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Rev Benton Field

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Rev Benton Field

Birth
Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
Death
15 Sep 1871 (aged 73–74)
Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Eden, Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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The Reverend Benton Field was the second of eleven children, and first son, born to Jeremiah Field (c.1764-1830) and Eleanor Sherwood (1776-1859) of Randolph County, NC. He became a Methodist minister in 1829, and moved to Leaksville, Rockingham County, NC in 1841. A history of the Leaksville Methodist Church states:

"Although he was not the Methodist preacher in charge, he became a leader of the Methodist forces here and preached often in the Old Brick Academy. The church took on new life under his leadership. He kept a famous tavern, was a builder and operator of mills, a land surveyor, and a useful magistrate. He had five sons and a daughter." (There were actually six sons and a daughter.) Benton was also one of the first trustees of the Greensborough Female College (now Greensboro College) when it was founded in 1837.

Benton married three times: First, in 1819, to Jane Gamble, second, in 1824, to Martha F. Guerrant (1803-1856), daughter of Thomas Porter Guerrant and Elizabeth Spain Ellington, and third, in 1857, to Lucy Christmas Hopper (1821-1893), daughter of Jesse Hopper and Martha Grogan, and the widow of Joseph Lane.

His children, all but the last born of Martha Guerrant, were: Thomas William Field (1828-1886, m. Margaret Moir), Rev. Daniel Early Field (1832-1916, m. Jane Hopper Lane, 2. m. Martha Ann "Pattie" Lane), Dr. Benton Jeremy Field (1835-1904, m. E. Magdalene Guerrant, 2. m. Lucy Elizabeth "Bettie" Lane), Peter Watson Field (1836-1855), John Emory Field (1838-1866, m. Mary Susan Lane, 2. m. Josephine Jones) Eleanor Elizabeth "Lizzie" Field (c.1839-1880, m. William A. Carter) and Charles Fletcher Field (1861-1942, m. Lizzie Stout).
The Reverend Benton Field was the second of eleven children, and first son, born to Jeremiah Field (c.1764-1830) and Eleanor Sherwood (1776-1859) of Randolph County, NC. He became a Methodist minister in 1829, and moved to Leaksville, Rockingham County, NC in 1841. A history of the Leaksville Methodist Church states:

"Although he was not the Methodist preacher in charge, he became a leader of the Methodist forces here and preached often in the Old Brick Academy. The church took on new life under his leadership. He kept a famous tavern, was a builder and operator of mills, a land surveyor, and a useful magistrate. He had five sons and a daughter." (There were actually six sons and a daughter.) Benton was also one of the first trustees of the Greensborough Female College (now Greensboro College) when it was founded in 1837.

Benton married three times: First, in 1819, to Jane Gamble, second, in 1824, to Martha F. Guerrant (1803-1856), daughter of Thomas Porter Guerrant and Elizabeth Spain Ellington, and third, in 1857, to Lucy Christmas Hopper (1821-1893), daughter of Jesse Hopper and Martha Grogan, and the widow of Joseph Lane.

His children, all but the last born of Martha Guerrant, were: Thomas William Field (1828-1886, m. Margaret Moir), Rev. Daniel Early Field (1832-1916, m. Jane Hopper Lane, 2. m. Martha Ann "Pattie" Lane), Dr. Benton Jeremy Field (1835-1904, m. E. Magdalene Guerrant, 2. m. Lucy Elizabeth "Bettie" Lane), Peter Watson Field (1836-1855), John Emory Field (1838-1866, m. Mary Susan Lane, 2. m. Josephine Jones) Eleanor Elizabeth "Lizzie" Field (c.1839-1880, m. William A. Carter) and Charles Fletcher Field (1861-1942, m. Lizzie Stout).

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