This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kdF.2ACIB/329.1.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks for your posting and the photo link. No, it's not likely your DeField ancestry is French at all. The line came to Canada from northern New Jersey. There are links to Sussex County c. 1750 era. We believe previous to that the family was in Columbia County, New York where five children were baptized. The parents were Edward DUNFIELD and Margaret Meyer/Myer. This family may have spoken German or English. Your particular line's connection to this family is a bit detailed to explain here as it's based on the confirmation of other proven connections that lead one to conclude they are part of this line. Your DeFields probably came from Britain under the surname of Dunfield.