The Descendants of Abraham Field (1635-1674)
of Westmoreland County, Virginia

Our principal interest is the FIELD family which traditionally descends from HUBERTUS DE LA FELD (1030-1092) of Alsace-Lorraine. He immigrated to England at the time of William the Conqueror (about 1066).1 The first immigrant of our line to reach the New World is thought to be HENRY FIELD (1611-) son of JOHN FIELD, JR. (1559-) of Boston, Lincolnshire, England.2 HENRY arrived in the New World, in 1635 on the ship Expectation.3 However, we consider ABRAHAM FIELD (1636-1674) of Westmoreland County, Virginia, to be the earliest ancestor of our branch of the family. He is the first of our line we can document. He is often stated to be the son of HENRY the immigrant. No one has ever found verifiable documentation of this relationship.

This branch of the FIELD family remained in Virginia (Westmoreland and Culpeper Counties) for some time but eventually moved to Kentucky.4 ABRAHAM FIELD(1744-1822) and his family settled in Jefferson County, Kentucky in 1784. His son KEEN (-1815) moved on to Gibson County, Indiana, sometime around 1799.5 Two of Keen's brothers, JOSEPH and REUBIN FIELD, were members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition from 1803-1806.6

Our branch of the family remained in Gibson County, Indiana, as farmers and land owners until GEORGE EMERY FIELD, (1849-1915) moved north to Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana, in the late 1800's. In 1945, HOWARD ALLEN FIELD (1911-1988) moved his family to California (our family). Many descendants have remained in Indiana but the family has spread to Michigan, Montana, Washington, Kansas, Arkansas, Colorado, Kentucky, Florida, Ohio, Wisconson, Texas and Oklahoma.

If any of your FIELD ancestors were from these areas or connect to any of the people of these lines we might be able to help you. While we are interested in being in contact with all FIELD relatives, we are anxious to be in contact with descendants of KEEN FIELD and ANNA LEWIS, who immigrated to Gibson County, Indiana.

  1. Pierce, Frederick Clifton. Field Genealogy, Vol 1 and Vol 2. Hammond Press, Chicago 1901., pg.9
  2. ibid., pg. 1101
  3. Hotten, John C. ed. The Original Lists of Persons of Quality Genealogical Pub. Co.: Baltimore, 1962, pg. 139
  4. Scheel, Eugene. Culpeper: A Virginia County's History through 1920. The Culpeper Historical Society, Culpeper, Virginia
  5. Tartt, Jas. T. History of Gibson County. Jas. T. Tart & Co., Edwardsville, Ill., 1884, pg. 188
  6. Appleman, Roy E. "Joseph and Reubin Field, Kentucky Frontiersmen of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, and their Father Abraham." Genealogies of Kentucky Families. Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore, 1981., pg. 478

For information about Keen Field's tombstone: Old Field-Morrison Cemetery

Lucie C. Field
Eugene A. Field

October, 1998
318 Roxanne Drive
Patterson CA 95363
209-892-3156
Email luciegenealogy@yahoo.com

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