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Thomas Wakefield

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Thomas Wakefield Veteran

Birth
Aughrim, County Galway, Ireland
Death
20 Nov 1846 (aged 89)
Brush Valley, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Blairsville, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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A Soldier of the American Revolution.

Rev War 6 Bn Cumberland Co Mil under Thomas Askey Capt

Son of David WAKEFIELD and Mary Jane WADE. Husband of Elizabeth MORTON.

Thomas Wakefield, eldest son of David and Mary Jane (Wade) Wakefield married Elizabeth Morton, niece of John Morton, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.

Thomas Wakefield enlisted from Chester county in the Continental army under General Washington, and among other services he spent the terrible winter that so tried men's souls at Valley Forge.

Children of Thomas and Elizabeth (Morton) Wakefield:
1. Robert Wakefield, married his aunt, Mary Wakefield.
2. James Wakefield, born April 25, 1787; married first, Martha Moore; married second, Susan Sanderson; died August 31, 1846, near Allegheny City.

3. John Wakefield, married first, Mary Bracken; married second, -- : removed to High Prairie, Illinois, and died there.

4. Thomas Wakefield, married Elizabeth Haymaker.

5. David Wade Wakefield, born February 3, 1796; married first, Susanna Wilson; married second, August 25, 1818, Mrs. Kate Conrad. He was a farmer, millwright and contractor, and died in Indiana county, Pennsylvania, December 18, 1878.

6. Samuel Wakefield born March 6, 1799, died September 13, 1895.

7. Mary Wakefield, married Dill Sanderson. Their son, Colonel Thomas Sanderson, is a prominent lawyer of Youngstown, Ohio.

8. Elizabeth Wakefield, married John McNutt, and died in Indiana county, Pennsylvania.

9. Catherine Wakefield, born, June 1, 1810, died April 17, 1899, at Rock Island, Illinois; married Dr. John Farrell.

Preceding data discoverd in:

The History of Cambria County, Pennsylvania
by Henry Wilson Storey, page 54.
A Soldier of the American Revolution.

Rev War 6 Bn Cumberland Co Mil under Thomas Askey Capt

Son of David WAKEFIELD and Mary Jane WADE. Husband of Elizabeth MORTON.

Thomas Wakefield, eldest son of David and Mary Jane (Wade) Wakefield married Elizabeth Morton, niece of John Morton, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.

Thomas Wakefield enlisted from Chester county in the Continental army under General Washington, and among other services he spent the terrible winter that so tried men's souls at Valley Forge.

Children of Thomas and Elizabeth (Morton) Wakefield:
1. Robert Wakefield, married his aunt, Mary Wakefield.
2. James Wakefield, born April 25, 1787; married first, Martha Moore; married second, Susan Sanderson; died August 31, 1846, near Allegheny City.

3. John Wakefield, married first, Mary Bracken; married second, -- : removed to High Prairie, Illinois, and died there.

4. Thomas Wakefield, married Elizabeth Haymaker.

5. David Wade Wakefield, born February 3, 1796; married first, Susanna Wilson; married second, August 25, 1818, Mrs. Kate Conrad. He was a farmer, millwright and contractor, and died in Indiana county, Pennsylvania, December 18, 1878.

6. Samuel Wakefield born March 6, 1799, died September 13, 1895.

7. Mary Wakefield, married Dill Sanderson. Their son, Colonel Thomas Sanderson, is a prominent lawyer of Youngstown, Ohio.

8. Elizabeth Wakefield, married John McNutt, and died in Indiana county, Pennsylvania.

9. Catherine Wakefield, born, June 1, 1810, died April 17, 1899, at Rock Island, Illinois; married Dr. John Farrell.

Preceding data discoverd in:

The History of Cambria County, Pennsylvania
by Henry Wilson Storey, page 54.


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