Robert Field I1,2,3

M, b. before 9 May 1605, d. before 1673
FatherWilliam Field I b. 1548, d. 24 Jul 1619
MotherSusan Midgley d. 6 Mar 1623/24
     Robert was born before 9 May 1605 in Sowerby, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England. On 9 May 1605, he was christened at St. John the Baptist Church, Halifax, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England. Robert married Ruth Fairbanks on 23 November 1624 in Halifax, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England, at St. John the Baptist Church.4 Robert was a Puritan. Robert's wife, Ruth, died before 1629 in Sowerby, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England, leaving him a widower. Robert married 2nd Charity (?) circa 1629 in England.5 On 12 February 1653, he signs a deed giving to his two sons, Robert and Anthony, each a home lot which he states that he had purchased for this purpose.6 Robert departed this life before 1673 in the Town of Flushing, Queens County, Long Island, New York.

Family 1

Ruth Fairbanks d. b 1629
Child

Family 2

Charity (?) d. a 6 Feb 1673
Children

Citations

  1. [S108] Field Genealogy, pp. 85.
  2. [S1181] Osgood Field, Correspondence: Letter of Osgood Field dated: 24 March 1875, pages 193-195 - " ffebruary ye 6th , 1673.
    Know all men by these presentss that I Charity ffield widow Doe owne and confess that the home Lott that Lyeth betwixt the Lott that was formerly old Applegates and the Lott that was formerly - Doughty's is my sone Anthony ffield's Lott and proper land and I never intended or pretended any right to it.
    Testes      Witness my hand
    Elias Doughty      her
    Robert Field      Charity E. Field"
    marke.
    This paper proves that Field the emigrant left a widow Charity, and although it is quite within the range of possibility that he may have married three times, I think that the above document, coupled with the fact that there was another Robert Field then residing at Horton, near Bradford, who became a widower in September, 1624, leaves the question as to who was the husband of Elizabeth Taylor open to conjecture. Charity Field is thus referred to in a letter from John Bowne to his wife, dated "Amsterdam, the 9th of the 4th month called June, 1663: " Remember my true love to Joan Chatterton and Charity Field, with my love to all the rest of my loving neighbours;" but I failed in tracing her relationship to Field the emigrant until seeing a copy of the paper she signed in 1673.
    I am also indebted to Mr. Bowne for the following ancient deed, which is on the same sheet as the previous one, both being copied from the originals in the Flushing Records by James Clements, the Town Clerk, in 1672. At this early period, many deeds were drawn first on the Town books, and there signed; after which copies were furnished by the Clerk
    to any one willing to pay for them.     .     ,
    “ffebruary 12th 1653
    Flushing Know all men by these presents that I Robert ffield Doe freely give and grant Unto my Two Sones Robert ffield and Anthony ffield each of them a house Lott with the proprietie and priviledge thereunto belonging I give Unto Robert the Lott wh was formerly John Lake's Unto Anthony the Lott which was formerly given unto Thomas Aplegate Scales which two Lotts were purchased by mee and now freely are given by mee unto them my two Sones their heirs or Assignees forever to Injoy.
    Robert Field."
    These documents prove three facts not previously known to me: that the emigrant was dead in 1673, that he left a widow named Charity, and that his sons Robert and Anthony were of age as early as 1653.
  3. [S1183] George F. McCracken, The Fields of Flushing, Long Island, page 200 - [Important Note - In this article, McCracken analysizes Osgood Field's connection of Robert Field the immigrant to William Field of West Yorkshire, England. McCracken acknowledges that Osgood Field searched but did not find contradictory evidence, but also states that Field's evidence connecting the two families is "highly debateable evidence" and therefore McCracken sees the connection as invalid. McCracken however does, although begrudgingly, admit that Osgood is correct in saying that the Robert Field of Newport is the same man as the Robert Field of Flushing. By acknowledging this, though, he is then giving more validity to Osgood's lineage of Robert as the son of William of West Yorkshire. It is our opinion that Osgood Field's accumulated circumstancial evidence is strong enough to make the assumption that Robert is indeed the son of William of Yorkshire. We will leave them connected until new evidence proves otherwise. - KLM].
  4. [S1182] Osgood Field, Sketch of the Field Family, page 109 - Robert Feild & Ruth Fairebank of Hipperholme were married at Halifax.
  5. [S506] Note: It has been assumd that sons: Robert & Anthony were 21 years of age when their father gave them their land. Providing this is the case, Robert & Charity were probably married in England.
  6. [S1181] Osgood Field, Correspondence: Letter of Osgood Field dated: 24 March 1875, page 194 - “ffebruary 12th 1653
    Flushing Know all men by these presents that I Robert ffield Doe freely give and grant Unto my Two Sones Robert ffield and Anthony ffield each of them a house Lott with the proprietie and priviledge thereunto belonging I give Unto Robert the Lott wh was formerly John Lake's Unto Anthony the Lott which was formerly given unto Thomas Aplegate Scales which two Lotts were purchased by mee and now freely are given by mee unto them my two Sones their heirs or Assignees forever to Injoy.
    Robert Field."