(1) Name: Elizabeth FIELD
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Birth: 1758
Death: 1838 Age: 80
Father: Henry FIELD
Misc. Notes
Subject: [KYNICHOL] FIELDS, Willis b.1778 s/o Col. Ezekiel Fields
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 11:11:20 -0700
From: Helen Graves <hgraves@psln.com>
Re: Willis FIELD who appears on the 1799 Bourbon Co., KY tax list
I am trying to identify this man. Is the family below a "match up" for Willis, and do I have the Col. Ezekiel Henry Field family info correct?
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Col. Ezekiel Henry FIELD married Elizabeth FIELD, his cousin.
They had 3 children:
1. Willis b. 1778
2. Staunton (died young)
3. Ezekiel Henry b. May 1782
After Col. Ezekiel Henry FIELD died, his widow married #2: Capt. Thomas McClanahan. Her 2nd husband McClanahan died ca 1808; his Bourbon Co., KY, will was dated May 4, 1807 and recorded in Feb. 1909.
ca 1800 Willis FIELD married Elizabeth FIELD, "his cousin". This Elizabeth FIELD was the daughter of John FIELD, Jr., of Bourbon Co. (but I haven't figurd out who "John Jr." is -- sounds like he was brother of Ezekiel Henry Field. Am I right? )
1800-1830 a Willis FIELD appears on census records in Bourbon Co. KY for 30 years. In 1837 Willis FIELD dies, age 60, in Bourbon Co., KY.
Any additions/corrections to the above would be appreciated. I am trying to figure out if the Willis FIELD on the Bourbon Co 1799 tax list is the Willis FIELD, son of Col Ezekiel Field.
-- Helen in Calif.
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Notes on Field family (taken from Woodford County, Ky., web site):
Military forebearers:
Lt. Gen. Field Harris. USMC, ancestors included:
William Field. came to Ky. with Harrod, then fought in Dunmore's War, 1774.
Col. John Field killed at Point Pleasant, Dunmore' 5 War, 1774.
Capt. Benjamin Field. Revolution, 1780-81.
Col. Ezekiel Field. Revolutionary War, died at Battle of Blue Licks, 1782.
Gen. E. H. Field. a parade marshal at ceremonies of Boone reinterment, 1845. Fought in Mexican War, 1847.
Gen. Charles Field GSA, great Civil War leader who commanded half Lee's army, the only effective fighting force left to surrender at Appomattox.
Spouses
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1: Col. Ezekial Henry FIELD
Misc. Notes
From: Helen Graves <hgraves@psln.com>
Here's my query on the FIELDS who appear on Bourbon Co. tax lists 1793-1799. -- Helen
Re: FIELDS families in Bourbon Co-Nicholas Co "area" 1792-1810
I am still stumped on Old-Geezer Ebenezer FIELDS who appears first on the Bourbon Co KY tax list in 1797. (Either he came of age or just arrived there to appear on the 1797 tax list.) Apparently where he lived became Nicholas Co., as he is on Nicholas Co tax records after 1800, as are a Benjamin and a Thomas FIELDS/FEILDS. I am hoping that Ebenezer is related in some way to the "other" Fields men who appear on early tax lists starting in 1793.
If you have any info on who these men were and/or how they were related, please post to the list:
FIELDS on 1793-1799 BOURBON CO Tax Lists
1793 - John FIELD. Who is he? Same man as John FIELDS 1795?
1795 - Joseph FIELD, Renbars FIELD (is this Reuben Fields?), Benjamin FIELDS, John FIELDS, Larkin FIELDS
1796 - Ezekel FIELDS, John FIELDS, Larkin FIELDS, Rueben FIELDS, and R--n (Reason?)FIELDS. Who are these men? Are they related -- how?
