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About Martha Hatfield
Not a known child of Chief Shikellamy Swatana of the Oneida tribe - Bear Clan
Disputed Origins
A previous version of this profile claimed that Martha (Marthy) is said to have been the daughter of the Mingo war chief and orator, John Logan (Tah-gah-jute) who is believed to have been born ca. 1723. If so, Martha would have had to have been born not much earlier than 1740. But her known children were born about then.
Others have suggested that she was the daughter of Foster Toms (1722-1794) but his will, dated 12 Oct 1773, refers to "my daughter Martha Toms". By this time, Martha would have been Martha Hatfield, not Toms. Foster Toms (probably Jr.) and Martha Toms are also referred to in the will of George "Goff" Hatfield dated 10 Feb 1774, as "my loving friends" and Foster Toms, Sr. is the executor of that will. Again, if Martha (daughter of Foster Toms Sr) had married George Hatfield, then she would have been Martha Hatfield by that 1774 will.
This suggests that while Foster Toms did have a daughter Martha, she could not have been the mother of Hatfield's children because that mother was married by 1740 and would not be "Martha Toms" in the 1790s.
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hatfield-1215
There have been multiple suggestions as to his wife, but the following 3 have been disproven ...
- - Margaret Winans
- - Margaret Logan, daughter of John Logan, a Mingo Indian Chief
- - Martha "Marthy" Thoms=Toms, daughter of Foster Toms, a known Quaker.
- In other documents, his wife was identified as Margaret (unknown, b: c1720 Russell Co, VA). [5]
Biography
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Toms-274
About 1738, Marthy Toms married George "Goff" Hatfield, Jr. (1715-1795) and they had five sons:
- Joseph (1739-1832);
- William (1740-?);
- Jeremiah (1750-1832);
- George "Goff" III (1752-1811);
- John (1755-after 1850).
She appears in the minutes of the monthly Quaker meeting at Perquimans/Piney Woods, NC, with date of residence as 3 Apr 1793.[1]
She appears in the 1784-1787 NC State Census living in Perquimans Co, NC.[2]
We know George Hatfield, Jr. had an association with Perquimans Co, NC, as his father and brothers apparently lived there and he made out a will dated there on 10 Feb 1774.[3]
Her will was probated in Perquimans Co, NC, on 5 Feb 1784. [4]
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Martha Hatfield's Timeline
| 1725 |
1725
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Virginia, Colonial America
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| 1739 |
August 26, 1739
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Virginia, Colonial America
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| 1750 |
1750
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Lee County, Virginia, United States
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| 1752 |
1752
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Botetourt County, Virginia, Colonial America
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| 1755 |
1755
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Lee County, Virginia, United States
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| 1767 |
1767
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Russell County, Virginia, United States
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| 1784 |
1784
Age 59
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