GEMMS Person ID
GEMMS-PERSON-
2726
(old series: GEMMS-PERSON-2943)
Name
Nathaniel Byfield
Title
Captain
Gender
Male
Lived
b. ca. 1653-01-01 d. 1733-06-06 (old)
Linked Sermons
Sermon on Jeremiah 10:24
(autograph: Yes )
- auditor
Associated Places
Source of Data
Catherine Evans
Biographical Sources Consulted
Charles Knowles Bacon "The Founders" (1919)
Other note
Auditor and host for Sermon 19561. Byfield was born in Long Ditton, England, the 21st child of the rector Richard Byfield and Sarah Juxon. His father was member of the Westminster Assembly. He arrived in Boston in 1674 and married Deborah Clark. He invested heavily in Rhode Island lands, becoming a settler at Bristol. Byfield was a jurist and Speaker of the Massachusetts General Court and first judge of Court of Vice-Admiralty. He married again following the death of his first wife and had 2 children who survived to majority.
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GEMMS record created
April 19, 2020
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024