Captain William Joshua Whitfield is the son of William Whitfield I and Mary Elizabeth Goodman. On 6 November 1741 in Bertie, North Carolina Colony, he married Rachel Bryan. They had the following children: William III, Elizabeth, Sarah, Patience, Bryan, Charity, Needham, Mary and Rev. Lewis Whitfield.
In later life following Rachel's death, Capt. Whitfield married a German lady, Fruzan Speight Metts (Metz), the widow of Frederick Becton.
The graves of William Whitfield and his first wife Rachel (Bryan) Whitfield occupy a little plot at White Hall within fifty feet of the Neuse River.
William Whitfield served as private in Capt. Nathaniel Fox's company, 6th Virginia regiment.
(Daughters of the American Revolution ~ Lineage Book, pg. 385)
In later life following Rachel's death, Capt. Whitfield married a German lady, Fruzan Speight Metts (Metz), the widow of Frederick Becton.
The graves of William Whitfield and his first wife Rachel (Bryan) Whitfield occupy a little plot at White Hall within fifty feet of the Neuse River.
William Whitfield served as private in Capt. Nathaniel Fox's company, 6th Virginia regiment.
(Daughters of the American Revolution ~ Lineage Book, pg. 385)
Captain William Joshua Whitfield is the son of William Whitfield I and Mary Elizabeth Goodman. On 6 November 1741 in Bertie, North Carolina Colony, he married Rachel Bryan. They had the following children: William III, Elizabeth, Sarah, Patience, Bryan, Charity, Needham, Mary and Rev. Lewis Whitfield.
In later life following Rachel's death, Capt. Whitfield married a German lady, Fruzan Speight Metts (Metz), the widow of Frederick Becton.
The graves of William Whitfield and his first wife Rachel (Bryan) Whitfield occupy a little plot at White Hall within fifty feet of the Neuse River.
William Whitfield served as private in Capt. Nathaniel Fox's company, 6th Virginia regiment.
(Daughters of the American Revolution ~ Lineage Book, pg. 385)
In later life following Rachel's death, Capt. Whitfield married a German lady, Fruzan Speight Metts (Metz), the widow of Frederick Becton.
The graves of William Whitfield and his first wife Rachel (Bryan) Whitfield occupy a little plot at White Hall within fifty feet of the Neuse River.
William Whitfield served as private in Capt. Nathaniel Fox's company, 6th Virginia regiment.
(Daughters of the American Revolution ~ Lineage Book, pg. 385)
