Brief Life History of Amos
When Amos Field was born on 20 April 1750, in Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut, United States, his father, Bennett Field, was 40 and his mother, Elizabeth Spofford, was 35. He married Zeruiah Baldwin in 1772. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 8 daughters. He died on 17 June 1830, in Dorset, Bennington, Vermont, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Dorset, Bennington, Vermont, United States.
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Sources (23)
- Amos Field, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Field in entry for Alfried Field, "Massachusetts Town Deaths Index, ca. 1640-1961"
- Amos Field in entry for Emily Field, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"
Spouse and Children
1750–1830 Male
1754–1843 Female
Children (11)
1773–1844 Female
1773–1858 Female
1775–1775 Female
1779–1805 Female
1782–1829 Male
+6 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1709–1770 Male
1715–1772 Female
Siblings (12)
1735–1810 Female
1737–1776 Female
1739–1815 Female
1740–1780 Female
1744–1809 Female
+7 More Children
World Events (6)
1772
Age 22
1776
Age 26
1791
Age 41
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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