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Abraham Fields¹

• Death*: He died in December 1749.

• Note*: At his death he owned a 284-acre farm in Appoquinimink Hundred across the road from Union M.E. Church.

• Last Edited: 24 Nov 1995

John Fields¹

• Father: William Fields d. 1820
• Mother: Susannah Naudain

• Note*: From Ruth Bennett's "Naudain Family of Delaware," p. 39: "John was a well known character in Appoquinimink Hundred for many years. He was an honest, upright man, a bachelor and somewhat eccentric. He was about six feet in heighth [sic], well proportioned and had features not unlike those of George Washington. When dressed up, he wore a full dress coat, high buttoned Velvet vest and high silk hat, but was never known to wear an overcoat. He worked on farms during the spring, summer and autumn months and during the winter months visited among his relatives and friends. [James W. Lattomus, who compiled much of the information in Ms. Bennett's book] remembers him coming to his father's house, wearing his picturesque costume and bring his collection of photographs and his magnetised [sic] knife that would pick up a needle, and which never failed to secure [James's] childish interest. He lived to a good old age . . . . He was the last of the Fields family bearing the name which had been prominent in Appoquinimink Hundred for several generations."

• Last Edited: 24 Nov 1995

Rachel Fields¹

• Father: William Fields d. 1820
• Mother: Susannah Naudain

• Last Edited: 24 Nov 1995

William Allfree¹

• Mother: Mary _____

• Marriage*: He married Diana Lattomus, daughter of _____ Lattomus.

• Last Edited: 24 Nov 1995

Diana Lattomus¹

• Father: _____ Lattomus

• Marriage*: She married William Allfree, son of Mary _____.

• Last Edited: 24 Nov 1995

_____ Lattomus¹

• Last Edited: 24 Nov 1995

John Lattomus¹

• Father: _____ Lattomus

• Last Edited: 24 Nov 1995

Mary _____¹

• Last Edited: 24 Nov 1995

Hester Naudain¹

• Father: Elias Naudain d. 1830
• Mother: Cassandra Fields d. 1828

• Birth*: She was born in Appoquinimink Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware.
• Marriage*: She married James Mannering on 13 January 1824.
• Marriage*: She married Joshua Townsend on 24 January 1833.
• Death*: She died on 9 January 1879.

• Note*: She was born near the Union Methodist Episcopal Church in Appoquinimink Hundred and lived in that area all her life. Both husbands were farmers.

• Last Edited: 7 Dec 1995

James Mannering¹

• Marriage*: He married Hester Naudain, daughter of Elias Naudain and Cassandra Fields, on 13 January 1824.

• Last Edited: 7 Dec 1995

Joshua Townsend¹

• Marriage*: He married Hester Naudain, daughter of Elias Naudain and Cassandra Fields, on 24 January 1833.

• Last Edited: 7 Dec 1995

Eliza Townsend¹

• Burial*: Interment was in Union Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery, New Castle County, Delaware.
• Marriage*: She married John Naudain, son of Elias Naudain and Cassandra Fields, on 19 August 1834.

• Last Edited: 7 Dec 1995

Elias McComb Naudain

• Father: Elias Naudain d. 1830
• Mother: Cassandra Fields d. 1828

• Birth*: He was born on 17 March 1816 in Appoquinimink Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware.¹
• Marriage*: He married Isabella Stringo Woolls on 18 February 1836.^2,3,4
• Death*: He died on 10 August 1895 in Charlestown, Clark County, Indiana, at age 79.¹
• Burial*: Interment was in Charlestown, Clark County, Indiana.⁵

• Note*: He was born on his mother's farm near the Union Methodist Episcopal Church. Soon after selling his interest in the farm to brother John, he and Isabella moved to Louisville, Kentucky, where her family had moved. After about six months there, they moved on to Charlestown, Indiana, where he became a "prominent merchant and highly respected citizen."⁶

• Last Edited: 25 Jul 2018

Isabella Stringo Woolls

Isabella Woolls Naudain's tombstone, Charlestown Cemetery, Charlestown, Ind., courtesy of Kevin Wright.

