David Wakefield and Mary Wade

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Husband David Wakefield ^{1 2 3 4}

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           Born:  - County Galway, Ireland
     Christened: 
           Died:  - West Wheatfield Twp, Indiana Co, PA
         Buried: 

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         Father: [Ancestor] Wakefield (      -      )
         Mother: 

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       Marriage:  - Ireland

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Wife Mary Wade ¹

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            AKA: Mary Hogue,2 5 [Unk] Wade
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died:  - Mercer Co, PA
         Buried: 

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         Father: Jeremiah Wade (      -      ) 1 4
         Mother: 

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Children

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1 M Thomas Wakefield ^{2 4 6 7}

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           Born: 1757 - Ireland 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 1844 4
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Elizabeth Morton (      -      ) 6 7
           Marr: Path Valley, Cumberland (later Perry) Co, PA

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2 M Rev. James Wakefield ^{2 4}

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           Born: 11 Nov 1767 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 18 Feb 1840 or 1852 2 4
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Mary Clark (      -Bef 1880) 2 4

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3 M John Wakefield ^{2 4}

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1880
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Elizabeth Newlon (      -      ) 4
           Marr: 1803 4

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4 M Jeremiah Wakefield ^{2 4 5}

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1880 - Brush Valley Twp, Indiana Co, PA
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Mary Wakefield (      -      ) 5

         Spouse: Jane Ling (      -Bef 1880) 2

         Spouse: Isabella Lynn (      -      ) 4

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5 M David Wakefield ^{4 8 9}

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           Born: 11 Oct 1778 - Path Valley, Cumberland (later Perry) Co, PA 4 9
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 Sep 1844 - West Wheatfield Twp, Indiana Co, PA 4 9
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Jane C. "Jennie" Carnahan (Abt 1784-1844) 4 10 11

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6 F Joanna Wakefield ^{2 4}

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1880
         Buried: 

         Spouse: William Carroll (      -Bef 1880) 4

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7 F Margaret Wakefield ⁴

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Thomas Bracken (      -      ) 4

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8 F Mary Wakefield ^{2 4}

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1880
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Robert Wakefield (      -Bef 1880) 2 4

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General Notes: Husband - David Wakefield

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He was born on the family estate in County Galway, Ireland, and emigrated to America between 1768 and 1773. His first settlement was in Path Valley, Perry (then Cumberland) County, Pennsylvania, where some of his younger children were born. Removing thence after a residence of fifteen or sixteen years he settled on the north side of the Conemaugh river, opposite Squirrel Hill, then in Cumberland (later Westmoreland) County, but now in Indiana County, where the village of Centerville is now located. The family lived there about two years, but finding his title to his land was defective Mr. Wakefield removed five miles northwest, to near the head of the west branch of Richards run, in what was then Wheatfield (later West Wheatfield) township. This was sometime between 1788 and 1794, and there they remained. He took up about six hundred acres of land then in its primitive state and entirely covered with woods, built a cabin on his tract, and there spent the remainder of his life. He was interred in a private burial ground on the farm.

They came to America about 1775, and in 1785 settled with their family in what was then Wheatfield township, now in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, but then part of Westmoreland County. The place where they made their home later became a part of West Wheatfield township. Their property was then in the woods, and the rest of their lives was spent in its improvement and cultivation. [HIC 1913, 950]

David Wakefield, founder of the family in America, married the daughter of Jeremiah Wade, a wealthy landed proprietor and neighbor of the Wakefields in Galway county, Ireland. He emigrated to America between 1768 and 1773. Tradition says that he was implicated with his brothers, Robert, beheaded; Gilbert, arrested with Robert and imprisoned for life, and Samuel, who escaped in a rowboat to Scotland, in the plot against Catholic rule in Ireland, and when detected David was hidden by his wife in a hogshead of clothes, with which she embarked to America and was three days out at sea before the captain of the ship knew he was on board. By this means it is confidently believed that he made his escape to a free country. Upon his arrival in Baltimore he first settled in Path Valley, situated between the Tuscaroras and Conecocheague mountains, in Perry County, then known as Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, where some of the younger of his children were born. After residing there for about sixteen years he settled on the north side of the Conemaugh river, opposite Squirrel Hill, now New Florence, then in Cumberland, but now in Indiana County, at a point where now stands the village of Centreville. After remaining there some two years and finding the title to his land was defective they moved five miles to the northwest, to near the headwaters of Richard's Run in Wheatfield township, sometime between 1788 and 1794, and there remained and where David died and was buried in the family burying-ground on the farm site of the old homestead. [PAHP, 209]

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General Notes: Wife - Mary Wade

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After the death of her husband, she went to reside with her eldest daughter, Joanna, who married William Carroll, who lived in the Wolf Creek settlement, Mercer County, Pennsylvania.

1 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 1159.

2 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 422.

3 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 700, 950.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 209.

5 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 950.

6 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 257.

7 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 1160.

8 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 422, 427.

9 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 700.

10 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 427.

11 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 701.