The Hatfield Family of Bradford, Pennsylvania

Members of the family of Hatfield were early settlers in Massachusetts and Connecticut. The first record of this branch is of Matthias and Thomas Hatfield, the former a settler at Elizabethtown, New Jersey, the latter at Mamaroneck, New York. They were supposed to be sons of Thomas Hatfield, of Leyden, Holland, a native of Yorkshire, England, and a member of Rev. John Robinson’s church at Leyden, Holland. Matthias Hatfield came from New Haven, Connecticut, where he took the oath of fidelity, May 1, 1660, to Elizabethtown, where in the record of surveys, August 29, 1676, his name is spelled Hatfield. He signed his will “Hattfield.” He was a weaver and landowner of considerable means. He died in December, 1687, his wife Maria, born in Holland, surviving him with sons Abraham, Isaac and Cornelius. Thomas Hatfield, brother of Matthias, settled in Mamaroneck about the same time the latter settled in Elizabethtown. Descendants of both settled in the Hudson river counties of New York, and from them spring the many families of the name in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The records fail to show the connection between these early emigrants and Gilbert Hatfield, of White Plains, New York. The family in the early generations were farmers and boatmen and usually men of means and influence.

(I) Gilbert Hatfield

Gilbert Hatfield was born in White Plains, New York. His occupation was that of farmer, which he followed all his life in the town of his birth. His political party was the Whig. He married Martha Townsend, born at Harts Corners, New York, near the hill which was the scene of General Putnam’s famous ride. They were both members of the Methodist Episcopal church. She survived him several years and died at White Plains, New York, over seventy years of age.

Children of Gilbert and Martha Hatfield

All born at White Plains.

1. Daniel, of whom further.
2. Rederick, a mechanic, born 1809; married and had two children, both deceased:
   1. Mary Eliza.
   2. Ann Rederick.
3. Benjamin, born 1811, died 1871, a farmer; married and had children:
   1. Edgar, deceased.
   2. Leonard, deceased.
   3. Mary Elizabeth, married John Crafts, a broker and lives in Buffalo.
4. Edward, a farmer, died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; married (first) Clarissa, and had several children, among them Rederick; married (second), and had one child, Edward, who lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
5. Ann, died in Peekskill, New York; married Steven Shelley, a farmer, died in Peekskill, New York.
   1. Teressa.
   2. Jane.
   3. Ann.
   4. Matilda.
   5. Maria.
   6. Elizabeth.
   7. Henry.
   8. Ezra.
   9. Enos.
   10. George, who lives in Port Chester, New York.
   11. Isaac.
   12. Four others.
6. Jane, died in New York.
7. Margaret, died in White Plains, New York; married Isaac Wooster, died same place; had three daughters.
8. Mary, died in Wellsville, New York; married Joseph Fields, deceased, a farmer of Port Chester.
9. Elizabeth, died in White Plains, New York.

(II) Daniel Hatfield

Daniel, son of Gilbert and Martha (Townsend) Hatfield, was born in White Plains, Westchester county, New York, December 7, 1807, died in Bradford, Pennsylvania, June 21, 1885. He obtained his education in the public schools of his home town and when a young man learned the ship carpenter’s trade, which he followed all his life. In politics he was a Republican and in religion a Methodist. He married Annie Bailey, born at Mount Pleasant, New York, March 18, 1806, died in Bradford, Pennsylvania, December 18, 1878. She was a member of the Society of Friends and daughter of Elihu Bailey, a farmer of Mount Pleasant, where he died 1847; he married Catherine, whose death occurred only a few weeks after his, and had five children.

