. Field genealogy; being the record of all the Field family in America, whose ancestors were in this country prior to 1700. Emigrant ancestors located in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Virginia. All descendants of the Fields of England, whose ancestor, Hurbutus de la Field, was from Alsace-Lorraine. PRESIDENT THOMAS JEFFERSON. [From a Stuart painting.] See page President Jeffersons page 1063. FIELD GENEALOGY. 1065 and office business. He was an accurate, painstaking and labor-ious practitioner, and his business increased until he wasemployed i
. Field genealogy; being the record of all the Field family in America, whose ancestors were in this country prior to 1700. Emigrant ancestors located in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Virginia. All descendants of the Fields of England, whose ancestor, Hurbutus de la Field, was from Alsace-Lorraine. PRESIDENT THOMAS JEFFERSON. [From a Stuart painting.] See page President Jeffersons page 1063. FIELD GENEALOGY. 1065 and office business. He was an accurate, painstaking and labor-ious practitioner, and his business increased until he wasemployed in nearly five hundred cases in a single year, whichyielded an average profit of about one pound sterling each. Hewas not a fluent nor a forcible speaker, and his voice soon becamehusky as he proceeded; but James Madison, who heard him trya case, reports that he acquitted himself well, and spoke fluentlyenough for his purpose. He loved the erudition of the law, andattached great importance to the laws of a country as the bestsource of its history. It was he who suggested and promotedthe collection of Virginia laws known as Hennings Statutes atLarge, to which he contributed the most rare and valuable partof the contents. He practiced law for nearly eight years, untilthe Revolutionary contest summoned him to other labors. His public life began May ii, 1769, when he took his seat as amember of the
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