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Three WFS members Produce you. The ideaand the overallcoordina- Prime Historical Reports tion was by Jocelyn Wingfield. The DNA can also tell your This memorialof churchesin En- marshallingand productionof the im- Ancient family origin gland,lreland, the USA and Waleswill ages by Wally Goodman are masterful page the reveal,delight and impress our mem- and the structuringand placingon our No.teon this very of news- the red line bership. This elaborate,comprehen- letter, immediately under the Ancient England Rhyme, sivereport has becomea section of the Suffolk "Wvnkefeld The WingfieldFamily Society web pageand Saxon held Honor regularfeature in the newsletter. ond fee, ere William the Normsn Church project members,Jocelyn come ouer the sea" Wouldn't it be Wingfield,Wally Goodmanand Vance satisfyingif Wingfieldhave produced what Jocelyn we had evi- callsa "Masterpiecethat will delight dence that viewers." lndeed they have done an this rhyme outstandingjob of accumulatingthe St.Andrews Church, Wingfield, may be informationand putting it togetherin its SuffolkEngland true? Well, permanentlocation on the WFS website by our intrepid webmaster, we have, home page.It is now beingsectioned Vance Wingfield is a sheer delight. but it does out as a featurein the WingfieldFamily They arenot justpictures of eachof the not apply Societynewsletter feature,the first churches,but a complete verbal and asa *'tfl."'lj- of which followsthis articleon page4. visual history accompanieseach one. Member,Don winsfierd The presentationis of Englishand True and merited,superlatives abound ported takesDNA a stePfuriher Americanhistory in such magnificient in the script.Crowfield (Suffolk), Benicia in settings are unique for the beautiful (California) and Fotheringhaythe two-part seriesby JocelynWingfield (Springqnd Summer 2003 Neu.rslet- housesof God.The historvwill enthrall SeePage4-Churches ter) entitled Origin of the Sumame wingfield, winkfield & winfield, he wrote there are several separate Wingfield (variation of spellings)ge- (enclosed) Savannah, GA Meeting tionsplease refer to the Hotel netic lines,and that not all Wingfields May 2l-23, 2OO4 ReservationWorksheet that allowsyou are related. to make noteswith the detailsyou will For the pastseveralyears, the WFS Basic Details need to give the hotel reservations See Page lO - Family Origins Enclosedwith this newsletteris the agent.Please use your creditcard for meetingregistration forms, agenda and making reservationsand remember, INSIDE: hotelreservation worksheet. This. plus shouldyou have to cancelthis may be the following general information done72 hoursbefore scheduled arrival >WFS DirectorNominees shouldcover most everythingyou need withoutpenalty. Calla tollfreenumber For years 2004-2007 page 2 to know to arrangefor attending 7-800-426-8483.Be sureand ask for )Wingfields in Poetry The Desoto Hilton is one of the Wingfieldallotment when making Firstof newseries page 4 Sayannah'sfinest. well locatedwithin your reservations.It is suggestyou call )Free Book walkingdistance of many of city'sfa- between8 am and 8 pm. The special AZ-COWingfields page 7 moussquares and sightseeingpoints of Wingfield nightlyrate (single or twin) )Wingfield Prayer interest.For thosewith Intemetaccess of $109 plus tax appliesfrom May Officialfor WFS page 7 may want to visit the hotel's website 18'hto May25, 2 daysbefore & 2 days )1903Jamestown for morein- afterthe meeting.Our groupallotment MemorialStamps page8 formation. When making reserva- See Page 2- Meeting Details Page 1 for theirdedication and service to WFS. when a seeminglyinconsequential bit Zellaand Polly will remainas appointed of informationmay fillin a gapor supply directors. detailsthat could help another mem- ber. Upon joining the WFS, eachnew See Page 1- Meeting Details member receivesa blank form asking President's is for May 22,23 and24. Comingjust for specificdetails for their records. Remarks for the meeting,book the datesso you All membersare assigneda data- will be there for full day functions, basenumber when they join. You will Wingfielders-- LeePreston Fridayand Saturday.This group allot- seeyours in the WFS membershipros- Our WFS bylawscall for an election ment will be recalledon May 2. If you ter, the WFS number lbracketedlfollow eachyear of eitherofficers or directors have not booked by that date, resenra- your listedtelephone number. Some to servefor the ensuingthree years. tions can still be made at the special new members, especiallythose not Four new directors will be installedat rate,but onlyIF roomsare stillavailable. active in genealogicalresearch, fail to ourannual meeting in Sarrannah,Geor- Please re*rve your hotel early. For retum a completedsheet so theirrecords gia to sr:we 2004-2007. The pro- those driving or with a rental car, there are missing. posed slate includes Ed Coussensof is a parkingfee of per day. Enclosedwith this newsletter is a Des Plaines,IL; Bill Wingfield of $7 There is excellent air service into blank form entitled "Wingfield Family Palgraw, Ontario, Canada; Burwell