Descendants of Richard Fields Generation No. 1 1. RICHARD1 FIELDS was born Abt. 1730 in Amherst County, Virginia, and died Bef. 1764 in Albemarle County, Virginia. He married ELIZABETH MURRELL October 1757 in Amherst County, Virginia, daughter of THOMAS MURRELL and ELIZABETH OLIVER. Children of RICHARD FIELDS and ELIZABETH MURRELL are: i. THOMAS2 FIELDS, b. Bet. 1750 and 1755, Albemarle County, Virginia; d. Aft. 10 January 1807, Wilkes County, North Carolina; m. ELIZABETH COFFEY, Bef. 1773, Albemarle County, Virginia. Notes for THOMAS FIELDS: In 1799, Wilkes County, North Carolina, Thomas Fields was appointed, with others, to a committee formed to purchase public lands. On this land the Wilkes County courthouse, Wilkesboro, North Carolina was built. Thomas was active in the Yadkin Grove church, holding the office of clerk and later that of deacon. Thomas left a will dated 10 January 1807 and probated February term 1807 which named his wife Betty and children, William Fields, Jane Compton, Reuben Fields, Betsy Pendley, Winnifred Humphrey, Polly Humphrey, and Sally Pendley. Executors were wife Betty Fields, sons William Fields and Reuben Fields and trusty friend Eli Coffey. Witnesses were William Lenoir, Lewis Coffey, and Jonathan Boone. The trusty friend Eli Coffey was Betty's nephew. Witness Lewis Coffey was also a relative of Betty. Jonathan Boone was a brother of Daniel Boone. He and another brother, Jesse Boone were members of the Yadkin Grove Baptist Church, as were several members of the Fields and Coffey families. Daniel Boone himself had lived in Wilkes County, North Carolina but had already moved away, moving first into Kentucky and later to Missouri. More About THOMAS FIELDS: Will: 10 January 1807, Wilkes County, North Carolina Notes for ELIZABETH COFFEY: When John Coffey's will was appraised some nineteen years after his death, Elizabeth and her "lawfull husband Thom. Fields" were named in the report of the appraisers. ii. ELIZABETH FIELDS, b. 12 March 1755, Albemarle County, Virginia; d. 24 May 1824, Buncombe County, North Carolina; m. (1) BRADLEY BERRY, 29 December 1774, Albemarle County, Virginia; m. (2) RICE COFFEY, 1785. Notes for ELIZABETH FIELDS: Elizabeth Fields married Bradley Berry by whom she became mother to Franklin Berry about 1775. Bradley Berry died of Rheumatic Fever while in the Revolutionary War. Elizabeth moved with her son, Franklin to Wilkes County, North Carolina. Apparently while living there she had a relationship with Rice Coffey which produced two more offspring. Elizabeth gave these two children the name Coffey and her married name. William Coffey Berry was born about 1796 and Mary Coffey Berry was born in 1789. Elizabeth later moved with her children to Buncombe County, North Carolina. Rice Coffey married Sarah Bradford in 1790 and moved to Tennessee. iii. SARAH FIELDS, b. Abt. 1757, Albemarle County, Virginia; d. Bet. 1805 and 1845, Wilkes County, North Carolina; m. THOMAS COFFEY, Abt. 1778, Albemarle Co., VA. Notes for SARAH FIELDS: She was called Sally. iv. JOEL FIELDS, b. Abt. 1760; d. Abt. 1781.

Please correct the URL!!!!!R -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, December 22, 1998 14 19 Subject: [FIELDS-L] Fraudulent Genealogies >Hello...I was advised today by the editor of our JACKS >NEWSLETTER of fraudulent genealogies compiled by GUSTAVE >ANJOU. Please consult the following URL: > >http://www.linkline.com/personal/xymox/fraud/fraud/1.htm > >This was sent to me a while back. I cut out most of the e-mail because it was >so long. You might want to visit this web site since it tells about some >fraudulent genealogies. It emphasizes the fact that there are three things to >do in genealogy. >1) document >2) document >3) document > >In other words, document everything. > >List Manager >Randall Fields > > >==== FIELDS Mailing List ==== >Please post research to list. Dont cross post lists. Ask for help: >Please privately e-mail listowner with any complaints or need for help at [email protected] >List Manager: Randall Fields > >

