Zechariah Stottwell Field

The first Field in the New World

ZECHARIAH FIELD....... Birth: 1596 Ardsley South Yorkshire, England Death: Jun. 30, 1666 Hatfield Hampshire County Massachusetts, USA

He was the husband of Mary____Field, who died about 1670, and he was the son of John Field Jr of East Ardsley, Yorkshire, England.

Children: Mary Field Carter, Zechariah Field Jr(first husband of Sarah Webb Price), John Field, Samuel Field, and Joseph Field.

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Children:

 John Field (1648 - 1717)*

 Samuel Field (1651 - 1697)*

 Joseph Field (1658 - 1736)*

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Note: It is possible that the two small stones either side of the Zechariah Field Monument are of Zechariah and his wife Mary, but they are difficult to read and do not seem to be of the correct style or age.

Burial: Hill Cemetery Hatfield Hampshire County Massachusetts, USA

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Created by: Kevin Avery Record added: Jan 04, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 32622078

• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Field&GSfn=Ze...
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• http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2202.htm#...
• 'Zachariah Field
• M, b. circa 1596
• Father John Field b. 1568
• Mother Jane Stotwell b. 1570
• ' Zachariah Field was born circa 1596 at East Ardsley, Bradford, West Riding, Yorkshire, England. He married Mary Stanley, daughter of John Stanley and Susan Lancocke, circa 1641. Zachariah Field was buried on 30 June 1666 at Hatfield, Hampshire, MA.
• 'Family Mary Stanley d. 1670
• Children
• ◦John Field+ d. 26 Jun 1717
• ◦Capt. Joseph Field+ b. 1657, d. 15 Feb 1736
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• 'Field genealogy (Volume v.1) - Pierce, Frederick Clifton, 1855-1904
• "Being the record of the Field family in America, whose ancestors were in the country prior to 1700. Emigrant ancestors located in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Virginia. All descendants of the Fields of England, whose ancestor, Hurbutus De la Field, was from Alsace-Lorraine."
• http://www.archive.org/details/fieldgenealogy01pier
• http://www.archive.org/stream/fieldgenealogy01pier#page/82/mode/1up
• 63. JOHN FIELD (John, Richard, William, William, Thomas, Thomas, John, Thomas, Roger), b. Ardsley, England, about 1568; m. __ __. He was born in Ardsley, but evidently moved away before reaching his majority, for he was not mentioned in his father's will. Osgood Field is of the opinion that he died young, as he was not mentioned in the wills of his father or mother. Res. Ardsley, England
  • 111. i. JOHN, b. about 1590; m. __ __.
  • '112. ii. ZACHARIAH, b. about 1596; m. Mary __.
  • 112 1/2 iii. OTHER children.
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/fieldgenealogy01pier#page/97/mode/1up
  • '112. ZECHARIAH FIELD (John, John, Richard, William, William, Thomas, Thomas, John, Thomas, Roger), b. East Ardsley, Yorkshire, England, in 1596; m. about 1641, Mary __. She d. about 1670. He d. June 30, 1666. Res. Dorchester, Mass., in 1629; Hartford, Conn., in 1636; Northampton, in 1659, and Hatfield, Mass., in 1663.
  • 'Zechariah Field, son of John, and grandson of John Field, the astronomer, born in East Ardsley, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, about 1600. He probably came to New England through Wales, and sailed from Bristol, and arrived in Boston in 1629, and settled in Dorchester. .....
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/fieldgenealogy01pier#page/98/mode/1up
  • '......... He was one of the twenty-five persons who engaged to settle in what is now Hatfield, and was one of the committee to lay out the lands. They were to have their houses built and occupy them before Michaelmas (Sept. 29, 1661, but he did not probably go there until the next year, where he died, June 30, 1666. .........
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/fieldgenealogy01pier#page/100/mode/1up
    • 155. i. MARY, b. about 1643; m. Oct. 6, 1663, Joshua Carter, Jr., of Northampton. He was b. in 1638; was son of Joshua, of Dorchester, Windsor and Hartford. Was in Northampton in 1660, and was one of the first settlers in Deerfield; was constable in 1674, and was one of the ill-fated ones who fell with Captain Lathrope. He was killed by Indians with Captain Lathrope, at Bloody brook, Sept. 18, 1675. He was removing some of his effects to Northampton for safety where his family soon went. .....
    • 156. ii. ZECHARIAH, b. about 1645; m. Sarah Webb.
    • 157. iii. JOHN, b. about 1648; m. Mary Edwards.
    • 158. iv. SAMUEL, b. about 1651; m. Sarah Gilbert.
    • 159. v. JOSEPH, b. about 1658; m. Joanna Wyatt and Mary Belding.
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• '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.
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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. 549
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• 'Genesis of the White family: a connected record of the White family ... By Mrs. Martha (Humphreys) Maltby
• http://books.google.com/books?id=16dbAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA164&lpg=PA164&dq...
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• 'Full text of "Field genealogy; being the record of all the Field family in America, whose ancestors were in this country prior to 1700. Emigrant ancestors located in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Virginia. All descendants of the Fields of England, whose ancestor, Hurbutus de la Field, was from Alsace-Lorraine"
• http://www.archive.org/stream/fieldgenealogybe01pier/fieldgenealogy...
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"Zachariah?"

"Lived Dorchester, Mass. 1630; Hartford, Conn. 1636; Northampton, Mass. 1659; Hatfield, Mass. 1663"

Families of Early Guilford, I:422

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http://www.g4fas.net/JohnField.html

about 1641, Mary . She d. about 1670. He d. June 30, 1666. Res. Dorchester,

Mass., in 1629; Hartford, Conn., in 1636; Northampton, in 1659, and Hatfield, Mass., in 1663.

Zechariah Field, son of John, and grandson of John Field, the astronomer, born in East Ardsley, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. England, about 1600. He prob-

Field genealogy by Pierce, Frederick Clifton, 1855-1904

Published 1901 Topics Field family SHOW MORE

"Being the record of the Field family in America, whose ancestors were in the country prior to 1700. Emigrant ancestors located in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Virginia. All descendants of the Fields of England, whose ancestor, Hurbutus De la Field, was from Alsace-Lorraine."

Volume v.1 Publisher Chicago : Hammond Press : W.B. Conkey Co. Pages 706 Language English Call number 39999064404369 Digitizing sponsor Boston Public Library Book contributor Boston Public Library Collection bostonpubliclibrary; americana

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Zachariah lived at the following locations: Dorchester, Ma. 1630 Hartford, Ct. 1636 N. Hampton, Ct. 1659 Hatfield, Ma. 1663