FCO 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Calls for Material 2. Positive Feedback 3. Members' Directory 4. Descendants of John Field and his cousin Dianah 5. History of St. Mark's Parish, Field Pages 6. Majie's Rundown; Field Family Sources 7. Will of Daniel Field, son of Abraham and Mary Ironmonger 8. Will of Abraham Field, son of Daniel and Mary (Allday) Wheeler 9. Queries ****** In order to help us with the next newsletter and to focus our research, we ask everyone who would like (hey, that means you!) to submit the following to either MAJIEA@AOL.COM (Majie aka Mary Alley) or SHB6@AOL.COM (Sam Brown): * the name and years of your earliest direct Field ancestor * any relevant sources you may have in your personal library We also invite everyone to submit: * queries of Fields and related lines * research tips * ancestral information * GEDCOMS * local histories * newsletter ideas * comments * anything else you may want to share with the group ******* Everyone responded very positively to our Field Cousins Online invitation. Cousin Rich even suggested we take it one step further. Here's to the future! Sam, (and Majie) Great idea! Put me down for whatever help I can be. Maybe sometime in the near future (well, sometime in the future) we can all get together for a picnic or something and really meet each other. "God Bless Us Everyone!" Take care. Rich ******** Several of us have exchanged snail mail addresses and Xeroxes, so a separate Members Directory is being compiled. The directory will be sent out by e-mail. A sample of what we are seeking is as follows: Samuel Hoy Brown VI 11811 Elderberry Dr. Germantown, MD 20876 (301) 601-1976 SHB6@AOL.COM Earliest ancestor, Henry Field, arrived in VA Nov 1635. Feel free to include anything else or to leave out info if you choose. If we don't hear from you on this one, we'll just use your screen name for the directory. We are mailing this separately, to keep it private. That way members can feel free to share the newsletter with others. ********* A handwritten note in the genealogy collection of Fanny Field (William Warren, James G., Lewis Yancey, Daniel, Henry Jr., Henry Sr., Daniel, Abraham, Henry the immigrant of 1635): "Descent of Mrs. HL Hodgkins from Henry Field Jr's daughter Dianah who m. John son of Col. John Field killed Point Pleasant 1774. John Field, son of Col. John, Will dated Aug. 10-1810 proved Dec. Court 1810 Bourbon Co. Ky. Children in Will Harry (Henry) given VA plantation Nancy m. --- Morrow Curtis b. Mch 8-1781 m. Rosana Hardin d. Mch 30-1863 Judah (Judith) m. after fathers death. m. [illegible first two initials-ed.] Bryan Ezekiel located in Shelby Co. Ky. John m. Mary (dau. of Larkin Field) cousins. (Mary) Polly m. 1st Geo. Smith; m. 2nd James Ingles Lucinda m. Thompson Burnam His will dated Dec. 20-1867 proved May 26-1871 Madison Co, Court, Ky. Children in Will John F., Curtis F., Thompson Jr. Edmund Hall, Mary Ann m. Maj. W.W. Wilson, Eugenia m. Wm. S. Hume Children of Mary Ann (Burnam) and Maj. W.W. Wilson his 2nd wife Lucinda (Low, Lue.) Burnam m. Ahab George Wilkinson Thompson Burnam Wilson d. unmarried A son by 1st wife, James Wilson, d. unmarried Children of Mr. and Mrs. A.G. Wilkinson, Marie Elise, George Lawrence, Lucille Warfield Wilkinson d. unmarried Marie Elise Wilkinson m. Howard Lincoln Hodgkins Children Howard W. and George W. Hodgkins" ********** The three Field pages that appear in the original 1877 version of Slaughter's History of St. Mark's Parish: "The first person of the name in the parish register is Henry Field. Sr., a member of the first vestry chosen by the freeholders and housekeepers of St. Mark's Parish, at Germanna, in January 1731. The next is Abraham Field, elected vestryman at the Great Fork Church in 1744, and served till his death in 1774, a term of thirty years. He had a son John, who represented Culpeper in the House of Burgesses in 1765. He was probably the Col. John Field who served in Braddock's War, and who fell, fighting gallantly at the head of his regiment, at the battle of Point Pleasant. One of his daughters married Lawrence Slaughter, an officer of the Revolution, and who was the father of John Field Slaughter, who married Miss Alexander of Prince William. Another of Col. John Field's daughters married Col. George