Stephen Hatfield..Elizabeth Freeborn..
Ihave beensearching for information onmywife’sancestor,StephenHatfield[or Hetfield] ...born in 1759 in New Jerseylocation unknownanddied May 19, 1824 in Waynesburg, GreeneCo. PA.He married a ElizabethFreeborn [have no informationon her]...onJuly23,1798inGreene Co.PA.He fought in the Rev. War andenlistedonJanuary7,1777,inCapt.AbrahamLyonsCompanyin theFourthNewJerseyRegimentandsawactioninthebattlesofGermantown andShortHills.Hewas transferredtoCapt.BatemanLloyd’sCompanyThirdRegiment,on Feb.1,1779.AndonMarch20,1780hewaschosenforthe CommanderinChief'sGuard.He waswoundedin thebattlesfought inNew Jersey,but returnedtotakepartinthesurrenderatYorktown.Interestinglyenough I triedthroughtheNationalArchivestoobtain amilitaryhistoryonStephen,butwastoldthattheycouldnotfindafileonhim..
IdonotknowifhefollowsthefamilylineofMatthaisHatfieldofNewJersey,butI have beenunsuccessful in findinganything on him or his parents,siblings etc.oron ElizabethFreeborn.They had 10 children.TheoldestisSarahHatfield,whois mywife’sancestor.ShemarriedaCharlesAdamsonandtheirdaughterSarahAnnAdamsonwasmywife’sggrandmother.
Ialsohave anoticewrittenbyhimonJune 18,1822whenapplyingfor apensionthathe was62yearsold,inbadhealthandafarmer, but unableto labor.Hiswifeatthetimewaslistedas44yearsold.[makingher apparentbirth dateof1778 more or less]Thedocument issignedStephenHetfield……HeistheonlyRev. soldier to beburiedintheGreenMountCemeteryinWaynesburg, Pa.
Anyinformation on Stephen or Elizabeth or thisfamily linewould be appreciated.
Mike Crawford
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