I received this from [email protected] (Rae Lynn Denton). Please reply directly to that address if you have information. Randall Fields Hi, Randall, I have not had ANY luck working on tracing my gr.father, Charles Lester Fields b. Sept. 8, abt 1896 in Cincinatti, OH; his siblings were: Raymond Fields, who lived in Chicago for many years & had a daughter named Dorann Fields; Jim Fields, who we believe died as a child in Cincinatti; William Fields and Mary Fields. Charles Lester Fields m. Ethel Lee Flynn in OK, their children were Charles Lester, Jr., Evelyn Maxilene, Helen Charlotte (my mother) Catherine Joyce and Marion Elizabeth. If anyone has any info on this family, I'd really appreciate it. I have heard that my grandfather spoke German as a child, so I fear their name was changed earlier from something more European, that may be why I'm having such trouble finding anything on them. Thanks, Janene McGaha Williams

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Hello...I was advised today by the editor of our JACKS NEWSLETTER of fraudulent genealogies compiled by GUSTAVE ANJOU. Please consult the following URL: http://www.linkline.com/personal/xymox/fraud/fraud/1.htm This was sent to me a while back. I cut out most of the e-mail because it was so long. You might want to visit this web site since it tells about some fraudulent genealogies. It emphasizes the fact that there are three things to do in genealogy. 1) document 2) document 3) document In other words, document everything. List Manager Randall Fields