• Birth*: She was born on 2 January 1817 in Smyrna, Kent County, Delaware.^1,2
• Marriage*: She married Elias McComb Naudain, son of Elias Naudain and Cassandra Fields, on 18 February 1836.^3,4,5
• Death*: She died on 26 December 1911 in her home, Charlestown, Clark County, Indiana, at age 94.^1,6
• Burial*: Interment was in Charlestown Cemetery, Charlestown, Clark County, Indiana.⁷

• Obituary*: "PASSENGER ON FIRST TRAIN.
     "Mrs. Isabella Naudain Dies in Ninety-fifth Year.
     "Mrs. Isabella Naudain, who was a passenger on the first regular train run on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad in 1836 and the grandmother of Charles M. Wilson, a guard at the Indiana reformatory, died at her home in Charlestown [Indiana] yesterday morning. Had Mrs. Naudain lived until next Tuesday she would have celebrated the ninety-fifth anniversary of her birth. Her death was the result of old age.
     "Her initial train ride was on the first road completed in the United States, extending from Washington to Baltimore.
     "As a girl Mrs. Naudain participated frequently in the functions at the White House, Washington. With Vice President Martin Van Buren she led a cotillion during a Washington birthday anniversary ball at the White House, while Andrew Jackson was President of the United States, February 23, 1835. Her mother was a relative of Martha Custis, who became the wife of Gen. Washington, and her father played the French horn in a band that furnished the music at the burial of Gen. Washington at Mt. Vernon in 1799.
     "Mrs. Naudain was born at Smyrna, Kent county, Del., January 1, 1817, and was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Wools, who afterward became residents of Charlestown. In 1836 Miss Wools was married to Elias Naudain. Mr. and Mrs. Naudain located at Charlestown in 1838. Mr. Naudain died several years ago. Some time after the death of her husband, Mrs. Naudain went to Kentucky to live with her daughter, Mrs. George Logan, and while there was the victim of an accident, becoming crippled for life.
     "The survivors of Mrs. Naudain are three daughters, Mrs. Logan and Mrs. J. C. Wilson, of Charlestown, and Mrs. Belle Bridges, of Texas. Mrs. Naudain was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church from childhood."⁸
• Note*: • Her Find A Grave memorial says she was born on 2 Jan 1817, but a newspaper obituary says 1 Jan 1817.
  • In a 1909 article in a San Antonio, Texas newspaper, she is identified as Isabelle Woods Naudain. All other information indicates that her original name was Woolls, as stated in a family history and on her tombstone.
  • She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church from childhood.^9,10,11

• Last Edited: 18 Jan 2019

Cassandra Naudain¹

• Father: Elias Naudain d. 1830
• Mother: Cassandra Fields d. 1828

• Marriage*: She married Isaac Short on 11 October 1838.^2,3

• Note*: After the 1843 birth of her third child, Martha, she lost two children in childbirth.²

• Last Edited: 28 Jul 2001

Rebecca Ann Naudain

• Father: Elias Naudain d. 1830
• Mother: Cassandra Fields d. 1828

• Marriage*: She married Isaac Short on 10 June 1846 in Illinois.^1,2

• Note*: About five weeks after sister Cassandra died in May 1842, Rebecca Ann married her widower, Isaac Short. She probably had died by 1860, as she does not appear in the 1860 census with the rest of the family.²

• Last Edited: 28 Jul 2001

Isaac Short¹

• Marriage*: He married Cassandra Naudain, daughter of Elias Naudain and Cassandra Fields, on 11 October 1838.^2,3
• Marriage*: He married Rebecca Ann Naudain, daughter of Elias Naudain and Cassandra Fields, on 10 June 1846 in Illinois.^4,2

• Last Edited: 28 Jul 2001

John Fields¹

• Father: Abraham Fields d. Dec 1749

• Last Edited: 24 Nov 1995

Abraham Fields¹

• Father: Abraham Fields d. Dec 1749

• Last Edited: 24 Nov 1995

Hester _____¹

• Marriage*: She married Allen Fields, son of Abraham Fields.

