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From: "David Tourison" <>
Subject: [NJ] New Jersey Wills, 1670-1750 - FIELD
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 11:14:43 -0700


Extracted from DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE COLONIAL HISTORY OF THE STATE OF
NEW JERSEY, VOLUME XXIII, CALENDAR OF NEW JERSEY WILLS, VOLUME I, 1670-1730;
Paterson NJ, 1901
( Libers 1, 2, etc. are of West Jersey Wills. Those as Libers A, B, etc.,
are of East Jersey Wills)

FIELD, beginning page 162:

1702 13th d. 2d m. (May). Field, Benjamin, of Burlington; will of.
Wife Experience, sole executrix. Children Robert, Benjamin, Susanna,
Elizabeth, and expected child, mother Susanna Field. Eight hundred acres of
land in Burlington Co., adjoining John Adams, 2400 a. above the Falls of
Delaware, 200 a. of a farm sold to brother Ambrose Field and reserved.
Personal estate. Witnesses Saml Jennings, Edward Hunlocke, Ann Jennings,
Mary Wheat. Proved and letters testamentary granted to Nathan Allen,
trustee and executor of Experience Field November 3, ----. Lib. 1, p. 88.

1702 20th d. 3d m. (May). Field, Experience, of Burlington, widow of
Benjamin; will of. Children Robert, Benjamin, Susannah and Elizabeth, all
under age; legacy to Joseph, son of Isaak and Sussannah Mariott of
Burlington. Real and personal estate. Executors brother Nathan Allen and
brother-in-law Isaak Meriott; Edward Rockhill to take the place of executor,
if one of those named should die. Father Jedidiah Allen is requested to
cast a fatherly eye upon the children. Wit- [page 163] nesses Henry
Grubb, Saml Furnace, Saml Jennings. Proved December 17, 1704, according
to original in Burlington Wills. Proved January 17, 1704-5, according to
[end of sentence, may be a misprint]. Lib. 1, p. 94.
1702 June 29. Inventory of the estate of Benjamin Field and wife
(2256.., incl. 6 silver spoons, and bonds due by James Molein, Robt
Blackshaw, Alexr Furman, Anthony Whitehead, Marmaduke Horsman, John Hydon,
Henry Oxley, Nath. Field, Ambrose Field, Charity Stephens, Samuel Boon,
Henry Burr, Moses Pettett, John Chesher, Juda Allen, Samule Hofmire, Richard
Come, Nath. Allen); made by Henry Grubb, Christo: Wetherill and Samuel
Fornis.

1724-5 March 11. Field, John, of Piscataway Township, Middlesex Co.,
gent.; will of. Children Charity, youngest daughter, Hannah Breece,
Jeremiah. Real and personal estate. Executor the son Jeremiah.
Witnesses Hendrick Fisser, Hendrick Smack, Robert Richardson. Proved July
22, 1729. Lib. B, p. 126.

1726 April 2. Field, Mary, of Grinwich, Salem Co., widow; will of.
Makes Josiah Fithian and John Pledger principal heirs and executors of real
and personal estate, giving dwelling house and lot to the people of Grinwich
for the use of a free school on condition that Ebenezer Millar shall live in
the house rent free for a year, and turning over for the use of the poor in
the same place all that part of the estate derived from Zachariah Barror;
legacies to Ebenezer Millar (40s.) And Sollomon Winsar (a mear running in
Quyahocking wood). Witnesses Moses Bishop, John Talbot, Mary Wheaton,
Reuth Dark. Proved April 11, 1726. Lib. 2, p. 329.

1723 April 3. Field, Thomas, of Manington Precinct, Salem Co,
husbandman; will of. Wife Mary. Son-in-law Zachariah Barrar, my child
Sollaman Winsor (under age). Wordly estate. The wife exeutrix with
Josiah Fithin and Jacob Ware as executors in trust. Witnesses Samuel
Sleil, John Goodwin, Jno. Pledger. Proved April 16, 1726. Lib. 2, p. 243.
1723 April 15. Inventory of the personal estate, 178.12.10, incl. a
servant man 5; made by Bartholomew Wyatt and James Whitton.
1726 April 19. Inventory of the personal estate, 110.14, left
unadministered by his widow and executrix Mary Field decd; sworn to by
Jeremiah Bacon and James Dixson, the appraisers, February 25, 1726.

