The Family Name
The Stanfield Family are of Norman descent and the founder of the family was Wyon Maryons, Lord of Stansfield, who came to England with William the Conqueror in 1066. One of the two Stansfield Halls stands in Todmorden, England. For more information, see the following well-documented site: http://stanfield.und.ac.za/stanfield.html

As was common in those days, people took their names from the place where they lived and often the word "DE" (of or from) was inserted between their first name and the place name e.g. Robert DE Stansfield. Eventually the DE was dropped and the place name became the surname. The name Stansfield, of which there are about 40 variations of spelling, came from Stony-Field and if one visits the Calder Valley in Yorkshire/Lancashire where the Stansfields lived, it was easy to see why the name originated with many fields full of stones.

Stansfield Hall
Stansfield Hall estate is an old manor, in one of the divisions of the parish of Wymondham. This estate, which was the scene of the infamous murders in 1848, has become invested with an extraordinary interest. It is of very ancient date, and the ownership of it can be traced up to the time of William the Conqueror, when it was the property of Earl Warren.

Here are photos of the Stanfield Coat of Arms as depicted in stained glass at the Cross Stone Chapel, UK and the Coat of Arms as depicted in stained glass at St Thomas Church, Heptonstall, West Yorkshire.

History
During the late 1600's and early 1700's, the West Riding of Yorkshire was a hotbed of Non-Conformists. One writer has estimated that in this part of England, there were more Non-Conformists than members of the Church of England. Significant numbers of the Stansfields were known to have been English Presbyterians and Quakers.

Symond Stanfield (1635) and Lawrence Stanfield (1646) acquired Virginia land grants in Norfolk and Northampton Counties of Virginia, as did Robert Stanfield who purchased a 311 acre grant in 1727 (for the sum of 35 Shillings) in Prince George County. A Stanfield also held land in Carolina Countyprior to 1730.