Bloomfield: To determine the ancestry of David Bloomfield of Essex Co., NJ, to Rowan Co. NC, married Rachel Barclay, sons: Robert, Samuel, Nathaniel, Rueben, migrated through Kentucky, Preble Co., Ohio, sons to Illinois, Indiana and Nebraska. Some family stayed in Ohio. This family of Bloomfields is said to connect to the New Jersey Bloomfields, Joseph Bloomfield was an early Governor of New Jersey, his ancestor was Thomas Bloomfield, immigrant to American circa 1600s.