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| First Name |
David
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| Middle Name |
Dudley
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| Last Name |
Field
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| Birthday |
20th May, 1781
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| Birthplace |
Madison, Connecticut, U.S.
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| Died |
1867
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| Place of Death |
Stockbridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
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| Zodiac Sign |
Taurus
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation Text |
clergyman and historian
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| Occupation |
Historian
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David Dudley Field I (May 20,1781 – April 15,1867) 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 received Doctorate in Divinity degree from Williams College. He held pastorates at Haddam, Connecticut, and Stockbridge, Massachusetts. He wrote A History of the Town of Pittsfield, in Berkshire County, Massachusetts (1814), A Statistical Account of the County of Middlesex in Connecticut (1819), The Genealogy of the Brainerd Family, in the United States, with Numerous Sketches of Individuals (1857), Centennial Address with Historical Sketches of Cromwell, Portland, Chatham, Middle-Haddam, Middletown and its Parishes (1853), among other works. He married Submit Dickinson (1782-1861) in 1803, daughter of Noah Dickinson, who was a veteran of the French and Indian War and served in the Continental Army. They both raised nine children, four of whom achieved national prominence. He is buried at the Stockbridge Cemetery in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
