Amos Field Jr.

Brief Life History of Amos

When Amos Field Jr. was born on 12 November 1782, in Dorset, Bennington, Vermont, United States, his father, Amos Field Sr., was 32 and his mother, Zeruiah Baldwin, was 28. He had at least 3 sons with Sophia Clary. He died about 1829, in Adams, Adams, Jefferson, New York, United States, at the age of 48.

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Family Time Line

Amos Field Jr.
1782–1829
Sophia Clary
1786–1858
Spafford Clary Field
1809–1880
George Baker Field
1817–1892
Benjamin Franklin Field
1823–1898

Sources (3)

  • Amos Field, "Vermont, Births and Christenings, 1765-1908"
  • Amos Field, "Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954"
  • John Field in entry for George Balan Field, "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949"

World Events (8)

1783 · A Free America

The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.

1791 · Vermont Becomes 14th State

On March 4, 1791, Vermont became the 14th state.

1797 · Albany is Named Capital of New York

Albany became the capital of New York in 1797. Albany is the oldest continuous settlement of the original 13 colonies.

Name Meaning

English and Irish: habitational name, probably from Field, in Leigh, Staffordshire. The placename derives from Old English feld ‘flat open country’. In the late 12th century one of Henry II's warrior knights took the surname to Ireland, where it often took the semi-Norman French form de la Feld. From the 15th century onward it was increasingly reduced to Field and gave its name to Fieldstown, the family's chief seat near Dublin. A branch of the Anglo-Irish family that migrated back to England in the 14th century retained the Normanized form as Delafield .

English: topographic name for someone who lived by an arable field or an area of open country (Middle English feld).

Irish: Anglicized form of Feeley , through similarity of sound, and of Maghery by translation (chiefly in Armagh), from Gaelic An Mhachaire ‘of the field’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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