John FIELD^{[1, 2]}

1672 - 1747

• Born	11 May 1672  [2]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	AFAEC477AC0D43F48E6713A3042F78D7B5FC
  Died	28 May 1747  [2]
  Person ID	I3298	OuthouseLine2014
  Last Modified	13 Jan 2012

  
  

  Father	John FIELD,   b. 1648, Hartford, Hartford, MA ,   d. 26 Jun 1717, Hatfield, Hampshire, MA
  Mother	Living
  Family ID	F1245	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Sarah COLEMAN,   b. 15 Feb 1673, Hatfield, MA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Y  [2]
  Children	1. John FIELD,   b. 14 Sep 1700,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Living   3. Hannah FIELD,   b. 8 Jul 1704,   d. Yes, date unknown > 4. Amos FIELD,   b. 24 Jun 1708,   d. Yes, date unknown > 5. Eliakim FIELD,   b. 27 Nov 1711,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Mary FIELD,   b. 18 Jun 1715,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2004
  Family ID	F1316	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  Tax Roll 1770 Amherst Valuations list John Field as one of the largest landholders, taxed oe128. EARLY HADLEY, MASSACHUSETTS "Wood and Timber. --The annual burnings by the Indians, and afterwards by the whites, destroyed small trees and hindered the growth of large ones,a nd valuable timber was not so plenty as some have imagined. Some of the towns on the river had fears about a scarcity of timber in early days.Springfield voted in 1647, that no timber, boards, planks, shingle-timber, nor pipe staves should be carried out of the town, from the east side of the river. Hatfield voted, in 1671, that no man should sell clapboards, shingles or rails, out of the town, and coopering stuff was not to be sold out of the town until wrought into casks. In May 1706, this prohibition was so far relaxed as to permit John Field, Jr.,to transport shingles "to supply those whose houses were burnt down in Hadley." Northampton, in 1699, "considering the great difficulty we are in to get fire-wood," ordered that no staddles should be cut, that were less than 9 inches in diameter. Hadley, in 1713, ordered that no oak staddles under 12 inches in diameter should be cut, on penalty of five shillings. These town votes all relate to common lands. They clearly evince that timber was not very abundant." ---"History of Hadley, MA" page 98

  
  

• Sources

  [S45] GEDCOM of J-Brubaker. [S109] FIELD, Richard, http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db= rfield55&id =I1441 (Reliability: 3).