Mansfield Family Line

This page documents the Mansfield family line that married into the Wilson family line. Select the ancestor or kin you are interested in, or select a subline of the Mansfield family line
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Mansfield, Thomas, II, 1736-1790
Mansfield, Margaret, 1765-1812

But what about all the other Mansfield ancestors? In our ancestry there is only one Mansfield family, but they are divided into three branches on this list, according to the line they married into. All three branches are descended from Robert Mansfield, 1594-1666, who is counted among the "married to Edmands" ancestors, because his sixth great-granddaughter (great-great-great-great-great-great-granddaughter), our ancestor Ella Josephine Mansfield, 1849-1923, married into the Edmands family. (Since all the branches are eventually absorbed into the Edmands family, we should consider the "married to Edmands" branch the main one.)

Now it begins to get confusing: Among Robert's children were two sons, Andrew Mansfield, 1620-1683 (Robert's second child) and Joseph Mansfield, <1628-1694 (Robert's fourth child), and we are descended from each of these brothers (Ella, who married into the Edmands family, was descended from brother Andrew as his fifth great-granddaughter). Brother Joseph's great-granddaughter Mary Mansfield, b. 1709, married into the Burrill family, so she and her ancestors back through Joseph are counted among the "married to Burrill" ancestors.

Now it gets even more confusing: Among the children of brother Andrew's great-grandson Thomas Mansfieldnbsp;I, 1717-1758 (who was a second cousin of Joseph's great-granddaughter Mary) were two sons, Thomas Mansfield II, 1736-1790 and Benjamin Mansfield, 1743-1816, and, again, we are descended from each of these brothers (Ella, who married into the Edmands family, was descended from brother Benjamin as his great-granddaughter). Brother Thomas's daughter Margaret Mansfield, 1763-1812, married into the Wilson family, and so she and her father--that is, brother Thomas (Thomas Mansfield II)--are counted among the "married to Wilson" ancestors, who are documented on this page.

It should not surprise you that the Mansfields are featured prominently on the Kissing Cousins page. Charts can shed some light on some of these relationships:

The third-cousin-once-removed relationship of spouses Ella Josephine Mansfield (1849-1923) and Artemas Seymour Edmands (1837-1920)

The seventh-cousin relationship of spouses Artemas Edmands (1813-1896) and Margaret M. Wilson (1811-1879)

This explanation is over; you can now select the branch you wish to go to:
The "married to Edmands" branch (the main one)
The "married to Burrill" branch
The "married to Wilson" branch

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