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"The Canfields are descendants from WILLIAM DE CAMVILLE, of Castle d'Olonde (parts still standing) at Canville, Normandy, France, 1050; whose son Sir Richard de Camville came to England with William the Conqueror, 1066, and was granted land in many shires; from whom descended Sir Richard; founder of Coombe Abbey, Warwickshire, 1150; who was one of the Admirals of the fleet of King Richard I of England, which went to the Crusades in 1190. Their names and descendants have occurred in very many shires in England ever since. The American branch came from the Northamptonshire family; first of whom was John CAMFELD, Esq., of Alderton whose will is dated 2d July, 1522; whose son John, will 1557 had a son Richard, a minister, d. 1593; who had a son Gregory, will 1635, father of Hon. Matthew CAMFIELD, the first to come to America."

The above is quoted from the following book: Colonial Families of the United States of America, Vol. #4 p. 64865, Edited by George Norbury MacKenzie, LLB member of the Society of Genealogists of London, England. National Genealogy Society, Old Northwest Genealogy Society, Maryland Historical Society. Published in 1915, Republished 1966 by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, Md. in which is given the History, Genealogy and Armorial Bearing of Colonial Families who settled the American Colonies from the time of the settlement of Jamestown 13th May, 1607 to the Battle of Lexington 19th April, 1775. This book is in the Research Room of the Congressional Library No. CS.61 M22 (Washington DC.)

Marge's Note: There is a copy of the above mentioned book in the Genealogy Room of the Main Branch of the Omaha, Nebraska, Public Library.

Research on the early English Canfield ancestors was done by John Goff, Northampton, England. c. 1978. Descendant of Sarah Canfield.

Generation I.
Hon. Matthew CAMFIELD, of Newark, New Jersey, bapt. Feb 1604 in St. Andrew's Church, Harleston, Northamton, England. He settled in New Haven Colony, Connecticut, before 1637; removed to Norwalk, Conn. in 1652 and in 1666 his was one of the thirty Puritan families who left Milford, Conn. to settle at the present site of Newark, New Jersey. He was one of the patentees named in the Royal Charter of Connecticut Colony, granted by King Charles II in 1664. He was Judge of Fairfield County, Connecticut, and Newark, New Jersey, 1654-73; Member of the General Court of Connecticut, 1650-1666; Officer of the Cavalry Troop of Connecticut, 1655-60; Collector for "Yale" College, 1645. He was Assessor 1646-48 and Surrogate 1658-60. He married Sarah TREAT, b. 1620, Pitminster, England, d. ca 1673, before 1643. She was the daughter of Hon. Richard TREAT, b. in England, 1584, d. 1669, (Dean of Pitminster Church, Taunton, Somersetshire, England) and Alice GAYLORD (GALLIARD) (a Huguenot) who came to Watertown, Connecticut in 1630 and to Wethersfield, Connecticut in 1635. Richard TREAT was also one of the patentees under the Royal Charter of Connecticut, a member of the General Court and of Governor Winthrop's Council, 1663-65. Sarah TREAT was the sister of Robert TREAT, Governor of Connecticut, 1683 and later, and of "Charter Oak" fame.

Marge's Note: I have modified Ruth's original version of the above paragraph. For the most part her version followed the information in the Colonial Families of the United States, but there were a few differences.

Matthew and Sarah TREAT CAMFIELD had the following children:

References

Colonial Families of the United States of America

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