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About Sgt. Samuel Field
- 'New England families, genealogical and memorial: a record of the ..., Volume 2 edited by William Richard Cutter
- http://books.google.com/books?id=ofcsAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA719&lpg=PA719&dq...
- Pg.719
- (IX) John (2) Field, son of Richard and Elizabeth Felde, was born about 1535, at East Ardsley, and married, in 1560, Jane, daughter of John Amyas. She died August 30, 1609, and he died May, 1587. He was an eminent astronomer, and introduced into England in 1557 the Copernican system, against the opposition of the scientist of his day, and in recognition of this service to astronomy a sphere was later added to and surmounted the family coat-of-arms.
- (X) John (3), son of John (2) and Jane Field, was born about 1568, in Ardsley, and moved away before attaining his majority. Record of his death has not been found.
- (XI) Zachariah Field, grandson of John (2) Field, the astronomer, American ancestor of the Field family, was born in 1596, at East Ardsley, Yorkshire, England. The Field famly has usually taken the liberal side of religious and political questions, and in 1629 Zachariah Field left England on account of the persecutions of the dissenters, and landed in Boston, settling in Dorchester, In 1636 he was one of the Rev. Thomas Hooker's congregation, which settled in Hartford, Connecticut. With the more liberal members of the church he removed to Northampton, Massachusetts, in 1659. He was engaged in the mercantile buseness and had a large trade with the Indians. He was one of the original twenty-five proprietors of Hatfield, same colony, and was a member of the committee which laid out the lands. He received a grant of land there in 1661 and resided there until his death, June 30, 1666. He married, about 1670, ____. Their children were: Mary, Zachariah, mentioned below; John, 'Samuel', Joseph.
- (X) John (3), son of John (2) and Jane Field, was born about 1568, in Ardsley, and moved away before attaining his majority. Record of his death has not been found.
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- 'Hudson-Mohawk genealogical and family memoirs: a record of ..., Volume 2 By Cuyler Reynolds
- http://books.google.com/books?id=5Yk-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA549&lpg=PA549&dq...
- Pg. 550
- '(II) Sergeant Samuel, son of Zachariah Field, was born in Hartford, Connecticut, about 1651. He removed to Hatfield, where he was slain by Indians in ambush while at work in his field, June 24, 1697. He was a sergeant in the Turner's Falls fight with the Indians, and an influential citizen and town official of Hatfield. He married Sarah Gilbert, who bore him eight children.
- (III) Captain Zachariah (2), son of Sergeant Samuel Field, was born in Hatfield, Massachusetts. He removed to Deerfield in 1710, an in 1717 to Northfield, Massachusetts, where he died. He was captain of militia, selectman many years, and a very wealthy and influential man. He married Sarah Mattoon, who prior to her marriage was carried away captive by the Indians and held a prisoner in Canada for five years. She bore him ten children.
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Known as Sgt Sam Field for his rank in the militia, he was involved in King Philip'War serving at the Turner's Falls Massacre. He was killed and scalped while hoeing his field on the Hatfield Common in 1697.
http://www.files.chem.vt.edu/chem-dept/field/revdtree.htm#F0404
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=39565936
Married August 9, 1676.
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Killed by indians in a corn field per John Pagini, Ancestry.com
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Sgt. Samuel Field's Timeline
| 1651 |
1651
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Hartford, Connecticut Colony
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| 1678 |
September 27, 1678
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Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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| 1680 |
June 30, 1680
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Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British America, Kingdom of England
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| 1683 |
June 30, 1683
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Hatfield, Hampshire, MA, United States
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| 1685 |
August 29, 1685
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Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts
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| 1687 |
March 17, 1687
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Hatfield, Hampshire County, Dominion of New England
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| 1690 |
July 23, 1690
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Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States
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| 1692 |
November 5, 1692
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Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts
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| 1695 |
April 7, 1695
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Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States
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