GENEALOGY OF FIELD FAMILY OF GUILFORD COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

Biographical information on William FIELD.

William FIELD b. about 1698;¹ d. 30 Mar. 1748, age 50,¹ Tyrone Twp., Lancaster²
(now Adams) Co., PA ; bur. Old White Episcopal Church Cem., Huntingdon
Twp., Adams Co., PA;¹ married
Jane who was living 1772;³ Jane and her children moved to Guilford Co., NC
by 3 Nov. 1755 when she submitted land entries;⁴ children:
1. John FIELD² age 21+ in 1748;² m. Mary⁷ POWELL⁶ 23 Jan. 1750;⁶ will
written 12 Dec. 1787 Guilford Co., NC⁷
2. William FIELD² age 21+ in 1748;² m. Lydia;^5,8 died between 2 June and
30 Nov. 1805 Randolph Co., NC⁸
3. Robert FIELD² under age 21 in 1748;² m. Anne^5,24 WALKER;⁹ d. May 1820
Guilford Co., NC¹⁶
4. Jeremiah FIELD² under age 21 in 1748;² m. Mary;^5,21 d. between 19 Dec.
1818 and 31 May 1821 Guilford Co., NC¹⁰
5. Joseph FIELD² under age 21 in 1748;² m. Lydia⁵ JULIAN;¹¹ probably
d. 7 Oct. 1780 Battle of King's Mountain, York Co., SC fighting
for the Loyalists¹¹
6. Mary FIELD² under age 18 in 1748²
7. Ann FIELD² under age 18 in 1748² ?(m. Ninian Beall HAMILTON)?;¹²
living 1830 St. Louis Co., MO age 90-100¹³

Joseph FIELD had no known will or estate settlement. Joseph was among a
group of NC Loyalists paid at NY, he being paid from 5 Feb. 1776 to
27 Oct. 1778.¹⁴ The last record found for him is on 23 Feb. 1778 when
Commissioners for Guilford Co. sold 33 sheep, 11 cows, 1 calf, 13 steers,
4 yearlings, 1 heifer, and 7 young cattle, the property of William and
Joseph Fields, they being Loyalitst. Col. James Martin bought for 250
pounds, 198 acres formerly Joseph Fields property.¹⁵ In the summer of 1780
a band of NC Loyalists were recruited, that were all killed or captured
at the Battle of King's Mountain. It is belived Joseph was among those
Loyalists killed.

Biographical information on Joseph FIELD

There is evidence to support that he and Lydia JULIAN had at least the
following children:
1. Peter FIELDS²⁰ m. Charlotte VICKERY 1788;²⁶ d. 1816
Guilford Co., NC²⁷
2. Patience FIELD²⁰ b. ca. 1768;²³ m.bond Evan PARSONS 23 Dec. 1799;¹⁸
living 1860²³
3. Mary FIELD¹⁷ b. 8¹⁷/25²⁹ Sep. 1770;¹⁷ m. James PARSONS;¹⁷ d. 30 Jan. 1820
bur. Ebenezer United Methodist Church Cem., Randolph Co., NC^28,29
4. Ann^18,20 "Nancy"²⁸ FIELD; m.bond James COLTRANE 5 Mar. 1795;¹⁸ d. 26 May 1818,
bur. Ebenezer United Methodist Church Cem., Randolph Co., NC^28,30
5. Lydia FIELD²⁰ b. ca. 1776;¹⁹ m.bond Samuel SHORT
14 Feb. 1796;¹⁸ living 1850 Franklin Co., MO¹⁹

After the death of Joseph FIELD, his widow Lydia (JULIAN) FIELD secondly
married to William ARMFIELD, Sr., also a widower.¹¹ William ARMFIELD, Sr.
wrote his will on 28 March 1804, probated May 1812, and named his wife
Lydia.²² She died in 1819, buried in Walnut Grove Cemetery,
Guilford Co.²⁵ They had one child that survived:
1. Joseph B. ARMFIELD¹¹ b. 13 Oct. 1785;²⁵ m. Nellie STEVENSON;¹¹ d.
25 Dec. 1880 Guilford Co., NC;²⁵ bur. Walnut Grove Cemetery