the Sarannah.The airport is 20 min- Group Sheet."If you are a new mem- Wingfieldof Lexington,VA, and Rob- utesdriving time (17 miles)from the city. ber, or one who has NOT submitted ert lan Wingfieldof London,England. Transportation can be either taxicab your information before, please do it service for $20 each way for 1 to 3 now. Completethe blanks,even that persons,or altemativelyB&B Trans- for your children and mail to WFS's portationcharges $20 perpersonround ComputerChairman, Sara Ganett, 501 trip. B & B Transportationmeets all East4'h Street, Lynn Haven ,FL32444. flights.Arrangements will be made for You shouldmake extra copies if needed pickupat the hotel for retum flight. or you can get extra blanksof these At thiswriting, not allthedetails are forms by going to www.wingfield.org. finalizedfor the meetingagenda. We click on "Family Group Sheet" and will have more specificslater and an print out a blank copy. Ed Coussens BurwellWngfield agendawillbe enclosedwith the spring In additionto the informationthat newsletter. makesup mostof the Wingfieldfamily's There will be two half-day information,we go one stepfurther and sightseeingtours on SaturdayMay 23. now includefamily photographs as part The moming tour will visit the historic of eachmember's record. These should districtand touristlocations in the gen- be head and shoulder photographs eralSavannah area. The aftemoonwill (newsletter,winter, 2001). Both the bea "Low Country"tour to Ft. Jackson updatingof everymember's records for by way of scenicneighborhoods, bou- our databaseand addingmember pho- levardsand neoclassichomes. Partici- tographsare on-goingprojects. When pation is optionalin eitheror both tours. completingyour GroupSheet, we urge BillWngfield lanWngfield Only our memberscan make our you to enclosephotographs of each meetingsuccessful. We try to provide family member. Make sure each is All haveagreed to serveand attendour the most interesting locations and identifiedby name, preferablyon the yearly meetings. Additional nomina- agenda.But withoutyour attendance it back. Do not use your only copy, as tions may be made by any member is all for naught. thesephotographs cannot be retumed. providedthe nominee agreesto serve Send in vour reqistration.todav! Thanks. andattend eachannual meeting. Nomi nationsshould be made to our Secre- tary, Polly Home, 4442 Ranchwood Wingfields in Action: l-ane,Tampa,FL33624 or emailPolly All Members: Burwell Wingfield has tumed in and must be Are you in the Wingfield records? his letterof resignationfrom VMI (Vir- receivedby February 15th, at which If not, fill out the enclosed form ginia Military Academy)effective June time the nominationswill be closed. The WingfieldFamily Society has a 2004. That will give him and his wife Ballotswill be enclosedwith the Spring large databaseof over 140,000 Wafa moretime to spendexploring the Newsletterwith all nomineeslisted. Wingfieldsand related families. lt is worldand the MiddleEast. Last summer Retiringdirectors are James R. Wingfield importantthat everymember, whether theyspent a month and a halfin Jordan III of lllinois,Zella Monow of Utah, involvedin family researchor not, at with a full calendarvisiting friends and Bernie Coley of Virginia, and Polly leasthave their personalinformation in relatives.It also allowedhim to accept Home of Florida. We are all orateful the society'srecords. One neverknows SeePage3-Action Page2 m*ffi[Tf ir*,,'igg* ;#:#li.i;""'ii".: p,#urr#,^?;,,1,r:,11{rrank,#fffl*l,ffi **::l#,*rdt"q:iif#

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You will be delighted affectionatelvknown as "JR" bv his verse by contemporarypoets of note by these memorials, from medievial familyand irlends,died January23. such as Whetstone,Byron, Herrick, times to Edward-MariaWingfield's 2003, at his home in Charlottesville,Byronand evenDisraeli. For reasonsof churchat Old Jamestownand Thomas Virginia.He was the late son of John space the relevantpoem will be re- Wingfield'sof York Riverat Mattaponi. RichardWingfield, Jr. and Bessie strictedto the part aboutthe appropri- For viewingon the Intemet go to HanaroodJones. ateWingfield and a notewill begiven on the WFSwebsite "JR"was a graduateof Meriwether how these Wingfieldscame to be so and click on "Churches."This section LewisSchooland attended the Univer- honoured.Here is the first one: is entitled:"24 (of 84) churcheswith the sityof Virginia,was a memberof Sons most prominent Wingfield memorials of Ameican Revolution. Cal Club. SIR PHIUP SIDNEY & HIS in England,Ireland, the USAandWales." VFW, National Rifle Association, HONOURABLE UFE [1586l WINGFIELD CHURCHES by George Whetstone First of a series - Photo on Page I Essex that day reviv'd his father's fame, (Suffolk), Lord Willor:ghby charged like a fiery flanre. Location: Wingfield Worthy Rursell that will to no man yealde; England.The present church, St. Stod l\orris dared the Spanyard to the fieHe; Andrew's,really began with the foun- Perrot struck down Gonzaga with a blowe; dation of the adjoiningWingfield Col- The yor-ngr North dd forwanCcourage shor; lege (the Wingfields'ancient