Wayne County, NC - Cemeteries - From the book, "Gravestone Inscriptions"

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These markers are on the south bank of Neuse River in the town of Seven Springs.
Number 83

William Whitfield, III, b. 1743, d. 1817.  Married (1) in 1763, Hester Williams, 
(2) Mrs. Sarah Hurst, (3) in 1792, Hepsebah Hatch, (4) Sarah Bryan. He was
father of 29 children, 21 reached maturity. His eldest son William had raised a
family before his youngest son, William Alexander, was born him by his fourth wife.
This William died in 19O4, which was 161 years after the birth of his father.

William III, and his brother Needham, served in the Revolution and helped destroy
the Tories in the battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge on 27 Feb., 1776.

In 1787 William III, together with his eldest son and Joseph Green, were appointed
Directors and Trustees for designing and the building the town of Waynesborough,
now Goldsboro.

William Whitfield, II, b. 5-20-1715, d. 3-31-1795

Wife, Rachel Bryan, b. 6-10-1723, d. 11-1780

Needham Whitfield, b. 2-20-1758, d. 11-6-1812

Wife Lucy Hatch, b. 11-13-1756, d. 7-23-1789 

Wife, Elizabeth Hatch, b. 9-3-1760, d. 

Wife, Sarah Watkins, b. 2-28-1777, d.

Penelope Bush, wife of Needham Whitfield, 1756, d. 3-4-1816

Revolutionary War Soldiers:
	1. William Whitfield, II.

	2 - Needham Whitfield, 1775 [This date may be a Revolutionary War
	 service date, it is not thought to be a birth date]  d. 1783

	3 - William Whitfield, III, 1743, d. 1817

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