John Field

1760 - 1824  (63 years)

• Name	John Field  [1]
  Born	25 Aug 1760	Hatfield, Hampshire, MA, USA   [1]
  Died	19 Jan 1824	Conway, Franklin, MA, USA   [1]
  Buried	Conway, Franklin, MA, USA, Howland Cemetery   [2]
  Notes	580. JOHN FIELD (Eliakim, John, John, Zechariah, John, John, Richard, William, William), b. Hatfield, Mass., Aug. 25, 1760; m. in 1789, Lucy Look, of Conway, b. 1768 in Edgartown, Mass.; d. July 29, 1854. He moved from Hatfield to Conway. The territory of Conway originally belonged to Deerheld, and had no settlers previous to 1763. During that year Cyrus Rice became the first settler, and his daughter Beulah, born the next year, was the first child born in the town. Other early settlers were Israel Gates, Ebenezer Allis, Consider Arms, Elias Dickinson, Jonathan Whitney, Thomas French, Israel Wilder, Elisha Amsden, Solomon Field and John Boyden, whose son John, was the first male child born in Conway. Deerfield, Grafton, Barre, Leicester and Rutland furnished the first settlers. On June 16, 1767, "Southwest," as it was known, was incorporated as a town with the name of Conway. The first town meeting was held at the house of Thomas French, Aug. 24 of the same year. when Thomas French, Consider Arms and Samuel Wells were chosen selectmen, and Consider Arms, clerk. At a meeting held at Joseph Catlin's, three weeks later, measures were taken to procure preaching, and "to purchase law books." A committee was also appointed to find the center of the town, with reference to building a meeting house. The committee made a report at a subsequent meeting, which was "excepted," but it was not until after much contention, and the passage of nearly two years, that the site was fixed upon-about eighty rods south of the present Congregational church. Dec. 28, 1767, the first appropriation was made for a public school, to be kept five months by "a dame," which dame, Ebenezer Allis, Nathaniel Field and Benjamin Pulsifer were instructed to provide. There was no schoolhouse until 1773, when one was built a few rods northeast of the meeting house. The annual appropriation of money for schools, for the first six or eight years, was about ten pounds. In 1774, thirty pounds were voted, but the next year no appropriation was made, doubtless in consequence of war. This is the only instance, however, of failure to provide annually for schooling. The amount has been increased, from year to year, until, in 1854, the appropriation amounted to $1,200 for public schools, with an additional provision of scholarships in the academy, bestowed upon the most deserving pupil selected from the common schools. The town is divided into fifteen school districts. A select school has been maintained in the town for ninny years, and was taught through twenty-nine terms, by John Clary. In 1853, a handsome building was erected by subscription, and is now occupied by a large and flourishing school. The first meeting house, to which reference has already been made, was erected, during the summer of 1769, but remained for a long time unfinished, except with a pulpit and a pew for the family of the minister. The internal arrangements of the house were not completed within twenty years. As the house was not warmed, a lodge was constructed within a short distance, at which a prodigious fire was kept on Sundays that was resorted to in the morning and at noon. Previous to the erection of the building, the town meetings were usually held at the houses of Jonathan Whitney, near where Charles Parsons lived, and Capt. French; while the religious meetings were held at the houses of Jonathan Whitney, Nathaniel Field and Joseph Catlin. The Franklin County Probate Records have this: Lucy of Conway. 1854, Aug. 22, will filed. Dau., Nancy F. Page; Lucinda, wife of Franklin Childs. Sons: William and John. He d. Jan. 19, 1824. Res. Conway, Mass. 1091. i. POLLY, b. April 27, 1790; d. Oct. 25, 1816. 1092. ii. NANCY, b. Oct. 30, 1791; na. January, 1820, Elijah Page; she d. Dec. 2, 1856; removed from Conway to Ballston Spa, N. Y. 1093. iii. WILLIAM, b. Dec. 8, 1793; m. Submit Hamilton. 1094. iv. JOHN, b. June 28, 1796; m. Fidelia Nash. 1095. v. LUCINDA, b. June, 8, 1798; m. July 24,1828, Franklin Childs, of Conway; she d. March 4, 1868. They resided in Conway and had one child, Justus, b. Sept. 11, 1831; d. Sept. 7, 1865; he m. Sept. 2, 1856, Susan I. Brown. 1096. vi. PRUDENCE, b. Oct. 2o, 1800; d. Nov. 30, 1829. 1097. vii. EDITHA, b. May 6, 1803; d. Aug. t, 1804. ["Field Genealogy," F.C. Pierce, 1901] +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ John Field Aug. 25, 1760, Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA -       Jan. 19, 1824, Conway, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA (Eliakim, John, John, Zechariah) son of Eliakim Field & Esther (Graves) Field who were married 11 Jan 1753 at Hatfield, Mass. m. Lucy Look of Conway in 1789 children: Polly 1790-1816 Nancy b. 1791 m. Elijah Page William b. 1793 m. Submit Hamilton John b. 1796 m. Fidelia Nash Lucinda b. 1798 m. Franklin Childs Prudence 1800-1839 Editha 1803-1804 [History of Conway 1767-1917 by Pease, pg 289] Parents:   Eliakim Field (1711 - 1786)   Esther Graves Field (1725 - 1811) Spouse:  Lucy Look Field (1767 - 1854) Children:   Polly Field (1790 - 1816)   Nancy Field Page (1791 - 1856)   William Field (1793 - 1844)   John Field (1796 - 1876)   Lucinda A Field Childs (1798 - 1868)   Prudence Field (1800 - 1829)   Editha Field (1803 - 1822)   Chandler Field (1805 - 1806)   Esther Field (1808 - 1808) Inscription: Mr John Field died 19 Jany 1824 AE 63 Burial: Howland Cemetery, Conway, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA, Plot: 2nd sec, 10th row Created by: Anonymous Record added: Dec 31, 2011 Find A Grave Memorial# 82761757 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=82761757 16 Jan 2013 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Below is a different source "The History of Martha's Vineyard...," 1925, by Charles E. Banks, page 240. [2, 3]
  Person ID	I204	AC-Family
  Last Modified	4 Jan 2015