Manor Wingfleld did serve like a hardy knight, house,c.I290s/7300, with itsenthral- And Wootton prest the hottest fight..... ling GreatHall), under the 1361 willof Sir John Wingfield,Chief of the peace- Whetstonewrote this after the English time Councilof the Black Prince,the engagementon September22, 7586 heir to the throne (who paid for Sir withthe Spanish at the Battleof Zutphen John's magnificentfuneral here). Sir (alsocalled the Battle of Wamfeld by John Wingfield'seffigy lies in a recess the Dutch)in the Low Countries,then in the southwall. The south porchwas Eighth Air Force Historical Society part-occupiedby the Spanish.When built by Michaelde la Pole, 1"' Earl of and CAR and I'uyCreek United Meth- the English commander, Sir William Suffolk - who had married Katherine odist Church. Russell,commanding 550 horse and Wingfield,heiress of Sir John. The font He enlistedin the U. S. Army Air foot, heard the Spanishrelief column was donatedby their son, the 2d Earl. Force in 7942, was assignedto the 8th escortedby 5,000 Spaniardsincluding It bearsthe arms: north - Wingfield, Air Force and stationed in England, 1,200 horse,approaching Zutphen in east & west - de la Pole, south - wherehe completeda tour of 35 com- thick fog, he preparedto chargewith Stafford.The beautifulsouth-side chan- bat missions. On one mission over the horse,supported by the foot com- cel hasdelightfulWingfield wings, de la Germany,a piece of shrapnel from a panies.These last. were commanded Poleleopards' heads and Stafford knots. closeflak burst, damagingthe micro- by - amongstothers - Lord Willoughby, Sir John Wingfield'sgrandson died en phone ( attachmenton his leatherflying by Willoughby'scousin-by-marriage, routefrom Wingfield to Agincourt 1415) helmetand the time he did realize William de la Pole rebuilt at Captain John Wingfield of Eresbyin and his son, how close he came to receivingan the chancelin his father'smemory. In Lincolnshire. by Thomas-Maria almost certain fatal wound. He was 1995 theWingf ield Family Society (WFS) Wingfieldand apparentlyby the latter's decoratedwith the Air Medaland five presenteda chequefor $1,500 towards brother, Captain Edward-Maria oak leaf clusters. the major refurbishment.There are Wingfield, Jamestown'sfuture Presi- Survi'.rorsinclude his wife of 49 three WFS clerestory windows, all so had at Zutphenthe years,Betty R. Wingfield,his children, dent, who arrived marked:one fundedby Lois Wingfield BetseyC. Wingfieldof Chevely,Md., weekbefore. As Russell,the Wingfields Wickhamin memoryof her brother,Dr. SusanW. Goldof Durham,N. C., and and the rest charged,the fog lifted, BillWingfieldof Ashland,Virginia, co- John R. WingfieldlV of Charlottlesville;showingthem that they were outnum- founderof the WFS;one fundedby Dr. threesisters, Betsey W. Hughesof Bir- bered6-7 to 1, but theycharged three JamesR. & SusanWingfield of Illinois mingham,Ala; Mary Jane Websterof timesand killed 250 Spanish,for a loss and one fundedby all membersof the Sparta,N. J., andBeverley W. Monroe of 34 men. After fightingon and off WFS. The Wingfieldvestry of this tiny of Charlotte.N. C.: and a numberof aroundthe forts in theZutphen area for village of 250 souls - mainly retired niecesand nephews. a further two weeks,Russell knighted agriculturalworkers - has in its 20-year "J.R." Wingfield was a chartermem- John Wingfieldfor braveryin the field. restoration program (1984-2004) al- ber of the WingfieldFamily Society. ltiiryinia's True Founder, pp.49-50]. readyraised $658,000.. Page4 dischargein 1974. He went, but for the followingweekwas At this point Kim was seekinga very,verycool and seemedto makeher Kimberly Kyle Wingfield Smith Christianchurch to join and studiedthe begfor hisattention. A weeklater he re- Bible for a full year in 1995 in made the marriage proposal. In six Richardson,TX before retuming to weeks they were married in the LDS finish her bachelor'sdegree at Georgia templein Logan, Utah and in one year SouthwestemUniversity in Americus. they had their first son, Samuel.Within Evenbefore graduation, she was hired the next sixyears, therewere four more to teach at her alma mater, Deerfield- children, Daniel, Peler, Elizabethand Windsorin Albany, GA. John. Kim statesthey grow closerand Kim was introduced,by a car-pool- happier as husbandand wife and as a ing friendto a Mormon who challenged family with everypassing year. her to readthe Book of Mormons.For Scott and Kim both agreed she this sheallotted one hour as she had a would stayhome with the childrenand French final exam the following day. bea full-timewife and mother.This was Once started, she was completely tough as it meantScott wouldcontinue moved by what she read and never to work full time while obtaining his KimberlyKyle Wingfield Smith was lookedat the Frenchtext again.It was Mastersdegree in computer science. bom October20,1952 in Rome,Geor- a pivotalmomentin her life. Atage24, Over the years, he has worked for a gia, the daughterof Jim Kyle Wingfield Kim was baptizedand has been a de- number of organizationsbefore his and Norma Jean Boardman. Her fa- votedand activemember of