William Field (1570 - 1623)

Born 11 Jan 1570 in Ardsley, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Jane (Sotwell) Field — married 1613 in Silkstone, Yorkshire, England

Descendants

Died 21 Oct 1623 at age 53 in Thurnscoe, Yorkshire, England

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Biography

William Field, b. probably in Ardsley, England; m. Mrs. Jane (Sotwell) Burdett. William Field, executor of his mother's will. He married Jane, dau. of Rev. John Sotwell, and widow of George Burdett, of Carhead, then described of Thurnscoe. Rev. John was vicar of Peniston. Mrs. Jane Field was buried Oct. 21, 1623, in the parish of Silkstone. He d. in 1623. Res. Thurnscoe, England.

The will of Jane, widow of John Field, is dated July 17, 1609, and she was buried at East Ardsley, Aug. 3, 1609. They had nine children — Richard, born in 1562; Matthew, born in 1563; Christopher, born in 1565; John, born in 1568; 'William, born in 1570'; Thomas, born in 1572; James, born in 1574; Martin, born in 1577; Ann, born in 1580. The oldest, Richard, was disinherited by his father. Matthew, lord of the manor of Thumscoe, named in his mother's will, died June 2, 1631. Letters of administration granted to his son, Matthew, Aug. 4, 1631. Christopher not named in his mother's will. John not named in his mother's will. 'William of Thumscoe, executor of his mother's will'. Thomas named in his mother's will, in which she calls him her third son. James, Martin, or Ann are not named in their mother's will. By their not being named, Mr. Osgood Field thinks they were not living, which is a matter of doubt, as they may have espoused the Puritan cause and left England.

In his book, Sweet Lands of Liberty, (2004), William S. Field states, "The astronomer's son, John, purportedly the father of Zechariah the emigrant and alleged ancestor of David Dudley Field, and Marshall Field, along with his brother Christopher, died young and so could not have been Zechariah's father." His conclusions are based in part on a letter to the NEHGR, vol. 22 pp. 166-173 by Osgood Field which states in part, "As for the assertion...that John Field, the son of the astronmer, had a son named Zechariah, and that William and John Field (1616-1686), the early settlers of Rhode Island, were sons of William (1556-1623) and grandsons of the astronomer, they are not entitled to the slightest credence, not being supported by a shadow of evidence." Osgood Field could not find any children for William (1556-1623) in English records.^[1]. DNA matches among the descendants will determine if the relationships are true, see http://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/fields.

Sources

1. ↑ http://genforum.genealogy.com/field/messages/2229.html

• Field, Osgood. 1895. The Fields of Sowerby near Halifax, England, and of Flushing, New York: with some notices of the families of Underhill, Bowne, Burling, Hazard, and Osgood. London: [publisher not identified]. p. 36.

• http://www.geni.com/people/William-Field/6000000006444741087

• http://www.archive.org/stream/fieldgenealogybe01pier/fieldgenealogybe01pier_djvu.txt

• http://www.archive.org/stream/fieldgenealogy01pier#page/83/mode/1up

• http://books.google.com/books?id=ofcsAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA719

• Pierce, Frederick Clifton, Field genealogy; being the record of all the Field family in America, whose ancestors were in this country prior to 1700

• http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mnichols/owendesc/owenri.htm Says John FIELD was possibly the son of William Field and Jane Sotwell, although proof is lacking.

• Foster, Joseph: Yorkshire Pedigrees (1874), Vol. 1, Field.