Fields Family
Name:
Matthew Fields
When born:
Came to Ky from E. shore Md.
Where
born: Came to Pend. Co. Ky when old man
Matthew lived
in Cov. A while. There are Fields in Scott Co. that
are supposed to be our kin. Hayden Ellis stated that
Matthew Fields came to Pendleton Co from Scott Co.
Information By:
B H Fields 7/4/1936
Ambrose (G.)
m. Sallie Ellis
Bryce T. m.
Polly Shaw (called “Aunt Pop”
Bryce lives
near where Walter Fields now lives, back of N B
Bonar farm, on or near Turkey Branch.
Wm (W.) m.
Ann Peters (perhaps Mary Ann)
This family
left Pen. In early day but Wm. d, in Pend. Co. on
Turkey Branch.
Betsy
(Elizabeth) (1815 m. Michael Wellman)
Lived on Lkg.
River on Rush farm. Across from Menzie Th___
(unreadable)
Old Ju___
(unreadable) Cummins owned the place later think he
bur. ___ (unreadable)
m. William
Cruger (Cruger’s 2nd wife sister to
Henry S. Marsh
m. Jetson
Willett
Ambrose G.
Fields testified in 1852, that Michael Wellman was
his Uncle by marriage; that Michael was dead and
that his widow was still living.
Ben N. Fields
says his father told him that Matthew Fields would
go to church early and sit on a log until services
began and talk with friends. He attended services at
the old school house at Ash Run.
Hayden Ellis
says that Matthew Fields came to Pend. Co. from
Scott Co.; that when he disliked any one he didn’t
want to be around him, would avoid the presense of
such a person.
July 6. E L
Hendricks says his house was close to where Dan’l
Rush’s house was.
Wm. Fields
had children.
1 Billie,
youngest
2 Hanibal
(son) was a millwright, worked in Boston M.
3 other
children..don’t remember their names.
This family
(Matthew Fields) lived in Scott Co.
Matthew went
from (Scott Co?) to Maysville, there to Cov. Don’t
know what became of him, but his boy came to Pend.
Co.
Elizabeth
Fields m. Aug 24, 1815 to Michael Wellman by R
Griffing. Oath by John Wellman.
Rachael m.
Lewis Mockbee
Sarah (Aunt
Sack) m. Wm. Walter Fryer son of Jas. W. Fryer and
Margaret Pribble
Perry D.
never married. Killed in battle, Confed. Army.
Killed Aug. 31, 1864 in Battle of Jonesboro
Jane m.
Augustus A. Fryer, son of Jas. W. Fryer
Jetson (named
for Jetson Willet who m. one of Matthew Field’s
daughters) m. Jennie (or Jane) dau Wm. Sharon who
lived on Gibson Crk) and _____ Pribble.
Jetson had
only 1 child; Bertha m. Ed Kidwell.
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