the Church current employment at the Corpora- ther was a standardbredhorse trainer of JesusChrist of Latter-daySaints ever tion of the PresidingBishopric of the and racer(driver rides on sulkybehind since. LDS Church where he has been for the trotter or pacer).He has won nu- She beganto think seriouslyof her sevenyears. merousworld-record times. He owned future,becoming a wifeand mother and Scott and Kim have serveda local WingfieldFarm in Lee County,Ga. Her build a domesticlife. However, the missionfor the Church,helping recov- motherwas a politicalactivist and com- numberof eligiblebachelors in the LDS eringaddicts. Cunently Scott is in charge munity public administrator.Kim has Church in lower Georgiawas virtually of the welfareof the elderlyand wid- one sister,Wendy and a brother, Neil. nil. She decidedto move to Utah and owed in their 550{amily ward. From the time Kim was 12 years applied to the graduateEnglish pro- Music is Kim's great joy in life. old, she began searchingfor religion. gram at BrighamYoung Universityin Scott,and their daughter,Elizabeth are Her patemal grandmother,Mary Du the fall of 1978. pianistsand the family has playedand Kyle Wingfield,was most devout and Whileon a graduateteaching schol- sung together publicly. Her matemal set a wonderful exampleof Christian arship,she had reserveda libraryroom grandmotherwas a wonderful opera womanhoodfor her. with a student at the university for singer and her grandfathera concert Kim attendedLee County elemen- counseling.Upon entering,Kim found violinist,so musicruns in the family. tary and secondaryschools; graduated a youngman, David Scott Smith asleep. She enjoyswriting and haskept an from Deerfield-WindsorSchool in Al- Sheimmediately woke and evictedhim, extensivedaily joumal since1976. It is bany, Ga., raledictorian. Then she but not beforehe had obtainedcertain now at about 9 volumes.Kim alsohas attended Florida State University in pertinent information. Later he tele- written considerablepoetry that is un- Tallahasseeon an honors scholarship phoned and askedher roommateout. published.She has had severalshort in MusicPerformance (vocal). This was During the following2 years,she saw storiespublished in the Salt Lake City followed by Georgia Southwestern Scottonly by chance,twice on campus, newspapersand severaldrafts are cur- University,British Literature;teaching once at a mutualfriends' home and rently in the works. certificate,graduated magna cum laude, anothertime when he surprisedher by The LDS Church emphasizesthe attendedBrigham Young Universityon shovelingher car out during a snow- importance of knowing about one's presidentialscholarship for mastersin storm On a Sundayevening in early ancestors.This encouragedher intro- British Literatureand creativewriting, March 1980, he appearedon her door- duction to genealogy. Now, she is thesis remains unfinished.After an stepand within 10 minutessaid, "l think devoted to family researchand has Associate'sdegree atFSU in 7972, Kim we ought to get married." She was beencompiling information and memo- pausedto decidewhat careershe really informallyengaged to someoneelse at rabiliaon all four of her grandparent's wanted. thetime and replied, "lwish you had not linesfor time. Still she is awareof her She joined the U. S Army as it said that!" He left. She immediately novice statuscompared to her many offeredmany benefitsand a refugefor began to wonder if her stubbomness LDS friends. As the familynest emp- her consenativevalues. With an apti- and pridewere ruining a good potential ties, she expectsto becomemore in- tude for languages,she was testedfor match.She now wantedto talk to him. volved in genealogyas there is more interpreters'school in MontereyCA to The following moming she changed time to spendin librariesand online. leam Polish.When the program was her mindabout never telephoning men, Kim alwayshad a sensethe Wingfield discontinued.she took an honorable calledScott and invited him to lunch. SeePage 7-Profile Page5 John'sbrother, James (1634), was owner. Jamesplayed a prominentrole Wingfield a prominentQuaker merchant. Trained in Pennsylvaniapolitics. He was ap- GenealogicalExchange 18-1 1658 in Bremen, Germany, James pointed to the Council of State, elected marriedHelena Mercer, dau. of a Lon- to the state assembly,a judge of the by SomBotsell (wlthLee Preston) don merchant and parliamentary as- ProvincialCourt & Chief Judgeof the sessorin Edinburgh. JamesClaypool Court of Quarter sessions. He was Wingfteld Female Llnes inheriteda businesfrom his bro., Rob- registraror land commissioner.fu a ert. James had been converted by Judge,Claypool was an early judicial Dorothy (Wingfteld) Claypoole George Fox, Quaker founder. Their activist and controversial.To save My ancestorwas the dau. of Sir groupmet at the Bull and Mouth pub. Penn's virtuallybankrupt trading mo- RobertWingfteld, Upton, & his wife Jameswas arrested for streetpreaching nopoly, Claypool had casesagainst it Eliz.,sister of Wm. Cecil,the greatLord in protest of the closing of Quaker transfenedto him, ruled for the mo- Burshley. Dorothy (1566-1619)churches1683 