# John Field

John Field (26 JUL 1810 – 10 JUN 1887); child of John Field and Mary Bromley; born in Udimore, Sussex, England; married Sarah Jane Watson and Margaret Ann Albury; parent of 9 children; died in St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia.

**Lifespan:** 26 JUL 1810 – 10 JUN 1887

## Parents
- [John Field](/p/john-field-83027.md) (father)
- [Mary Bromley](/p/mary-bromley-83028.md) (mother)

## Spouses
- [Sarah Jane Watson](/p/sarah-jane-watson-82969.md) — m. ABT 1831
- [Margaret Ann Albury](/p/margaret-ann-albury-83125.md) — m. 28 FEB 1848

## Children
- [Sarah Jane Field](/p/sarah-jane-field-83029.md)
- [John W. Field](/p/john-w-field-83030.md)
- [Harriett Maria Field](/p/harriett-maria-field-82898.md)
- [Mary Elizabeth Field](/p/mary-elizabeth-field-83169.md)
- [James Robert Field](/p/james-robert-field-83283.md)
- [Dinah Emma Field](/p/dinah-emma-field-83284.md)
- [Ann Matilda Field](/p/ann-matilda-field-83285.md)
- [Sivyer Henry Field](/p/sivyer-henry-field-83286.md)
- [Mercy Esther Field](/p/mercy-esther-field-83287.md)

## Timeline
- 26 JUL 1810 — **Born** at Udimore, Sussex, England — Born at Udimore, Sussex, England; son of John Field, farm labourer, and Mary.
- 29 JUL 1810 — **Baptised** at Udimore, Sussex, England — Baptised at Udimore, Sussex, by John Myers, perpetual curate - the same parish, and the same register, in which Richard Crossingham sr was baptised in April 1813.
- FROM 1838 TO 1887 — **Religion** — Methodist - recorded as such on arrival in 1838, a local preacher on the Manning River, and buried in the Wesleyan ground at Chatswood in 1887.
- 11 DEC 1838 — **Immigrated** — Arrived at Sydney Cove on the bounty ship 'James Pattison' with his wife Sarah and three children - a boy of three and a half, Sarah Jane, and the infant Harriet. John was listed as a farm labourer of Udimore, Sussex; Sarah as a native of Brede, Sussex.
- FROM 1840 TO 1842 — **Residence** at Narellan, New South Wales, Australia — In the parish of Narellan, in the Camden district - the Cowpastures. His daughter Mary Elizabeth was born here on 3 September 1840 and his wife Sarah died here, at Kenwick, on 9 September 1842.
- 1856 — **Residence** at Bolwarra, New South Wales, Australia — At Bolwarra on the Hunter River, between the Camden district and the Manning. His daughter Harriett Maria married Richard Crossingham here on 26 January 1856 and their first child was born here the same year.
- FROM 1857 TO 1881 — **Residence** at Oxley Island, New South Wales, Australia — Farmed 29 acres on Oxley Island, purchased 1857 - the family's link to Oxley Island, where his Crossingham grandchildren were born.
- FROM 1857 TO 1887 — **Occupation** — Farmer - of Oxley Island on the Manning River from 1857, and still described as a farmer at his death in 1887, by then living at Mount Street, St Leonards.
- 1887 — **Residence** at St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia — Mount Street, St Leonards, on the North Shore of Sydney - his last address, after the Manning River.
- 10 JUN 1887 — **Died** at St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia — Died at St Leonards / North Shore, Sydney; buried Chatswood South Methodist cemetery.
- 12 JUN 1887 — **Buried** at Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia — Buried in the Wesleyan burial ground at Chatswood - the Chatswood South Methodist cemetery, now the Chatswood Pioneers Memorial Reserve. The grave is unmarked.

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