975

ii. Edward Hadfield (Revd) b.1901 d.1986.

iii. Elizabeth Ann (Bessie) Hadfield b.1903 d.1992

iv. Mildred Alice Hadfield b.1904 d.1981

v. May Hadfield b.1906 d.1972

vi. George Philip Hadfield b.1908 d.1988

vii. Benjamin Hadfield b.1910 d.1989

viii. Dorothy Hadfield b.1912 d.1995

8d. William Hadfield b.? On the death of Eliza Hadfield, wife of his uncle, (William and Eliza had no children) he was left the estate at Hadspen, near Launceston, Tasmania on the condition that he emigrate to the colony. The estate consisted of a house with shop and garden, 30 acres of land in the township and a brick cottage, also furniture and monies. Emigrated to Tasmania arriving 31 July 1883 m.? d.?

ninth generation

9a. Gordon Horatio Hadfield b.1899 m.Maisie Dunbar Gray d.1978

Children:

i. Barbara Elizabeth Hadfield b.1923 m.George Hamish Macmorran d.?

ii. (10a) Henry Barry Gray Hadfield b.1925 m.Nina Millicent Howell issue d.?

tenth generation

10a. Henry Barry Gray Hadfield b.1925 m.Nina Millicent Howell

Children:

i. Andrea Hadfield b.1949 d.?

ii. David Carleton Hadfield b.1951 m.Mary Ellen Hewitt

iii. Grant Gordon Hadfield b.1953 m.Alison Mary Sewell

iv. Anthony Barry Hadfield b.1957 m.Belinda Mary Bright

Names / Events obtained from the GRO indices and LDS not able to be placed within a family:

Birth / Baptism c1735 George Hatfield – Newchurch IOW, Hampshire

Birth / Baptism 14Jul1777 Thomas Hatfield – Newchurch IOW, Hampshire

Birth Sep qtr 1844 unnamed male

Birth Jun qtr 1845 Mary Hadfield

Birth Sep qtr 1869 Charles Edward Hadfield

Birth Jun qtr 1872 Emily Alice Hadfield

Birth Sep qtr 1873 Joseph Herbert Hadfield

Birth Jun qtr 1875 John Arthur Hadfield

Birth Dec qtr 1876 Louisa Helen Hadfield

Birth Sep qtr 1907 William George Hadfield

Death Mar qtr 1877 John Arthur Hadfield

Marriage Jun qtr 1881 Charles Frederick Hadfield

Marriage Jun qtr 1905 William Hadfield