one barton family.net's Genealogy Project: Darby Field b. Abt 1610 Boston, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom d. 1649 Dover, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America

Abt 1610 - 1649 (~ 39 years)

Name	Darby Field
Birth	Abt 1610	Boston, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom [3]
Gender	Male
Removed to	1636	Boston, Massachusetts Bay, British America [4]
Removed to	1637	Marblehead, Massachusetts Bay, British America [4, 5]
	From: Boston
Event	BY 1638 [4]
	an Indian interpreter
Removed to	BY 1639	Oyster River, New Hampshire, British America [4]
Event	1639	Exeter Plantation, British America [2, 4, 9, 10, 11]
	signed
	the *Exeter Combination*
	Role: Signer
Event	Bef Sep 1642 [2, 4, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16]
	the first visitor to the White Mountains and the first to climb Mount Washington
	He saw "more marvelous things than any body has seen since." "The whites knew that far away in the north there was a cluster of very high mountains, for they had often seen them. Moreover, much mystery attached to them. The Indians said that their god dwelt high up among those lofty peaks, and told marvellons stories about great shining stones that glittered on the cliffs through the darkness of night. Now and then they would show a piece of crystal, which they said came from the greatest mountain. So the whites at first called it the Crystal Hill. "But," said the Indians to the whites, "nobody can go to the top of Aglochook to get these glittering stones, because it is the abode of the great god of storms, famine and pestilence. Once, indeed, some foolish Indians had attempted to do so, but they had never come back, for the spirit that guarded the gems from mortal hands had raised great mists, through which the hunters wandered on like blind men until the spirit led them to the edge of some dreadful gulf, into which he cast them shrieking. There was one bold settler who was determined to go in search of the precious stones, cost what it might. His name was Darby Field. So in June, 1642, Field started to go to the Crystal Hill. When he came to the neighborhood of the present town of Fryeburg he found an Indian village there. It was the village of the Pigwackets, or as it is sometimes written, Pequawketts. Here Field took some Indian guides, who led him to within a few miles of the summit, when, for fear of the evil spirit, all but two refused to go farther. So Field went on with these two. They clambered resolutely over rocks and among scrubby ravines, no higher than a man's knee, to a sort of stony plain, where there were two ponds. Above this plain, rose the great peak of shattered rocks that overlooks New England. This too they climbed. Field has said that the sight of the great wilderness land, stretched out all around him, the mountains falling away beneath his feet into dark gulfs, was "daunting terrible." It is so to-day. Field stood upon the great watershed of New England. Finding the day spent he began searching for the precious stones he had come so far to seek. He found a few crystals, which he brought away, thinking them to be diamonds. He also found a deal of "Muscovy glass," or isinglass, adhering to the rocks. Some of this he also took with him. With his treasures Field then came down the mountains to the place where he had left the Indians, whom he found drying themselves by a fire, for while he was above the clonds, a sudden storm had swept over them. As they had given up the adventurons pale face for lost, their wonder at seeing him return safe and sound was very great. All then went back to the Indian village."--"The making of New England," by Samuel Adams Drake, page 224; B 861. Chicago Public Library.
Event	1644 [17]
	licensed to sell wine
Property	1645	Oyster River, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America [2, 18]
	his house and land
	*William Hilton*, witness
Event	2 Jun 1647 [19]
	of all debts from the beginning of the world
	*John Redman*
Taxed	19 Oct 1648	Dover, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America [2, 17, 20]
Death	1649	Dover, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America [2, 3, 21]
Administration	1 Oct 1651 [2, 4, 22]
Person ID	I11506	Duane's Ancestors
Last Modified	26 Dec 2019

Father	John Field, Jr., b. Abt 1579, London, Middlesex, England
Mother	Ellen Hutchinson
Marriage	13 Aug 1609	Boston, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom [3]
Family ID	F5535	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Agnes ________, b. Abt 1612 d. Between 18 Jun 1674 and 25 Mar 1679 (Age ~ 62 years) [4]

Marriage Bef 1631 [1, 4, 7, 8]

Children

+	1. Mary Field, b. Abt 1631 d. Abt 1698 (Age ~ 67 years)
	2. Joseph Field, b. Abt 1639 d. Bef 1694 (Age ~ 54 years)
	3. Elizabeth Field, b. Abt 1642 d. 10 Mar 1705/6 (Age ~ 64 years)
+	4. Lt. Zachariah Field, b. Abt 1645, Oyster River, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America d. Bef 1720 (Age ~ 74 years)
+	5. Sarah Field, b. Abt 1649 d. Bef 1720 (Age ~ 70 years)

Family ID F4200 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 10 Apr 2020

Event Map

	Birth - Abt 1610 - Boston, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
	Removed to - 1636 - Boston, Massachusetts Bay, British America
	Removed to - From: Boston - 1637 - Marblehead, Massachusetts Bay, British America
	Removed to - BY 1639 - Oyster River, New Hampshire, British America
	Event - signed,the *Exeter Combination* - 1639 - Exeter Plantation, British America
	Property - his house and land,*William Hilton*, witness - 1645 - Oyster River, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America
	Taxed - 19 Oct 1648 - Dover, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America
	Death - 1649 - Dover, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America