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Elijah Field

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Elijah Field Veteran

Birth
Mansfield, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA
Death
29 Sep 1828 (aged 72)
East Hounsfield, Jefferson County, New York, USA
Burial
Fields Settlement, Jefferson County, New York, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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***Special "Thanks!" goes to Mr. Bruce Coyne for the following additions:

"ELIJAH FIELD came into the Black River country from Woodstock, Vt., in 1806, settling on a farm in Field's Settlement. Himself and wife reared 12 children, nine boys and three girls. Spafford Field was one of these sons, born in 1790, in Vermont, and came to Watertown with his parents. He, also, was a farmer during his whole life. He married Mary Resseguie, by whom he had one daughter. The mother died in 1813. Spafford Field died in 1870, aged 80 years, having married Miss Alice Moore in 1817, and they reared only one child. This wife died in 1859. In 1861 he married Mrs. Mary Becker for his third wife. She died in 1873."

"FIELD, ELIJAH

Ancestor# A039011
Service: VERMONT
Rank: SOLDIER
Birth: 4-30-1756 MANSFIELD CONNECTICUT
Death: 10- -1828 JEFFERSON CO NEW YORK
Service Source:
GOODRICH, ROLLS OF THE SOLS IN THE REV WAR 1775-1783, PP 280, 291, 358
Service Description: CAPT WARREN COTTLE, LT ABISHA SAMPSON; MILITIA; ALSO DRUMMER"
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Note:

"In Watertown, New York, the neighborhood "Field's Settlement" is named after him. Elijah Field was father of twelve children. His Location is still known as the Field Settlement. He was a drummer through the Revolutionary War."
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Family:

Father: Bennett FIELD b: 13 DEC 1709 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts
Mother: Elizabeth SPAFFORD b: ABT 1712 in East Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut

Marriage 1: Tamesin CRANE b: 16 FEB 1755
Married: 26 JAN 1774 in Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont

Children:

1. Hazekiah FIELD b: 3 SEP 1774 in Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont
2. Elijah FIELD b: 2 FEB 1776 in Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont
3. Philip Crane FIELD b: 15 JUN 1778 in Houndsfield, Jefferson, New York
4. Lebbeus FIELD b: 2 FEB 1780 in Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont
5. Thaddeus FIELD b: 15 NOV 1781 in Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont
6. Tramson FIELD b: 23 JUN 1783 in Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont
7. Philenia A. FIELD b: 29 AUG 1783 in Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont
8. Alpheus FIELD b: 10 FEB 1789 in Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont
9. Spafford FIELD b: 10 APR 1790 in Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont
10. Samuel FIELD b: 17 JAN 1793 in Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont
11. Bennet FIELD b: 17 MAY 1795 in Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont
12. Hannah FIELD b: 19 MAR 1797 in Woodstock, Windsor, VermontRevolutionary War Veteran
***Special "Thanks!" goes to Mr. Bruce Coyne for the following additions:

"ELIJAH FIELD came into the Black River country from Woodstock, Vt., in 1806, settling on a farm in Field's Settlement. Himself and wife reared 12 children, nine boys and three girls. Spafford Field was one of these sons, born in 1790, in Vermont, and came to Watertown with his parents. He, also, was a farmer during his whole life. He married Mary Resseguie, by whom he had one daughter. The mother died in 1813. Spafford Field died in 1870, aged 80 years, having married Miss Alice Moore in 1817, and they reared only one child. This wife died in 1859. In 1861 he married Mrs. Mary Becker for his third wife. She died in 1873."

"FIELD, ELIJAH

Ancestor# A039011
Service: VERMONT
Rank: SOLDIER
Birth: 4-30-1756 MANSFIELD CONNECTICUT
Death: 10- -1828 JEFFERSON CO NEW YORK
Service Source:
GOODRICH, ROLLS OF THE SOLS IN THE REV WAR 1775-1783, PP 280, 291, 358
Service Description: CAPT WARREN COTTLE, LT ABISHA SAMPSON; MILITIA; ALSO DRUMMER"
+++++++++

Note:

"In Watertown, New York, the neighborhood "Field's Settlement" is named after him. Elijah Field was father of twelve children. His Location is still known as the Field Settlement. He was a drummer through the Revolutionary War."
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Family:

Father: Bennett FIELD b: 13 DEC 1709 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts
Mother: Elizabeth SPAFFORD b: ABT 1712 in East Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut

Marriage 1: Tamesin CRANE b: 16 FEB 1755
Married: 26 JAN 1774 in Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont

Children:

1. Hazekiah FIELD b: 3 SEP 1774 in Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont
2. Elijah FIELD b: 2 FEB 1776 in Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont
3. Philip Crane FIELD b: 15 JUN 1778 in Houndsfield, Jefferson, New York
4. Lebbeus FIELD b: 2 FEB 1780 in Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont
5. Thaddeus FIELD b: 15 NOV 1781 in Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont
6. Tramson FIELD b: 23 JUN 1783 in Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont
7. Philenia A. FIELD b: 29 AUG 1783 in Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont
8. Alpheus FIELD b: 10 FEB 1789 in Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont
9. Spafford FIELD b: 10 APR 1790 in Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont
10. Samuel FIELD b: 17 JAN 1793 in Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont
11. Bennet FIELD b: 17 MAY 1795 in Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont
12. Hannah FIELD b: 19 MAR 1797 in Woodstock, Windsor, VermontRevolutionary War Veteran

Inscription

"Revolutionary War Veteran"



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