Brief Life History of Reuben
When Reuben Field was born on 22 November 1772, in Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, United States, his father, Jeremiah Field, was 26 and his mother, Lydia Colwell, was 23. He married Alice Brayton on 21 June 1798, in Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He died in 1842, at the age of 70.
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Family Time Line
Sources (5)
- Reuben Field, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Reuben Fields in entry for Abrey or Alicey Brayton, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
- Reuben in entry for Lydia, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
Spouse and Children
1772–1842 Male
1767– Female
Children (5)
1799–1878 Female
1809–1886 Male
1811– Female
1813– Female
1815– Female
Parents and Siblings
1746–1815 Male
1750–1842 Female
Siblings (11)
1769–1771 Female
1771–1851 Male
1772–1842 Male
1774–1864 Female
1776–1842 Female
+6 More Children
World Events (8)
1776
Age 4
1781 · British Forces Capture Fort Griswold
Age 9
1791
Age 19
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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