dau of Richard Peters &
Abigail (Willing) Peters
granddaughter of Continental Congressman, Member of Pennsylvania State Legislature and Senate, Judge Richard Peters, Jr &
Sarah (Robinson) Peters.
great-granddaughter of William Peters (1702–1786), a prominent figure in Philadelphia in the colonial and revolutionary era of Belmont, Penn. His home, located in the Fairmount Park area of Philadelphia on property he purchased in 1742, has been The Underground Railroad Museum at Belmont Mansion since the summer of 2007.
m. John W Field 20 March 1841
at Philadelphia, Penn.
MARRIED
On the twentieth instant, by the Rev. W.H. Odenheimer, JOHN WHITE FIELD to ELIZA WILLING SPRING PETERS, daughter of Richard Peters, Esq.
[published Tuesday, March 23, 1841, National Gazette, Philadelphia, PA]
BURNED TO DEATH
Sad End to a Philadelphia Woman in England
Mrs John White Field Loses Her Life in Her Burning Dwelling, Her Relatives Here
Intelligence was received by cable yesterday of the tragic death of Mrs John White Field, formerly a well-known resident of Philadelphia, in England, yesterday morning.
Mrs Field was living at her country place, The Hermitage, East Grinstead, Sussex. About 3 o'clock one of the servants heard Mrs Field's bell ring violently. Rushing to her mistress' rooms she found the apartments on fire. Strenuous efforts were made to rescue Mrs Field, but to no avail, and before the flames could be subdued the entire house was destroyed, the unfortunate woman perishing in the flames. A few hours afterward her body, charred to a cinder, was found lying beneath a window, where she had evidently fallen while attempting to climb out to the roof of a building a few feet below.
Mrs Field, who was the widow of John W Field, was about 72 years old. Her husband was for many years a leading sugar broker in this city, afterward becoming a member of the banking firm of C. H. Borie. He retired from business twenty odd years ago, and he and Mrs Field went to Europe, where they lived several years. Shortly after their return to this country Mr Field died in Washington.
Mrs Field then moved to Albany, N.Y. and later to France. Two years ago she took up her abode in the residence where yesterday she lost her life. The aged woman, who was the daughter of Richard Peters and Abigail Willing, was quite wealthy. No nearer relatives than her nephews, Richard Peters, Samuel Peters, and Willing Peters, all of this city, survive her.
Mrs. Field was the granddaughter of Judge Peters, formerly the owner of Belmont Mansion.
[published Wednesday, September 15, 1897, Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA]
AN ART GALLERY FOR ASHFIELD
A CONNOISSEURE'S RICH BEQUEST
John W Field Gives a Valuable Collection of Art Treasures to His Adopted Home - A Memorial Hall to be Built by His Widow
From Our Special Correspondent
Ashfield, Wednesday, May 25
Ashfield people are all interested just now in the prospect of possessing a fine memorial building, with a collection of paintings, books and art treasures which were collected by the late John W Field of Philadelphia, and are to be left by his widow for their use and enjoyment. A site was selected for the new memorial building this week, on the main street and accessible to Sanderson academy, for the benefit of which the famous August banquet is conducted by George William Curtis and other well known men, who spend their summer vacations in the charming mountain village. Plans are being drawn by Architect Hornblower of Washington, which will provide for a 830,000 [?] stone building, 60 by 35 feet in size, and capable of exhibiting about 100 paintings, besides furnishing rooms for a library and a collection of pottery and vases. The paintings are valued at thousands of dollars. The building is to be put up at once, as the Field family residence in Washington is to be sold and its treasures transferred to Ashfield sometime next fall. Mrs Field intends the gift as a memorial to her husband, and promises that it shall be kept open daily at all seasons of the year, and be accessible to the public. The property will probably not be deeded to the town, but be kept in the hands of trustees...
[the article goes on at length about Mr Field's summers in Ashfield and his notable friends, it states Mrs Field had arrived about two weeks prior and traveled through out the area to select samples of granite to bring back to Washington to her architect so he could make an appropriate choice; published Thursday, May 26, 1887, Springfield Republican]
VALUABLE RELICS
Interesting Acquisitions by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania
At a meeting of the Pennsylvania Historical Society last night...
