Canadian Fifields

CANADIAN FIFIELDS


Research on the Canadian Fifields is in process. First reports come from the area of Trinity in Newfoundland and speak of three brothers. One settled in Trinity Bay, one in Bonavista Bay and one in Corner Brook in Western Newfoundland.

Reportedly, some of the Fifields were rogues and renegades from England, fled from there to Northern Ireland, and from there dispersed to different parts of the world including Canada and Australia. This may be apocryphal.

I have received one line of Fifield descent from Bonavista and a John Fifield who married Mary Woods on 13 October, 1829. Another line comes from Thomas Fyfield (1741-1814) and is given below. Most of the research on this line has been provided by Bonnie Hickery, Vera Short, and Gordon Lane. Some of the conclusions are tentative.

Fifields who came to Canada from the U.S. tended to settle in Ontario, and we know of four families who did so. Some descendants of an Andrew Fifield from Vermont settled just over the border in the Bolton, PQ area, where most of their records are as "Phifield". You can find them in the U.S. section. Noah Fifield from New England settled for a time in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia in the 1820's. He eventually returned to the U.S.


Descendants of Thomas Fyfield (6896)

Generation One

1. Thomas (U)1 Fyfield (6896); m. Hannah (--?--) (6897); b. circa 1741; d. 1814; bur. 20 Feb 1814 in Trinity, NF, Canada.

He was also known as Thomas Fifield, modernized spelling.

Children of Thomas1 Fyfield (6896) and Hannah (--?--) (6897) were as follows:

Generation Two

2. James2 Fifield (6899) (Thomas1Fyfield); b. 1783; christened 5 Nov 1788 in Trinity, Trinity Bay, NF, Canada; m. Susannah Moores (6905), daughter of James Moores (13586) and Frances (--?--) (13587), 11 Nov 1809 in Trinity, Trinity Bay, NF, Canada; d. 1812; bur. 12 Apr 1812 in Trinity, Trinity Bay, NF, Canada.

Children of James2 Fifield (6899) and Susannah Moores (6905) both b. in Trinity, Trinity Bay, NF, Canada, were as follows:

3. Aaron Walter2 Fifield (6902) (Thomas (U)1Fyfield); b. 1791; christened 1 Nov 1795 in Trinity, Trinity Bay, NF, Canada; m. Elizabeth Hosier (6906), daughter of Giles Hosier Sr. (13588) and Grace Newell (13589), 7 Nov 1815 in Trinity, Trinity Bay, NF; d. 1870.

Children of Aaron Walter2 Fifield (6902) and Elizabeth Hosier (6906) were as follows:

4. Hannah Newell2 Fifield (6903) (Thomas (U)1Fyfield); b. 1795; christened 21 Feb 1795 in Trinity, Trinity Bay, NF, Canada; m. Thomas Lambert Pilgrim Sr (13632) 5 Jun 1817 in Trinity, Trinity Bay, NF, Canada; d. Jul 1822 in Trinity, Trinity Bay, NF, Canada; bur. 21 Jul 1822 in Trinity, Trinity Bay, NF, Canada.

Children of Hannah Newell2 Fifield (6903) and Thomas Lambert Pilgrim Sr (13632) all b. in Trinity, Trinity Bay, NF, Canada, were as follows:

5. William2 Fifield (6904) (Thomas1Fyfield); b. 1797 in Trinity, Trinity Bay, NF, Canada; christened 22 Aug 1797 in Trinity, Trinity Bay, NF, Canada; m. Mary (--?--) (13643) circa 1820; m. Eleanor Foster (6907) 11 Nov 1824 in Trinity, Trinity Bay, NF, Canada.

Children of William2 Fifield (6904) and Mary (--?--) (13643) were:

Children of William2 Fifield (6904) and Eleanor Foster (6907) were as follows:

Generation Three

6. Thomas3 Fifield (6923) (Aaron Walter2, Thomas1Fyfield); b. 10 Oct 1816 in Trinity, Trinity Bay, NF, Canada; christened 12 Oct 1816 in Trinity, Trinity Bay, NF, Canada; m. Amy Ann Evely (6935), daughter of Matthew Evely (13590) and Mary Hiscock Wooldridge (13591), 15 Oct 1844 in Trinity, Trinity Bay, NF, Canada.

Children of Thomas3 Fifield (6923) and Amy Ann Evely (6935) were as follows:

7. Maria3 Fifield (6926) (Aaron Walter2, Thomas1Fyfield); b. 1 Sep 1823 in Trinity Bay, NF, Canada; christened 28 Sep 1823 in Trinity, Trinity Bay, NF, Canada; m. George Cook Fowlow (6936) 20 Oct 1845 in Trinity, Trinity Bay, NF, Canada; d. 1849; bur. 31 Aug 1849 in Trinity, Trinity Bay, NF, Canada.

