This is taken from The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 150,
October 1996 / Whole Number 600.
"The English Ancestry of the Merwin and Tinker Families of New England, Part I:
Miles Merwin of Windsor and Milford, Conn.," by Douglas Richardson (149 [1995]:
295-311).
149: p. 307, correct to read Miles(1) Merwin's oldest child, Elizabeth MERWIN, Married
Samuel CAMFIELD, son of Matthew and Sarah (Treat) Camfield.
We apologize for transposing Matthew into Samuel, a typographical error that was not
caught by proofreaders. The mistake was called to our attention by several people.
The author used the spelling Canfield, apparently in the belief, shared by the editor,
that the spellings Camfield and Canfield were interchangeable. Thomas W. Camfield of Port
Townsend, Washington, who has in progress a Camfield genealogy, sent copies of signatures
showing that Matthew used the Camfield spelling, which was perpetuated by his son Samuel
who married Elizabeth Merwin. The name is seen in subsequent records in several different
spellings, including Canfield.
The error appears also in the offprints of Mr. Richardson's article which are
being sold by the Miles Merwin Family (1623-1697) Association, Inc.
Thought you all would be interested in this.
Rita