Hatfield, Alexander

1778 - 1844  (66 years)

• Name	Hatfield, Alexander  [1]
  Birth	29 Oct 1778	Russell County, Virginia, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	10 Nov 1841	Greene County, Indiana, USA   [2]
  Death	11 Nov 1841	Greene County, Indiana, USA   [1]
  FSID	LKP9-476
  Name	Ale
  	20250706GHLn- dhcook2010 originally shared this on 2 Jul 2012 Ale, origin of the name "Ale" is an unusual given name but it appears frequently among the earlier generations of the branch of the Hatfield family that originated in Virginia. It may be a corruption or regional variant of "Eli" (and is sometimes spelled that way by court clerks and census enumerators), but the pronunciation in the family is always A-lee, with a long 'A' and emphasis on the first syllable. There's another factor in the origin of Ale's name, which actually bears on the family's early history in Virginia. Ale's father, Joseph, took as his 2nd wife Rachel Smith, daughter of Euricus Smith of Wilmington, Delaware. Euricus and his several sons (Rachel's brothers) were near neighbors of Joseph Hatfield's family and they knew each other long before Joseph married Rachel. And one of Rachel's brothers was named Ale (he also appears in various documents as "Ely" and "Eli"). This Smith family was German-Swedish (the surname was Smidt two generations earlier), and one must wonder whether "Ale" is actually German or Swedish in origin. Linked to Alexander"Ale" Hatfield
  Name	Ale Hatfield  [3]
  Death	10 Nov 1844	Owensburg, Greene, Indiana, USA   [3]
  Burial	Aft 10 Nov 1844	Owensburg, Greene, Indiana, USA   [3]
  	Amstead (Anderson) Hatfield Cemetery south of Owensburg Cemetery, Owensburg, Indiana, USA
  Person ID	I105820	WETZEL-SPRING

  
  

  Father	HATFIELD, Joseph Sr,   b. Jun 1740, Orange County, Virginia, USA d. 29 Aug 1832, Campbell, Tennessee, USA (Age 92 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	SMITH, Rachel Elizabeth,   b. 19 May 1754, Virginia, USA d. 19 May 1858, Scott County, Tennessee, USA (Age 104 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	28 Oct 1779	Washington County, Virginia, USA   [3]
  Family ID	F60276	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	HATFIELD, Joseph Sr,   b. Jun 1740, Orange County, Virginia, USA d. 29 Aug 1832, Campbell, Tennessee, USA (Age 92 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	VANCE, Elizabeth,   b. 1735, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA d. Dec 1778, Washington County, Virginia, USA (Age 43 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1760	Russell County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Married	1767	Russell County, Virginia, USA
  Family ID	F12528	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Gibson, Milly,   b. 29 Oct 1778, Washington County, Virginia, USA d. 15 Nov 1847, Campbell County, Tennessee, USA (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	1798
  Divorce	4 Apr 1836
  Children	1. Hatfield, Nancy,   b. 22 Aug 1810, Monticello, Wayne, Kentucky, USA d. 15 Dec 1891, Van Buren, Tennessee, USA (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Hatfield, James,   b. Abt 1804  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F60184	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Young, Elizabeth,   b. 14 Dec 1788, Russell County, Virginia, USA d. 15 Mar 1852, Owensburg, Greene, Indiana, USA (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	7 Apr 1836	Greene County, Indiana, USA
  Children	1. Hatfield, Mordecai 'Ale',   b. 6 Oct 1817, Campbell County, Tennessee, USA d. 14 Sep 1869, Cincinnati, Greene, Indiana, USA (Age 51 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F59891	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 29 Oct 1778 - Russell County, Virginia, USA Marriage - 7 Apr 1836 - Greene County, Indiana, USA Death - 10 Nov 1841 - Greene County, Indiana, USA Death - 11 Nov 1841 - Greene County, Indiana, USA Death - 10 Nov 1844 - Owensburg, Greene, Indiana, USA Burial - Aft 10 Nov 1844 - Owensburg, Greene, Indiana, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Hatfield, Ale FB260214HMcCFeud 20260215GHLn- Hatfield and McCoy Feud's Post Facebook Hatfield and McCoy Feud Favorites · 14 February 2026 · ALE HATFIELD: In a time when family ties often shaped the course of Appalachian history, this portrait is believed to show Ale Hatfield, a man whose name quietly threads through the early generations of the Hatfield clan. As the brother…
  		Hatfield, Ale anc_ 20250706GHLn- MJ mjanis1324 originally shared this on 12 Sep 2012 ale hatfield Linked to Alexander"Ale" Hatfield
  		Gibson Hatfield, Millie & Ale w kids anc_MichelleJones 20250706GHLn- Michelle Jones originally shared this on 6 Aug 2021 Ale Hatfield & Milley Gibson Linked to Milly Mary Gibson

  
  

• Sources

  [S394] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online. dillon Family Tree, Owner: jd489705 Last viewed: Elizabeth Vance Smith, Skinner/Schinzel-Ahlemeyer/Haines Tree J_Ahlemeyer. Record for Elizabeth Vance Smith [S394] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online., Skinner/Schinzel-Ahlemeyer/Haines Tree J_Ahlemeyer. Record for Joseph HATFIELD [S394] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online. jlmancestry, Owner: steinhicemathews Last viewed: Joseph Hatfield, Skinner/Schinzel-Ahlemeyer/Haines Tree J_Ahlemeyer. Record for Joseph Hatfield

  
  

TEST MARKER

TNG ID: I105820

FSID: LKP9-476