William Redfieldb: March 26, 1789, d: February 12, 1857 |
Abigail Wilcoxb: Feb. 24, 1797, d: May 12, 1819 |
married: Oct. 15, 1814 | |
John Howard Redfield, b: July 10, 1815 |
William C. Redfield was born in Middletown in 1789, the eldest of five children of sea captain Peleg Sanford. He resided in the Maromas section of Middletown until Peleg Sanford died in 1802 at 40. William, then 13, began his harness-making apprenticeship in Cromwell, then the Upper Houses Society of Middletown.
The events that led William C. Redfield to fame as a meteorological pioneer as well as his successes in Steamboat building and other scientific areas are described by his eldest son in the autobiographical "Recollections of John Howard Redfield.''
A document signed by Sally Wilcox Savage names Redfiield as the executor for Capt. Absalom Savage's estate after his death.