Slaughter, who raised one of the first companies of minute-men in Culpeper; and after the war moved to Kentucky with George Rogers Clarke, commanded a fort at the Falls of the Ohio, and was one of the founders of the city of Louisville, which was then in the State of Virginia. Henry Field, Sr., the vestryman of 1731, served in that office and as churchwarden till 1762, a term of thirty-one years. He executed many commissions for the vestry, such as going to Williamsburg on horseback several times on their behalf, and paying quit-rents for the churches and glebes. He and Francis Slaughter and Robert Green chose a site for a chapel between Shaw's Mountain, the Devil's Run and Hazel River. He was succeeded in the vestry by Henry Field, Jr., who served till his removal from the parish of St. Mark's into Bromfield Parish, whose records are lost or we should probably have found his name on the vestry books there. He represented Culpeper in the Convention at Williamsburg in 1774 to consider the state of the country, in the House of Burgesses in 1775, and with French Strother in the Convention of 1776 which asserted the principle of religious liberty, declared American independence, and adopted the first Constitution. Henry Field, Jr., died in 1785, leaving his six sons---Daniel, Henry, George, Joseph, Thomas, and John, who were the ancestors of the families of that name. The late judge of this court, Richard H. Field, and his brothers Yancey and Stanton, were the sons of Daniel FIeld of what is now Madison. He (the Judge) married first Matilda, daughter of Robert Slaughter of the Grange, and second, Philippa, daughter of the Honorable Philip P. Barbour. His three sons were killed in battle during the late war, and his daughter (Mrs. Norvell) is the only surviving child. Gen. James Field of the Culpeper bar, who lost a limb at the battle of Slaughter's Mountain, is a son of Yancey Field. He married Miss Cowherd of Orange." *********** Majie's rundown on early Field generations: 1. Henry Field (b. in England in 1611) immigrated to Jamestown in 1635. His son was Abraham. 2. Abraham (ca1636-1674) married Mary Ironmonger. Their children were Abraham, *Daniel*, Henry, John, Margaret, and Eleanor. 3. Daniel Field (1663-1720) lived all his life in Westmoreland Co. Married Mary (Allday) Wheeler ca1679. Their children were Daniel, *Abraham*, Henry, and Joyce Hudson. (Mary also had a son by a previous marriage: John Wheeler.) 4. Abraham Field (ca1695-1774) married first Elizabeth Withers. Married second Eleanor (aka Elianah) Byrd. Children by Elizabeth: Daniel (married Anne Roberts); (Col.) John (married Anna Rogers Clark); Henry; William (married Hannah Roberts); Judith (married Capt. Richard Yancey); Elizabeth (married Mr. Oxford and maybe John Jarvis); Eleanor (married Mr. Greenwood). Children by Eleanor: Abner, Abraham, Jenny, and Reuben. Her sources: _Field Genealogy_ by F. C. Pierce _A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians_ by E. Polk Johnson _Albemarle County in Virginia_ by Edgar Woods _The History of St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper Co., Virginia_ by Philip Slaughter _Tyler's Quarterly_ _William and Mary Quarterly Historical Magazine_ _The Virginia Genealogist_ DAR records, family group sheets, wills, and deed books Anyone with different information is encouraged to submit their changes--please include sources. There is a lot of confusion surrounding these early Fields and any input that will help everyone straighten them out will be appreciated. ************ The transcriptions of two wills follow. "x" indicates words we were unable to read. Will of Daniel Field (son of Abraham and Mary (Ironmonger) Field): In the name of God amen April the 17th 1720. I Daniel Field of Westmoreland County am extream sick at this present expecting to die & do ordain this my last will & testament revoking & avoiding all other wills & testaments as yett before made by me this wholy to be taken my last will & testament. First, I bequeath my soul to the hands of allmighty God, trusting in the x & redeemer of our blessed saviour to have full pardon of all my sins as for what estate it pleased Got to send me in this world I give advise & bequeath in manner informed as followeth. Item. I give & bequeath to my eldest son Daniel