Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Robert Whitfield
1518 - 1598 (~ 74 years)-
Name Robert Whitfield Birth Between 1517 and 1518 Wadhurst, Sussex, England 
[1] Gender Male Alternate birth Abt 1517 of Worth, Sussex, England [2] Death Between 6 Dec 1591 and 16 Feb 1598 [2] Burial Emmington, Oxfordshire, England [1] Person ID I15652 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others Last Modified 13 Sep 2020
Father Robert Whitfield, b. Abt 1453, Alston Moor, Cumberland, England d. Bef 2 Jun 1541 (Age ~ 88 years) Mother Agnes Giles d. 1567 Family ID F9575 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Children 1. Thomas Whitfield, b. Abt 1545, Wadhurst, Sussex, England d. 1 May 1629 (Age ~ 84 years)Family ID F9574 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 4 Jul 2018
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Notes - He married, first, Ann Roberts, daughter of George and Rose Roberts of Brenchley, Kent. After her death he married, second, Agnes Atwood, daughter of William Atwood of Kent. Very little is known of either of these wives, including which children were by which wife, although the visitations attribute the children to Agnes.
He owned an iron works, probably begun by his father; it was the basis of his considerable fortune.
- He married, first, Ann Roberts, daughter of George and Rose Roberts of Brenchley, Kent. After her death he married, second, Agnes Atwood, daughter of William Atwood of Kent. Very little is known of either of these wives, including which children were by which wife, although the visitations attribute the children to Agnes.
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Sources - [S2123] The Ancestry of Reverend Henry Whitfield (1590-1657) and His Wife Dorothy Sheafe (159?-1669) of Guilford, Connecticut by John Brooks Threlfall. Madison, Wisconsin: 1989.
- [S4384] George Eldridge, Hydrographer, and Eliza Jane His Wife: Their Ancestors and Their Descendants by Henry James Young. Carlisle, Pennsylvania: 1982.
- [S2123] The Ancestry of Reverend Henry Whitfield (1590-1657) and His Wife Dorothy Sheafe (159?-1669) of Guilford, Connecticut by John Brooks Threlfall. Madison, Wisconsin: 1989.