The following names appear in the INDEX of this volume, the references being
as persons mentioned in wills, such as recipients, trustees, witnesses,
etc., but not wills of:

FEELD - Ambrose, Gimioe (Jemima), Nathan, Susanna
FEILD - Ambrose, Josiah, Mary, Nath., Robert, Thomas
FIELD - Ambrose, Benj., Benjamin, Charity, Elizabeth, Experience, Hannah,
Jeremiah, John, Joseph, Mary, Mary decd, Rob., Robert, Susanna, Susannah

Extracted from DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE COLONIAL HISTORY OF THE STATE OF
NEW JERSEY, VOLUME XXX, CALENDAR OF NEW JERSEY WILLS, VOLUME II, 1730-1750;
Paterson NJ, 1918
( Libers 1, 2, etc. are of West Jersey Wills. Those as Libers A, B, etc.,
are of East Jersey Wills)

FIELD, beginning page 175:

1747, April 2. Field, Jeremiah, Senr, of Piscataway, Middlesex Co.
Int. Inventory of personal estate (443.14), incl. 4 negroes; made by
William Olden and Isaac Dye.
1747, May 4. Bond of son, Jeremiah Field, yeoman, as administrator,
Benjamin Field, yeoman, fellow bondsman. Witness John Lyell. Lib. E, p.
34.

1745, Dec. 13. Field, John, of Hopewell, Hunterdon Co., within the
Corporation of Trenton, yeoman; will of. Being very sick. Wife, Sarah.
Children Daniel, Nathaniel, Isaac, Elizabeth, Providence, and Seth. Son,
Seth, residuary legatee and executor. Seth to take care of testators son
John. Witnesses Andrew Foster, Roger Woolverton and Andrew Smith. Proved
August 11, 1746. Lib. 5, p. 259.
1746, June 7. Inventory (180.2.7) includes 3 guns and 3 swords.
Made by Andrew Smith and Roger Woolverton.

1749, Oct. 2. Field, Joseph, of Middletown township, Monmouth Co.,
yeoman; will of. Wife, Mercy. Sister Charitys son, Joseph Heyt. Sister
Jamimees two sons, Thomas and William Betts. Brother-in-law, Joseph
Newton, who has children. My beloved child, Mary Lawrence Campbell,
daughter of John and Mary Campbell, both deceased. Brother, Thomas Field,
who has children. William Field, son of brother Thomas. Executors wife,
brother-in-law Richard Betts, John Bowne, Justice, and Richard Fitz
Randolph. Witnesses Pr. Le Conte, William Lawrence Carpenter, henrich
Gugluts, Rachel Wooley, Margaret Lawrence. Proved Nov. 3, 1749. Lib. E, p.
361.
1749, Nov. 15. Richard Betts, of Newtown, New York, renounced right
of executorship before Joseph Sackett, of Queens County, New York.
1749, Nov. 29. Inventory of the estate, 160.10.6; made by Elias
Covenhoven and John Tipple.
1749-50, Jan. 29. Mercy Field, executrix, Quaker, affirmed.
1749-50, Feb. 2. Richard FitzRandolph, executor, Quaker, affirmed.
1749-50 Jan. 30. Inventory of goods the widow had when she became
Joseph Fields wife, 138.12.0, including negro men Norris (40), and Pero
(50). Made by Elias Covenhoven and John Tipple.
1749-50, Jan. 31. John Bowne declines to serve as an executor.

[page 176]
1732, 12th day, 2nd mo. (Apr.). Field, Nathaniel, of Chesterfield,
Burlington Co. Int. Inventory of the personal estate, 56.9.6; made by
John Middleton and William Thorne. Includes Bible, and debts of Benjamin
Wright, John Pitman, John Bunting, Francis Fowler, Nathaniel Warner, William
Thorn and Nathan Allen.
1732, April 14. Bond of administration of Thomas Betts. William
Thorne, yeoman, fellow bondsman, both of Nottingham. Lib. 3, p. 190.
1733, March 17. Account. Payments to Joseph Rockhill, Margaret
Carre, Robt Chapman, Francis Fowler, John Middleton, Joseph Borden, John
Tantum, Joshua Raper, Anne Clother, Elizabeth Fowler, John Tantum, Jr.,
Elizabeth Coan, Saml Rogers, John Anderson, Ambrose Field, Elias Smith,
William Thorn, Preserved Brown, Jr., Saml Shords, Benjn Doughty, John
Bunting, Richard Oskimm, Benja. Cheshire, James Johnson.

The following names appear in the INDEX of this volume, the references being
as persons mentioned in wills, such as recipients, trustees, witnesses,
etc., but not wills of:

FIELD - Ambrose, Benjamin, Daniel, Elizabeth, Isaac, Jeremiah, John, Joseph,
Mary, Max, Mercy, Nathaniel, Patrick, Providence, Robert, Sarah, Seth,
Thomas, William, Zacharias.

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