Capt. Charles F. Field

1832 - 1904  (72 years)

• Name	Charles F. Field
  Prefix	Capt.
  Birth	1832	Trinity, Nl   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	8 Apr 1904	St John's, Nl
  Burial	10 Apr 1904	Forest Road Church Of England Cemetery, St John's, Nl   [2]
  Person ID	I1	Field-Taylor
  Last Modified	30 Jan 2018

  
  

  Father	George Slade (Capt) Field,   b. 1807, Wareham, Eng d. 18 May 1886, New Bonaventure, Nl (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth Newell Newhook,   b. 5 Apr 1808   d. 1864 (Age 55 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	27 Mar 1831	St Paul's Anglican Church, Trinity, Nl   [3, 4]
  	Wedding register for Trinity North shows his birthplace as Poole, Dorset. Witnesses at the wedding were Chas. Newhook and J. Carberry.
  Family ID	F11	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth White,   b. 1837   d. 5 Mar 1909, St John's, Nl (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	30 Sep 1856	Greenspond Methodist, Greenspond, Nl   [5]
  	Sep 30,1856 "Royal Gazette & Newfoundland Advertiser" FIELD/WHITE: Married the 22nd at Wesleynan Chapel by Rev Dove, Capt Charles FIELD of the Brig "Hope" to Elizabeth eldest daug of the late William WHITE of Greenspond Sep 30,1856 "Gazette", "Patriot", "Courier" & Express FIELD Capt Charles F of "Hope" married Elizabeth WHITE eld daughter of late William WHITE Greenspond married at Wes Chapel by Rev Dove
  Children	1. John Ebenezer Field,   b. 21 Feb 1858, Trinity, Nl d. Yes, date unknown  [natural]   2. Jane Field   d. Yes, date unknown  [natural]   3. John W. (Capt) Field,   b. 1865   d. 20 Dec 1946, Portugal Cove Rd, St John's, Nl (Age 81 years)  [natural]   4. Edwin (Edward) White Field,   b. Aug 1867, Trinity, Nfld. d. 4 Jun 1941, St. John's, Nfld. (Age 73 years)  [natural]   5. Elizabeth Field,   b. 1870   d. 9 Oct 1892 (Age 22 years)  [natural]   6. Jessie Maud Field,   b. 27 Jun 1876, Trinity, Nl d. 29 Nov 1893, St John's, Nl (Age 17 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F1	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jun 2013

  
  

• Notes

  Charles Field was a sea captain. Born in Trinity Bay. Moved to St. John's from where he commuted by ship to Labrador during summer for fishing. ----- Undated Biography - Author Unknown (possibly John Oakley) : Captain George Slade Field - "inherited his father's love of the sea. And after his education at a "Blue Coat School" he received a commission as midshipman on board H.M.S. Spitfire that was then stationed on the coast of S. Africa. --- a boat's crew in charge of Midshipman Field was sent on shore for water, --- they were attacked by armed natives, murdered the boat's crew, taking Field prisoner escaped with him in b(oat) where he was kept a prisoner for some year's, then made his escape. Upon his return to England because of his relationship to the Slades he came out to Nfld in one of their vessels & was appointed to a position in their store at Trinity. ~ -- Before he left England for Trinity - - - letter of introduction to a Miss Elizabeth Newhook, - - - entry in the old church books, "March 27, 1831, married George Slade Field, Bachelor of Poole, Dorset, England & Elizabeth Newhook of Trinity". (Meantime) at his request been appointed Mate on board one of Slade's vessels - - - & in 1830 given command of the "Thomas & Sarah", held that charge till 1833 when he was promoted as Captain of "Robert & James" in 1839 he was Captain of the "William" in 1840 he was again charge of "Robert & James". Later in 1845 the "Dorothy". 1861 Slade & Co declared insolvent. "Captain Field , - - lost his position together with several hundred pounds on Slade's books, these losses coupled with fa(ct) that a few months previous, his dwelling house & contents were destroyed by fire left him well nigh penniless. - . In 1864 offered position of Schoolmaster at Bonaventure, by Church of England Board of Education, accepted it & moved to Bonaventure. - - filled position along with lay reader in church till 1886, when he was called to rest aged 79 years, his wife had been called to rest in 1864, age 75. They are buried in old Bonaventure Churchyard. Several great grandchildren are living today. two of the old captain's sons by George & Charles became Sea Captains & two of his daughters (Catherine & Mary) married Sea Captains. & two of his grandsons today are w(??) representatives of him & a credit to their calling, Captain John Field of the S.S. Prospo & Captain Charles Cross one of the most useful men of fthe Steamer Department of the Newfoundland Railway." ----- Lived in Trinity in 1858. From: http://www.mun.ca/mha/holdings/captains/f1.php Captain Vessel Registry # Field, Charles Hope 18530142 Field, Charles Leopard 1888032 Field, Charles Leopard 1873047 ----------- 1871 Lovells Directory - Trinity FIELD, Charles Fisherman 1890 Might's Directory - St John's FIELD, Agnes Domestic 2 King's rd FIELD, Mrs Charles Grocer 44 Prescott h 42 same FIELD, Edward Steward res 44 Prescott FIELD, Elizabeth Domestic 76 Gower FIELD, John Seaman res 42 Prescott FIELD, John Labourer h 34 Flavin's lane FIELD, John Labourer bds Abram Northcott FIELD, Richard Watchmaker John Lindberg bds 121 Duckworth FIELD, Richard Carman Col Cordage Co h s s Mundy Pond rd 2 w Pennywell Rd FIELD, Samuel Shoemaker D Smallwood & Sons h 46 Darling FIELD, Thomas Labourer h 24 lane w from 27 Barter's Hill FIELD, Walter Carpenter Josiah Laird res 42 Prescott 1894 McAlpines Directory - St John's FIELD, Charles Master mariner h Prescott FIELD, Edward Seaman h Prescott FIELD, John Seaman h Prescott FIELD, Richard Truckman h Mundy's Pond Road FIELD, Samuel Shoemaker h 20 Porter's Hill FIELD, Thomas Labourer h 82 (Research):From: http://www.genweb.ca/nfdata/045/newspapers/thedailynews1923.htm "The Daily News" Newspaper Announcements, 1923 May 7

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Directories - 1871 Lovells for Trinity. [S2] Headstones - Forest Road Church of England Cemetery, St John's, NL. [S32] Dennis Cross family records. [S8] Parish Records - St Pauls Church of England, Trinity, NL, Vol. 2, page 55 (Reliability: 3). [S10] Newspaper Extracts - Gert Crosbie Collection.