Hello Listers and Maureen: Thanks Maureen.
I subscribe to Caulfield at Rootsweb to research ancestor Arthur Coffield
who may be a "Caulfield". I want to stress to all researchers that a name
is VERY seldom consistent throughout generations. I have found Arthur
Coffield (ca. 1750-1849) in several locations and with numerous spellings
and pronunciations of the surname - one of his daughters married in Ohio in
1820 and her surname was given as "Coffey", while a son married in Ohio in
1819 and his name is Coffield. Arthur himself is found as Cawfie, Crowfield
etc... Another surname which is very close in pronunciation to Coffield /
Caufield is Coffill. And I am certain there are more variations! The
variations beginning with the letter K tend to be German - however that is
not to be relied on either. "My" Arthur Coffield - (source: biographical
information from the 1800's) - was born in Ireland and came to America about
1770-1775. He first went to Virginia.
Later he is in Beaver County, Pennsylvania (source: fed census). He then
moved to Ohio and lived in several locations in Ohio. Later in life, he
went to Kentucky. He died in 1849 in Clark County, Ohio where his son John
C. Coffield and some of the offspring of John C. Coffield, resided. I
research all descendents of Arthur Coffield, as he fathered daughters as
well as sons. I suspect that he is RELATED to the group of Coffield's who
resided in Washington County, Pennsylvania early in the 1800's. One of them
also had the given name of Arthur. I truly think that the problems
resulting from spelling variations and pronunciation variations lead to many
brick walls - especially on the female lines. I believe (unproven) the
mother of the children of Arthur Coffield (ca. 1750-1849) was Sarah Eckles,
daughter of Arthur Eckles (Ackles). Anyone wanting to discuss any subject
in regard to research on Coffield/Caufield/Caulfield, please post or e-mail
me. Thanks. Linda Pugh