Gifts of a number of interesting relics were announced. Mrs John W Ward, nee Eliza Willing Peters, a great-great granddaughter of William Peters of Belmont, presented a collection of family papers relating to Pennsylvania during the colonial and Revolutionary periods; and portraits of William Peters and wife, Rev. Richard Peters, brother of William Peters; Judge Richard Peters, son of William Peters; a profile of Richard Peters, son of the judge, and a copy of the portrait of Baron Von Steuben, godfather of Richard Peters, Jr...
[published Tuesday, November 11, 1890, Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA)
Between 1887 and 1890, Eliza Peters Field memorialized her husband, John W. Field by donating their large art collection, consisting of 85 objects--74 of which were oil paintings, to the college. She also donated funds to build the East and West wings of the octagon in order to house the art collection. The two wings were designed by Francis Allen in Colonial Revival style and also served as library reading rooms and administrative offices.
[Lawrence Hall Architecture and Building History, Williams College Museum of Art Institutional Records, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Mass.]
Abigail (Willing) Peters
granddaughter of Continental Congressman, Member of Pennsylvania State Legislature and Senate, Judge Richard Peters, Jr &
Sarah (Robinson) Peters.
great-granddaughter of William Peters (1702–1786), a prominent figure in Philadelphia in the colonial and revolutionary era of Belmont, Penn. His home, located in the Fairmount Park area of Philadelphia on property he purchased in 1742, has been The Underground Railroad Museum at Belmont Mansion since the summer of 2007.
m. John W Field 20 March 1841
at Philadelphia, Penn.
MARRIED
On the twentieth instant, by the Rev. W.H. Odenheimer, JOHN WHITE FIELD to ELIZA WILLING SPRING PETERS, daughter of Richard Peters, Esq.
[published Tuesday, March 23, 1841, National Gazette, Philadelphia, PA]
BURNED TO DEATH
Sad End to a Philadelphia Woman in England
Mrs John White Field Loses Her Life in Her Burning Dwelling, Her Relatives Here
Intelligence was received by cable yesterday of the tragic death of Mrs John White Field, formerly a well-known resident of Philadelphia, in England, yesterday morning.
Mrs Field was living at her country place, The Hermitage, East Grinstead, Sussex. About 3 o'clock one of the servants heard Mrs Field's bell ring violently. Rushing to her mistress' rooms she found the apartments on fire. Strenuous efforts were made to rescue Mrs Field, but to no avail, and before the flames could be subdued the entire house was destroyed, the unfortunate woman perishing in the flames. A few hours afterward her body, charred to a cinder, was found lying beneath a window, where she had evidently fallen while attempting to climb out to the roof of a building a few feet below.
Mrs Field, who was the widow of John W Field, was about 72 years old. Her husband was for many years a leading sugar broker in this city, afterward becoming a member of the banking firm of C. H. Borie. He retired from business twenty odd years ago, and he and Mrs Field went to Europe, where they lived several years. Shortly after their return to this country Mr Field died in Washington.
Mrs Field then moved to Albany, N.Y. and later to France. Two years ago she took up her abode in the residence where yesterday she lost her life. The aged woman, who was the daughter of Richard Peters and Abigail Willing, was quite wealthy. No nearer relatives than her nephews, Richard Peters, Samuel Peters, and Willing Peters, all of this city, survive her.
Mrs. Field was the granddaughter of Judge Peters, formerly the owner of Belmont Mansion.
[published Wednesday, September 15, 1897, Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA]
AN ART GALLERY FOR ASHFIELD
A CONNOISSEURE'S RICH BEQUEST
John W Field Gives a Valuable Collection of Art Treasures to His Adopted Home - A Memorial Hall to be Built by His Widow
From Our Special Correspondent
Ashfield, Wednesday, May 25
Ashfield people are all interested just now in the prospect of possessing a fine memorial building, with a collection of paintings, books and art treasures which were collected by the late John W Field of Philadelphia, and are to be left by his widow for their use and enjoyment. A site was selected for the new memorial building this week, on the main street and accessible to Sanderson academy, for the benefit of which the famous August banquet is conducted by George William Curtis and other well known men, who spend their summer vacations in the charming mountain village. Plans are being drawn by Architect Hornblower of Washington, which will provide for a 830,000 [?] stone building, 60 by 35 feet in size, and capable of exhibiting about 100 paintings, besides furnishing rooms for a library and a collection of pottery and vases. The paintings are valued at thousands of dollars. The building is to be put up at once, as the Field family residence in Washington is to be sold and its treasures transferred to Ashfield sometime next fall. Mrs Field intends the gift as a memorial to her husband, and promises that it shall be kept open daily at all seasons of the year, and be accessible to the public. The property will probably not be deeded to the town, but be kept in the hands of trustees...