How about his kids?R Need to get to Cyrus W. Miner Smith and Irwin Miner Field around Tioga Pa and Chemung NY.R -----Original Message----- From: Sammy Pendley <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, December 22, 1998 5 27 Subject: [FIELDS-L] [Fwd: (no subject)] >This is a multi-part message in MIME format. >--------------DD676B2E913725C0C45F435B >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Can Anyone help here. I am going to see if I can get him to join the >group. Just don't know what Randals address is. >--------------DD676B2E913725C0C45F435B >Content-Type: message/rfc822 >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >Content-Disposition: inline > >Received: by rio (mbox rusamson) > (with Cubic Circle's cucipop (v1.31 1998/05/13) Tue Dec 22 08:21:33 1998) >X-From_: [email protected] Mon Dec 21 22:45:50 1998 >Return-Path: [email protected] >Received: from smtp1.atlantic.net (smtp1.atlantic.net [209.208.0.33]) by rio.atlantic.net (8.8.7/8.8.6) with ESMTP id WAA17789 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 21 Dec 1998 22:45:49 -0500 >From: [email protected] >Received: from imo14.mx.aol.com (imo14.mx.aol.com [198.81.17.4]) > by smtp1.atlantic.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id WAA27264 > for <[email protected]>; Mon, 21 Dec 1998 22:34:07 -0500 >Received: from [email protected] > by imo14.mx.aol.com (IMOv18.1) id VISKa23946 > for <[email protected]>; Mon, 21 Dec 1998 22:31:56 +1900 (EST) >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 22:31:56 EST >To: [email protected] >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Subject: (no subject) >Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII >Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit >X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 214 >X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 > >I saw your info. on the Field Tree and had a question about your line of >Field(s). > >My family web page: members.tripod.com/RonnieFields/ > >Does your line have a relative (father, uncle, cousin, anyone) named Joseph > >Joseph Fields, my ancestor, born abt 1750-56, was born in Maryland. > >The Fields migrated from England beginning in the 1660's. Several came >directly to Maryland, and William obtained land under a charter from Lord >Baltimore in 1678. Edward & Thomas were landholders in the early 1700's. > >Joseph Fields was born about 1750-56. He enrolled in the 3rd Maryland >regiment 4th Company, from St. Mary's County in 1776. He served for 3 years >and was wounded at the battle of Brandywine in New Jersey. After leaving the >army, he returned to St. Mary's county and married Elizabeth Willingham, the >daughter of John B. Willingham (he was probably a Jacobite). > > >I am looking especially for the parents of Joseph, our ancestor. > > > > >With Kind Regards, > > >Ronnie Fields, > >[email protected] > > >2999 Ky 185 >Bowling Green, Ky 42101 > > > >The remaining line of this ancestor is below: If you should recall seeing >other lines that may be related to ours please forward or let me know who they >are. > >Thank you, > > > > > > > > > > >Descendants of Joseph Fields > > >Generation No. 1 > >1. JOSEPH1 FIELDS was born January 1, 1756 in St. Mary's County, Maryland >Colony. He married (1) ELIZABETH WILLINGHAM in Maryland Colony. He married >(2) SALLIE HIEMAN. He married (3) NANCY HARRIS. > >Children of JOSEPH