• Last Edited: 24 Nov 1995

Elias Skeer Naudain¹

• Father: Rev. Arnold Skeer Naudain b. 11 Oct 1778, d. 13 Feb 1845
• Mother: Jemima Van Horn b. c 1786, d. 2 Mar 1847

• Birth*: He was born on 5 August 1806 in Appoquinimink Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware.^2,3
• Marriage*: He married Sarah Ann Brooks, daughter of Christopher Brooks and _____ _____, on 5 June 1832.
• Death*: He died on 20 June 1858 in Newark, New Castle County, Delaware, at age 51.²
• Burial*: Interment was in Old Drawyers Church Cemetery, New Castle County, Delaware (near Odessa).^4,5

• Note*: He lived on a farm near Newport, Delaware from 1849 to 1853, on a farm near Odessa, Deaware from 1853 to 1855, and in Newark, Delaware from 1855 until his death. He and his father were on the first board of trustees of Salem Methodist Episcopal Church. He was a Whig and served in the 1849 session of the Delaware House of Representatives.

• Last Edited: 4 Feb 2020

Sarah Ann Brooks

• Father: Christopher Brooks
• Mother: _____ _____

• Birth*: She was born on 7 October 1811.^1,2
• Marriage*: She married Elias Skeer Naudain, son of Rev. Arnold Skeer Naudain and Jemima Van Horn, on 5 June 1832.
• Death*: She died on 9 April 1875 at age 63.^1,2
• Burial*: Interment was in Old Drawyers Church Cemetery, New Castle County, Delaware (near Odessa).^3,2

• Last Edited: 30 Jun 2018

Jacob Van Horn Naudain¹

• Father: Rev. Arnold Skeer Naudain b. 11 Oct 1778, d. 13 Feb 1845
• Mother: Jemima Van Horn b. c 1786, d. 2 Mar 1847

• Birth*: He was born on 16 December 1807 in Appoquinimink Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware.
• Marriage*: He married Mary Ann Horn circa 1838.
• Marriage*: He married Elizabeth M. Price on 10 July 1856.
• Death*: He died on 20 October 1867 at age 59.
• Burial*: Interment was in Saint Anne's Church Cemetery, New Castle County, Delaware.

• Note*: He was a merchant in Blackbird, Delaware until moving to Odessa, Delaware, where he continued in the mercantile business. He got into the business of buying and shipping grain but ran into financial difficulties that resulted in his property's being sold at a sheriff's sale on 12 Nov 1862 despite help from brothers Elias and John. He was buried in the family graveyard at the family home near St. Anne's Church, but several years after his death all remains there were relocated to the St. Anne's Cemetery.

• Last Edited: 31 Aug 2018

Mary Ann Horn¹

• Birth*: She was born circa 1819.
• Marriage*: She married Jacob Van Horn Naudain, son of Rev. Arnold Skeer Naudain and Jemima Van Horn, circa 1838.
• Death*: She died on 8 January 1848.

• Last Edited: 7 Dec 1995

Elizabeth M. Price¹

• Marriage*: She married Jacob Van Horn Naudain, son of Rev. Arnold Skeer Naudain and Jemima Van Horn, on 10 July 1856.

• Note*: She survived her husband.

• Last Edited: 8 Dec 1995

Rachel Naudain

• Father: Rev. Arnold Skeer Naudain b. 11 Oct 1778, d. 13 Feb 1845
• Mother: Jemima Van Horn b. c 1786, d. 2 Mar 1847

• Birth*: She was born on 23 December 1811.¹
• Marriage*: She married William Wilson, son of Edward Wilson and Lydia Rothwell, on 3 April 1832.²
• Death*: She died on 7 August 1862 at age 50.^2,3
• Burial*: Interment was in Levels Cemetery, Grears Corner Road, Townsend, New Castle County, Delaware.³

• Note*: Her Find A Grave memorial says she was born in 1812.³

• Last Edited: 16 Mar 2020

William Wilson¹

• Father: Edward Wilson²
• Mother: Lydia Rothwell³

• Birth*: He was born on 17 September 1810.⁴
• Marriage*: He married Rachel Naudain, daughter of Rev. Arnold Skeer Naudain and Jemima Van Horn, on 3 April 1832.⁴
• Marriage*: He married Lydia Annie Naudain, daughter of Jacob Van Horn Naudain and Mary Ann Horn, in January 1863.⁵
• Death*: He died on 21 August 1879 at age 68.⁶
• Burial*: Interment was in the family cemetery in Homestead Hall, New Castle County, Delaware.⁴

