Benjamin Field1,2,3

M, #2008, d. 16 May 1702
  • Birth*: Long Island, New York
  • Marriage*: 27 August 1692; "Benjamin Field had leave to marry Experience Allen from Shrewsbury, granted at Flushing Meeting 27 Aug 1692, and the marriage probably took place at Shrewsbury, though they soon migrated to Burlington."; Spouse:Experience Allen5,6
  • Death*: 16 May 1702; Burlington Co., New Jersey; <16th day 3rd mo 1702>
    Erroneously identified in the Burlington Monthly Meeting death records as "brother of Joyce Meriot". [See brother-in-law Isaac Marriott.]7,8
Last Edited: 18 Feb 2011
Charts:
Pedigree of Josephine Bailey

Parents:

Father: Robert Field4 b. b 1632, d. 13 Apr 1701
Mother: Susannah (?)4 d. 25 May 1702

Family:

Experience Allen b. 30 Aug 1669, d. bt 30 May 1702 - 29 Jun 1702
  • Marriage*: 27 August 1692; "Benjamin Field had leave to marry Experience Allen from Shrewsbury, granted at Flushing Meeting 27 Aug 1692, and the marriage probably took place at Shrewsbury, though they soon migrated to Burlington."; Spouse:Experience Allen5,6

Children:

Susanna Field+ 11 b. 27 Jun 1693, d. 29 Sep 1750
Robert Field11,12 b. 6 Jan 1694, d. bt 26 Jan 1757 - 12 Aug 1758
Elizabeth Field11 b. 17 Aug 1696
Benjamin Field+11 b. 1 Mar 1698/99

Notes

  • Note: Wills of Benjamin and Experience Field:
    "1702 13th d. 3d. m. (May). Field, Benjamin, of Burlington; will of. Wife Experience, sole executrix. Children - Robert, Benjamin, Susanna, Elizabeth, an expected child, mother Susanna Field. Eight hundred acres of land in Burlington Co.; adjoining John Adams, 2400 a. above the Falls of Delaware, 200 a. of a farm sold to brother Ambrose Field, and reserved. Personal estate. Witnesses - Sam'l Jennings, Edward Hunlocke, Ann Jennings, Mary Wheat. Proved and letters testamentary granted to Nathan Allen, trustee and executor of Experience Field November 3, ----. Lib I, p. 88
    "1702 30th d. 3d m. (May). Field, Experience, of Burlington, widow of Benjamin; will of. Children - Robert, Benjamin, Sussannah and Elizabeth, all under age; legacy to Joseph, son of Issak and Sussannah Mariott of Burlington. Real and personal estate. Executors - brother Nathan Allen and brother-in-law Issak Meriott; Edward Rockhill to take the place of executor, if one of those named should die. Father Jedidiah Allen is requested to cast a fatherly eye upon the children. Witnesses - Henry Grubb, Sam'l Furnance, Sam'l Jennings. Proved December 17, 1704, according to original in Burlington Wills. Proved January 17, 1704, according to Lib. I, p. 94
    "1702 June 29. Inventory of the estate of Benjamin Field and wife (£2254 - incl. 6 silver spoons, and bonds due by John Molein, Rob't Blackshaw, Alex's Furman, Anthony Whitehead, Marmaduke Horsman,John Hyde, Henry Oxley, Nath. Feild, Amrose Feild, Charity Stephens, Samuel Boon, Henry Burr, Moses Pettett, John Chesher, Juda Allen, Samuel Hofmire, Robert Come, Nath. Allen); made by Henry Grubb, Christo Wetherill and Samuel Formis."9
  • Note*: Benjamin Field sold his Newtown, Long Is., land in 1693, and owned land in Burlington County, New Jersey in 1694. He bought and sold land there up until his death in 1702. He is identified as of Chesterfield Township.5
  • Note: "Under date of Jan. 2, 1711/2 he [#416, Eliashib Allen, son of Jedediah], described as of Chesterfield, Gent., conveyed to his brother Nathan 100 acres on a branch of Raritan River which had been given to him in 1702/3 by his brother-in-law Benjamin Field (WJD B:720; BBB:381)."
    "On May 29, 1702, Nathan Allen [#417, son of Jedediah], of the Town of Burlington, late of Freehold, yeoman, was deeded by his sister Experience Field 1650 acres in the present Hunterdon County, previously contracted for with her deceased husband Benjamin Field, and the same day Nathan Allen and Isaac Mariot [Isaac Marriott, Experience Field's brother-in-law] bought, for £1000., all other lands to which Benjamin Field had title at the time of his death. (WJD AAA:54, 58)."10

Citations

  1. [S282] McCraken, George E., "The Fields of Flushing, Long Island", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (NEHGR) Vol. 113 (July 1957): 197-216 & (Oct 1959): 267-289: p. 208-210, 269-271, #8.   McCracken--Fields-of-Flushing.pdf
  2. [S374] Pierce, Frederick Clifton, Field Genealogy; Being the record of all the Field family in America...sections on 'The Fields of Flushing, New York' p. 85-129 and 'The Fields of New Jersey' p. 85-~136 contributed by Osgood Field (Chicago: Hammond Press, 1901), p. 129.
  3. [S517] Wakefield, Robert S. and Robert M. Sherman, "Henry Howland of Duxbury Massachusetts, 1633, His Children and His Grandchildren", National Genealogical Society Quarterly Vol. 75 (June 1987): 105-116, (Sept 1987): 216-225; & (Dec 1987): 278-288: p. 280.   Wakefield--Henry-Howland.pdf
  4. [S282] McCraken, George E., "McCracken - Fields of Flushing", p. 208-210.
  5. [S282] McCraken, George E., "McCracken - Fields of Flushing", p. 269-271.
  6. [S201] Hinshaw, William Wade, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. II (Pa. & N.J.), Vol III (N.Y.) (Originally published Ann Arbor, 1938. Reprinted Genealogical Publishing Co. Baltimore 1969., ), 3:17 & 118, New York Monthly Meeting; licenced to marry.
  7. [S288] Meldrum, Charlotte D., Early Church Records of Burlington County, New Jersey; Vol. 1: Burlington & Mt Holly Monthly Meetings; Vol. 2: Chesterfield, Evesham & Little Egg Harbor Monthly Meetings; Vol. 3: Many sources. (Westminster, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2007), 1:5.
  8. [S282] McCraken, George E., "McCracken - Fields of Flushing", p. 270.
  9. [S127] Documents relating to the colonial, revolutionary and post-revolutionary history of the state of New Jersey. aka New Jersey Archives. 23:162-163.
  10. [S167] Gardner, Charles Carroll, "Ralph Allen of Sandwich, Mass.", from the series: "Genealogical Dictionary of New Jersey" by Charles Carroll Gardner, in Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, 16(1941):52. Reprinted in Genealogies of New Jersey Families; From the Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, Vol II. publ. 1996 Genealogical Publ. Co. Baltimore. p. 173. p. 183-184.   Gardner--Gen-Dict--Ralph-Allen.pdf
  11. [S445] Society of Friends, Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington Co., N.J. Filmed at Swarthmore. FHL microfilm 16,513. 2, Births & Deaths 1675-1750, Book K Births, p. 15-16; children of Benjamin & Experience Field.
  12. [S374] Pierce, Frederick Clifton, Field Genealogy, p. 130, citing a family bible.