1797 - Ezekel FIELDS, John FIELDS, Larkin FIELDS, Rueben FIELDS, Benjamin FEILDS (sic), Ebenezer FEILDS (sic), and Thomas FEILDS (sic)
1798 - no tax list
1799 - Ezekiel, John, Joseph, Larkin, Reuben, and Willis FIELD Willie FIELDS, and Benjamin, Ebenezer, and Thomas FEILDS (sic)
Children: Willis (1778-1837)
Staunton
Ezekial Henry (1782-)
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2: Thomas McCLANAHAN Jr.
Birth: 1758
Death: 1834 Breckenridge County, Kentucky Age: 76
Father: Thomas McCLANAHAN (~1730-)
Mother: Margaret STROTHER
Misc. Notes
Notes on Thomas McClanahan, Jr.: [1]
Thomas McCLANAHAN (sometimes known as Thomas Jr) [Thomas3,William2,Dorothy1) (1758-1834) married Elizabeth FIELD (1758-1838), the daughter of Mary and Henry FIELD. Thomas died in Breckenridge County, Kentucky, but Elizabeth died in Richmond, Bourbon County, Kentucky. They had eight children:
2-4-1. Margaret "Peggy " McCLANAHAN (1787 -1834)
2-4-2. William McCLANAHAN (1789-1864)
2-4-3. Thomas Strother McCLANAHAN (1791-1825)
2-4-4. Mary "Polly" McCLANAHAN- (twin of Thomas) (1791-1870)
2-4-5. Sally McCLANAHAN was born 1793 in Bourbon County, Kentucky
2-4-6. Anna McCLANAHAN (1795)
2-4-7. Maria McCLANAHAN (1797)
2-4-1. Margaret "Peggy" McCLANAHAN [Thomas4,Thomas3,William2,Dorothy1] (1787 -1834) married William WARD in 1806 and had at least one child, William Thomas WARD. (1807 KY) who married Christina McCOY in May 1833 in Missouri.
2-4-2. William McCLANAHAN [Thomas4, Thomas3, William2,Dorothy1] (1789-1864) was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, but married Amelia IRVINE in Madison County, Kentucky, and died in Shelby County, Illinois. William and Amelia had six children: Margaret, Amelia "Emma", Irvine, Elizabeth Louise, and Ezekiel.
2-4-3. Thomas Strother McCLANAHAN (1791-1825) born in Bourbon County but died (unmarried) in Louisville, Kentucky
2-4-4. Mary "Polly" McCLANAHAN [Thomas4,Thomas3,William2,Dorothy1] born 1791 in Bourbon County, Kentucky married Captain George HOLLOWAY (1784-1836) son of Mary SHINN and John HOLLOWAY in 1807 in Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky. He died there after 18 October 1836. Mary died 1870 in Shelby County, Illinois, while visiting her sister, Mrs. Ann McCLANAHAN THORNTON. Mary and George had ten children:
2-4-4.1. George Gray HOLLOWAY (1809) It is unknown if he married or had children.
2-4-4.2. William HOLLOWAY (1810-1883)
2-4-4.3. Ann HOLLOWAY (1810)
2-4-4.4. Mary Katherine HOLLOWAY (1811)
2-4-4.5. Mariah HOLLOWAY married William SEATON. No information has been acquired about any children they may have had.
2-4-4-6. Martha B. HOLLOWAY
2-4-4-7. Edmond Bullard HOLLOWAY (1821)
2-4-4-8. Margaret Elizabeth HOLLOWAY (1823) married Jeremiah MASSIE (1809)
2-4-4-9. Sarah Emily HOLLOWAY (c.1825) married Cyrus MILLER
2-4-4-10. Robert Thomas HOLLOWAY (1829)
2-4-4-2. William HOLLOWAY [Mary5,Thomas4,Thomas3,William2,Dorothy1] was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, but died in Lexington, Kentucky. He married Elizabeth FIELD in1830, daughter of Ezekiel FIELD. No information has been acquired about any children born to this union.
