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Zachariah Field, grandson of John (2) Field, the astronomer, Americanancestor of the Field family, was born in 1596, at East Ardsley, Yorkshire, England. The Field family has usually taken the liberal side ofreligious and political questions, and in 1629 Zachariah Field left England on account of the persecutions of the dissenters, and landed inBoston, settling in Dorchester, In 1636 he was one of the Rev. ThomasHooker's congregation, which settled in Hartford, Connecticut. With the more liberal members of the church he removed to Northampton, Massachusetts, in 1659. He was engaged in the mercantile business and had alarge trade with the Indians. He was one of the original twenty-five proprietors of Hatfield, same colony, and was a member of the committeewhich laid out the lands. He received a grant of land there in 1661 and resided there until his death, June 30, 1666. He married, about 1641, Mary ____. Their children were: Mary, Zachariah, mentioned below; John, Samuel, Joseph.
Came from Elmswell Eye Parish in Suffolkshire in 1629. Was soldier inPequot War.