Colonel Ezekiel Henry Field

There was more than one Ezekeil Henry Field in the area- The Field's were Slave owners. Slaves were named the same names as well, and American Indian.

A Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA with the rank of PRIVATE. DAR Ancestor # A039020

Biography

From Field Genealogy: Being the Record of All the Field Family in ..., Volume 2 By Frederick Clifton Pierce Page 1127 link

6955. COL. EZEKIEL HENRY FIELD John, Abraham, Abraham, Henry), b. Culpeper county, Virginia, in 1750: m. in 1778, Elizabeth Field, dau. of Henry Jr.—his cousin —b. 1756. Shem., 2d, Capt. Thomas McClanahan, and d. Richmond, Ky., in 1837.

Ezekiel Henry was named by his father for his friend and comrade, Maj. Ezekiel Henry, who fell by his side at Braddock's defeat. Ezekiel Henry Field, the eldest son of John and Mary Clark Field, when about fourteen years of age, accompanied his father, who had discovered the salt spring at Kanawha, and some neighbors to that place to make salt for home consumption. One day wandering in the forest, he was seized by some Shawnese Indians, and taken captive to their town, Chillicothe, O., when after running the gauntlet, the scars from which, showing on his person till death, he was adopted by a squaw, growing up and living with the Indians for two years. Accompanying a trading party to Fort Duguesul, near Pittsburg, he was recognized and ransomed by Col. Bayard, the commanding officer and returned to his father, in Virginia.

Thereafter taking part with his father's regiment in the Revolutionary war. He married his cousin, Elizabeth Field, of Culpeper county, Virginia, with whom and two children, Willis and Staunton, and a few emigrants, she came to Kentucky, settling first at Boonsborough, then at Harrod's Fort, in 1789. After settling his young wife, children and negroes, he was induced by his uncle, Gen. George Rogers Clark, to organize a company of scouts to watch and report to the station, the raids of the Indians across the Ohio, also to locate bodies of land given his father as military bounty pay. In August, 1792, he volunteered, with his company, to go to the relief of Bryan's Station, and followed on to Blue Licks, where he was killed in that bloody battle by an arrow from over the palisades. In June preceding his death there had been born to his wife her third son, named for his father, Ezekiel Henry, who afterward settled in Richmond, Ky. He married Miss Patsy Irwin and became a prosperous business man, amassing a large fortune, and beloved and respected as befalls the lot of but few men. He left a numerous and respected family of children, some of whom still reside in Richmond and vicinity.

After the death of Captain Field his widow determined to return to Virginia with her three children and some servants. With their supply of food they traveled on pack-horses across the'mountains, and after a most perilous journey of a month, they arrived safe in Culpeper county, Virginia. Then settling on her patrimonial estate, "The Field Manor," which had not been parted with, she remained there until her marriage to Capt. Thomas McClannhan, of Orange county, Virginia, a warm friend, and said to have been an ardent suitor previous to her marriage before. With him she removed to Bourbon county, Kentucky, near Paris, where they reared a large family of children, of whom there were two sons, William and Thomas. The latter died in Louisville unmarried, the former, William McClannhan, married Miss Amelia Irwin, daughter of Capt. William Irwin, of Richmond. There he engaged in merchandise and was a successful business man, living to old age, beloved and respected by all around him. His children were, Elizabeth, married Stone; Margaret, married Turner; Emma, married Stonestreet; Irwin, married Miss Monroe, and Ezekiel, unmarried. The daughters of Capt. Thomas McClannhan and Elizabeth Field were: , who married
[table] Colonel Ward, United States army; Mary married George Holloway; Ann married Gen. William Thornton; Marie married Mr. Watkins. Mrs. Ward left one son, William, of Missouri; Mary raised a large family. Col. Edmonds Holloway married his cousin, Eliza Thornton, of Illinois. He fell at Rock Creek, Mo., in defense of the states. Robert married Miss Thompson; Margaret married Mr. Massie, of Missouri; Sarah married Cyrus Miller, of Kentucky. The children of Anne Thornton, nee McClannhan, Margaret, who married Baysee, of Texas; Eliza, m. Capt. E. B. Holloway; Mildred, Anthony Thornton; William and Thomas Thornton, all of Shelbyville, Ill. Journal of House of Delegates, 1775. Petition of Ezekiel Field. The last year he accompanied his father, the late Col . John Field, to Kanawha river, in order to make a settlement and was taken prisoner by the Shawnese, who treated him cruelly. His father was slain in the late engagement after he had given signal proof of his bravery. He had made his will before this expedition, supposing the petitioner, who still remained in captivity, to be dead, and charged the estate devised to him, in case he should return with the payment of his debts, which would be very nearly equal to whole of said bequest. Prays relief.