[the article goes on at length about Mr Field's summers in Ashfield and his notable friends, it states Mrs Field had arrived about two weeks prior and traveled through out the area to select samples of granite to bring back to Washington to her architect so he could make an appropriate choice; published Thursday, May 26, 1887, Springfield Republican]
VALUABLE RELICS
Interesting Acquisitions by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania
At a meeting of the Pennsylvania Historical Society last night...
Gifts of a number of interesting relics were announced. Mrs John W Ward, nee Eliza Willing Peters, a great-great granddaughter of William Peters of Belmont, presented a collection of family papers relating to Pennsylvania during the colonial and Revolutionary periods; and portraits of William Peters and wife, Rev. Richard Peters, brother of William Peters; Judge Richard Peters, son of William Peters; a profile of Richard Peters, son of the judge, and a copy of the portrait of Baron Von Steuben, godfather of Richard Peters, Jr...
[published Tuesday, November 11, 1890, Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA)
Between 1887 and 1890, Eliza Peters Field memorialized her husband, John W. Field by donating their large art collection, consisting of 85 objects--74 of which were oil paintings, to the college. She also donated funds to build the East and West wings of the octagon in order to house the art collection. The two wings were designed by Francis Allen in Colonial Revival style and also served as library reading rooms and administrative offices.
[Lawrence Hall Architecture and Building History, Williams College Museum of Art Institutional Records, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Mass.]
dau of Richard Peters &
Abigail (Willing) Peters
granddaughter of Continental Congressman, Member of Pennsylvania State Legislature and Senate, Judge Richard Peters, Jr &
Sarah (Robinson) Peters.
great-granddaughter of William Peters (1702–1786), a prominent figure in Philadelphia in the colonial and revolutionary era of Belmont, Penn. His home, located in the Fairmount Park area of Philadelphia on property he purchased in 1742, has been The Underground Railroad Museum at Belmont Mansion since the summer of 2007.
m. John W Field 20 March 1841
at Philadelphia, Penn.
MARRIED
On the twentieth instant, by the Rev. W.H. Odenheimer, JOHN WHITE FIELD to ELIZA WILLING SPRING PETERS, daughter of Richard Peters, Esq.
[published Tuesday, March 23, 1841, National Gazette, Philadelphia, PA]
BURNED TO DEATH
Sad End to a Philadelphia Woman in England
Mrs John White Field Loses Her Life in Her Burning Dwelling, Her Relatives Here
Intelligence was received by cable yesterday of the tragic death of Mrs John White Field, formerly a well-known resident of Philadelphia, in England, yesterday morning.
Mrs Field was living at her country place, The Hermitage, East Grinstead, Sussex. About 3 o'clock one of the servants heard Mrs Field's bell ring violently. Rushing to her mistress' rooms she found the apartments on fire. Strenuous efforts were made to rescue Mrs Field, but to no avail, and before the flames could be subdued the entire house was destroyed, the unfortunate woman perishing in the flames. A few hours afterward her body, charred to a cinder, was found lying beneath a window, where she had evidently fallen while attempting to climb out to the roof of a building a few feet below.
Mrs Field, who was the widow of John W Field, was about 72 years old. Her husband was for many years a leading sugar broker in this city, afterward becoming a member of the banking firm of C. H. Borie. He retired from business twenty odd years ago, and he and Mrs Field went to Europe, where they lived several years. Shortly after their return to this country Mr Field died in Washington.
Mrs Field then moved to Albany, N.Y. and later to France. Two years ago she took up her abode in the residence where yesterday she lost her life. The aged woman, who was the daughter of Richard Peters and Abigail Willing, was quite wealthy. No nearer relatives than her nephews, Richard Peters, Samuel Peters, and Willing Peters, all of this city, survive her.