FIELDS and ELIZABETH WILLINGHAM are: >2. i. WILFRED2 "MILES"FIELDS, b. April 11, 1795, Washington County; d. May 10, >1876. > ii. JAMES FIELDS, b. April 11, 1795. > iii. JOHN FIELDS, b. October 15, 1796. > iv. MARY FIELDS, b. 1796. > >Children of JOSEPH FIELDS and NANCY HARRIS are: > v. NANCY2 FIELDS. > vi. SUSAN FIELDS. > vii. TREASY FIELDS. > viii. JOSEPH FIELDS, JR.. > ix. ELIZABETH FIELDS. > x. GEORGE FIELDS. > xi. THOMAS FIELDS. > xii. PHILIP FIELDS. > xiii. ANN FIELDS. > xiv. WILLIAM FIELDS. > xv. BENEDICT FIELDS. > xvi. FLEMMING FIELDS. > > >Generation No. 2 > >2. WILFRED2 "MILES"FIELDS (JOSEPH1 FIELDS) was born April 11, 1795 in >Washington County, and died May 10, 1876. He married SARA YATES July 22, >1818. > >Children of WILFRED "MILES"FIELDS and SARA YATES are: >3. i. HIRAM WILLIAM3 FIELDS, b. 1837, Washington Co. , Ky; d. 1913. > ii. CHARLES FIELDS. > > >Generation No. 3 > >3. HIRAM WILLIAM3 FIELDS (WILFRED2 "MILES"FIELDS, JOSEPH1 FIELDS) was born >1837 in Washington Co. , Ky, and died 1913. He married AMANDA ELIZABETH >MILLS. > >Children of HIRAM FIELDS and AMANDA MILLS are: >4. i. "TOM" JOSEPH THOMAS4 FIELDS, b. August 10, 1889, Washington Co. , Ky; d. >March 19, 1973, Bardstown , Ky. > ii. MATTIE LEE LILY. > iii. HERBERT CLARENCE. > iv. BURNIE MILES. > v. FLORY. > vi. ORA. > vii. JOHN ROY LEE. > viii. BERTHA MAE. > > >Generation No. 4 > >4. "TOM" JOSEPH THOMAS4 FIELDS (HIRAM WILLIAM3, WILFRED2 "MILES"FIELDS, >JOSEPH1 FIELDS) was born August 10, 1889 in Washington Co. , Ky, and died >March 19, 1973 in Bardstown , Ky. He married "MAGGIE" MAE ST CLAIR March 7, >1916 in Bardstown , Ky Methodist Church, daughter of GEORGE ST CLAIR and >ALICE BROWN. > >Children of "TOM" FIELDS and "MAGGIE" ST CLAIR are: > i. MARVIN THOMAS5 FIELDS, b. March 2, 1919, Samuel's, Ky; d. January 28, >1986, Lousiville,Ky; m. BEATRICE WELCH. > >More About MARVIN THOMAS FIELDS: >Fact 1: January 28, 1986, DIED-BARDSTOWN-CA-PROSTRATE > >5. ii. HAZEL ELIZABETH FIELDS, b. August 23, 1921, Samules ,Ky. > iii. INETTA FAY FIELDS, b. July 5, 1924, Samules, Ky; d. August 15, 1925, >Samules, Ky. > >More About INETTA FAY FIELDS: >Fact 1: August 15, 1925, Believed to have died of pneumonia complex > > iv. "ANDY" ANNA LAURA FIELDS, b. March 1, 1926, Samuel's, Ky; d. December 3, >1987, Lousiville,Ky. > v. "MILFORD" MURVIN FIELDS, b. August 20, 1928. >6. vi. CALVIN EDWIN FIELDS, b. May 10, 1934, Samuel's Kentucky. > vii. SHIRLEY FIELDS ALLEN, b. January 10, 1939. >viii. RUTH LOUISE WILLIAMS, b. September 7, 1931. > > > > > Generation 5 > >6. CALVIN EDWIN5 FIELDS ("TOM" JOSEPH THOMAS4, HIRAM WILLIAM3, WILFRED2 >"MILES"FIELDS, JOSEPH1 FIELDS) was born May 10, 1934 in Samuel's Kentucky. He >married "BEANIE" ALBINA ANN KRUGER 1959 in Bardstown , Ky. ST Joe Catholic, >daughter of "CHUBBY" KRUGER and "SUDIE" ESSEX. > >Notes for "BEANIE" ALBINA ANN KRUGER: >Mom died April 14 the same day in history in which Abraham Lincoln was >fatally wounded at Fords theater in 1865. >Children of CALVIN FIELDS and "BEANIE" KRUGER are: > >i. 'RONNIE" JOSEPH RONALD6 FIELDS, b. October 14, 1959, Bardstown, Ky.; m. >HOLLY LANE COOK. > > > > > >--------------DD676B2E913725C0C45F435B-- > > >==== FIELDS Mailing List ==== >Spamming this list with commercial posts is not allowed. Please advertise products, items, or services on the proper lists. Thank you! >List Manager: Randall Fields ([email protected] > >

