Zechariah Field (abt. 1645 - abt. 1674)

Born about 1645 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut

Husband of Sarah (Webb) Price — married 17 Dec 1668 (to about 1674) in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died about 1674 at about age 29 in Hampshire, Connecticut

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Biography

"156. ZECHARIAH FIELD (Zechariah, John, John, Richard, William, William, Thomas, Thomas, John, Thomas, Roger), b. prob. Hartford, Conn., about 1645; m. Dec. 17, 1668, Sarah Webb. She m. 2d, 1677, Robert Price, and both were killed by the Indians at Deerfield July 29, 1704. Zechariah Field, son of Zechariah and Mary, b. in Hartford, Conn., about 1645. He came with his father in 1659 to Northampton. In 1672 he removed to Deerfield, where he died in 1674. His widow presented an inventory of his estate, Sept. 29, 1674 of 185 pounds 17s. 6d. After the massacre of Capt. Lothrop and his men at Bloody Brook, the family returned to Northampton for safety from Indian depredations. He m. Sarah, daughter of John Webb of Northampton. She m., 2d, about 1677, Robert Price of Northampton, and about 1690 returned to Deerfield, where she and her children were slain by the French and Indians under Hertel de Rouville at the destruction of Deerfield, Feb. 29, 1704. Robert Price was a soldier under Capt. Turner at the Falls fight, and his son Samuel drew his share in the Falls fight township in 1737. " Field Genealogy by F C Pierce ^[1] Children:

1. Sarah, b. Sept. 12, 1678.
2. Mary, b. March 21, 1681; m. March 17, 1699, Samuel Smead, killed 1704.
3. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 12, 1683; m. Dec. 6, 1703, Andrew Stephens,
4. 4. Samuel, b. 1685, captured 1704, returned and m. April 7, 1714, Dorothy Fox of Glastonbury, Conn., and resided there.
5. John, b. May 14, 1689.

Name

Zechariah Field^[2]

Zecheriah was born in 1645.

Marriage

Joseph married Sarah Webb 17 Dec 1668 Northampton, Hampshire, MA. ^[3]

They had four children. She and Zechariah were massacred in Deerfield, Massachusetts in an Indian Massacre.

Sources

1. ↑ https://archive.org/stream/historyofdeerfie01shel#page/44/mode/1up Page 44.
2. ↑ #S111: p. 114 (129)
3. ↑ MA Town Records https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89Q1-9SS3?i=39&cc=2061550

• Sheldon, George. A History of Deerfield, Massachusetts (Greenfield, Mass., Press of E.A. Hall & co., 1895) Page 44
• S111: Pierce, Franklin Clifton Periodical: Field Genealogy Publication: Hammond Press, W. B. Conkey CO., Chicago, 1901 Volume: Vol. 1, CD Version pub by GenealogyCDs.com 2003
• Information compiled by a family member.

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to John McVey for creating WikiTree profile Field-1520 through the import of Field-106.ged on Dec 1, 2013.

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