How the Lines Connect

A guide to the six families in The Rayfields — A Family History

The Rayfield surname runs straight down the middle — the spine of the book, from a colonial farmer in 1670 to Vernon Jack Rayfield. Five other families married in, each with its own chapter. All of it meets at the bottom, where Vernon married Opal Robinson and the two halves of the book become one. Cards with a link open that person’s profile. Want the full generation-by-generation chart instead? View the ancestor tree →

THE RAYFIELDS How the six family lines connect — a guide to the chapters THE COLONIAL RAYFIELD LINE England → North Carolina → Kentucky · the deep paternal line (Chapter 1) William Rayfield Sr. c.1670–1731 England → N.C. William Rayfield Jr. c.1698–1757 Tyrrell Co., N.C. Isaac Rayfield c.1748–aft.1822 N.C. → Ky. a son of Isaac Rayfield m. a Mansfield, c.1815 not directly documented MANN Mary Ann “Polly” Mann c.1820–1860 (married in) John Carter Rayfield Sr. 1816–1903 Chapter 1 FARRIS Nancy Ann Farris 1847–1931 (married in) John Carter Rayfield Jr. 1848–1915 Chapter 2 SEAL Myrtle Lee Seal 1888–1968 (married in) Franklin Peter Rayfield 1884–1941 Chapter 4 MANN Arnold Mann 1798–1872 of Jacob Mann · Ch.1 FARRIS Lucian N. Farris 1820–1876 Chapter 3 SEAL Benjamin F. Seal 1859–1944 Chapter 4 Myrtle & Everett Seal — first cousins Isaac Robinson Chapter 6 George Lewis Chapter 5 ROBINSON Absalom P. Robinson c.1856–1936 Chapter 6 LEWIS “Uncle Billy” Lewis c.1834–1900 Chapter 5 ROBINSON LEWIS John Wesley Robinson 1880–1941 Chapter 7 Katherine “Katie” Lewis 1878–1946 Chapter 7 THE CONVERGENCE · CHAPTER 8 Vernon Jack Rayfield 1909–1977 Opal Myrtle Robinson 1911–2002 married January 27, 1928 · Iron County, Missouri — where the two halves of the book meet — HOW TO READ THIS CHART Rayfield direct paternal line — the spine Families who married in — chapter noted The convergence: Vernon & Opal (Ch. 8) Relationship not directly documented Compiled by Andrea Harter (née Rayfield) · The Rayfields — A Family History

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