Deacon John Field, V

John Field performed Patriotic Service in Rhode Island in the American Revolution.

John Field is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A039111.

John Deacon Field was a member of the Providence town watch during the American Revolution.

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John Field (1727 - 1794)

John Field

Born 8 Apr 1727 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Son of John Field and Mary (Howard) Pierce

Brother of James Field, Elisha Pierce [half], Calvin Pierce [half], Mary Pierce [half] and Persis (Pierce) Litchfield [half]

Husband of Lydia (Warren) Field — married 5 Apr 1748 in Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut Colony

Father of John Field and Daniel Field

Died 10 Mar 1794 at age 66 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, United States

Biography

John was born in 1727 at Bridgewater, Massachusetts, the son of John Field and Mary (Howard) Field.[1][2][3]

He married Lydia Warren in 1748 at Plainfield, Connecticut.[4][5]

Marriage 5 April 1748 at Marriage Place: Providence, Connecticut Lydia Warren of Plainfield to John Field of Providence. [6]Marriage place: Plainfield, Windham[7][8]

Children in DAR Lineage Data: John Field Lemuel Field Daniel Field Joseph Field Lydia Field Abby Field Zerviah Field

Only three of their children have known birth records, all in Providence:[9]

John b. 22 March 1748
Lemuel b. 28 December 1750
Lydia b. 8 May 1753

John Field performed Patriotic Service in Rhode Island in the American Revolution.

John Field is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A039111.
John Deacon Field was a member of the Providence town watch during the American Revolution.

He passed away in 1794 at Providence and is buried at the North Burial Ground. His headstone is engraved, "Dea. John Field son of John 4th born in 1727 died in 1794."

John left a will dated 11 February 1794 and proved 7 April 1794.[2]

It names

wife Lydia
daughter Lydia Bowler (unmarried), granddaughter Anne Bowler (unmarried) and grandson Joseph Bowler
daughter Abigail Proud
daughter Zerviah Wheeler
sons Lemuel, Joseph, Daniel, and John Field
grandson William Field
Research Notes

Some sources list John's birthplace at Providence, but we use Bridgewater here because the vital record for his birth is most trustworthy and makes no annotation about the birth occurring in another city.

John Field appears as head of household in Providence in the 1774 census of Rhode Island.[10] His household distribution and inferred attributions are:

three white males over 16: John and sons Lemuel and Daniel
one white male under 16: son Joseph
two white females over 16: Lydia and daughter Lydia
two white females under 16: daughters Zerviah and Abby
Sources

↑ Massachusetts VR: 1620-1850, Bridgewater VR volume 1, page 110 -- "Field, John, ch. John and Mary, Apr. 8, 1727."
↑ 2.0 2.1 Pierce: Page 346
↑ Brownell, page 35
↑ "Records of the First Congregational Church, Plainfield, Conn." in VR from NEHGS, page 225 -- "April 5, 1748. John Fields of Providence to Lydia Warren of Plainfield"
↑ Arnold: Vol. 2, Providence Marriages, Page 70 -- "Field, John Jr., of Providence, and Mrs. Lydia Warren, of Plainfield Conn; m. at Plainfield by Rev. David Rowland, Apr. 6, 1848 [sic]"
↑ The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Volume 070 (1916)
↑ Early Connecticut Marriages
↑ Rhode Island VRs.
↑ Arnold: Vol. 2, Providence Births, Page 223
↑ 1774 Census
Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016).
Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.)
Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (Providence, R.I., Narragansett Historical Pub. Co., 1891)
Pierce, Frederick Clifton. Field Genealogy: Being the Record of all the Field Family in America, whose Ancestors were in this Country Prior to 1700 (Hammond Press, W.B. Conkey Company, Chicago, IL., 1901)
Brownell, Harriet A. Genealogy of the Fields of Providence, Rhode Island, J. A. & R. A. Reid Printers, Providence, 1878.
1774 Rhode Island Census, Providence, Page 15, Entry 41 -- John Field; citing transcription by Cherry Fletcher Bamberg in Rhode Island Roots 31 p.85, June 2005.
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According to cemetery records, Deacon John shares a grave with John I and John II.

                                       According to cemetery records, Deacon John shares a grave with John I and John II.

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                                   Inscription

                                       "DEA JOHN FIELDson of John (unreadable) Born in 1727Died in 1794...the remains of his wife LYDIA and JOHN FIELD 2d and his wife ELIZABETH were removed from West Burial Ground in 1864."

                           Gravesite Details

                           moved from West Burial Ground 31 May 1865