Date: 12/16/98 1:27:21 AM Eastern Standard Time From: [email protected] To: FIELDS-L Date: 12/12/98 12:26:27 AM Eastern Standard Time From: [email protected] (wayne fields) To: fields-l If you have not yet posted your family information we invite you to do so. If you are new to genealogy or new to the internet please do ask question. Someone here will have an answer for you. List manager Randall Fields

We all need to consider the following and do what we think is best. I got this from another list I am on. List Manager Randall Fields My friends - I generally do not bring you news about RootsWeb, whose servers house some 4000 mail lists, including this one, because I know you all get the RootsWeb Review about once a week, which pretty well covers what is going on within RootsWeb. However, on one of the lists which we list hosts use to discuss list problems and other items of mutual interest, a discussion was started by a few people concerning the tiny salaries paid to a few people who give practically all of their time to the RootsWeb Cooperative(they were complaining - if you can believe it - about them getting paid at all). As most of you know, RootsWeb was created by, and is "owned" by Dr. Brian Leverich and his wife Karen Isaacson, both superb computer people and genealogists. They created RootsWeb and they have funded 90% of it out of their own pockets since its creation. This means that they have a houseful of computer equipment, as well as other equipment in a hub elsewhere, that runs all of these lists, as well as web pages and other items for the USGenWeb - the effort is huge and growing by leaps and bounds. However, their corporate sponsor, Palladium, has disappeared into a merger with another company, and that funding has evaporated. It seems unclear whether any other corporation will step forward to help underwrite these huge costs. In the message which Brian sent to the listowner list, he makes the first mention of danger to the whole RootsWeb concept. He is rarely pessimistic, and if he is concerned, then we all need to be concerned. He finds it particularly depressing that only a small percentage (2%-6%) are helping to support RootsWeb in any way, even though there are literally hundreds of thousands of people regularly using the mail lists and the other web pages and items which RootsWeb hosts. You can see that he has taken out a $25,000 loan just to try to keep the equipment growing with the needs of RootsWeb. The bottom line is that if we, as users of these RootsWeb services, cannot help with a few dollars(and it does not have to be much at all, if we all get involved)in support of this fine group, we are in very real danger of losing these mail lists and literally hundreds of web pages of genealogical material(including the JP Images Page and many, many others)that is today available. Please give this some thought, and see if you can find a few dollars that you could donate to RootsWeb to keep this effort alive. I have long said that Brian and Karen cannot forever continue to incure financial hits in the range of ten of thousands of dollars at a time, and still be able to keep RootsWeb alive. Take a look at: www.rootsweb.com and you can see how to donate if you wish to do so. I urge you to consider it. It is a great investment. Brian's message follows. Let's see if we can make it a merrier Christmas for Karen and him. My apologies for the lengthy message, but I think it needed to be said. -B ============================================================ Karen and I are in the hole on RootsWeb; not only have we not been paid anything, we've been paying out of our pockets for the privilege of working here night and day without weekends or holidays. (Just *today* Karen and I took out a $25,000 loan to cover the fact that the Palladium sponsorship has apparently died with their acquisition by TLC, and to pay for the hardware we're going to need to handle the new users we expect to have after Christmas.) Just so you fully understand what I've told you above, you should be aware that in terms of traffic RootsWeb is one of the *top 25* or so sites on the whole Internet. Folks who can run these sorts of facilities are absurdly rare (there are a few hundred of them in the whole world), and senior system administrators at the other "Top 25" sites generally have salary+benefits+option packages that run in the $200,000-500,000 per year and up range. ### Folks should be clear on the concept that the administration staff at RootsWeb is making a huge contribution to the genealogical community by essentially donating our time. The fact that each of us is personally donating services worth tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars a year is part of the reason we find it so depressing that only about 2-6% of our users are choosing to support RootsWeb at all, and that even among our supporters the average contribution is only one-third of what "tens of thousands of genealogists" (the Wall Street Journal) are spending at Ancestry.com. I don't think RootsWeb is going to fold anytime soon. But I'd be lying to you if I didn't tell you that the staff is seriously wondering whether the community values our efforts enough that continuing on with RootsWeb makes sense. The admin staff wants to give the genealogical community a great online genealogical library, but we can't do it if only 2-6% of our users will voluntarily choose to support us. Without more support, RootsWeb can't afford to buy the servers and bandwidth and scanners and such that we need to bring online the whole US Census and the British Birth/Marriage/Death records and all the other resources we'd like to make freely available to the entire community. Maybe Ancestry has it right. Lock up the resources and charge the users through the nose. Oh well. -B