Field all his holy living whereon he now lives within & without and all the land belongeth to me about Popes Creek to him & his heirs forever. Item. I give & bequeath to my daughter Joyce Hudson one negro named x & 2 Plantaceons, the Taylor Wilkersons & John Edwardes to her & her heirs forever. Item. I give & bequeath to my son Henry a large x & copper with the x & materials belonging to it one large brass kettle w spitt & a iron pottrack being at my lower plantaceon. Item. I give & bequeath to Evan Price one plantaceon in Stafford County going by the name of William Ports to him & his heirs forever. Item. I give & bequeath to my son Abraham Field the plantaceon called Simeon Suckeres & all the lower part of the land joyning to the lower branch next to the plantaceon called Taylors Wilkerson to him & his heirs forever. Item. I give to my son Henry one little plantaceon containing 50 acres which Charles Rickings lives on to him & to his heirs forever. Item. I give & bequeath to my sons Abraham & Henry all my estate in the fork of Rapahannnock River in what manner or kind soever & four negroes Will, Geb, Sam, & Peter, one white servant called Catrine Simons as for my personable estate at my lower houses one half to be conducted into this the other to Evan Price. Item. I constitute & empower my son John Wheeler & Evan Price to be my executors of this my last will & testament & in confirmaceon hereof I the said Daniel Field doth hereunto set my hand & seal the day above written. Danield Field (seal). Witness: Robert Duncan, Roger x, Ann x & Joseph Parker. At a court held for the said County the 29th day of June 1720 the last Will & Testament of Daniel Field decd, was presented into Court by Evan Price one of his executors who made oath thereto and being proved by the oaths of Robert Duncan Roger x & Joseph Parker three of the witnesses thereto is admitted to record and upon motion of the said Price and his performing what is usual in such cases certificate is granted him for obtaining a probate thereof, in due form. John Wheeler, the other executor in open court refusing to undertake the burden thereof. *********** Will of Abraham Field (son of Daniel and Mary (Allday) Wheeler Field): In the name of God amen. I Abraham Field of the parish of St. Marks in the County of Culpeper, being weak in Body but in mind and memory as sound as ever, thanks be to God for the same, and knowing the certainty of Death that it must happen to all men and not knowing how sudden my own may be, Do make and ordain this my last will and testament as follows. First, I do humbly Recommend my soul to Almighty God from whom I received it fully Trusting through the merits of my Blessed Redeemer Jesus Christ to receive pardon and Remission for all my sins and enjoy eternal felicity, and my Body I commit to the earth from wherever it came, therein to be Decently Interred in a Christian like manner at the Discretion of my Executors, and as touching my worldly Estate after my Funeral Charges and Just Debts are paid and discharged, I dispose of the same as follows viz. Item. I give and confirm to my son John Field and his heirs and assigns forever the lot and portion of land which I have already made him a deed of gift & is now in possession of, as also two negro boys named Davy and Robin, which he has in his possession. Item. I give and confirm to my son Daniel Field his heirs and assigns forever the lot and portion of land which I have already made him a deed of gift for which he was in possession of and also two negroes named James and Set and her future increase from the day that he had the said negroess, Set, in his possession. Item. I give to my daughter Judith Yancey two negroes named Ned and Peter, which she had in her possession and as she has lately deceased my desire is that Capt. Richard Yancey, her husband should enjoy the same, him & his heirs forever. I give to my daughter Elizabeth Oxford two negroes named Dembo and Leucey, which she has now in her possession,with the future increase of the said Leucey from the day that she had her in her possession to her and her heirs forever. Item. I give to my daughter Elenor Greenwood two negroes named Sam and Sarah, with the future Increase of the said Sarah during her natural life and at her decease to fall to my grandson