  
  

  Father	Eliakim Field,   b. 27 Nov 1711, Hatfield, Hampshire, MA, USA ,   d. 8 Feb 1786, Hatfield, Hampshire, MA, USA  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Esther Graves,   b. 29 Nov 1739, Whately, Franklin, MA, USA ,   d. 29 Jan 1811, Conway, Franklin, MA, USA  (Age 71 years)
  Alt. Marriage Date	1752  [4]
  Married	11 Jan 1753  [5]
  Family ID	F128	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family / Spouse	Lucinda "Lucy" Look,   b. 1768, Edgartown, Dukes, MA, USA ,   d. 27 Jul 1854, Conway, Franklin, MA, USA  (Age 86 years)
  Married	1789	Ashfield, , MA, USA   [1, 6]
  	The Field book provided the year. The Ashfield index provided the location.
  Children	1. Polly Field,   b. 27 Apr 1790, Conway, , MA, USA ,   d. 25 Oct 1816, Conway, Franklin, MA, USA  (Age 26 years)   2. Nancy Field,   b. 30 Oct 1791, Conway, , MA, USA ,   d. 2 Dec 1856  (Age 65 years) + 3. William Field,   b. 8 Dec 1793, Conway, Franklin, MA, USA ,   d. 7 Jun 1845, Conway, Franklin, MA, USA  (Age 51 years) + 4. John Field,   b. 8 Jun 1796,   d. 13 Jun 1876, Conway, Franklin, MA, USA  (Age 80 years) + 5. Lucinda A. Field,   b. 8 Jun 1798, Conway, , MA, USA ,   d. 4 Mar 1868, Conway, Franklin, MA, USA  (Age 69 years)   6. Prudence "Dency" Field,   b. 20 Oct 1800, Conway, , MA, USA ,   d. 30 Nov 1829, Conway, Franklin, MA, USA  (Age 29 years)   7. Editha Field,   b. 6 May 1803, Conway, , MA, USA ,   d. 1 Aug 1822, Conway, Franklin, MA, USA  (Age 19 years)   8. Chandler Field,   b. Oct 1805, Conway, , MA, USA ,   d. 23 Jul 1806, Conway, , MA, USA  (Age ~ 0 years)   9. Esther Field,   b. Cal 1 Dec 1808, Conway, , MA, USA ,   d. 10 Dec 1808, Conway, , MA, USA
  Last Modified	4 Jan 2015
  Family ID	F126	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 25 Aug 1760 - Hatfield, Hampshire, MA, USA Married - 1789 - Ashfield, , MA, USA Died - 19 Jan 1824 - Conway, Franklin, MA, USA Buried - - Conway, Franklin, MA, USA, Howland Cemetery  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S146] Surname / Field: Field Genealogy, Frederick Clifton Pierce, (Chicago: Hammond Press, W.B. Conkey Company, 1901.), 1: 286. [S446] Internet: Find A Grave, Jim Tipton, (Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/.), (http://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 16 Jan 2013); Created by: Anonymous. [S146] Surname / Field: Field Genealogy, Frederick Clifton Pierce, (Chicago: Hammond Press, W.B. Conkey Company, 1901.), 1: 286-287. [S146] Surname / Field: Field Genealogy, Frederick Clifton Pierce, (Chicago: Hammond Press, W.B. Conkey Company, 1901.), 1: 210. [S203] Surname / Graves: Graves Family in America, John Card Graves, (Buffalo, N. Y.: Baker, Jones & Co., 1896.), 1: 28. [S663] Place / U.S.A. / MA: Ashfield - Vital records to 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, editor, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1942.), 178.