He d. in 1782. Was killed at Blue Licks. Res. Crow's Station, near Danville, Ky.

Family

• 7004- i- WILLIS, b. in 1778; m. Elizabeth Field and Isabella M. Buck.
• 7005. ii. EZEKIEL HENRY, b. May, 1782; m. Patsy Irwine.
• 7006. iii. STAUNTON, b. about 1780; d. young.
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Ezekiel was captured by a party of Shawnee Indians when he, his father, and a small party were exploring the Kanawha River country. Ezekiel had not been found when his father made out his will which refers to the fact of his son, Ezekiel, being missing, and the "certainty of his being dead or alive not known." His father left him much property in case he was found alive.

Ezekiel lived with the Indians for two years. Accompanying a trading party to Fort Duguesul, near Pittsburg, he was recognized and ransomed by Col. Bayard, the commanding officer, and returned to his father in Virginia. Ezekiel was a member of a company of scouts organized by General George Rogers Clark (of Lewis and Clark Expedition fame), to report raids of the Indians across the Ohio River.

Ezekiel and his brother, John Jr., married sisters, daughters of Henry Field, Jr. Ezekiel's wife was Elizabeth. In 1782, Ezekiel had attained the rank of Colonel. He went to the relief of Bryant's Station, following on to Blue Licks, where he was killed in that bloody engagement. Ezekiel is not mentioned in the will of his mother (Mary James Field. She made out her will in 1799 and Ezekiel had died in 1782.

Ezekiel was listed in the will of his father, Col. John Field, as "unhappily missing."

On 14 June 1775, in Williamsburg, Virginia, Ezekiel petitioned the House of Burgesses for relief of his debts:

"A Petition of Ezekiel Field was presented to the House and read, setting forth, that the Petitioner, the last Year accompanying his father the late Colonel John Field to the Kanhawa River, in order to make a settlement there was taken prisoner by the Shawanese Indians, who treated him cruelly; that his father who was slain in the late engagement with the Indians at the mouth of the said River, after he had given signal proofs of his bravery, having made his Will before that Expedition, supposing the Petitioner, who still remained in Captivity, to be dead, charged the Estate devised to him in case he should return with the payment of his debts, which were so confiderable as to be nearly equal to the value of it, so that the provision made for the Petitioner is a very scanty one, and he is reduced to necessitous Circumstances; and therefore praying relief.

"Ordered, that the said Petition be referred to the Consideration of the Committee of public Claims; and that they do examine the matter thereof, and report the same, with their Opinion thereupon to the House."

His death on 19 August 1782 at Blue Licks, Robertson County, Kentucky is documented by a Commonwealth of Kentucky state historical marker at the site.

"He was with the heroic band that marched to the relief of the Bryan's Station garrison that had been surrounded by Indians until food was almost exhausted. They routed the Indiana and persued them in thier flight to Blue Lick, where the Indiana made a stand, and a fierce engagement took place in which many of our boys were slaughtered. In that desperate engagement Ezekiel Field lost his life..."

"In August 1792, he volunteered, with his company, to go to the relief of Bryan' Station, and followed on the Blue Licks, where he was killed in that bloody battle by an arrow from over the palisades."

Sources:
Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia 1773-1776, Kennedy, John Pendleton, ed., (Richmond, Virginia, 1905), pg. 227.

Joseph and Reuben Field, Kentucky Frontiersmen of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and Their Father, Abraham, Appleman, Roy E., (In Genealogies of Kentucky Families, Genealogical Pub. Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1981), pg. 485.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jan 24 2023, 6:11:23 UTC