Daniel Eastman Fifield

Male30 August 1809–3 May 1883

Brief Life History of Daniel Eastman

When Daniel Eastman Fifield was born on 30 August 1809, in New Hampton, Belknap, New Hampshire, United States, his father, William Fifield, was 24 and his mother, Elizabeth Webster, was 22. He married Hannah S Carter on 31 March 1836. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in New Hampshire, United States in 1870. He died on 3 May 1883, in New Hampton, Belknap, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in New Hampton, Belknap, New Hampshire, United States.

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Family Time Line

Daniel Eastman Fifield
1809–1883
Hannah S Carter
1816–1902
Marriage: 31 March 1836
Emily R. Fifield
1837–
Levi William Fifield
1838–1911
Emily Fifield
1839–1878
Edward Fifield
1840–1878
Lucy Maria Fifield
1843–1908
Daniel O. Fifield
1846–1847
Fifield
1847–

Sources (24)

  • Daniel Fifield, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Daniel E. Fifield, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
  • Daniel Eastman Fifield, "Find A Grave Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    31 March 1836

    • Children (7)

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    Siblings (5)

    World Events (8)

    1812

    Age 3

    War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

    1812 · War of 1812

    Age 3

    Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.

    1830 · The Second Great Awakening

    Age 21

    Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

    Name Meaning

    English: habitational name from any of various places called Fifield or Fyfield, of which there are instances in Berkshire, Essex, Oxfordshire, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire, all so named from Old English fīf ‘five’ + hīde ‘hides’ (a hide being an Anglo-Saxon measurement of land area).

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

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