2-4-4-3. Ann HOLLOWAY [Mary5,Thomas4,Thomas3,William2,Dorothy1] was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, in 1810. In 1831, in Henderson County, she married Nathaniel RANKIN (1809-1891) son of Susan ANDERSON and Adam RANKIN. Ann died in Henderson County, Kentucky, in 1833. No information has been acquired about any children of this union.
2-4-4-4. Mary Katherine HOLLOWAY [Mary5,Thomas4,Thomas3,William2,Dorothy1] was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, in 1811. She married H. McCLANAHAN in June 1847. We know of only one child, Dr. Henry McCLANAHAN, who married Elizabeth Ellen HOLLOWAY in Mercer County, Illinois. She was the daughter of Catherine THOMPSON and Robert HOLLOWAY. Robert HOLLOWAY was a brother of Mary Katherine’s. It is unknown if they had children.
2-4-4-5. Mariah HOLLOWAY married William SEATON. Children, if any, unknown.
2-4-4-6. Martha B. HOLLOWAY [Mary5,Thomas4,Thomas3,William2,Dorothy1] (1816-1891) was born and married in Bourbon County. In 1834 she married Nathaniel RANKIN (1809-1891) son of Susan ANDERSON and Adam RANKIN. Martha and Nathaniel RANKIN had six children, none of whom were born or lived in Bourbon County, KY: William (1836), Ann Louise (1839), Mary E. (1848), George Creath (1850), Belle Field (1854) and Robert H. (1860).
2-4-4-7. Edmond Bullard HOLLOWAY [Mary5,Thomas4,Thomas3,William2,Dorothy1](1821-1861) was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky. He married Eliza THORNTON (1824-1903), daughter of Anna McCLANAHAN and General William Fitzhugh THORNTON. Eliza and Edmond had five known children: Robert T (1825), Anna (1854), Thomas Thornton (1857), George W. and William T. HOLLOWAY. As far as we know, the children never lived in Bourbon County, Kentucky.
2-4-4-8. Robert Thomas HOLLOWAY [Mary5,Thomas4,Thomas3,William2,Dorothy1] (1829-?) was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky. He married Catherine E. "Kate" THOMPSON in Monmouth, Warren County, Illinois in 1853. They had four children, Edmond B. (1855), George, Elizabeth Ellen, and Mary Belle. None ever lived in Bourbon County, Kentucky.
2-4-5. Sally McCLANAHAN [Thomas4,Thomas3,William2,Dorothy1] (1793-)
2-4-6. Anna McCLANAHAN [Thomas4,Thomas3,William2,Dorothy1] (1795-1883) was born and married in Bourbon County, Kentucky. In 1811, Anna married General William Fitzhugh THORNTON (1789 VA-1873 IL). Their honeymoon was the trip from Bourbon County, Kentucky to Virginia. They had ten children. However, we have names for only nine:
2-4-6-1 Margaret Mary THORNTON (1814)
2-4-6-2 Mildred Ann THORNTON (1812)
2-4-6-3 Anne Grymes THORNTON (1816)
2-4-6-4 Maria Louisa Elizabeth THORNTON (1818)
2-4-6-5 Mildred Rootes THORNTON (1821)
2-4-6-6 Eliza McClanahan THORNTON (1824)
2-4-6-7 Antonia THORNTON (1827)
2-4-6-8 William Wedderburn THORNTON (1832)
2-4-6-9 Thomas McClanahan THORNTON (1836)
2-4-7. Maria McCLANAHAN [Thomas4,Thomas3,William2,Dorothy1] (1797-1824) was born and married in Bourbon County, Kentucky. She married 15 February 1818, William Ansolem WATKINS (1795 VA-1865 Owensboro, KY)
They had five children:
2-4-7-1 William McClanahan WATKINS (c1820) married Elizabeth JENNINGS.
2-4-7-2 Thomas WATKINS married Fannie GATEWOOD.
2-4-7-3 Samuel Shelton WATKINS (1824) married twice to THOMAS sisters, (1) Elizabeth, and (2) Susan.
2-4-7-4 Elizabeth WATKINS married Dudley HAMBLETON.