• Note*: "William Wilson, of the 'Levels,' who married Rachel Naudain, was . . . educated in the district schools and at Middletown Academy. When he became of age he devoted himself to agriculture and made it the business of his wife [life?]. He inherited considerable land from his father, but purchased more so that before his decease he was the possessor of about 3500 acres of the choicest land on the Peninsula. His estate included the 'Mayfield,' 'Middlesex,' 'Homestead Hall,' Health Mansion,' Brickstore Landing' and the 'California' farms in Delaware and the 'Barnes,' 'Foard,' 'Painters' Rest' and 'Oregon' farms in Cecil County, Maryland. The 'Brickstore Landing' farm came into his possession through his wife, Rachel Naudain, and had been the home of the Naudain family for several generations. At Mr. Wilson's death, this farm descended to her children."⁴

• Last Edited: 16 Mar 2020

Ann Jemima Naudain¹

• Father: Rev. Arnold Skeer Naudain b. 11 Oct 1778, d. 13 Feb 1845
• Mother: Jemima Van Horn b. c 1786, d. 2 Mar 1847

• Birth*: She was born in 1813.
• Marriage*: She married Alexander Darrah Short, son of James Short and Lydia Barrington Darrah, in 1832.
• Marriage*: She married Benjamin Merritt Crawford in 1844.
• Death*: She died on 18 December 1872.

• Last Edited: 31 Aug 2018

Alexander Darrah Short¹

• Father: James Short
• Mother: Lydia Barrington Darrah

• Birth*: He was born in 1810 in Sussex County, Delaware.
• Marriage*: He married Ann Jemima Naudain, daughter of Rev. Arnold Skeer Naudain and Jemima Van Horn, in 1832.
• Death*: He died in 1834.

• Last Edited: 8 Dec 1995

Benjamin Merritt Crawford¹

• Marriage*: He married Ann Jemima Naudain, daughter of Rev. Arnold Skeer Naudain and Jemima Van Horn, in 1844.

• Note*: He was born near Middletown, Delaware. They lived near Middletown for a while and then moved to Cecil County, Maryland, where he farmed.

• Last Edited: 31 Aug 2018

Sarah Rebecca Naudain¹

• Father: Rev. Arnold Skeer Naudain b. 11 Oct 1778, d. 13 Feb 1845
• Mother: Jemima Van Horn b. c 1786, d. 2 Mar 1847

• Birth*: She was born on 3 January 1816.
• Death*: She died in 1833.

• Last Edited: 24 Nov 1995

John Mansfield Naudain¹

• Father: Rev. Arnold Skeer Naudain b. 11 Oct 1778, d. 13 Feb 1845
• Mother: Jemima Van Horn b. c 1786, d. 2 Mar 1847

• Marriage*: He married Mary L. Lockwood, daughter of Richard Lockwood and Mary R. Wilson.
• Birth*: He was born on 11 October 1817 in New Castle County, Delaware.
• Death*: He died on 14 March 1864 at age 46.

• Note*: He was born on his father's farm between Middletown and Blackbird, Delaware. He took up farming after schooling at home under private tutors and at Pennington Seminary, Pennington, New Jersey, and operated the family farm after his father's retirement. After their father's death, he bought the interests of his sisters, Ann and Mary, in the farm. He had orchards containing about 6,000 peach trees. A Whig, he was elected to the Delaware Legislature in 1858. According to Ruth Naudain's "Naudain Family of Delaware," he was "active and influential in the community" and "was widely known and esteemed for his good judgment and integrity."

• Last Edited: 30 Jul 2006

Mary L. Lockwood¹

• Father: Richard Lockwood
• Mother: Mary R. Wilson

• Marriage*: She married John Mansfield Naudain, son of Rev. Arnold Skeer Naudain and Jemima Van Horn.

• Note*: She was from Appoquinimink Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware.

