Abraham FIELD

                   Abraham's wife parents owned a farm on James river, Virginia. Abraham was elected vestryman by the freeholders and housekeepers of the Great Fork Church in 1744, and served until his death, in 1774.  He had a son, John, who represented Culpeper in the House of Burgess in 1765.  He was the Col. John Field, who served in Braddock's war, and who fell fighting gallantly at the head of his regiment, a Point Pleasant.
Abraham six sons all migrated to Kentucky, between 1780 and 1784 and most of their descendants live there.
The above information obtained from the Field Genealogy, Vol I  by Frederick Clifton Pierce, Historian and Genealogist.
Abraham Field Sr. had a large family by two wives and held ownership of considerable land.  Abraham's Will, dated 2 July 1774, proven in court 18 September 1775, lists 4 sons, 3 daughters, and 2 grandsons as belonging to his first marriage.  One of the 2 grandsons is named Abraham.  The will names the second wife as Eleanah.
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