2-4-7-5 Mary Jane WATKINS married Marion HAMBLETON.
Marriage: March 13, 1786 Lincoln County, Kentucky
Sources
1. Source: “McClanahans,” a report by Patije Mills with the help of many of her cousins, all descendants of the various branches of this clan.
(2) Name: Harrison FIELD
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Father: Joseph FIELD
Mother: Jemima WRIGHT
Misc. Notes
Looking for more info on this family.. They may tie into my FIELD/S
HARRISON FIELD was born in Bourbon County, Ky., October 22, 1810, son of Joseph and Jemima (Wright) Field, the father a native of Culpeper County, Va., and the mother of Woodford County, Ky. Son of Daniel, served in the Revolution and afterward bought a large tract of land in Bourbon County, Ky.
HARRISON FIELD and Jemima (Wright) children were Thomas, George, Harrison, Sarah, Daniel, Willis and Joseph J..
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Shirl McNeely,
NebrGenie@aol.com
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History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington Counties, Indiana From the Earliest Time to the Present; Together with Interesting Biographical Sketches, Reminiscences, Notes, Etc. Chicago, Goodspeed Bros., & Co., Publishers, 1884. Weston A. Goodspeed, Leroy C. Goodspeed, Charles L. Goodspeed. Bourbon County.
HARRISON FIELD was born in Bourbon County, Ky., October 22, 1810, son of Joseph and Jemima (Wright) Field, the father a native of Culpeper County, Va., and the mother of Woodford County, Ky. The Fields were originally from England, their settlement in this country dating at colonial times. Members of the family served in the Revolution and in the early Indian or border wars. The grandfather, Daniel, served in the Revolution and afterward bought a large tract of land in Bourbon County, Ky. The father married Miss Wright in Kentucky, and in 1814 settled in Washington County, Indiana, on Twin Creek, and about two years later came to Bono Township, Lawrence County, but after a time located on the G. R. Field farm, in this township (Marion Township, Lawrence County), and there passed the remainder of his days. His children were Thomas, George, Harrison (our subject), Sarah, Daniel, Willis and Joseph J. Our subject, when seventeen years old, with meager education, began farming for himself - hiring out by the month at $5, $6 and $8 per month. He made four trips to New Orleans on flat boats, receiving $30 for the round trip. At the end of seven years he had saved considerable and he bought eighty acres. He now has 246 acres (Marion Township). His wife, Ellen Rankin, whom he married October 13, 1835, bore him these children: Mary A., Sarah J., Susan Y., Harrison W., Ellen J., George T., William C., James W., Willis P., Albert M. and John R. Sarah, Susan, George and John only are living. Harrison, Jr., died while in the last war. George served and safely returned. The Rankins settled in Washington County in 1811, and five years later near Bedford. Mr. Field is a Republican, and he and wife are members of the Christian Church. They are excellent people.
(3) Name: Henry FIELD
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Misc. Notes
Henry Fields, Jr., died 1785 in Culpeper Co. VA. He owned land in Bourbon Co., KY. His estate was still being divided in 1827 (42 years later!). By this time, most of Henry's 8 children were dead; his daughter Eliza was still alive, tho.
I have been able to identify some of the 1827 heirs but not all ... so I hope someone on the list can identify the rest. Also, if I have made a mistake in identification, please post corrections. Please post whatever info you have on these "heirs" to the list as it will help others.
1827 - Bourbon Co. Master Commissioner's Deed Book A..."Heirs of Henry Fields":
1. "Thomas McClananhan and Eliza his wife". (Eliza 1752-1837 was Henry's daughter; her first husband was Col. Ezekiel Fields. )
2. "Daniel Field". (Henry had a son Daniel. Was he still alive in 1827?)