• Last Edited: 30 Jul 2006

Emeline McCombs Naudain

• Father: Rev. Arnold Skeer Naudain¹ b. 11 Oct 1778, d. 13 Feb 1845
• Mother: Jemima Van Horn² b. c 1786, d. 2 Mar 1847

• Birth*: She was born on 1 March 1819.³
• Death*: She died on 15 June 1890 at age 71.³

• Scrapbook*: “Miss Emeline M. Naudian [sic], aged 63, living with her nephew, Mr. T. H. K. Nichols, No. 363 Mosher street, fell on the ice while on her way to church yesterday morning, and broke her left thigh.”.⁴

• Last Edited: 12 Aug 2018

Abram Staats Naudain¹

• Father: Rev. Arnold Skeer Naudain b. 11 Oct 1778, d. 13 Feb 1845
• Mother: Jemima Van Horn b. c 1786, d. 2 Mar 1847

• Birth*: He was born on 12 April 1821.
• Death*: He died on 15 August 1840 at age 19.

• Last Edited: 24 Nov 1995

Lawrence McCombs Naudain¹

• Father: Rev. Arnold Skeer Naudain b. 11 Oct 1778, d. 13 Feb 1845
• Mother: Jemima Van Horn b. c 1786, d. 2 Mar 1847

• Birth*: He was born on 10 February 1825.
• Death*: He died on 23 August 1853 at age 28.

• Last Edited: 24 Nov 1995

Mary Elizabeth Naudain¹

• Father: Rev. Arnold Skeer Naudain b. 11 Oct 1778, d. 13 Feb 1845
• Mother: Jemima Van Horn b. c 1786, d. 2 Mar 1847

• Birth*: She was born on 24 July 1827 in Appoquinimink Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware.
• Marriage*: She married Rev. Samuel D. Norwood circa 1848.
• Marriage*: She married John McCrone Jr. on 21 February 1850.
• Death*: She died on 8 April 1882 at age 54.

• Note*: Her first husband died about a year after they married. Her second husband's death left her with eight young children.

• Last Edited: 8 Mar 2023

Rev. Samuel D. Norwood¹

• Marriage*: He married Mary Elizabeth Naudain, daughter of Rev. Arnold Skeer Naudain and Jemima Van Horn, circa 1848.
• Death*: He died circa 1849.

• Last Edited: 8 Dec 1995

John McCrone Jr.¹

• Birth*: He was born on 10 January 1821 in New Castle County, Delaware.
• Marriage*: He married Mary Elizabeth Naudain, daughter of Rev. Arnold Skeer Naudain and Jemima Van Horn, on 21 February 1850.
• Death*: He died on 24 October 1866 in Cecil County, Maryland (near Warwick), at age 45.

• Note*: He was a farmer near Warwich, Maryland.

• Last Edited: 8 Mar 2023

Lydia Louise Naudain¹

• Father: Rev. Arnold Skeer Naudain b. 11 Oct 1778, d. 13 Feb 1845
• Mother: Jemima Van Horn b. c 1786, d. 2 Mar 1847

• Birth*: She was born on 1 August 1831.
• Death*: She died on 24 July 1848 at age 16.

• Last Edited: 24 Nov 1995

Jacob Van Horn¹

• Last Edited: 24 Nov 1995

Elizabeth Van Horn¹

• Father: Jacob Van Horn

• Last Edited: 24 Nov 1995

Samuel Van Horn¹

• Father: Jacob Van Horn

• Last Edited: 24 Nov 1995

John Mansfield Van Horn¹

• Father: Jacob Van Horn

• Last Edited: 24 Nov 1995

William Mountain Naudain¹

• Father: James Schee Naudain b. 20 Nov 1779, d. 20 Oct 1842
• Mother: Ann Mountain d. Jul 1852

• Birth*: He was born in 1809.
• Death*: He died circa 1865.

• Note*: He studied medicine and during the Civil War was a physician in a New Orleans hospital. He is believed to have died soon after the war ended.

• Last Edited: 24 Nov 1995

Ann M. Naudain¹

• Father: James Schee Naudain b. 20 Nov 1779, d. 20 Oct 1842
• Mother: Ann Mountain d. Jul 1852

• Birth*: She was born on 4 October 1811.
• Death*: She died on 18 April 1882 at age 70.

