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.