I think that looking at the areas of Virginia that were close to St. Mary's 
County, MD makes good sense and will do that, thanks.

My suspicion is that Richard Highfield's master was not the Benjamin Johnson 
he and the other 20 individuals were bound to but that Benjamin Johnson may 
have been a middleman for getting these folks to VA. My frustration is that I 
cannot find him in headright records or whatever they are called.

Richard is first found serving in the horse rangers under Richard Brightwell in 
1792 in St. Mary's County, MD with 10 other men. He was awared "600 
tobacco per month" for serving from April to Novemeber 1692. Richard ended 
up in Charles Co where he died in 1710. This part of Charles Co was formed 
from St. Mary's Co. Richard is found renting 50 acres of land there in the 1652-
1753 rent rolls of Charles Co, MD.

One intersting piece of information that I do not yet know what to make of is 
the fact that there was a John Hyfield listed as an indentured servant bound 
for MD in 1685:

Indentured Servants Basic Search Results

Servant Information Agent Information 
Name: John Hyfield Name: Thomas Cradock 
Gender: male  Gender: male  
Occupation:  Occupation:  
Place of Origin:  Place of Origin:  
Age: 17  
Spouse's Name:   
Indenture Information Servant's Parents Information 
Date of Indenture: November 18 1685 Name:  
Indenture Length: 4 Occupation:  
Destination: Virginia Place of Origin:  
Ship:  Living: Yes 
Witnesses: Rebecca Noakes  
Notes: Witness Rebecca Noakes, his mother, wife of William Noakes, 
Whitechapple (London).  


Since Richard came to VA in 1683 and John came in 1685, I am wondering if 
they might have been brothers. The name is really not that common so just 
trying to find out if there is a connection.

Jeanine Scholz