Mrs. Field was the granddaughter of Judge Peters, formerly the owner of Belmont Mansion.
[published Wednesday, September 15, 1897, Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA]
AN ART GALLERY FOR ASHFIELD
A CONNOISSEURE'S RICH BEQUEST
John W Field Gives a Valuable Collection of Art Treasures to His Adopted Home - A Memorial Hall to be Built by His Widow
From Our Special Correspondent
Ashfield, Wednesday, May 25
Ashfield people are all interested just now in the prospect of possessing a fine memorial building, with a collection of paintings, books and art treasures which were collected by the late John W Field of Philadelphia, and are to be left by his widow for their use and enjoyment. A site was selected for the new memorial building this week, on the main street and accessible to Sanderson academy, for the benefit of which the famous August banquet is conducted by George William Curtis and other well known men, who spend their summer vacations in the charming mountain village. Plans are being drawn by Architect Hornblower of Washington, which will provide for a 830,000 [?] stone building, 60 by 35 feet in size, and capable of exhibiting about 100 paintings, besides furnishing rooms for a library and a collection of pottery and vases. The paintings are valued at thousands of dollars. The building is to be put up at once, as the Field family residence in Washington is to be sold and its treasures transferred to Ashfield sometime next fall. Mrs Field intends the gift as a memorial to her husband, and promises that it shall be kept open daily at all seasons of the year, and be accessible to the public. The property will probably not be deeded to the town, but be kept in the hands of trustees...
[the article goes on at length about Mr Field's summers in Ashfield and his notable friends, it states Mrs Field had arrived about two weeks prior and traveled through out the area to select samples of granite to bring back to Washington to her architect so he could make an appropriate choice; published Thursday, May 26, 1887, Springfield Republican]
VALUABLE RELICS
Interesting Acquisitions by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania
At a meeting of the Pennsylvania Historical Society last night...
Gifts of a number of interesting relics were announced. Mrs John W Ward, nee Eliza Willing Peters, a great-great granddaughter of William Peters of Belmont, presented a collection of family papers relating to Pennsylvania during the colonial and Revolutionary periods; and portraits of William Peters and wife, Rev. Richard Peters, brother of William Peters; Judge Richard Peters, son of William Peters; a profile of Richard Peters, son of the judge, and a copy of the portrait of Baron Von Steuben, godfather of Richard Peters, Jr...
[published Tuesday, November 11, 1890, Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA)
Between 1887 and 1890, Eliza Peters Field memorialized her husband, John W. Field by donating their large art collection, consisting of 85 objects--74 of which were oil paintings, to the college. She also donated funds to build the East and West wings of the octagon in order to house the art collection. The two wings were designed by Francis Allen in Colonial Revival style and also served as library reading rooms and administrative offices.
[Lawrence Hall Architecture and Building History, Williams College Museum of Art Institutional Records, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Mass.]
Abigail (Willing) Peters
granddaughter of Continental Congressman, Member of Pennsylvania State Legislature and Senate, Judge Richard Peters, Jr &
Sarah (Robinson) Peters.
great-granddaughter of William Peters (1702–1786), a prominent figure in Philadelphia in the colonial and revolutionary era of Belmont, Penn. His home, located in the Fairmount Park area of Philadelphia on property he purchased in 1742, has been The Underground Railroad Museum at Belmont Mansion since the summer of 2007.
m. John W Field 20 March 1841
at Philadelphia, Penn.
MARRIED
On the twentieth instant, by the Rev. W.H. Odenheimer, JOHN WHITE FIELD to ELIZA WILLING SPRING PETERS, daughter of Richard Peters, Esq.
[published Tuesday, March 23, 1841, National Gazette, Philadelphia, PA]
BURNED TO DEATH
Sad End to a Philadelphia Woman in England
Mrs John White Field Loses Her Life in Her Burning Dwelling, Her Relatives Here
Intelligence was received by cable yesterday of the tragic death of Mrs John White Field, formerly a well-known resident of Philadelphia, in England, yesterday morning.
