E.
E. Barton Papers -
Fields
Information from E.E. Barton Collection, Northern
Kentucky.
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.