• Last Edited: 24 Nov 1995

Arnold Naudain Sr.¹

• Father: James Schee Naudain b. 20 Nov 1779, d. 20 Oct 1842
• Mother: Ann Mountain d. Jul 1852

• Birth*: He was born on 11 September 1813.²
• Marriage*: He married Esther Yarnal Torbert in 1841.^3,4
• Death*: He died on 24 June 1898 in his residence in White Clay Creek Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware (near Stanton), at age 84.^5,6
• Burial*: Interment was on 27 June 1898 in Red Clay Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, 500 McKennan, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware.^7,5

• Obituary*: "Death and Burial of an Aged Man.
     "Arnold Naudain, Sr., a well-known and much respected citizen of White Clay Creek hundred, died at his residence near Stanton, Delaware, Friday, June 24, 1898, in his 85th year. He had been a resident of the hundred since 1878, at which time he moved from Mill Creek hundred, where he had lived for about thirty years. He was actively engaged in farming the greater part of his life, and was directing the work on his own place at the time of his decease. He was a man of sterling traits of character, always dealing justly with those with whom he had business relations. About four years ago he became a member of the Presbyterian church at Christiana. The funeral services were held at his late residence on Monday morning, June 27, at 10 o’clock, and were largely attended by his friends and neighbors. The services were conducted by the Rev. Mr. Mason of Christiana Presbyterian Church, and the Rev. Mr. Blake, of Red Clay Creek church, at which cemetery the interment took place. He leaves one son and five daughters, two of whom are married—one to McCoy Yearsley and the other to Jonas Klair. The three single daughters have always lived with their father and kept house for him since his wife’s death. His son Arnold is married and lives on his own farm near his father’s. One sister, Miss Mary Naudain, also survives him, and is the only remaining member of that branch of the family."⁸
• Note*: He was a farmer and lived most of his life in Mill Creek and White Clay Creek Hundreds, New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Christiana Presbyterian Church.⁵

• Last Edited: 31 Aug 2018

Esther Yarnal Torbert¹

• Birth*: She was born in 1810.²
• Marriage*: She married Arnold Naudain Sr., son of James Schee Naudain and Ann Mountain, in 1841.^3,4
• Death*: She died on 18 August 1884.^5,6
• Burial*: Interment was on 22 August 1884 in Red Clay Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, 500 McKennan, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware.^5,7

• Note*: She was living in New Castle County, Delaware, near Stanton, when she died.⁵

• Last Edited: 4 Feb 2020

Mary E. Naudain¹

• Father: James Schee Naudain b. 20 Nov 1779, d. 20 Oct 1842
• Mother: Ann Mountain d. Jul 1852

• Birth*: She was born in May 1816.
• Death*: She died in December 1904 at age 88.

• Last Edited: 24 Nov 1995

Matthew M. Naudain¹

• Father: James Schee Naudain b. 20 Nov 1779, d. 20 Oct 1842
• Mother: Ann Mountain d. Jul 1852

• Birth*: He was born on 14 May 1821 in Delaware.²
• Marriage*: He married Susan Torbert in October 1849.
• Death*: He died on 22 May 1884 in New Castle County, Delaware (near Cherry Hill), at age 63.^3,4
• Burial*: Interment was on 25 May 1884 in New cemetery, Elkton, Cecil County, Maryland.⁴

• Obituary*: "Death of Matthew M. Naudain.
     "Matthew M. Naudain, former tax collector of this district, died at his residence near Cherry Hill on Thursday evening last [22 May 1884] at 5 o’clock, after a lingering illness of disease of the spine. For six weeks previous to his death he laid perfectly helpless, having no use of himself whatever. Mr. Naudain was a native of Delaware and has a large family connection in New Castle county. He removed to this county some twenty-five or thirty years ago, having purchased of Hiram McCullough, Esq., trustee, the farm on which he died. He was 56 years of age and leaves surviving him one son—his wife, Susan Naudain, having died several years ago. His funeral will take place to-morrow (Sunday) afternoon at 2 o’clk [sic]. Service will be held at the house and the remains interred at the Elkton cemetery."⁵
• Note*: He died "after a lingering illness of disease of the spine. For six weeks previous to his death he laid perfectly helpless, having no use of himself whatever."⁴

• Last Edited: 31 Aug 2018