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------DD676B2E913725C0C45F435B Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Can Anyone help here. I am going to see if I can get him to join the group. Just don't know what Randals address is. --------------DD676B2E913725C0C45F435B Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Received: by rio (mbox rusamson) (with Cubic Circle's cucipop (v1.31 1998/05/13) Tue Dec 22 08:21:33 1998) X-From_: [email protected] Mon Dec 21 22:45:50 1998 Return-Path: [email protected] Received: from smtp1.atlantic.net (smtp1.atlantic.net [209.208.0.33]) by rio.atlantic.net (8.8.7/8.8.6) with ESMTP id WAA17789 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 21 Dec 1998 22:45:49 -0500 From: [email protected] Received: from imo14.mx.aol.com (imo14.mx.aol.com [198.81.17.4]) by smtp1.atlantic.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id WAA27264 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 21 Dec 1998 22:34:07 -0500 Received: from [email protected] by imo14.mx.aol.com (IMOv18.1) id VISKa23946 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 21 Dec 1998 22:31:56 +1900 (EST) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 22:31:56 EST To: [email protected] Mime-Version: 1.0 Subject: (no subject) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 214 X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 I saw your info. on the Field Tree and had a question about your line of Field(s). My family web page: members.tripod.com/RonnieFields/ Does your line have a relative (father, uncle, cousin, anyone) named Joseph Joseph Fields, my ancestor, born abt 1750-56, was born in Maryland. The Fields migrated from England beginning in the 1660's. Several came directly to Maryland, and William obtained land under a charter from Lord Baltimore in 1678. Edward & Thomas were landholders in the early 1700's. Joseph Fields was born about 1750-56. He enrolled in the 3rd Maryland regiment 4th Company, from St. Mary's County in 1776. He served for 3 years and was wounded at the battle of Brandywine in New Jersey. After leaving the army, he returned to St. Mary's county and married Elizabeth Willingham, the daughter of John B. Willingham (he was probably a Jacobite). I am looking especially for the parents of Joseph, our ancestor. With Kind Regards, Ronnie Fields, [email protected] 2999 Ky 185 Bowling Green, Ky 42101 The remaining line of this ancestor is below: If you should recall seeing other lines that may be related to ours please forward or let me know who they are. Thank you, Descendants of Joseph Fields Generation No. 1 1. JOSEPH1 FIELDS was born January 1, 1756 in St. Mary's County, Maryland Colony. He married (1) ELIZABETH WILLINGHAM in Maryland Colony. He married (2) SALLIE HIEMAN. He married (3) NANCY HARRIS. Children of JOSEPH FIELDS and ELIZABETH WILLINGHAM are: 2. i. WILFRED2 "MILES"FIELDS, b. April 11, 1795, Washington County; d. May 10, 1876. ii. JAMES FIELDS, b. April 11, 1795. iii. JOHN FIELDS, b. October 15, 1796. iv. MARY FIELDS, b. 1796. Children of JOSEPH FIELDS and NANCY HARRIS are: v. NANCY2 FIELDS. vi. SUSAN FIELDS. vii. TREASY FIELDS. viii. JOSEPH FIELDS, JR.. ix. ELIZABETH FIELDS. x. GEORGE FIELDS. xi. THOMAS FIELDS. xii. PHILIP FIELDS. xiii. ANN FIELDS. xiv. WILLIAM FIELDS. xv. BENEDICT FIELDS. xvi. FLEMMING FIELDS. Generation No. 2 2. WILFRED2 "MILES"FIELDS (JOSEPH1 FIELDS) was born April 11, 1795 in Washington County, and died May 10, 1876. He married SARA YATES July 22, 1818. Children of WILFRED "MILES"FIELDS and SARA YATES are: 3. i. HIRAM WILLIAM3 FIELDS, b. 1837, Washington Co. , Ky; d. 1913. ii. CHARLES FIELDS. Generation No. 3 3. HIRAM WILLIAM3 FIELDS (WILFRED2 "MILES"FIELDS, JOSEPH1 FIELDS) was born 1837 in Washington Co. , Ky, and died 1913. He married AMANDA ELIZABETH MILLS. Children of HIRAM FIELDS and AMANDA MILLS are: 4. i. "TOM" JOSEPH THOMAS4 FIELDS, b. August 10, 1889, Washington Co. , Ky; d. March 19, 1973, Bardstown , Ky. ii. MATTIE LEE LILY. iii. HERBERT CLARENCE. iv. BURNIE MILES. v. FLORY. vi. ORA. vii. JOHN ROY LEE. viii. BERTHA MAE. Generation No. 4 4. "TOM" JOSEPH THOMAS4 FIELDS (HIRAM WILLIAM3, WILFRED2 "MILES"FIELDS, JOSEPH1 FIELDS) was born August 10, 1889 in Washington Co. , Ky, and died March 19, 1973 in Bardstown , Ky. He married "MAGGIE" MAE ST CLAIR March 7, 1916 in Bardstown , Ky Methodist Church, daughter of GEORGE ST CLAIR and ALICE BROWN. Children of "TOM" FIELDS and "MAGGIE" ST CLAIR are: i. MARVIN THOMAS5 FIELDS, b. March 2, 1919, Samuel's, Ky; d. January 28, 1986, Lousiville,Ky; m. BEATRICE WELCH. More About MARVIN THOMAS FIELDS: Fact 1: January 28, 1986, DIED-BARDSTOWN-CA-PROSTRATE 5. ii. HAZEL ELIZABETH FIELDS, b. August 23, 1921, Samules ,Ky. iii. INETTA FAY FIELDS, b. July 5, 1924, Samules, Ky; d. August 15, 1925, Samules, Ky. More About INETTA FAY FIELDS: Fact 1: August 15, 1925, Believed to have died of pneumonia complex iv. "ANDY" ANNA LAURA FIELDS, b. March 1, 1926, Samuel's, Ky; d. December 3, 1987, Lousiville,Ky. v. "MILFORD" MURVIN FIELDS, b. August 20, 1928. 6. vi. CALVIN EDWIN FIELDS, b. May 10, 1934, Samuel's Kentucky. vii. SHIRLEY FIELDS ALLEN, b. January 10, 1939. viii. RUTH LOUISE WILLIAMS, b. September 7, 1931. Generation 5 6. CALVIN EDWIN5 FIELDS ("TOM" JOSEPH THOMAS4, HIRAM WILLIAM3, WILFRED2 "MILES"FIELDS, JOSEPH1 FIELDS) was born May 10, 1934 in Samuel's Kentucky. He married "BEANIE" ALBINA ANN KRUGER 1959 in Bardstown , Ky. ST Joe Catholic, daughter of "CHUBBY" KRUGER and "SUDIE" ESSEX. Notes for "BEANIE" ALBINA ANN KRUGER: Mom died April 14 the same day in history in which Abraham Lincoln was fatally wounded at Fords theater in 1865. Children of CALVIN FIELDS and "BEANIE" KRUGER are: i. 'RONNIE" JOSEPH RONALD6 FIELDS, b. October 14, 1959, Bardstown, Ky.; m. HOLLY LANE COOK. --------------DD676B2E913725C0C45F435B--