Mrs Field was living at her country place, The Hermitage, East Grinstead, Sussex. About 3 o'clock one of the servants heard Mrs Field's bell ring violently. Rushing to her mistress' rooms she found the apartments on fire. Strenuous efforts were made to rescue Mrs Field, but to no avail, and before the flames could be subdued the entire house was destroyed, the unfortunate woman perishing in the flames. A few hours afterward her body, charred to a cinder, was found lying beneath a window, where she had evidently fallen while attempting to climb out to the roof of a building a few feet below.
Mrs Field, who was the widow of John W Field, was about 72 years old. Her husband was for many years a leading sugar broker in this city, afterward becoming a member of the banking firm of C. H. Borie. He retired from business twenty odd years ago, and he and Mrs Field went to Europe, where they lived several years. Shortly after their return to this country Mr Field died in Washington.
Mrs Field then moved to Albany, N.Y. and later to France. Two years ago she took up her abode in the residence where yesterday she lost her life. The aged woman, who was the daughter of Richard Peters and Abigail Willing, was quite wealthy. No nearer relatives than her nephews, Richard Peters, Samuel Peters, and Willing Peters, all of this city, survive her.
Mrs. Field was the granddaughter of Judge Peters, formerly the owner of Belmont Mansion.
[published Wednesday, September 15, 1897, Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA]
AN ART GALLERY FOR ASHFIELD
A CONNOISSEURE'S RICH BEQUEST
John W Field Gives a Valuable Collection of Art Treasures to His Adopted Home - A Memorial Hall to be Built by His Widow
From Our Special Correspondent
Ashfield, Wednesday, May 25
Ashfield people are all interested just now in the prospect of possessing a fine memorial building, with a collection of paintings, books and art treasures which were collected by the late John W Field of Philadelphia, and are to be left by his widow for their use and enjoyment. A site was selected for the new memorial building this week, on the main street and accessible to Sanderson academy, for the benefit of which the famous August banquet is conducted by George William Curtis and other well known men, who spend their summer vacations in the charming mountain village. Plans are being drawn by Architect Hornblower of Washington, which will provide for a 830,000 [?] stone building, 60 by 35 feet in size, and capable of exhibiting about 100 paintings, besides furnishing rooms for a library and a collection of pottery and vases. The paintings are valued at thousands of dollars. The building is to be put up at once, as the Field family residence in Washington is to be sold and its treasures transferred to Ashfield sometime next fall. Mrs Field intends the gift as a memorial to her husband, and promises that it shall be kept open daily at all seasons of the year, and be accessible to the public. The property will probably not be deeded to the town, but be kept in the hands of trustees...
[the article goes on at length about Mr Field's summers in Ashfield and his notable friends, it states Mrs Field had arrived about two weeks prior and traveled through out the area to select samples of granite to bring back to Washington to her architect so he could make an appropriate choice; published Thursday, May 26, 1887, Springfield Republican]
VALUABLE RELICS
Interesting Acquisitions by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania
At a meeting of the Pennsylvania Historical Society last night...
Gifts of a number of interesting relics were announced. Mrs John W Ward, nee Eliza Willing Peters, a great-great granddaughter of William Peters of Belmont, presented a collection of family papers relating to Pennsylvania during the colonial and Revolutionary periods; and portraits of William Peters and wife, Rev. Richard Peters, brother of William Peters; Judge Richard Peters, son of William Peters; a profile of Richard Peters, son of the judge, and a copy of the portrait of Baron Von Steuben, godfather of Richard Peters, Jr...
[published Tuesday, November 11, 1890, Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA)
Between 1887 and 1890, Eliza Peters Field memorialized her husband, John W. Field by donating their large art collection, consisting of 85 objects--74 of which were oil paintings, to the college. She also donated funds to build the East and West wings of the octagon in order to house the art collection. The two wings were designed by Francis Allen in Colonial Revival style and also served as library reading rooms and administrative offices.
[Lawrence Hall Architecture and Building History, Williams College Museum of Art Institutional Records, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Mass.]
Inscription
Sacred to the memory of
Eliza W P Field
A benefactor of this town
wife of John W Field
Born 1820 Died 1897
The building now occupied by
Sanderson Academy
was her gift to be a memorial
of her husband, and this stone
is erected by the trustees of the
Academy in grateful recognition
of what both she and he
did for Ashfield
MDCCCCI
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