1. William Field headstone, Old White Episcopal Church (York Springs), Adams Co., PA
2. William Field will, Lancaster Co., PA wills A:145-146, FHL microfilm 0,021,354.
3. Guilford Co., NC deeds 1:211-212, FHL microfilm 0,019,045.
4. Margaret M. Hofmann, The Granville District of North Carolina 1748-1763,
(no location: by author, 1995), 5:168.
5. William L. Saunders, The Colonial Records of North Carolina,
(Raleigh: Josephus Daniels, Printer to the State, 1890), 10:841.
In a 1776 petition, Lyde Field, Mary Field, Lyde Field, and Ann Field
(among others) signed a petition for the release of their husbands
William, Robert, Joseph and Jeremiah Field, who were taken prisoner
(other records show they voluntarily turned themselves in) shortly before
the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge. Records cited above show the names
of the wives of William, Robert, and Jeremiah. By elimination,
Joseph was married to a "Lyde."
6. F.J.C Hertzog & Rosa M. Will, Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, York,
York County, Pennsylvania, (Philadelphia: The Genealogical Society
of Pennsylvania, 1920), 2:264, FHL microfilm 0,387,946.
7. John Field will, Guilford Co. original wills, NC State Archives,
FHL microfilm 1,571,682.
8. William FIELD will, Randolph Co., NC wills 3:31-33 FHL microfilm 0,475,245.
9. Samuel WALKER will, Randolph Co., NC wills 1:1, FHL microfilm 0,475,245.
10. Jeremiah FIELD will, Guilford Co. original wills, NC State Archives,
FHL microfilm 1,571,682.
11. Sallie Stockard, The History of Guilford County, North Carolina,
(Knoxville, Tenn.: Gaut-Ogden Co., Printers and Book Binders, 1902),
151, 157.
She stated much of her section on the Armield family was taken from
information written at the dictation of Joseph B. Armfield (son of
William Armfield and Lydia Julian) "about twenty-five years ago."
[about 1877] by his grandson G. Will Armfield of Greensboro. Stockard
stated that Lydia had 10 children from her first marriage. Supposedly
these ten children were named William, Sarah, Jeremiah, Robert, Peter,
Mary, Lydia, Patience, Samuel, and David and listed in the dictation,
though not given in the publication. The current location of that
dictation, if extant, is unknown.
12. See summary of evidence I have listed here
13. 1830 St. Louis Co., MO census, 90-100 year old female in household
of Ninian Hamilton.
14. Murtie June Clark, Loyalists in the Southern Campaign of the
Revolutionary War, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.),
346.
15. Dr. A. B. Pruitt, Abstracts of Sales of Confiscated Loyalists Land
and Property in North Carolina, (Rocky Mount, NC: by author, 1989),
45-46.
16. Robert Field estate, Guilford Co. loose estate papers, NC State Archives,
FHL microfilm 2,210,124. See also his heirs in an additional file in
Randolph Co., NC loose estate papers, NC State Archives, FHL 2,070,621.
17. James Parson Bible, Guilford Twp. Historical collection, Plainfield
Public Library, Plainfield, Indiana, scanned image in author's collection.
18. Guilford Co., NC marriage bonds.
Parsons-Field, FHL microfilm 0,536,827.
Coltrane-Field, FHL microfilm 0,536,824.
Short-Field, FHL microfilm 0,536,827.
19. 1850 Franklin Co., MO census.
20. These 5 children can not be placed among the named heirs of John,
William, or Jeremiah in their wills, or the estate papers of Robert.
John did name a daughter Ann in his will, but she has not been proved
as identical to the Ann who married James Coltrane. Through elimination
as not being children of the other 4 brothers, they are thought to be
children of Joseph and Lydia. Mary is a proved child of Joseph and
Lydia through the Parsons Bible. Additional evidence for the others
is centered around associations with William Armfield, who would have
been their step-father, and the given names Peter and Patience, names
not found among known descendants of the other 4 Field brothers.
a. Peter is not used among other Field lines, and is believed to come
from Lydia Julian's father, Peter Julian.
b. Among the children of Patience were ones named Peter and Lydia.
c. The bondsman for Ann's marriage was "William Armfield, Senr." the
man who married Lydia (Julien) Field.
d. Among the children of Ann were ones named Lydia, Joseph, and Patience.
e. Nancy Coltrane is buried next to Mary Parsons [see #28]
f. When Samuel Short and wife Lydia (Field) sold land in 1802, one of
the witnesses was [her step-father] William Armfield, and it was
sold to Peter Field. [her brother] [Guilford deeds G:536]
g. Lydia named a daughter Patience.
21. Orange Co., NC deeds 3:435-436, FHL microfilm 0,305,925.
22. William Armfield, Senr. will, Guilford Co. original wills, NC State
Archives, FHL microfilm 1,571,680.
23. 1860 Hendricks Co., Indiana census, p. 884.
24. Rowan Co., NC deeds 4:401-402, FHL microfilm 0,313,544.
25. Historical Records Survey, Works Project Administration, Pre-1914
Cemetery Inscription Survey, Guilford County, FHL microfilm 0,882,938,
item 7. 1937 survey of Walnut Grove (formerly Bull Run) Cemetery lists
"L. A." died 1819. Comments by transcribers state this was indentified
by a descendant as Lydia (Julien) Fields Armfield. Dates for Joseph B.
Armfield as given.
26. "Account State Transfers and Fines," Marriage Licenses, The Genealogical
Journal [Randolph County NC Genealogical Society] VII (Spring 1983), 44.
27. Peter Fields will, Guilford Co. original wills, NC State Archives,
FHL microfilm 1,571,682. [written 19 Nov. 1809, probated Aug. 1816]
28. Agnes Hussey Stevens, Ed., Randolph County Cemetery Records Volume IX
Northwest Section, New Market Township, Trinity Township, (Asheboro, NC:
Randolph County Genealogical Society, 2001), 18.
Mary Parsons age 49y, 4m, 5d
James Parsons and wife Mary are buried in row 22, spaces 15 and 16.
James Coltrane and Nancy Coltrane are buried in row 22, spaces 19 and 17.
29. Mary Parsons headstone, Ebenezer United Methodist Church Cem., Randolph Co., NC
30. Nancy Coltrane headstone, Ebenezer United Methodist Church Cem., Randolph Co., NC

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