Asahel Wright Field (1803 - 1878)

Born 1803 in Athol, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Fanny (Fay) Field — married 5 Mar 1826 (to 1878) in Concord, Erie, New York, United States

Descendants

Died 1878 at about age 75 in Little Valley, Cattaraugus, New York, United States

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Biography

Asahel Field was born in Massachusetts in about 1803 to Solomon Field and Ruth Porter .

Asahel married Fanny Fay on March 5, 1829 in Concord, Erie, New York. ^{[1] [2]} They had eight children.

At least three of Asahel and Fanny's children - Sophronia, Sanford and Emerson - were born in Concord, Erie, New York from 1830 to 1836. ^[3]

By 1840, Asahel and Fanny and children had relocated to Little Valley, Cattaraugus, New York where their son, Charles, was born. ^[4]

In 1850, Asahel and Fanny still lived in Little Valley with their six children ranging in age from 2 to 18.^[5]

In 1855, Asahel, 51, was in Little Valley with his wife, Fanny, 45, and children, Emerson, 19; Charles, 15; Lucretia, 13; Chauncey, 9; Clark, 6; and Elmer, 4. He was a farmer. Asahel and Fanny had been residents of Little Valley for 17 years (since 1838). ^[6]

Asahel was still a farmer in Little Valley in 1860. In his household were his wife, Fanny; sons, Charles, Chauncey, Clark, Elmer, and daughter, Lucretia.^[7] By 1865, Emerson as well was back in the family home in Little Valley.^[8]

Asahel and Fanny lived in Little Valley at the time of the 1870 United States Census. Included in the household were his grown sons, Charles, Clark and Elmer, as well as Clark's wife, Susan, age 21 and born in Pennsylvania. ^[9]

In 1875, Asahel, age 72, and Fanny, age 66, shared their home in Little Valley with their youngest son, Elmer.^[10]

Asahel died in 1878 and was buried in Annis Cemetery, Little Valley, Cattaraugus, New York. ^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage Notice of Asahel Field and Fanny Fay, The Buffalo Emporium and General Advertiser, March 11, 1826, p. 3; newspapers.com.
2. ↑ History of the Original Town of Concord: Being the Present Towns of Concord, Collins, N. Collins, and Sardinia, Erie County, New York, by Erasmus Biggs; published 1883 by Rochester, NY: Union and Advertiser Co.'s Print, p. 360.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPV-361 : 22 August 2017), Aell Field, Concord, Erie, New York, United States; citing 197, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 114; FHL microfilm 17,174.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYW-R8L : 15 August 2017), Asaiel W Fields, Little Valley, Cattaraugus, New York, United States; citing p. 74, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 267; FHL microfilm 17,180.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCTK-32F : 9 November 2014), Asohel Fields, Little Valley, Cattaraugus, New York, United States; citing family 131, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
6. ↑ "New York State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K636-L6F : 19 November 2014), Asahel W Field, E.D. Eastern, Little Valley, Cattaraugus, New York, United States; count clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 583,831.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC44-53V : 30 December 2015), Asahel Field, 1860.
8. ↑ "New York State Census, 1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVNN-CRJW : accessed 1 February 2017), Asahel W Fields, , Little Valley, Cattaraugus, New York, United States; citing source p. 11, line 20, household ID 88, county clerk, board of supervisors and surrogate court offices from various counties. Utica and East Hampton Public Libraries, New York; FHL microfilm 584,486.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M86R-WTB : 17 October 2014), Asiel Field, New York, United States; citing p. 6, family 46, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,408.
10. ↑ "New York State Census, 1875," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNV2-9LR : 11 March 2018), Asel Field, Little Valley, Cattaraugus, New York, United States; citing p. 2, line 37, State Library, Albany; FHL microfilm 584,491.
11. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV25-H3JB : 13 December 2015), Asaheh Wright Field, ; Burial, Little Valley, Cattaraugus, New York, United States of America, Annis Cemetery; citing record ID 73562439, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73562439.