Rev. Henry Whitfield

1597 - 1657  (60 years)

• Name	Rev. Henry Whitfield  [1]
  Born	1597	Mortlake, Surrey, England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	Jul 1639	New England   [3]
  _UID	8C223E7093F8435A96FD543E51948E597564
  Died	Sep 1657	Winchester, England   [4]
  Person ID	I70	Bradley - Post
  Last Modified	24 Dec 1993

  
  

  Father	Thomas Whitfield,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Mildred Manning,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Jan 1584	London, England   [5]
  Family ID	F65	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dorothy Sheaffe,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	1618	England   [2]
  Children	1. Abigail Whitfield,   d. 9 Sep 1659, Norwich, New London, CT   2. Dorothy Whitfield,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Sarah Whitfield,   d. 1675, America   4. Thomas Whitfield,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. John Whitfield,   d. England   6. Nathaniel Whitfield,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Mary Whitfield,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Henry Whitfield,   d. 28 Feb 1634, Ockley, Surrey, England   9. Rebecca Whitfield,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	4 Jan 2021
  Family ID	F64	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  |||| The Reverend came from England to America in the ship Hector with Eaton and Davenport, and with "considerable money in his pocket and, in the back of his mind, the purpose of founding areligious hierarchy of his own." (Connecticut Trilogy p. 240). He and his party arrived at Menunkatuck, or Guilford. The Indian "queen bee" Shaumpishuh relinquished this land in return for adozen each of coats, shoes, pots, hatchets, knives, porringers, and, finally, a dozen looking-glasses and two pairs of stockings. The Reverend and his company then built Guilford's Old Stone House, is reputed to be the oldest stone dwelling in America (see Trilogy). Apparently, it still stands and is a somewhatrestored status. It is probable that Whitfield's daughter(s) were married here. Whitfield and his wife Dorothy went back to England around 1651, but Old Stone continued to be a place of worship for some time to come.

  
  

• Sources

  [S6] Trilogy, , pp. 240-243. [S35] Avery Collection, 104G. [S36] Pedigrees, , p. 673. [S46] Waters, Henry F., Gen Gleanings, , p. 1384. [S46] Waters, Henry F., Gen Gleanings, , p. 1352 (latin).