in London by CharlesII. nopoly, and issuedinjunctions against m. 1585Adam (d. 1634) bro. of SirJames He waslater chosen to accompanyFox any appealof his rulings. As Judge,he Claypool,/ Claypoole, a family closely on a dangerousmissionary Joumey, but forced men to mam/ women they had allied wlth both Oliver Cromwell and declinedthe signalhonor. made pregnant.This practicewas un- Wm. Penn. Claypoolrosefrom middle James'home in Scot'sYard, Lon- supportedby statute. He was indicted classesin late 1500s, acquiringin 2 don, bumed during the GreatFire, but for hispropensig to makenew law. The generations,4 manor houses,a coat of his businessprospered. He tradedat indictmentwas quashed. He was one armsin 1583,and knighthood.Adam Amsterdam,Hamburg, Bremen, Lisbon, the signersof Penn's constitutionfor inheritedall of James'property, and his Bordeaux, Ireland & East Indies in the colony,and one of 5 deputygover- Wingfield marriagebrought a "trophy minks,cats, sugar, beer, linen, wine & nors who replacedPenn on his retum wife" to the Claypools. He loaned 10 rum. He was one of few Englishmen to England.James died in 1687. His Poundsto KingJames I in 1611and 30 trustedby the Germansas a factor, a wlfe died a year later. His colonial Poundsto CharlesI in 1625. They had significant part of his business(see careerhelped inspire the framersof the 13 children,but only John left adult Bolderstonl.JarnesClaypool's Joumal U.S. Constitutionto limit federaloffi- hood records. is secondonly to Wm. Penn'spapers as cials to servicein only one branch of SirJohn (1 595- 1 664), was a lauryer the bestoriginal source on the founding govemment at a time and to have a (Gray'slnn), Oliver Cromwell'sclosest of Pennsyhania. systemof check and balances. friend& a memberof his kitchencabi- fu WilliamPenn's best friend, James Dorothy'sline continues,shown in net. He was a Puritan,denounced by Claypoolplayed the same role his fa- the WFS computerdatabase and else- the Anglicanpriest for repeatedlydis- ther had playedwith Oliver Cromwell. where, thru James (1664)> James .(170 ruptingchurch. He was arrested,tried Claypoolbought10,000 acres in Penn- 1)>John' (1733)> Aaron (1783)> & brieflyimprisoned for opposingthe sylraniaand wasappointed treasurer of Nancy C. Day (1824)> Samuel Day ship tax. He served in 2 Cromwell Penn's trading monopoly, ironically (1846)>Clara D. Batsell(1869)> Samuel parliamentsin 1650s,for which he was named Free Society of Traders. At Curtis Batsell (1900)> S.C.Batsell, createdbaronet and made Knight of Penn's insistence,James immigrated Jr.(7929)>Sam III(1954). 'Served Latham. He was a "backbone"of the to Philadelphiain 1683. First, he sent in the Rev.War. Recog- Parliamentarycounty committee. Sir servantsto build the largesthouse in the nizedas American Patriotsbv the DAR. John Claypoolm. Mary Angell,with a colony,with wine cellar& garden.Sec- dowryof 1,500 Pounds,dau. of a rich ond, he rentedone of the biggestships, Biblioorophg:Aubrey, Philip,Mr. Sec- merchant,James I's royal fishmonger. the Concord,and builtprivate cabins in retaryThurloe, Cromwell's Secretary of State They had 14 children. it for his family. Claypoolsoldpassage (AthlonePress). Balderston, Marion, ed., The oldest,John (c.I624) was on the Concord, includingthe first JamesClaypoole's l-etter Book, Londonand (Huntington Cromwell'schief of staff from 1642 & Germansto come to America.Before Philadelphia1681-84 Library, 1967). Bracken, Evelyn The favorite son-in-law, having married in World War I, the day the Concord Claypool, ClaypooleFamily in America,Vol.l (1971). 1645 Eliz., Cromwell's favorite dau. arrivedin Philadelphiawas a stateholi- John wasa Major General,Cromwell's Dunn, Richardand Mary, ed., The Papers day in 11 statesas German-Americanof WilliamPenn, Vol.ll (U.of Penn.Press, Master Horse, the of & servedin House day. The Postal Service issueda com- 19821. Greenall, R. L., A History of of Lords. At Cromwell'sdirection, he memorativestamp in 1983on the 300th Northhamptonshire,Phillimore. Haley, opposedefforts to makeCromwellking. anniversaryof its arriral. K.H.D. The First Earl of Shaftesbury It wasrumored that only John Claypool The FreeSociety trading monopoly, (ClarendonPress, 1968). Hill, Christopher, could lead a successfulcoup against virtuallybankrupt, was stabilized through God's Englishman(Dial Press, 17970). Charlesll, thereforenot surprisinglyhe Noble, Mark, The Protectorial House of whaling and slavery.At James' direc- "To was arrestedin 1678 for treasonand Cromwell.Salinger, Sharon, servewell tion the Society became a maJor im- and faithfully," Labor and indentured ser- attempted assassination,but eventually porterof indenturedservants and slaves. vants in Pennsylvania1682-1800 (Cam- released. Following the death of his He also imported slavesfor his per- bridge U. Press).Wingfield, Menyn Ed- wife, he lost his fortune gamblingand sonal use from Barbados,where his ward, Muniments of the Ancient Saxon dieda joumalistin 1688. brother, Edward, was a maior slave Familyof Wing{ield,pp.10 & 35. Page6 FromPage 5-Profile Free "Wingfields Migrate West l-ake