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     Elizabeth de Pierrepont was the daughter of Sir Henry de Pierrepont and Frances Cavendish. Elizabeth de Pierrepont married Monsieur Stapleton.

     Grace de Pierrepont was the daughter of Sir Henry de Pierrepont and Frances Cavendish.

     Monsieur Stapleton married Elizabeth de Pierrepont, daughter of Sir Henry de Pierrepont and Frances Cavendish.

     Gertrude Talbot married Robert de Pierrepont, son of Sir Henry de Pierrepont and Frances Cavendish. Gertrude Talbot was born in 1580. She died in 1648/49 at age 69 years.

     Captain Richard Warfield was born in 1639/40 in Berkshire, England. He married Elinor Browne, daughter of Captain John Browne, in 1670 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Captain Richard Warfield died between 1702/3 and 1704 His will, 1703-4, names children: John Warfield, Richard, Alexander, Benjamin, Mary, Rachel Yates, Elinor, prospective bride of Caleb Dorsey.¹
     
"The family of Warfield has been one of consequence in England from the time of the Norman Conquest. Pagan de Warfield, a Norman gentleman, won a knight's fee and the estate of Warfield at the battle of Hastings, 1066, in consideration of his services to the king on that eventful occasion."

Captain Richard Warfield emigrated from Berkshire, England in 1662. He settled west of Crownsville, Anne Arundel County. In 1670, he married Elinor Browne, heiress of Capt. John Browne of London, England, a direct descendant of Sir Richard Browne, from whom she inherited "Hope" and "Increase." Capt. John Browne with his brother Peregrine Browne ran two of the best equipped transports between London and Annapolis.

"In 1673, John Browne, mariner, of London, bought two tracts "Hope" and "Increase" near Round Bay. These tracts, showing the history of their purchase, are to be seen in our Record Office, in the name of Richard Warfield and at his request were so recorded among the restored records after the burning of the State House. As no transfers attended the record, the inference is clear they came into Warfield's possession through his wife, Elinor Browne, the heiress of Captain John Browne of London."²

In 1689, then a captain, he signed as a military officer, the addess to King William. Rent rolls show that he held during his life "Warfield," "Warfield's Right," "Hope," "Increase," "Warfield's Plains," "Warfield's Forest," "Warfield's Addition," "Brandy" and "Warfield's Range."^3,1,4

     Elinor Browne was born in 1649 in Manchester, Lancashire, England. She was the daughter of Captain John Browne. Elinor Browne married Captain Richard Warfield in 1670 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Elinor Browne died on 13 February 1718/19 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
     
Elinor Browne was the heiress of Capt. John Browne of London, England, a direct descendant of Sir Richard Browne, from whom she inherited "Hope" and "Increase." Capt. John Browne with his brother Peregrine Browne ran two of the best equipped transports between London and Annapolis.^1,2

     Richard Warfield was the son of Captain Richard Warfield and Elinor Browne.

     Alexander Warfield was born in 1677 in All Hallow's Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. He was the son of Captain Richard Warfield and Elinor Browne. Alexander Warfield married Sarah Elizabeth Pierpont in 1690 in West River Hundred, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Alexander Warfield died on 11 June 1745 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
     
Alexander Warfield left a will on 21 February 1733 at Anne Arundel County, Maryland, the Will was Proved 11 June 1740Click here to see the Will of Alexander Warfield.¹

     Benjamin Warfield was the son of Captain Richard Warfield and Elinor Browne.