As her ancestor was hung for a loyalist, Mine Capt Seth Field rode 100 miles at the alarm from Concord and fought at Breeds/Bunker Hill then was involved in protecting Washington's flanks My 8Th gr great grandfather was Samuel Field who was selected as a delegate to ratify the US Constitution from Deerfield MA Im assuming on state level if not the philadelphia convention ...family was very involved in MA history and Hartford CT founding.the revolution really was a civil war..the thing is I ignored this line for years trying to fight roadblocks in Marcure /Mercure lines it was only out of frustration I even looked at the Fields//im glad I finally looked
Sally Field is my 6th cousin once removed.
Her 5th great grandmother, Rebecca Haines is my 6th great grandmother.
Rebecca's second husband, George Fields, was a Loyalist.
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Field, George (c. 1721-c. 1785) lived during colonial times in the South Precinct of Dutchess County, New York from Feb 1757 to Feb 1759. A decade later on 20 Jun 1759, he rode express to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania for Amos Ogden. In 1773 George and his wife Rebecca (Haines) Johnson Field settled on Lot 27, Manor of Sunbury, Wyoming Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
During the American Revolution, George Field supported the British cause and left his home in the Wyoming Valley with his family and travelled north to the British forces in Fort Niagara on the Niagara River. The group included George, his wife Rebecca and their children Daniel, Hannah, Mary, Gilbert and Nathan Field. At Fort Niagara George Field was listed as a Private in the Sixth Company of Butler’s Rangers and paid £10.14 at the rate of 2 shillings per day for 107 days of service from 10 Jul 1778 to 24 Oct 1778.
George Field was among the earliest to receive permission for settlement. This was 100 acres of land in Lot 15 along the present Niagara River Parkway in Niagara Township, Lincoln County, Ontario. It is between the town of Niagara-on-the-Lake and the village of Queenston.
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