Duffield, William

WILLIAM DUFFIELD, the ancestor of the Duffield family, of Venango county, was a native of Ireland, born in 1743. He immigrated to America about 1760, and settled in eastern Pennsylvania, removing to Centre county in 1773, where he married Elizabeth Hasson. In 1800 he removed to Venango county, and located one mile below Utica, on French creek, where he died in 1827, his wife surviving him until 1838. They were the parents of ten children, all born in Centre county, viz.: Jane, who married D. Johnston, and afterward John Cochran; John; Mary, married to Thomas Smiley; Armstrong; William; Isabella, married to John McQuaid; Esther, married to John Cooper; James; Margaret, married to John L. Hasson, and Elizabeth, who became the wife of Charles L. Cochran. All of the children are dead. Armstrong Duffield was the fourth child of William and Elizabeth Duffield, was a farmer by occupation, and resided about two miles below Utica, on French creek, where he died in 1851. He married Elizabeth Gilmore, who was born and reared in Utica, and also died in 1851. Their children were as follows: James; John G.; Brice; Mrs. Nancy Crain; David; Mrs. Ruth Crain; Elizabeth, deceased; Robert; Jane, and Charles, deceased.