Children of Maria3 Fifield (6926) and George Cook Fowlow (6936) were:

8. Louisa3 Fifield (6929) (Aaron Walter2, Thomas1Fyfield); b. 5 Sep 1830 in Trinity, Trinity Bay, NF, Canada; christened 10 Oct 1830 in Trinity, Trinity Bay, NF, Canada; m. John Ivamy (6939) 30 Oct 1850 in Trinity, Trinity Bay, NF, Canada; d. May 1901 in Kerley's Harbor, Trinity Bay, NF, Canada, at age 70; bur. in Trinity, Trinity Bay, NF, Canada.

Children of Louisa3 Fifield (6929) and John Ivamy (6939) were as follows:

9. Philip3 Fifield (6931) (Aaron Walter2, Thomas1Fyfield); b. circa 1834 in Trinity, Trinity Bay, NF, Canada; christened 16 Feb 1834 in Trinity, Trinity Bay, NF, Canada; m. Rebecca Evelly (6941), daughter of Matthew Evely (13590) and Mary Hiscock Wooldridge (13591), Dec 1862 in Trinity, Trinity Bay, NF, Canada.

Children of Philip3 Fifield (6931) and Rebecca Evelly (6941) were:

10. Matilda3 Fifield (6932) (Aaron Walter2, Thomas1Fyfield); b. 1837 in Trinity, Trinity Bay, NF, Canada; christened 10 Mar 1837 in Trinity, Trinity Bay, NF, Canada; m. Robert Miller (6942) 3 Nov 1856 in Trinity, Trinity Bay, NF, Canada.

Children of Matilda3 Fifield (6932) and Robert Miller (6942) were as follows:

11. Aaron3 Fifield (6933) (Aaron Walter2, Thomas1Fyfield); m. Mary Brown (6943); b. 1839; d. 1873.

Listed for Trinity are Aaron, planter; and John, Thomas, William Jr. and William Sr., all fishermen.

Children of Aaron3 Fifield (6933) and Mary Brown (6943) were as follows:

12. John3 Pilgrim (13633) (Hannah Newell2Fifield, Thomas (U)1Fyfield); b. in Trinity, Trinity Bay, NF, Canada; christened 19 Apr 1821 in Trinity, Trinity Bay, NF, Canada; m. Amy Gent (13634), daughter of Samuel Augustus Gent (13635) and Mary Pittman (13636), 14 Dec 1843 in Trinity, Trinity Bay, NF, Canada; d. before 3 Aug 1869.

Children of John3 Pilgrim (13633) and Amy Gent (13634) were:

13. William3 Pilgrim (13640) (Hannah Newell2Fifield, Thomas (U)1Fyfield); b. 19 Jun 1819 in Trinity, Trinity Bay, NF, Canada; christened 25 Jul 1819 in Trinity, Trinity Bay, NF, Canada; m. Elizabeth Newhook (13641) 10 Nov 1841 in Trinity, Trinity Bay, NF, Canada.

Children of William3 Pilgrim (13640) and Elizabeth Newhook (13641) were:

14. William3 Fifield (6912) (William2, Thomas1Fyfield); m. Isabella Hogart (6944); b. 1832.

Children of William3 Fifield (6912) and Isabella Hogart (6944) were as follows:

Generation Four

15. Aaron4 Fifield (6953) (Thomas3, Aaron Walter2, Thomas1Fyfield); m. Emma Fifield (6967), daughter of William Fifield (6912) and Isabella Hogart (6944); b. 1862.

Children of Aaron4 Fifield (6953) and Emma Fifield (6967) were as follows:

16. Frederick George4 Ivamy (13605) (Louisa3Fifield, Aaron Walter2, Thomas (U)1Fyfield); b. in Kerley's Harbor, Trinity Bay, NF, Canada; christened 17 Mar 1877 in Trinity, Trinity Bay, NF, Canada; m. Jessie Helen Miller (13615), daughter of Abel Miller (13616) and Sarah Jane Bailey (13617), 30 Dec 1902 in Bonaventure, NF, Canada.

Children of Frederick George4 Ivamy (13605) and Jessie Helen Miller (13615) all b. in Kerley's Harbor, Trinity Bay, NF, Canada, were as follows:

17. Sarah Ann4 Ivamy (13604) (Louisa3Fifield, Aaron Walter2, Thomas (U)1Fyfield); b. 17 Dec 1872 in Careless Harbor, Trinity Bay, NF, Canada; christened 20 Jan 1873 in Trinity, Trinity Bay, NF, Canada; m. Archibald James Vivian (13608) circa 1898.

Children of Sarah Ann4 Ivamy (13604) and Archibald James Vivian (13608) were:

18. William John4 Fifield (6956) (Aaron3, Aaron Walter2, Thomas1Fyfield); m. an unknown person; b. 1862; d. 1900.

Children of William John4 Fifield (6956) and an unknown spouse were as follows:

19. Mark4 Fifield (6965) (William3, William2, Thomas1Fyfield); m. Amy Etheridge (6973); b. 1859; d. 1930.

Children of Mark4 Fifield (6965) and Amy Etheridge (6973) were as follows:

20. Emma4 Fifield (6967) (William3, William2, Thomas1Fyfield); m. Aaron Fifield (6953), son of Thomas Fifield (6923) and Amy Ann Evely (6935); b. circa 1862.

Children of Emma4 Fifield (6967) and Aaron Fifield (6953) were as follows:



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