3. "Nancy Delaney, a widow". (Who is this Nancy? I don't think Henry had a dau Nancy. The only Nancy Field marriage I could find in Bourbon Co. was Nancy Field to William MORROW. Wm Morrow did not die until 1835, so Nancy Delaney, widow, is not Nancy Morrow. However, Wm/Nancy Morrow did have a dau Nancy. Did Nancy Morrow marry a Delaney who died by 1827? )
4. Joseph Field (Henry had a son Joseph. Was he still allive in 1827?)
5. "Joseph Towles and Sally Towles, his wife". (Who is this Sally? Is she a dau of George?)
6. "(blank space) Davis" (Not much to go on here!)
7. "Eliza Davis, dau of George Field, dec'd". (Henry had a son George; when did George die? Does someone have more info on Henry Field's son George -- spouse, children?
8." unknown heirs of Thomas Field." (Henry had a son Thomas who was alive in 1799). Does anyone have more info on Henry's son Thomas? Where did he live? Spouse? Children? Why doesn't the court know who his heirs were?
9. "David Clarkson and Polly Clarkson, his wife."(Polly was Henry's grand daughter. Mary L. (Polly) Fields was the daughter of Henry's son Henry W.S. Fields -- who was hung for murdering his 2nd wife. Polly and her sisters Eliza, Louisa, and Sally were left orphans when their father was hung. They became the wards of Willis Fields. Mary L. (Polly) the oldest dau married David Clarkson in 1808. In 1814, David Clarkson took over guardianship of Polly's younger sisters Eliza, Louisa, and Sally.)
10. Louisa Field. (At this time, I believe this is Henry's grand dau -- i.e. the unmarried dau of Henry W.S. Fields, hung for murdering his 2nd wife. See above.)
11. "Elias P. Smith". (See #12. Elias P. Smith married Eliza Field in 1817. He was of Cincinnati.
12. "Eliza Smith". (I believe this is Elias Smith's wife and that she was Henry's grand dau, i.e. one of the orphaned daus of "hung Henry W.S. Field"; if correct, she was sister of Polly Clarkson, Louisa Field, and Sally Moseby.)
13. "Thomas Moseby and Sally his wife". (I believe this is the 4th dau of "hung Henry W.S. Field).
14. "heirs of John Field, a son of Henry Field Jr., who are: Joseph, Henry, Eliza, Richard, and Paschal FIELD". (Does anyone have more info on Henry's son John -- his spouse? where did he live? More info on his children listed here as his heirs?)
Any help in identifying the above heirs named in the 1827 Bourbon Co. court would be appreciated. Anyone researching FIELDS families in early KY knows it is an arduous task.
Re: the Willis FIELD who became guardian of the 4 daughters of "hung Henry W.S.Field" ... I think he could be the son of Col. Ezekiel Field/Eliza FIELD. They had a son Willis born 1776. Willis did not die until 1837. If I am correct, the Willis Field who took in the 4 orphaned girls would be the grand son of Henry d. 1785. The girls were also grand dau's, i.e. they were Willis Fields' younger cousins. He was about 20 years older than they were.
-- Helen in Calif.
Spouses
Unmarried:
Children: Elizabeth (1758-1838)
(4) Name: John FIELD Jr.
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Misc. Notes
Notes on John Field:
Could this be the John Field mentioned in the below description of companies exploring Bourbon County in 1775-1775?--REF
“Many others came into Bourbon in small companies in 1775 and 1776: Enoch Smith, John Field, Lewis Lunsford (1776), Jacob Sodowsky, David Williams (1773), Nathaniel Randolph, Peter Higgins, Robert Shanklin, David Williams (1775), Joseph Robinette, James Douglas, Thomas Gist, John Douglas (1775), James Galloway and Moses Kirkpatrick (1776), Thomas Kennedy, John Kennedy (son of Daniel), John Kennedy (son of John), Joseph Kennedy (1776), James Galloway (1774), and others.” (Pamphlet "Paris Sesquintennial: A Record of the 150th Anniversery of the Founding of Bourbon’s County Seat" by Mrs. Julia Breckenridge Ardery, p. 13)
Spouses
Unmarried:
Children: Elizabeth