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Gaoler at Newcastle. Correspondence from George Robertson stating that he had been treated fairly and with kindness by Mr. Field while at the gaol
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Co. Northumberland. Parish of Alnwick, Grant No. 130. Bounded by the farm of Francis Greenway
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Application by Thomas Bowden for 240 acres of land promised to John Field
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Register Book of Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle. Burials p15
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Governor of Newcastle jail. Died aged 53. Burial date
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Land Grant. 60 acres promised by Sir Ralph Darling on 9th May 1827
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Convict Indents (Ancestry)
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William Ling per Surry assigned to John Field on arrival
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Home Bush Estate - A Grant from the Crown to the Late John Field, Governor of Newcastle Gaol in 1837 and subsequent years. This splendid property comprises sixty acres of pasture and orchard beautifully situated on the banks of the navigable river Hunter midway between Newcastle and Maitland. Also a Stone Built Dwelling House containing four rooms, hall, verandah; two rooms 15ft by 12 ft; two rooms 15 feet by 15 feet; height of ceiling 11 feet; kitchen, two rooms built of stone. Outbuildings - shed, swine house etc.
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Death - at Newcastle in the fiftiety year of his age Mr. John Field, late governor of the gaol at that place. Also at Newcastle two days after her father through excessive grief, E. Justino eldest daughter of the late Mr. John Field; in one month she would have attained her seventeenth year
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On the morning of the 15th instant in the 53rd year of his age, Mr. John Field, the Governor of the Newcastle gaol. He was a zealous servant in that capacity for ten years, a warm friend, a kind father, and an affectionate husband
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Major Crummer reported the death of Mr. Field on 16th May 1845 in the following letter to the sheriff - Sir, it is with deep regret I have to report the death of Mr. Field, the keeper of the gaol at this place which took place at three oclock this morning. I have in consequence directed the principal turnkey Mr. Andrew Milligan to take charge of the establishment until such time as a successor to Mr. Field may be appointed
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John and Eliza J
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Returns of the Colony (Blue Books) 1845
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John Field appointed gaoler at Newcastle gaol on 4 July 1835, succeeded by William Tristram on 18 May 1845. Eliza J. Field, Matron at the Gaol appointed 4 July 1835. Succeeded by Mary Tristram on 1 June 1845
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Mr. Fields private worth will be justly remembered by many, even beyond the circle of his family and friends. But one whose personal knowledge enables him to record his character as a public officer, feels that in doing so he discharges a religious duty. Mr. F. obtained the appointment of gaoler about ten years ago, by the recommendation of Sir Edward Parry, whose cordial solicitude for his welfare procured for Mr. F., when his patron left the colony, the countenance and good offices of that excellent man s friends. Having resolved to correct the demeanour of the miserable persons under his charge, he entered on the task by enforcing the sanctity of the Lord s Day. This he effected with a perseverance, kindness, and consistency to be ascribed to other sentiments than those of official obligation. But his anxiety on their behalf went beyond considerations of discipline. When he could do so without violence to peculiarities of faith, he spoke of truths on which he rested his own hopes of happiness ; and we may hope that many of that class of persons to whom the gaol of Newcastle was as the gates of death, learned the way of salvation through the prayers and persuasions of their gaoler. A public servant who seeks in the first place the approbation of God and his conscience, meets with many vexations ; satisfied with the rectitude of his own intentions, he does not perceive the propriety of securing the commendations of others, nor does he fear their censure. This was Mr. F.s experience. Although honored with the kind consideration of the functionaries of the courts of law ; although allowed by the Judges the privilege of speech to an extent approaching to familiarity, because of their confidence in his good faith ; although his eulogium was repeatedly pronounced by these dignitaries from the bench and in their chambers ; yet he was sometimes misunderstood, and generally most severely condemned when most punctually dutiful. These calamities nearly overwhelmed him, but they are mentioned here because of his reliance upon the particular providence of God, whose signal mercies in raising up friends in his distress, in the most remarkable as well as unexpected manner, he used to recount with overflowing gratitude, and with the humility of a Christian.