Children of Daniel and Annie (Bailey) Hatfield

1. Catherine Griffin, born in Mount Pleasant, New York, December 26, 1836; married Dennis Hess, of Herkimer county, New York, a lumber contractor, born in February, 1828, died October 4, 1865.
   1. Frank, a gas and steam-fitter of New York City, born July 24, 1854; married Mary Hanley, born in New York City.
      1. Annie.
      2. Mary.
      3. Edward.
      4. Florence.
      5. Francis.
   2. Catherine, born September 7, 1856, died November 14, 1861.
   3. Annie, born December 18, 1859, married Henry Belton, deceased, a miner and native of England.
   4. Roswell, born November 16, 1863, died in 1864.
   5. Child, died in infancy.
2. Samuel, an oil-well operator, born in Mount Pleasant, New York, December 16, 1838, died in Derrick City, Pennsylvania, January 5, 1906; married Mary McMurray, a native of Scotland, now living in Derrick City, Pennsylvania.
   1. Nellie, lives in Lima, Ohio.
   2. Belle, a resident of Titusville, Pennsylvania.
   3. Guy, resides in Los Angeles, California.
   4. Harry, lives in Lima, Ohio.
   5. Roy, a resident of Newark, New Jersey.
   6. Murray, lives in California.
   7. Ray, lives in Kane, Pennsylvania.
   8. Griffin, lives in Olean, New York.
   9. Ann, lives in Watkins Glen, New York.
   10. Catherine, a resident of Derrick City, Pennsylvania.
   11. Daniel, deceased.
3. Griffin, of whom further.
4. Mary Jane, born in New York City, June 23, 1842, died there 1847.
5. Isabelle, born in New York City, March 7, 1848, married Charles Rothwell, deceased, a groceryman.

(III) Griffin Hatfield

Griffin, son of Daniel and Annie (Bailey) Hatfield, was born in Mount Pleasant, Westchester county, New York, September 24, 1840. Here he lived until he was five years of age, when his parents moved to New York City. His public education was obtained in New York City, Buffalo and Great Valley, New York, after which he attended Chamberlain Institute at Randolph, remaining there until 1860, and completing his education in a private Friends’ school in New York City. He began his business life in the employ of the Bay State Lumber Company in 1862. In 1864, he established in the grocery business at Holyoke, Massachusetts, remaining there until 1867, when he moved to New York City, continuing in the same line. Bradford obtained one of its best citizens and business men when he came there in 1877 and became identified with A. B. Smith & Company, a relation he has continued, both as stockholder and as an official for twenty years. For the past fifteen years he has been engaged in oil producing, remarkable success attending all his operations. In religion he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and in politics a Republican, having held the office of school director for twenty-one years, and was supervisor and auditor for six years. He married in December, 1875, Addie Clark, born in Bradford, Pennsylvania, in August, 1846, daughter of David Clark, a farmer, born in Massachusetts, February 7, 1811, died in Bradford, September 15, 1890; married Mary McKean, born at Black Creek, New York, 1821, died in Bradford, January 15, 1892; their children were:

1. Edwin F., born January 5, 1843, died in Bradford, Pennsylvania, January 11, 1903; married Flora Marsh.
   1. Russell, born January 2, 1879, married Gene Patterson.
   2. Harry, born February 9, 1883.
2. Almira, married George Lawrence, lives in West Virginia.
   1. Frank, lives in West Virginia.
   2. Fred, lives in West Virginia.
3. Addie, of previous mention.
4. Marietta, married Washington Cosper, an oil-well operator of Kinzua, Pennsylvania, and lives in West Virginia; they have one son.
5. Mary Elizabeth, married Philip Knight, deceased, and lives in Bradford, Pennsylvania.
   1. Edwin.
   2. Lewis.
   3. Harry.
   4. Maud.
6. Lucy, married William Pratt, a farmer of Jamestown, where she lives.
   1. Alice.
   2. Grace.
7. Grace, married Judson Cosper, an oil-well operator of Kinzua, Pennsylvania, and lives in Sistersville, West Virginia.

See: Genealogy of the Allegheny Valley Pennsylvania

Source

Jordan, J. W. 1840-1921. (1913). Genealogical and personal history of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania. New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co.

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