William Whitfield I

William Whitfield I (died 1770) was the head of the American Whitfield family, who moved to Nansemond County, Virginia from Europe. He was born in Lancashire, England, and was the father of William Whitfield II.[1]

William Whitfield I, along with his wife, was killed by the Tuscarora Indians in 1770. He was an ancestor of Benjamin F. Grady[2]

References
  1. The North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register James Robert Bent Hathaway.
  2. Grady, Benjamin Franklin
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