Isaac Coonfield

Isaac Benjamin Coonfield of Kentucky was born to Barsheba Clark and Isaac Coonfield of Pennsylvania, who had settled into Henry County Kentucky before 1800. Isaac Coonfield Sr. and Barsheba were probably born in the 1770s and his father could have been Christopher Confield. There has been much speculation as to where the Coonfield family originated and how the name may have been altered.




Name: Christopher Confeld Year: 1738 Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Source Publication Code: 9041 Primary Immigrant: Confeld, Christopher Annotation: Contains 29,800 names, with annotations written by Krebs (see no. 4203). Various references to the names in Strassburger will be found in other listings, mostly where authors have attempted to line up their information with that in Strassburger. This work Source Bibliography: STRASSBURGER, RALPH BEAVER. Pennsylvania German Pioneers: A Publication of the Original Lists of Arrivals in the Port of Philadelphia from 1727 to 1808. Edited by William John Hinke. Norristown [PA]: Pennsylvania German Society, 1934. 3 vols. Vols. 1 and 3 reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1964. Repr. 1983. Vol. 1. 1727-1775. 776p. Page: 206

CHRISTOPHER CONFELD ARRIVED IN AMERICA SEPTEMBER 9, 1738, ON THE SHIP GLASGOW FROM HOLLAND AND ENGLAND.


There were other possible relatives in NY
AZARIAH CONFIELD PRIVATE 20 CT View Record EZERIAH CONFIELD PRIVATE 7 CT View Record ISAIAH CONFIELD PRIVATE 7 CT View Record ISRAEL CONFIELD SERJT 90 VT View Record JABEZ CONFIELD SERJT 115 Continental Troops View Record TIMOTHY CONFIELD PRIVATE 70 NY


The children of Barsheba and Isaac Coonfield were:
John, Mary Cline, Susannah Clark, James Peter, Isaac Jr., Millicent Richards, and probably William.

While the death record of Isaac has not yet been discovered, it is believed that he died in Henry County, Kentucky. The search continues for that record or his tombstone.

When Isaac Jr's. father died, he moved the entire family into Indiana, as noted in some of the History Books of Morgan and Brown Counties.

He married first to Lydia Epperson, having  a son named Benjamin Wylie Coonfield in 1844,

 and when she died, he married her sister Mary.

Ben and his brothers served in the Civil War and he married Martha Frances Young, who seemed to be from the Young families of Virginia who were also early settlers of Kentucky.   My 90 year old aunt always heard this family was native american.

In 1870 Arkansas, Martha  named a son Benjamin Wallace Coonfield and he married Lattie Little in 1891.

While in Indiana, the elder Isaac Coonfield  purchased land in Arkansas dated 1856.

Notes for ISAAC COONFIELD SR:

 1810 CENSUS LISTED IN HENRY CO, NEW CASTLE, KENTUCKY

 ISAAC COONFIELD HAD 2 MALES UNDER 10 YEARS
 1 MALE 27-40 (HIMSELF AS HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD) so his date of birth could be 1770.

 2 FEMALES UNDER 10 YEARS
 1 FEMALE 27-40 (WIFE OF HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD)

State: KY
County: Jefferson County

Township: No Township Listed
Year: 1800
Record Type: Tax list
Database: KY Early Census Index

1810 United States Federal Census Record
Census
View Image Name: Isaac Coonfield
Residence: 1810 - Not Stated, Henry, Kentucky

1820 United States Federal Census Record
Census
View Image Name: Isaac Coonfield
Residence: 1820 - West Port, Henry, Kentucky

1830 United States Federal Census Record
Name: Coonfield, Brsheba
Township: Perry
County: Marion
State: Indiana

Arkansas Land Records Record
about ISAAC COONFIELD Jr.
Land Office: FAYETTEVILLE
Document Number: 8794
Total Acres: 40
Signature: Yes
Canceled Document: No
Issue Date: July 01, 1859
Mineral Rights Reserved: No
Metes and Bounds: No
Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566
Multiple Warantee Names: No
Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820
Multiple Patentee Names: No
Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries
Land Description: 1 SWSE 5TH PM No 19N 31W 7

Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941
about Benjamin W. Coonfield
Name: Benjamin W. Coonfield
Spouse Name: Martha F. Young
Marriage Date: 26 Oct 1865
Marriage County: Johnson 
Source Title 1: Johnson County, Indiana 
Source Title 2: Marriage Records 1851-1875 Valume 2 
Source Title 3: Compiled by Edna Bice, Franklin Indiana D. A. R. A 
OS Page: 16

Most of these Coonfields are buried, tombstones found, in Arkansas at the Coffelt Cemetery. 


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