Author: James Edward Mitchell
Ezekiel H. (Aka Henry) Field was born (b.) 1750, to his parents, Colonel (Col.) John Field, Sr., [b. 1720, Spotsylvania County (Co.,) formed 1720 from Essex, King and Queen and King William] and wife, (w.) Anna Rogers Clark, b. c1727, married (m.) about 1748 in Orange County (Co.), formed as Culpeper Co., Virginia, the following year. Various birth records appear recorded for approximately a dozen siblings to include Robert Marshall Field; John Field, Jr.; George Rogers Field; Ezekiel H., our subject; Abner and/or Abraham; Anna (Field) Roberts; Elizabeth [(Aka Susanna) Field] Slaughter m. Lawrence; Mary (Aka Ann) Field m. George Slaughter, Lawrence’s brother; Lewis Field; Larkin; Henry and William Field. Ezekiel’s father, John Field, Sr., was a son of Abraham Field (II) of St. Mark’s Parish, Culpeper Co., Virginia (VA), see, Genealogical and Historical Notes on Culpeper County, Virginia, by Raleigh Travers Green, Copyright 1900, publ. by Exponent Printing, Culpeper, VA, (Rob’t. Slaughter, Little Fork Church), pgs 10 & 11. Also, see: Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) Patriot Records System Patriot #: P-157979 for COL. John FIELD and a separate link to Cemetery Point Pleasant, WV, link http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57834630 At age 28, Ezekiel m. a neighbor and member of the congregation of Little Fork Church, Culpeper Co., Elizabeth Field (1758-1838), a dau. of Henry Field, Jr., see: Ibid. Genealogical and Historical Notes…, pg 15, Henry Field, Jr. (1734-1787) chosen vestryman on 8 Apr 1763 in place of Henry Field, Sr. Ezekiel’s marriage with Elizabeth produced a minimum of 2 male heirs, Ezekiel H. Field, Jr. (1782-1866) and William “Willis” Field (1778-1837). Charles William Field, age 63, a former Gen’l. during the War Between the States, submitted a Washington District of Columbia (WDC) Society, SAR Application For Membership filed in Apr 1891 and, was identified as Nat’l. No. 2079, WDC State No. 279 (Duplicate) approved and registered on 10 Feb 1892. Charles William Field’s application was recorded by hand with an ink pen. It stated that, his ancestors for several generations owned and lived upon a plantation [i.e., large, (Piedmont region) farm] in Culpepper (sic) Co., Virginia (formed 1749 from Orange Co.) near the Rappahannock River, known as “Airy-mont.” [Geographically, the Rappahannock nears the Town of Remington, Fauquier Co., VA, less than 1-mile northeast of the Culpeper Co., line, where elevation climbs from flats mapped along Crooked Run and Robinson River, St. Mark’s Parish at Stevensburg community, 7 or 8 miles southwest of the Town of Culpeper, the County Seat.] “There my father, and grandfather (and, I think my great grandfather) were born and brought up. I have often heard from my grandmother, the wife of E. H. (Aka Ezekiel Henry) Field that my grandfather, was killed at the battle of Blue Licks, KY, all the details of the facts above stated.” John H. Gwathmey’s Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution, Copyright 1938, reprinted 1979 by Genealogical Publ., Co., Inc., Baltimore, pg 270, documented Ezekiel Field, who was killed leading a company of Virginia Militia and rangers to relieve William “Billy” Bryan’s Station in Virginia’s western frontier. Bryan was the husband of Daniel Boone’s daughter Mary (Boone) Bryan (1736-1819). Ezekiel had continued to track British Loyalists and, Indian allies with a party led by Lieut. Col. Daniel Boone with his son Israel and approximately 180 militiamen that included officers and scouts, ambushed on 19 Aug 1782 at the battle of Blue Licks, now a (KY) State Natural Preserve along the Licking River, a tributary of the Ohio River. Ezekiel was struck with an arrow and, he was recorded killed during this frontier war fought in Fayette Co., 10 months after the British surrender at Yorktown, VA to an American & French allied army, that ended the war in the east. One must read, “Father, I Won’t Leave You,” in the book, Boone: A Biography by Robert Morgan, 2008, publ., by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, NC, see: map of battle of the Blue Licks, pg 309 and, British Loyalist and Indian desperations that wounded and killed Col Ezekiel Field and many American militiamen, pgs 310 thru 329. Find A Grave Memorial # 79288828 identified Col. Ezekiel Henry Field, Sr., killed during Aug 1782 at Blue Licks State Park Cemetery now, Robertson Co., KY, at Latitude: 38.434014 and Longitude: -83.991879. Publisher and writer, Dorothy Ford Wulfeck 1965 book, Culpeper County Virginia Will Book B and C, etc., disclosed the will of John Field (Sr.) of St. Mark’s Parish, Culpeper Co., dated 21 Aug 1774. Ezekiel was recorded a son, missing. The will was proven at Court in Culpeper, VA on 15 May 1775. Legatees included, “Wife Anna. Son Larkin Field (a minor) land I purchased of my bro. Daniel and my nephew Abram Field….” Dau. Elisabeth and her husband Lawrence Slaughter…; Dau. Mary Slaughter and son-in-law George Slaughter; Dau. Anna Field; Grson John Field Slaughter; Grson Robert Slaughter; Grdau. Milly Slaughter. Son Ezekiel “is unhappily missing.” Executors: Wife Anna, Lawrence Slaughter, John Field, (Jr.) Wit.: William Ball, Joseph Minor, John Gray, William Field (son).