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/2dWBAEB/76.89.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Yes, I have one more thought about your Alex Winfield. More than thirty years ago when I was in college, an acquaintance asked me about my Winfields. Seems they had Winfields in their ancestry also. Their Winfield's traced back to a slave plantation in Virginia. There was someone named Winfield who owned the plantation. It's my understanding that slaves sometimes took the last name of their owner. I've often wondered if Paul Winfield, the actor, and Dave Winfield, the baseball player, traced back to that Virginia plantation. "Winfield" is a thoroughly British name, so it's likely that a Buffalo Soldier named "Winfield" would be able to trace that name to an ancestor who had slaves. My Winfields were all Caucasian, but that doesn't mean that perhaps the men didn't father any bi-racial children. If that's the case, then I doubt it was my Ohio branch. The father of my Thomas Alexander Winfield was very religious and was an inventor to boot. I've always pictured him a! s being preoccupied and too busy for any flings on the side. HIs only brother was also extremely religious and was an ordained minister who lived a pristine life, so I doubt he would have had any flings either. So ... my best suggestion is to perhaps try the Virginia plantation. Or ... try Henry Winfield of Trumbull County, Ohio. Or as a last resort in Ohio, there were some Winfields living in Cleveland. I've seen things on the internet about Aunt Sally(?) Winfield (I think) of Cleveland having a major birthday party in the late 1800s. I've never attached her to my clan. Wish I had some solid leads for you. Hope something here is helpful. Happy hunting!