The mystery of John Field

[ElizabethHerts]

Originally Posted by Merry

I have ancestors from ****lington!

It's stupid, it's a place name!!

I think Sarah married the unsavoury John Field I mentioned.

Oxford Chronicle and Reading Gazette 07 March 1840
On Sunday last, in Great Suffolk-street, Borough, London, aged 66, Mrs Sarah Field, relict of the late Mr. John Field, of Poolanger, Bedfordshire, and mother of Mr. Hemmings, of the Corn Market.

Normally called Polehanger.

https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/m...r_vol31_05.pdf

You have to scroll down to page 10.


Catalogue description
Exhibit: 1819/683. John Field of Polehanger, Meppershall, Bedfordshire. Probate...

Reference: PROB 31/1148/683
Description:
Exhibit: 1819/683. John Field of Polehanger, Meppershall, Bedfordshire. Probate inventory, or declaration, of the estate of the same, deceased

Date: 1819 June
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description