Brief Life History of William J.
When William J. Field was born about April 1804, in Vermont, United States, his father, Ebenezer Field, was 29 and his mother, Lucinda Russell, was 20. He married Rebecca Wheelock in 1824. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Malone, Malone, Franklin, New York, United States in 1850 and New York, United States in 1870. He died on 25 February 1887, in Bangor, Bangor, Franklin, New York, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in North Bangor, Franklin, New York, United States.
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- William Field, "New York State Census, 1875"
- William Field, "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956"
- William Field, "New York, Cemetery Abstracts, 1800-1965"
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1805
Established in 1805.
1808
Historical Boundaries: 1808: Franklin, New York, United States
1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
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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