An American Family History

John Stanfield, Jr. was born on August 1, 1743 on the border of Chester County, Pennsylvania and New Garden County, Delaware. His parents were John Stanfield and Hannah Hadley.

His family moved to North Carolina in 1753. Their farm was in Snow Camp, Alamance County. It was Orange County at that time.

On April 6, 1754 at Cane Creek Monthly Meeting in Orange County, John was one of the children of John and Hannah who were received on certificate from the Newark Monthly Meeting in Delaware.

When his father died in 1755, he inherited the Haw River farm of 200 acres adjoining John Jones.

When his grandfather, Simon Hadley, died in 1756 he inherited 50 pounds.

On April 28, 1762 he married Phillipina Jonesat Cane Creek Monthly Meeting. Phillipina was born in May, 1746 in Lancaster (later Berks) County, Pennsylvania and was the daughter of John Jones.

Mary Stanfield (1761, married Francis Bittick),
John Stanfield (1765, married Elizabeth Michaels),
Thomas Stanfield (1766),
Hannah Stanfield (1768, married William Cain),
Rebecca Stanfield (1770, married Benjamin Cain),
Lydia Stanfield (1774, married John Doss and William Rayfield),
Samuel Stanfield (1776, married Mary Green and Catherine Gross),
William Stanfield (1780)
Philipina Stanfield (1783, married Absalom Scott),

On February 4, 1786, John and Phillipina were granted a certificate from Cane Creek Monthly Meeting. It was received at Deep River Monthly Meeting in Guilford County North Carolina on November 6, 1786. Deep Creek Monthly Meeting in Surry (later Yadkin, County), North Carolina was set off from Deep River Monthly Meeting in 1793; the Stanfields were in the Surry County region and members of Deep Creek Monthly Meeting.

By 1806, the Stanfields lived on Otter Creek in Cumberland County, Kentucky

John Stanfield signed his will on August 17, 1815 in Cumberland County, Kentucky It was proved on April 17, 1816.