William Field

Male13 May 1764–15 September 1790

Brief Life History of William

When William Field was born on 13 May 1764, in Longmeadow, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Samuel Field, was 44 and his mother, Abigail Field, was 42. He died on 15 September 1790, at the age of 26.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Field
1719–1789
Abigail Field
1722–1803
Mercy Field
1746–1746
Mary Field
1750–
Henery Field
1757–
Silas Field
1747–1773
Mercy Field
1749–1804
Submit Field
1752–1762
Samuel Field
1755–1837
Asenath Field
1757–1829
Henry Field
1760–1787
William Field
1764–1790
Abigail Field
1764–1836

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    World Events (6)

    1776

    Age 12

    Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

    1776 · The Declaration to the King

    Age 12

    """At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""""""

    1781 · The First Constitution

    Age 17

    Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.

    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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