- Born: 1769, Wiltshire England
- Marriage (1): Elizabeth Sarah Mitchell on 20 Feb 1805 in St Johns Church, Parramatta, Sydney, NSW Australia 839
- Died: 21 Jan 1826, Castlereagh, NSW Australia at age 57
General Notes:
Edward Field was enlisted as a Private in the 102nd Regiment of Foot, the New South Wales Corps, on 27 July 1789, some 7 weeks after its formation. He came to the Colony of New South Wales with the second fleet, arriving in Sydney on the
Scarborough on 28 June 1790. On 13 December 1794 he received a grant of 25 acres on the west side of Iron Cove Creek, an area which is now Fivedock. That grant was subsequently revoked, and on 30 June 1803 EDWARD received in its place a grant
of 100 acres of land at Castlereagh. He received a further grant of 100 acres at upper Cranebrook (now submerged as part of the Nepean Lakes complex) on 10/5/1809. On 8 August 1801 he was granted his discharge from the New South Wales Corps. In
addition to his farming, he is recalled for his skills as a blacksmith. In particular, he is recorded as having provided blacksmithing services and sold produce to William Cox's team that constructed the first road over the Blue Mountains.
There are stories to the effect that EDWARD had a brother in Australia. These stories usually claim this brother was William Field, a convict on the first fleet, and that it was in effect to join William that EDWARD enlisted in the New South
Wales Corps. Certainly there was a William Field residing in the Castlereagh area at the same time as EDWARD. Those who undertook the basic research for this site know of no evidence that EDWARD FIELD had a brother in the the Colony of New
South Wales and wonder how it would be possible to prove any such connection. If any researcher believes they have evidence supporting the Edward/William relationship Colin Field would be pleased to have the opportunity to review it.
Other notes on EDWARD FIELD, as summarised from Michael Flynn's book The Second Fleet (Flynn, M., The Second Fleet, Sydney, 1993) are as follows:
embarked on Scarborough 22 October 1789
was a witness at a wedding in the colony in December 1790
January 1792 appeared as a witness in the Parramatta trial of Samuel Gates for robbing the Governor's garden
On discharge from the Corps is recorded as having found a substitute
for the 1806 muster recorded as holding 80 acres by grant (just over 31 acres of which were cultivated in wheat, maize, barley, potatoes, orchard and garden) - owned a horse, 15 sheep and 10 pigs, and held 2 bushels of wheat and 10 of maize in
store, fully supporting himself, a woman, 6 children (3 male, 3 female) and a convict
February 1810 petitioned Governor Macquarie for confirmation of his grant, stating he had a wife and seven children and had already spent forty pound on developing the land
sold 57 acres of his land to Charles Pickering for eighty pound and a house at The Rocks, Sydney
October 1816 was in financial difficulty when part of his land was sold to meet debts
1820 while living on the remaining portion of his original grant supporting his wife and four children, petitioned for more land to compensate for the heavy losses he had suffered in recent floods
1822 recorded as a landholder in the Castlereagh area with 40 acres (about 28 acres sown in wheat, maize, peas, beans, potatoes, orchard and garden) owning 2 horses, 2 cattle, 25 pigs and holding 40 bushels of maize in store
August 1824 petitioned the Governor for additional land to keep his two horses and an increasing herd of cattle
1825, with wife Elizabeth, jointly subscribed to the local branch of the Wesleyan Missionary Society
Noted events in his life were:
• Residence: Australia. 1260,1262
• Arrival: NSW Australia. 1260,1262
• Arrival, 1790. 1257,1280,1281,1282
• Residence, 1822, Sydney, NSW Australia. 1264
• Residence, 1 Jan 1810, NSW Australia. 1279
• Residence, 30 Jun 1843, Penrith, Sydney, NSW Australia.
• Residence, 1841, Castlereagh, NSW Australia. 1278
Edward married Elizabeth Sarah Mitchell, daughter of Unknown and Sarah, on 20 Feb 1805 in St Johns Church, Parramatta, Sydney, NSW Australia.839 (Elizabeth Sarah Mitchell was born in Jan 1770 in Wiltshire England and died on 24 Jun 1837 in Castlereagh, NSW Australia.)
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