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 Message Board Post: You didn't mention who your DeField ancestor's were but Horatio "Nelson" Defield went to Missouri from Ontario. If that is your line, they are definitely not French Canadian. That line extends back to New Jersey prior to the Revolution and was probably DUNFIELD at one time.