City. For the past severalyears, familywas an importantand interesting To Arizona and Colorado" Book the WFS's main contactfor its genetic line. She is a Georgia Wingfield, de- In 1995, the WingfieldFamily Soci- testingprojects has been RelativeGe- scendingfrom the line includingTho- ety publisheda 50-pagebook entitled neticsunder the auspicesof their mo- masof York River. Althoughshe knew "Wingfield Migrate West to Arizona lecular genealogist, Diahan and acceptedthis for years, it was and Colorado." It is broken into two Southard. confirmed in early 2003 when her parts, the Arizona and Colorado So it is not surprisingthat Relative brother,Neil took the WFS DNA test. Wingfields.It is a quality,professionally Geneticsand Diahan are now being Her hobbiesinclude walking, read- printed 8 Vz X 11 inch booklet with called upon to make talks and presen- ing, cookingand quilting. source references. tations to other genealogicalgroups. To sum it up, Kim's life is founded The Arizonasection is brokeninto This past October, Diahanwas in Knox- on two things, her Christian religion 6 sections,The Virginia Period, First ville at the University of Tennessee and her family. Migrations, Oregon Period, Arizona talking to the EastTennessee Historical - Exploration, Verde Valley and Family Society.It wasa DNA introduction the WINGFIELD FACES DevelopmentPeriod. types of genetic tests and particularly explaining the Y chromosomeused in FROM THE PAST The Colorado section covers the migrationof two brothers,their home- genealogicalmale sumame research. stead,family charts supported by many, According to Diahan, Relative many individualpictures, including one Genetics expects more and more ge- of the sod housesnear Vemon, Colo- nealogical organizations are calling rado. See adjacientcolumn Wingfield upon them for information and the use FacesFrom the Postfeaturing Joseph of their genetic services. EdwardWingfield. Diahanand Lee Preston,our DNA Even if you are not a Coloradoor Coordinator (now also president),have Arizona Wingfield, you will find the workedtogether for severalyears. Once story of these migrationsfascinating. our test members are *lected,, during Wouldmake a nicegift to a library.The all the genetic processing,Diahan's book hashistoricalas wellas genealogi- a. for Capt. Edward Maria Wingfield, mentionedand Smith second is only his Jamestown'sfirst president prominently opinion.This is certainlynot our view, placedadjacent to the Administration nor that of many other historians. What would you have done? So far. there have been 78 skel- Building.It wascompleted in 1970 and Run away with a bare behind housesclassrooms, the Departmentof etons unearthedat the original One hot summerwith the British Psychology,the Departmentof Leisure Jarnestownsite. One had a shot in the leg is to Anny in India,back in theperiod 1929- Studiesand Physical Education. Nearby and believed beJerome Alicock (seespring & summernewsletters). A 34, EdwardW. R. (Joe)Wingfieldof the is Smith Hall with the Capt. John recent and more important one is Barringtoncadet line of Powerscourt,a Smith Library. There is Gosnold tikely to be Bartholomew Gosnold subaltemofficer in his late 20s in the Hall, honoring BartholomewGosnold (Spring, 2003 newsletter).Positive 60'h Rifles (Kings Royal Rifle Corps), and a short distanceaway Ratcliffe identificationof this latestskeleton was stationedin Lucknowin the same Hall named for Capt. John Ratcliffe would have to be madeby DNA, but lines as the 3'd Hussars.Joe went on who succeededEMW as president. Even becauseof the centuriesof elapsed HimaloyasLeaue to shoot blackand one of the residencesis named York time, it is unlikelyto be successful,red bears- but retumedto his regiment River Residence Hall. saysDr. Kelso. See Page 9 -Bare Page8 FromPageS-Bare (Recordsdisagree on details).The Prince On March 18 he had been in London with a pet blackbear cub, which he kept made it his chief country residence, with the Prince,and was there again on in his bungalow(a one-story Bengali held court here, and reveledin jousting June 7'hand 28m. He wasto die of the house)of the Officers'Mess (Club). toumamentshere and hunting in the plaguein 1361or 1362.Since he is not A hot evening at dusk Colonel surroundingforests. In the early 1350s recordedas at the Prince's weddingat Tiden-Wright,Commanding Officer of he made it a habit to spend Christmas Windsoron October10, 1361 (toJoan, the 3'd Hussars, who had the next here. In 1353-55 Sir John Wingfield Countessof Kent), it seemslikely that bungalowto Joe,came back from polo, spent much time here with the prince he succumbedto "the second pesti- stripped off his sweaty clothes in the when he was not about the Prince's lence" (the Black Death having occurred dark and got into the bath that his businessirn the northwest at Chesteror in 1348-9),rife in London that spring. senant had run for him - but discovered in the southwest (at Restormel or The Black Prince and his bride to his surprise and honor, that Joe Launceston Castles in Comwall). Sir spent Nowmber through to January Wngfield's bearwasalready lying in the John