This diagram shows the lifespans and connections between most of the men I can trace who bore the name 'Hearfield'. For example, James' son Peter was born at Hampsthwaite in 1669 and died at Adel in 1746. Many of these people were farmers. The evidence seems to show that everyone is descended from a couple living at Arthington in the late seventeenth century.
Below the diagram is a table of marriages, with links to pages about individual families.
The full names of the married couples in this tree are given in the table below. All the names will eventually link to separate pages giving full details (including BMD and census records) of each family, but that won't happen overnight. Please email me with any comments or corrections. I'd like to hear from you!
Marriages
This big table (right) lists the marriages shown in the tree above.
Dark red text indicates a clickable link to an individual family page.
| James Hearfield m. Jane -?- | near Hampsthwaite? | about 1665 |
| Peter Hearfield m. -?- | near Hampsthwaite? | about 1697 |
| Samuel Hearfield m. Ann Burnett | at Sandal Magna | in 1732 |
| Joseph Hearfield m. Dorothy Abbey | at Knaresborough | in 1745 |
| Samuel Hearfield m. Alice Bickerdyke | at Spofforth | in 1759 |
| James Hearfield m. Martha Bedford | at Spofforth | in 1760 |
| Thomas Hearfield m. Sarah Hudson | at Spofforth | in 1771 |
| Robert Hearfield m. Mary Ward | at Northallerton | in 1773 |
| David Hearfield m. Ann Goodbourn | at Hessle | in 1798 |
| Samuel Hearfield m. Mary Whitehead | at Adel | in 1798 |
| Thomas Hearfield m. Mary Craven | at Otley | in 1801 |
| William Hearfield m. Mary Graveley | at Spofforth | in 1806 |
| James Hearfield m. Elizabeth Thornton | at Shipton by Thorpe | in 1807 |
| Robert Hearfield m. Mary Ragg | at Northallerton | in 1807 |
| John Hearfield m. Mary Balgey | at Featherstone | in 1809 |
| David Hearfield m. Sarah Garrett | at Batley | in 1812 |
| John Hearfield m. Sarah Kelsey | at Sculcoates | in 1820 |
| John Hearfield m. Margaret Winn | at Richmond | in 1831 |
| James Hearfield m. Rachel Hester Sykes | at Wakefield | in 1832 |
| Joseph Hearfield m. Mary Ann Duxberry | at Otley | in 1834 |
| Thomas Hearfield m. Sarah -?- | near Selby? | about 1836 |
| William Hearfield m. Mary Ann Archer | at Hull | in 1836 |
| James Hearfield m. Ann Tate | at Spofforth | in 1836 |
| William Hearfield m. Ann Baxter | at Knaresborough | in 1838 |
| William Hutchinson Hearfield m. Elizabeth Garniss | at West Derby | in 1841 |
| Samuel Whitehead Hearfield m. Ellen Blakeborough | at Otley | in 1843 |
| Samuel Hearfield m. Betsey Ann Forsey | at Hull | in 1857 |
| John Henry Hearfield m. Mary Ann Mace | at Bedale | in 1858 |
| Robert Hearfield m. Elizabeth Waites | at Richmond | in 1860 |
| John Whitehead Hearfield m. Eliza Percy | at Sculcoates | in 1860 |
| James Hearfield m. Ann Kelsey | at Darlington | in 1860 |
| James Hearfield m. Amy Jane Funge | at Greenwich | in 1861 |
| Charles Hearfield m. Catherine Fisher | at Stockton | in 1862 |
| George Hearfield m. Sarah Barker | at Halifax | in 1862 |
| John Hearfield m. Annie Elizabeth Langan | at Sculcoates | in 1866 |
| William Henry Hearfield m. Emily Christiana Hind | at Hull | in 1866 |
| David Hearfield m. Eliza Grace West | at Dewsbury | in 1866 |
| John William Hearfield m. Frances Wray | at Hunslet | in 1872 |
| John Garniss Hearfield m. Amelia Franks | at Sculcoates | in 1877 |
| Thomas Ward Hearfield m. Emma Sarah Leech | at Chorlton | in 1877 |
| John Baxter Hearfield m. Cecily Stead | at Wetherby | in 1878 |
| Samuel Hearfield m. Sarah Jane Lazenby | at Darlington | in 1883 |
| James Hearfield m. Annie Dutton | at York | in 1889 |
| John Hearfield m. Elizabeth Carter | at Halifax | in 1890 |
| Samuel Hearfield m. Mabel A.V. Stacey Andrew | at Hull | in 1891 |
| John Charles Hearfield m. Susannah Blades | at Guisborough | in 1894 |
| Herbert Hearfield m. Sarah Barraclough | at North Bierley | in 1896 |
| Albert Edward Hearfield m. Hannah Elizabeth Douthwaite | at Leeds | in 1897 |
| Charles Edwin Hearfield m. Eva Harrison | at Sculcoates | in 1897 |
| Arthur Hearfield m. Emma Boyd | at Hull | in 1897 |
| Robert Kelsey Hearfield m. Ada Enderby | at Leeds | in 1898 |
| William Hearfield m. Emma Ann Wilson | at Darlington | in 1900 |
| James Hearfield m. Ann Dickinson | at Holbeck | in 1907 |
| Fred Hearfield m. Ida Heathcote Lofthouse | at Leeds | in 1908 |
| John Hearfield m. Edith Violet Hodgson | at Beverley | in 1910 |
| John Baxter Hearfield m. Nellie Day | at Evesham | in 1910 |
| Frederick Hearfield m. Harriet Hudson | at Sculcoates | in 1914 |
| Allan Hearfield m. Lena Emily Homersham | at Newcastle | in 1918 |
| William George Hearfield m. Ethel May Yates | at Sculcoates | in 1918 |
| William Clark Hearfield m. Cecilia Chaplin | at Middlesbrough | in 1921 |
| Thomas Hearfield m. Edith Longley | at Hull | in 1922 |
| Alexander Garniss Hearfield m. Florence Gertrude Beagle | at Sculcoates | in 1923 |
| John Hutchinson Hearfield m. Edith Alice Matthews | at Sculcoates | in 1924 |
| Edward Hearfield m. Mildred Maud Rawlinson | at Stockton | in 1925 |
| Charles Hearfield m. Flora May Humble | at York | in 1926 |
| Robert Hearfield m. Alice Victoria Dobbin | at Hartlepool | in 1926 |
| Peter Trevor Hearfield m. Gladys Newton | at Sculcoates | in 1927 |
| Frank Hearfield m. Madeline Blanche Norton | at Hull | in 1927 |
| Harry Hearfield m. Gladys Coatswith | at Guisborough | in 1928 |
| Vincent Hearfield m. Helena Sayers | at Stockton | in 1928 |
| James Cyril Hearfield m. Annie M. Carter | at Hartlepool | in 1929 |
| James Cecil Hearfield m. Margaret Rutherford Alexander | at Great Ouseburn | in 1931 |
| Alexander Boyd Hearfield m. Nellie Fountain | at Sculcoates | in 1934 |
| David Hearfield m. Elizabeth Wilkinson | at Morpeth | in 1935 |
| Charles Thomas Hearfield m. Marjorie Hall | at Tynemouth | in 1937 |
| Norman Hearfield m. Mary Knight | at Leeds | in 1937 |
| Arthur Hearfield m. Amy W. Darker | at Hull | in 1939 |
| Douglas Bertram Hearfield m. May Atkinson | at Leeds | in 1945 |
To keep the diagram down to a manageable size I have deliberately not included here those couples who had only female children. They have not been forgotten - you can find them here.