John Greenwood to him and his heirs forever which said negroes the said Elenor Greenwood has now in her possession. Item. I give to my son Henry Field the Road Plantation and the land thereto belonging according to Wm. Young's survey together with two negroes named Moses and Moll together with the future Increase of the said Moll,also one grey horse and one feather bed and Furniture all which he has in his possession, to him and his heirs forever. Item. I give to my grandson Abraham Field and his heirs and assigns forever the land and plantation whereon Benjamin Hughs Formerly lived bounded according to Wm. Young's survey thereof, which he has had in his possession by a deed of gift. Also the sum of Thirty Pounds to be paid in two years after my decease by my Executors to him and his heirs forever, which with what his father has had and what he has had himself and is to have I think is equal with the rest of my children. Item. I give and confirm to my son William Field and his heirs and assigns forever the lot and portion of land which I have already made him a deed of gift for. Also two negroes named Brooks and James, which he has had in his possession. Item. I lend to my beloved wife Elianah Field during her natural life the land and plantation whereon I now live containing by survey made by Wm. Young three hundred and forty one acres and after my wife's decease, I give it to my three sons Abraham, Reuben & Abner Field to be equally divided between them and their heirs forever, and it is also my desire is that if either of my three sons Abraham, Reuben or Abner Field should die without issue before they possess the said land that then their part of the said land should equally descend to the survivors or survivor. Item. I give and bequeath to my wife Elianah Field and her Four Children Abraham, Reuben, Abner, and Jenny Field all the residue of my estate. viz thirteen negroes named Tom, Sampson, Jacob, Nan, Rose, Bet, Peg, Charles, Milley, Amey, Nod, Rock, and Vincent to be equally divided with all the residue of my estate whatsoever. The division not to be till the death of my wife or the arrival of my son Abner to the age of twenty one years, which when my son Abner shall come to the age of twenty one years, that then each child shall be at liberty to Take their own part of the estate. Now if my wife should make a second Marriage before my son Abner comes to the age of twenty one years, it is my desire that the division shall then be made, but if she should not Marry the division not to be till my son Abner comes to the age of twenty one years. All which I give to them and their heirs forever. Now if any one or more should die of the above named Elianah Field, Abraham, Reuben, Abner, and Jenny Field without heir, that their part of my Estate which falls to them to be equally divided among the survivors of the above named Elianah Field, Abraham, Reuben, Abner, and Jenny Field, all which I give to them and their heirs forever. It is also my desire that my estate should be equally divided as above mentioned and not to be sold. Lastly, I do nominate and appoint my said wife, Elianah Field, executrix of this my last will and testament hereby revoking all former wills by me made. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this second day of July one thousand seven hundred and seventy four. Signed, sealed, & delivered In the presence of Robert Green, John Hume, Mary Green, Armistead Green, Robert Wright. At a Court held for Culpeper County the 18th day of Sept 1775, this last will and testament of Abraham Field deceased was exhibited to the Court by Elianah Field, the executrix therein named and was proved by the oaths of Robert Green, John Hume, and Mary Green, witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded. ************** Queries: SHB6 is trying to prove the birth of Abraham Field b. c.1634-1636 who m. Mary Ironmonger. Am also seeking proof that his father was Henry b. 1611 England and arrived VA Nov. 1635. Who was Abraham's mother? Neil Armstrong, is looking for _anything_ on James Wesley Fields, who was b. 8 Mar 1867 in Russell Co., VA. Majie Alley is looking for the parents of John Field, who d. 1789 in Louisa Co., VA. Is anyone good at translating 17th century hand written wills? If so, have we got one for you!