On Sunday, July 21, 2013 2:40:52 PM UTC-4, Dexter Kenfield wrote: > William CAMFIELD, son of William and Alice, was christened 6 Sep 1674 in > > Bletchingly, Surrey. His parents, Will. CAMFIELD and Alice MORIDEY, were > > married 7 Dec 1673 in Bletchingly. > > > > William CANFIELD, son of John and Mary, was christened 25 May 1677 in > > Godstone, Surrey. These families almost certainly are related. > > > > Also probably related was William CAMFIELD, son of Robert and Mary, who > > was christened 27 Apr 1684 in Worth, Sussex. > > > > > > What I would like to establish is whether these three all remained in > > England. Or was one of them the William Kenfield (Kentfield, Kinfield, > > Canfield, etc.) who joined the army, was in a regiment stationed in > > Ireland after the Treaty of Ryswick in 1697, and was sent to New York in > > 1700 to join an independent company there? > > > > This may sound familiar to those who have followed these groups for a > > while. I know a lot about William, and the regiments stationed in > > Ireland. But not his birth place, age or parentage. Was he one of these > > three candidates? > > > > Any thoughts, ideas, leads or information? > > > > Dexter Kenfield The first place I would look would be burial registers, to see if you can find any of them dying young. If you can eliminate one or two of them early, that will reduce the work of sorting out what happened to the one(s) left standing.

On 7/21/2013 3:18 PM, Daniel Morgan wrote: > On Sunday, July 21, 2013 2:40:52 PM UTC-4, Dexter Kenfield wrote: >> William CAMFIELD, son of William and Alice, was christened 6 Sep 1674 in >> >> Bletchingly, Surrey. His parents, Will. CAMFIELD and Alice MORIDEY, were >> >> married 7 Dec 1673 in Bletchingly. >> >> >> >> William CANFIELD, son of John and Mary, was christened 25 May 1677 in >> >> Godstone, Surrey. These families almost certainly are related. >> >> >> >> Also probably related was William CAMFIELD, son of Robert and Mary, who >> >> was christened 27 Apr 1684 in Worth, Sussex. >> >> >> >> >> >> What I would like to establish is whether these three all remained in >> >> England. Or was one of them the William Kenfield (Kentfield, Kinfield, >> >> Canfield, etc.) who joined the army, was in a regiment stationed in >> >> Ireland after the Treaty of Ryswick in 1697, and was sent to New York in >> >> 1700 to join an independent company there? >> >> >> >> This may sound familiar to those who have followed these groups for a >> >> while. I know a lot about William, and the regiments stationed in >> >> Ireland. But not his birth place, age or parentage. Was he one of these >> >> three candidates? >> >> >> >> Any thoughts, ideas, leads or information? >> >> >> >> Dexter Kenfield > > The first place I would look would be burial registers, to see if you can find any of them dying young. If you can eliminate one or two of them early, that will reduce the work of sorting out what happened to the one(s) left standing. > I have looked at the burial entries in parish registers that are available to me on-line. That allowed me to eliminate two other possible candidates, just as you suggest. But I haven't found anything identifiable as relating to these people. One of the limitations, obviously, is that the records available to me on-line are incomplete. I primarily use familysearch.org and Ancestry.com, supplemented from time to time by various other sources. Dexter