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LET'S TRY THIS AGAIN!!! The first known Brumfield in America was James Brumfield, age about 14, with Capt' Smith to VA in 1607. (By the way,I am a British historian and have taught the British Empire and various other courses in British history for over 30 years) From what I can deduce, based on facts and applying them to this problem, I think James who was one of the "four boyes" was fairly well connected! I think these boys served as aids to the "Gentlemen" and/or as company scribes and clerks (probably tutored in reading and writing). They may have served additionally as spies for relatives who were "Chairs"(members of the COURT of stockholders). There is also the possibility that they were also sent to add to the acreage that these families "Chairs" and other leading stockholders could obtain in the new sttlement! THINK ABOUT IT! Of all the people they could have taken..."four boyes"..not 4 additional soldiers; 4 tradesmen; 4 carpenters, etc., etc. They were not cabinboys; they were in the company!
It is possible that one or two of the four boys could have had some relationship to each other OR other members of the Smith Company (in-laws with different names but representing Brumfield etc. interests in the colony). What is the proof? Look at a map of Bermuda in 1626 and you will notice in the land divisions (remember, Bermuda was part of the VA Company then)that under the Southampton Tribe there is a landholder named Arthur Bromfield. He holds a narrow strip across the island. NOT JUST ANYONE HELD BERMUDA LAND!!! (Look at the names: Earl of Southampton, Earl of Warwick, Sir Edwin Sandys(Major figure in Br. Empire), etc. They were (Bromfild included) major investors, members of the "Court" and always in the minutes of the Virginia Company back in London. His name was spelled many ways in the records (Read Tudor/Stuart tracts for SPELLING sometime!!!).. Broomfield, Bromfield, Brumfielde, etc. (You know the drill). He was once, with another official, put in charge of the entire salt transactions of Jamestown by the Company. There was also a Capt. Edward Bromfield sailing a Va. Co. ship (has connections with a later MASS. Bromfield family). During part of this period the Lord Mayor of LONDON was a Bromfield! On the survey map of VA in 1670/pr. in 1673 is the name Bromfield just above Jamestown across from Windmill Hill Point. Get a detailed map of early VA and look for the locations metioned in all of those early Brumfield transaction (19 b/w 1645-1695).. Nossawttocks Creek; Pongoteague Creek, Poetan Beaver Swamp, Chickohominy River, Great Indian Field, Wickwas Run, etc.---they are just outside Jamestown. Either our "boye" James survived OR was later replaced by another family member! It is a JOHN Brumfield that is dealing in LARGE tracts of land in the 1650s and later! Son?? Cousin?? Uncle?? Father?? We know our "boye James" did not perish in the "dieing times of George Percy's Diary" as recorded in "Purchas' Pilgrimes". And then there are ALL OF THOSE JAMES BRUMFIELDS in the succession! Not exactly short on JOHNS either. We even find a John as Clerk of Courts in Isle of Wight County in the 1670s.
I think everyone realizes that families with position moved there relatives across the seas just like they followed the bolder families West into PA.. then Ohio.. Then Indiana/ Illinois.. etc. I will bet in the end that almost every Brumfield/ Bromfield/etc in the 1600s are related.. we just may not have the records to ever prove it! Once again; anyone ever hear of the trading company of "Brumfield & Lacoste" trading in early VA. I would like for us to try to push the line back but everyone seems happy with the "first of the four James" line! If you don't believe me, go to the Brumfield Genforum and type in Jamestown in the box and push enter! Best to all, Phil
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