David Dudley Field I

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David Dudley Field I (May 20, 1781 – 1867) was an American Congregational clergyman and historical writer. He was born in East Guilford, now Madison, Connecticut on May 20, 1781, the son of Timothy Field, an officer during the American Revolution. He graduated from Yale in 1802, and held pastorates at Haddam, Connecticut, and Stockbridge, Massachusetts. He wrote A History of the Town of Pittsfield, in Berkshire County, Massachusetts (1844). He married Submit Dickison, and they had nine children, four of whom achieved national prominence[1] :

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  • Hyamson, Albert Montefiore. A Dictionary of Universal Biography for All Ages and All People. p. 210
  1. ^ Swisher, Carl Brent. Stephen J. Field, Craftsman of the Law. The Brookings Institution, 1930. pp. 12