Giles Fifield

Biography

Giles Perkins was a mariner of Charlestown, Massachusetts, in 1657.

He may possibly have been William's brother.

He and Mary Perkins (daughter of Abraham Perkins and Mary Wyth) had eight children.
He had 2 more by Judith.

2nd marriage to Judith Carter (1642-1678), daughter of Rev. Thomas Carter & Mary Parkhurst. She married Samuel Converse (1638-1669) second.

Disputed origins

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Fifield-72

It is now known that Giles FIFIELD was a brother of Richard FIFIELD of St. Michael's Parish, Barbados. One Robert BOYES, in a letter to his friend, "Richard FIFEILD", written aboard ship on 21 Nov 1653 & carried to Richard by Robert's kinsman, Theobald SHELLEYES, may provide a clue to the place of origin in England of the FIFIELDs. BOYES asked Richard to write home to Robert's mother & to one Peter EVANS & his father, mother & brothers & mentions elsewhere in the letter Grace EVANS, the sister of Peter EVANS living in London, England.

References

1. Noyes/Libby/Davis, "Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire," (1939), pp. 541 and 233; Sanborn and Sanborn, "Vital Records of Hampton, New Hampshire, to the End of the Year 1900," (1992), v. 1, p. 555 (marriage); Anderson, Robert Charles; Sanborn, George F. Sanborn, Jr.; Sanborn, Melinde Lutz, "The Great Migration - Immigrants to New England 1634-1635," (NEHGS, 2001), v. 2, p. 525 ("Associations"). Also see the article "Fifield Origins" by Glen Fifield and Peter Fifield Wells, New Hampshire Genealogical Record, April 2003, p. 60-63, where some possible English origins are discussed.
2. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=hampton-n...
3. WikiTree contributors, "Giles Fifield (abt.1629-1676)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Fifield-72 : accessed 14 November 2024).