Now that there is a little activity, I hope that someone knows this family Mary PEMBERTON was born between 1820 and 1822. She married Richard Henry FIELD, son of Daniel FIELD, on 10 January 1839 at Culpeper County, VA, USA. She died between 1850 and 1860. a) William FIELD was born in 1842 b) Catherine FIELD was born in 1844 c) Zachariah FIELD was born in 1847 Lucie Field <[email protected]> wrote: Hi, I just found this email. We have changed our email to [email protected] we had the other address so long we were getting tons of spam. yes i do think this our field line... thanks gene field --- [email protected] wrote: > > Not sure if these are your Fields thought I would > send them on. > June > Source: Southern Biographies and Genealogies, > 1500s-1940s > The Fields. > The first person of the name in the parish register > is Henry Field, > Sr., a member of the first vestry chosen by the > freeholders and > housekeepers of St. Mark's Parish, at Germanna, in > January 1731. The > next is Abraham Field, elected vestryman at the > Great Fork Church in > 1744, and served till his death in 1774, a term of > thirty years. He > had a son John, who represented Culpeper in the > House of Burgesses in > 1765. He was probably the Col. John Field who had > served in Braddock's > War, and who fell, fighting gallantly at the head of > his regiment, at > the battle of Point Pleasant. One of his daughters > married > Page 57 > Lawrence Slaughter, an officer of the Revolution, > and who was the > father of John Field Slaughter, who married Miss > Alexander, of Prince > William. Another of Col. John Field's daughters > married Col. George > Slaughter, who raised one of the first companies of > minute-men in > Culpeper; and after the war moved to Kentucky with > George Rogers > Clarke, commanded a fort at the Falls of the Ohio, > and was one of the > founders of the city of Louisville, which was then > in the State of > Virginia. > Henry Field, Sr., the vestryman of 1731, served in > that office and as > churchwarden till 1762, a term of thirty-one years. > He executed many > commissions for the vestry, such as going to > Williamsburg on horseback > several times on their behalf, and paying quit-rents > for the churches > and glebes. He and Francis Slaughter and Robert > Green chose a site for > a chapel between Shaw's Mountain, the Devil's Run > and Hazel River. He > was succeeded in the vestry by Henry Field, Jr., who > served till his > removal from the parish of St. Mark's into Bromfield > Parish, whose > records are lost or we should probaly have found his > name on the > vestry-books there. He represented Culpeper in the > Convention at > Williamsburg in 1774 to consider the state of the > country, in the > House of Burgesses in 1775, and with French Strother > in the Convention > of 1776 which asserted the principle of religious > liberty, declared > American independence, and adopted the first > Constitution. Henry Field, > Jr., died in 1785, leaving six sons--Daniel, Henry, > George, Joseph, > Thomas and John, who were the ancestors of the > families of that name. > The late judge of this court, Richard H. Field, and > his brothers > Yancey and Stanton, were the sons of Daniel Field of > what is now > Madison. He (the Judge) married first Matilda, > daughter of Robert > Slaughter of the Grange, and second Philippa, > daughter of the Hon. > Philip P. Barbour. His three sons were killed in > battle during the > late war, and his daughter (Mrs. Norvell) is the > only surviving child. > Gen. James Field of the Culpeper bar, who lost a > limb at the battle of > Slaughter's Mountain, is a son of Yancey Field. He > married Miss > Cowherd of Orange. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to [email protected] with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Deb Koplen [email protected] http://home.swbell.net/koplend/index.htm "Right Smak Dab between Dallas and Fort Worth"