Wingfield, formerly an executor 1362 at Berkhamsted C.astleand his bath. What would you ha"redone? for the late Earl of Salisbury,was then accounts for that year were charged The colonel survi',redhis cold dip Attomey-General and Chief of the 957-13 shillings& 4 pence for Sir without injury, but the 3'dHussars and Council of the Countess of Wanen, John's funeral at Wingfield. Whether the 60h almost went to war with each attomey for the Black Prince, and also Sir John's boss actually attended his other! (Sources:A famlly story, now attomey for Joan of Bar, Robert de funeral at Wingfield, or was at recountedby Wllllam M. T. Morgan, Ufford Earl of Suffolk and Guy de Berkhamstedor elsewhere,is not re- ln Soldierof the RaJ,Norwlch, 2002, Brienne.In 1351, he was madeStew- corded. Howe',rer,we do know that in p. 28) ard of the BlackPrince's Lands and his the 1370s the Black Princespent much Chief of Staff in the following year. In more time at BerkhamstedCastle. He March 1351, Sir John Wingfieldhad died there fifteen years after Sir John CASTLE CONNECTIONS sent ser.renbeech trees from London to Wingfield'sdemise - in 1376 at 45 years BerkhamstedCastle. And it was from of age. [One of the aimsof the WFS is to preser.reour family heritage.We there- the castlein this period that Sir John Sometimein the secondhalf of the (c.1340- fore make no apology for faded pic- orderedall sortsof clothingfor manyof 14'hcentury, Thomas Chaucer turesof ruins that are about to disap- the Prince's staff; for example for 1400) was the Clerk of Work at the pear foreverl. Mowbray,his sergeantat court,for the Castle.And in Tudor times, the castle "men Ruins of Berkhamsted Castle, Prince'sgoldsmith and for the of belongedin tum to three of the wivesof the Prince'sbarge". Henry VIII. Then in 7649 at the endof Hertfordshire,England ( I 94O) In 1356 (that summerand fall, he the CivilWar, it belongedto a grocer's Originallytriple-moated, 150 yards by and the BlackPrince fought so valiantly apprenticecalled David Axtell who was 100 yardsand 50 feet high, the castle at the Battleof Poitiersin France),"Sir responsiblefor the administrativear- wasbuilt in Normantimes by the brother John de Wengfeld" sent three beech rangementsfor the executionof King of William the Conqueror above the treesto theparson of St.Peter'sChurch, CharlesI. Come the Restoration,he town of GreatBerkhamsted. lt lies 30 Berkhamsted.In that yearand the next, too, was executed. milesnorthwest of London.near to the King John of Francewas held captive [Moin Source:T.F.Tout, Chopters tn Medi' later Wingfield "nests" of Chesham, here. It was then that thirty or so furs eualAdministrotlue History, IILV, 1928-301. Amershamand Sarratt.The castlewas (eachrnlued at €1 to €20, and of such alsothe home of St. ThomasBeckett, and such a "number of bellies")were theArchbishop of Canterburymurdered by HenryII in 1190. WYNG'SSEAL OF 1335 On March4, 1339, a mysterious Perhaps100 to 200 Englishmanu- pardonfor one Hugh de Carletonwas scriptsof the 1350s are marked "By issuedfrom the castleby EdwardIII- a command of.. " or "By assentand "By pardon "for the death of William commandof..." or adviceof Sir "By Wyngfeld".Since Sir William de John deWengfeld..." or command Wingfieldof Dennington(Suffolk), who of the Princeand adviceof Sir John de Wengefeld" or de Wenggefeld,de was to be the Black Prince'sattomey Wyngfeld,or just Wyng' (maybethat's when the latterwas fighting in France what PrinceEdward called him!), or just in 1356, actuallydied in 1389. This Berkhamsted Castle, Today "By orderof Sir J. de W." And one of William - maybekilled jousting- while the instructionswas signedby "com- mightbe William Winnfeld of Co. Derby. deliveredto the castlefor rrariousof the mandof the Princehimself in the inn of llinks, p.91. Prince'sretainers, including Sir John Sir John de Wengfeld". In 1348Edward lllgranted the newly Wingfieldand Chameles,Sir John's SirJohn Wingfield was in the 1350s restoredcastle to his son, the 18-year- yeoman. called,progressively, the BlackPrince's old PrinceEdward ("the Black Prince"), InJanuary, February and May 1361 Bachelor(as was Sir RichardStafford), when he madehim Duke of Comwall. SirJohn was in thenorthwest at Chester. See Page lO - Wyng's Seal Page 9 From Page - 9 Wyng's Seal From Page l- Family Origins it identifiesonly a familyorigin as indi ,nen hisSteward and then his "Chef de has had an active DNA program to catedby the DNA haplogroupnumber. 