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Seeking info on Abner FIELDS b abt 1783 in NC and died after 1880 in DeKalb Co AL. He married Olive ?? (b abt 1783 NC) abt 1810 in SC. Their daughter, Elizabeth FIELDS, was born abt 1811 in SC. Elizabeth FIELDS married John W. Davis abt 1830 in SC and they had 10 children: Henry Berry, Dicy A., William B. C., James A. J., Thomas F., Miles Y., Mary E., Charlotte C., Sarah W., and Olive H. J. Davis. According to census records Elizabeth & John W. Davis moved to DeKalb Co, Alabama between 1832 and 1836. Thanks in advance, Jack Martin [email protected]

Can anyone tell me where I might locate the book: "Daniel Field of Kittery [Maine] and Some of His Descendants" by Kenneth A. Field (1989)? I'm interested in the Field family of Prospect, Swanville, and Searsport Maine. Daniel Field b. abt 1798 was my gggg-father. He was the son of James Field (Capt.?) and grandson of Daniel Field of Kittery. (I think). Anyone interested in sharing info regarding the above? Thanks and Happy Holidays. Larry Howe [email protected] searching: Cook, Field, Howe, Hutchins, Rogers, Temple

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Looking for information on William FIELDS b. ca. 1813 in GA. Found in Pike County, Georgia on 1840 and 1850 census. Married Sarah Elizabeth MAYO. Children were Mary A. Fields (b. ca. 1835), Thomas J. Fields (b. 1837) and James J. Fields (b. 1848) and possibly Henry J. Fields (b. ca. 1833). Family moved to Carroll Co., GA sometime after 1850. Loyd Fields [email protected]

I'm looking for any information on Alfred I. FIELD Born 1870, died 1947 , Philadelphia, Penna. He is buried at Oakland Cemetery in the Northeast section of Philly. This person was also a Mason. Any info on this person would be very helpful. I'm also lookin for info on a Susan E. FIELD born 1847, died 1915, Philadelphia , Penna. She is also buried in Oakland Cemetery. Don't know if she is Alfred's mother or sister. There is a total ofoour names on the tomb stone. the other two names are: Mary E. (WOODINGTON) FIELD 1874- 1962 Caroline (FIELD) tHOMPSON 1897-1985. If anyone can help, I would be very thankful Mary [email protected]

> > In a message dated 12/3/98 9:00:36 AM, [email protected] writes: > > <<I am looking for the Parents of our Joseph 1756, from the A. Brent article, do > you think this could be him below. All these brothers were left land in > Kentucky. > >>Do you have more on Joseph? Joseph b.c. 1763, son of Henry Jr., m. Margaret > Hash. They a daughter Jennie b. 28 May 1793. This is from DAR application > papers. > > Henry Field, Jr., will dated Nov. 7, 1785: will probated Culpeper County, > Virginia, Oct. 15, 1787. Sons, Daniel and Henry W. S.; daughters: Nancy > Delaney, Molly and Sarah; sons George; wife, Mary Field; sons: Joseph, > George, Thomas and John. >>Also Elizabeth, Diana & Suze. > > He d. October 1785. Res. St. Marks Parish, Culpeper County, Va. > > > This Henry possibly, Joseph's, father, represented Culpeper in the > convention, > held in Williamsburg in 1774, to consider the state of the country; and in > the > House of Burgesses in I775; and in the convention 1776, which asserted the > principle of religious liberty, declared American independence and adopted > the > first constitution of Virginia. He died in 1785, leaving six sons. >> > Henry died after Nov 5 1786 as this is the date on the letter to his children. > Henry Sr. died bet. the 12th & 17th of Oct. 1790. > > Ronnie Fields, friend of Mark, my email is [email protected] > >> > >>

I am looking for Franklin FIELD, b 1850 in somewhere in NY, d 1912 in Mesick, Wexford, MI, m in 1872 Alma CLARK in Allegan, MI. They had 2 sons: Cyrus and Edward, b in 1874 and 1876 respectively. If anyone has ANY information on these folks, PLEASE send it to me at [email protected] Thank you.