Brief Life History of William Ridgley
When William Ridgley Warfield Sr was born in 1808, in Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States, his father, Beale Warfield, was 39 and his mother, Amelia Ridgely, was 33. He married Eleanor Clagett Watkins on 18 December 1830, in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Lisbon, Howard, Maryland, United States in 1860. He died on 5 August 1864, in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Warfield Family Cemetery, Leishear Village, Howard, Maryland, United States.
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- Wm R Warfield, "United States Census, 1860"
- Eleanor Amelia "Ellen" Warfield Crapster Watkins - Find A Grave Memorial# 122354203
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1810
Historical Boundaries: 1810: Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States 1851: Howard, Maryland, United States
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
Name Meaning
English (Somerset): habitational name from a place in Berkshire called Warfield, from Old English wer, wær ‘weir’ + feld ‘pasture, open country’.
History: Richard Warfield came from Berkshire, England, to MD in 1662.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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