3usognes"[that is Chiefof Administra- identify the severalWingfietd genetic A simple explanation of the rion,/Businessalias chief of staffl. He lines and to match them with mem- haplogroupassigned codes are: HG1 - wasSir.John de Wingfieldof Wingfield, bers. We have a long way to go to identifiesthe Celts,the first settlersof whose daughter was to become the define them all, but there is now an the BritishIsles. They are thought to be Countessof Suffolkin the 1380s.And exciting bonus availableto our mem- descendantsof the Palaeolithichunter- his boss was King Edward III's son bers that have already participated in gathererswho arrivedin Europebefore Prince Edward of Wales and of DNA tests,or will be testedlater. the last lce Age, about 40,000 years - Aquitaine.father of King Richardll and Some of the test resultmarkers of ago; HG2 Includespeople of Anglo- heir to the throne of England & of DNA (Y-chromosome)genetic com- Saxon heritage, the first inrradersafter nearlyhalf of today's France. parisons can be grouped into a the Romans,thought to stem from a His beautiful "sigillum"or seal is processcalled Haplogroups. group (Gravettianculture) that anived held in the Public Record Office in Haplogroupingis strictlya studyof the in Europe from the Middle East about London.It isof redwax, only about 1.5 ancientpopulation of the world dating 25,000 yearago, and HG3 - The fore- inchesin diameter,with, in an inner backthousands of years.lt is a process father of all HG3s may have been bom ring, the Wingfieldcoat of arms:three usedto identifygroups of the ancient in the Ukraine during the last Ice Age pairsof wingson a bend. IPRO 843/ population. Eachof our pastDNA test about 15,000 yearsago, which included 6931. Round the coat of arms is a results can be analyzed by their the Vikings,another group of invaders. secondring or circle of red "tracerv" Haplogroupmarkers and can defineor Don lists three Wingfield DNA like beautifully-formeddarker red cob- strongly indicatethe ancient family charts with severalpostings under the webs;and outsidethat ring, in a third origin, regardlessof generationsor appropriateHG code. ring in raised capitals, reading clock- sumame. It is different from genetic Of course,not all Wingfieldswill be wise from 1 o'clock to 11 o'clock, is relationshipcomparisons, but shoun in one of the threecategories nor does embossed:"SIGILLUM JOHANNIS on the sameline. the name Wingfieldhave to be associ- WINGEFELT"(meaning "SEAL OF One of our members,Donald ated to havethis haplogrouping.Don JOHN WINGEFELT").On the reverse Wingfieldof Kinistino,Saskatchewan. is in HG1, whichalso includes most of of the seal is a thumb.hole bearing, Canada,participated in the WFS DNA the non-LetheringhamWingfields. incredibly,the smeared thumbprint, project. Don did not rnatch the Tickencote Wingfields are in the presumablyof Sir John Wingfield(or LetheringhamWingfield line as ex- LetheringhamHaplogroup 2 (HG2 possiblyof his clerk, Edmund),dating pected,but he did match 100% a de- indicatesSaxon), which also includes presumablyfrom 1362 when Sir John scendantof the Berkshire Wingfield the severaltested knovundescendants died of the plague(and was buried - line. This wasan uniquematch, as the of earlyAmerican Wingfields- Tho- "magnificently"- at Wingfield at the two men did not know each other or mas(ca.1693) & SarahGarland, John Black Prince'sexpense). theircommon ancestor's name. They (ca.1695)& MaryHudson, and Robert are searchingfurther. As a thorough (ca.l697l & Ann _, believedsons of researcher,Don beganstudying DNA ThomasWingfield (1664-1 720) of New as applied to groups of people - Kent County,Virginia. So far, we also Wingfield wins world prize Haplogroups. He then opened his haveone descendanttested that is HG3. She is Aborigine own WingfieldDNA websiteto display TheWFSnowhas 2 DNAwebsites. An Australian grandmother was theseresults, along with his DNA test the original, establishedand updated honoredon April 14, 2003 with the top resultsand an in-depthfamily geneal- by Lee Prestonand to be identifiedas award for grassrootsenvironmental ogy discussion.Don welcomeswebsite WingfieldFamily DNA Project- Haplo- activist.Eileen Wani Wingfield,an Ab, visitsfrom otherswith DNA testresults type Perspective(family line), and origine from the South Australian that might match his own. In looking Don'ssite to be knownas the Wingfield desert,started fighting when she saw overstudies of otherfamilies, he found Family DNA Project - Haplogroup the effectsof environmentalderzasta- some of them were includingtheir Perspective(ancient family origin). tion threatenedthe future of her own haplogroupsin their records,indicat- Don's site may be accessedat family "lt hasbeen a verylong struggle, " ing theirancient family origin Thiswas www.donwingfield.net.Both sitesare Eileensaid. interestingand exciting. linked to the WFS home page, Shelives with the consequencesof Don now postson his new website www.wingfield.org. 12 nucleartests the Australiangovem- all of the WFS members' DNA test For privacy reasons,member results ment conductedin the South Austra- completed so far, but breaks testeesare assignedthe samenumber them into three haplogroupsof their lian desertbeh,veen 1953 and 1963. identificationon eachof the websites particularancient family origin, using charts. So, when Oneof Wingfield'sgrandsons has brain viewingyou will not the codereferences, f-lG1, HG2, and see individualnames. Participantsare cancer, and a granddaughterhad a HG3. This processonly identifiesa aware of their own identitv number. hysterectomybecause of group cancer.Oth- of people.not a specificperson, Those wanting to verify this informa- ers haveasthma and birth defects. anddoes not needa commonname as tion may contactLee Preston. Page10