| 词条 | William Field (Australian pastoralist) |
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}}William Field (1774–1837) was a Tasmanian pastoralist, meat contractor and publican. Born in Enfield, near London, he spent his early working life as a farmer and butcher. At the age of 26 he was convicted of receiving stolen sheep from his brother, Richard,[1] and transported to Van Diemen's Land in 1806, travelling on the Fortune to Sydney and then the Sophia to Port Dalrymple, leaving behind a wife, Sarah, and a daughter, Ann.[2] Richard had been sentenced to death in April 1800,[3] and then pardoned to be transported for life, and was further pardoned 19 August 1802 on giving surety.[4] By the time his 14-year sentence[5] had been completed Field had already proven himself useful to the new colony as a farmer and merchant. He began living with Elizabeth Richards, who had been sentenced to death in 1806 for stealing cotton and lace, and whose sentence had been commuted to transportation for life, and they had five children,[2] William (1816–??) (married Sarah Lucas, 1839),[6] Thomas (1817–??) (married Elizabeth Lindsay, 1847),[7] Richard (born 1820 who died seven weeks later), John (1821–??) (married Mary Anne Lindsay, 1854),[8] and Charles (1826–??) (married Margaret Eddington, 1848).[9] As a free man he continued acquiring land and cattle and by 1820 had become the main supplier of meat for the Launceston region. After Field expanded his meat contracting business colony wide, he continued to purchase property and at one point owned over one-third of the land and buildings in Launceston. By the time of his death he owned over {{convert|16000|acre|km2}} of land and had amassed a fortune which, adjusted in percentage terms of GDP, ranks him as the seventh richest Australian, and richest Tasmanian ever to have lived. Field died in Lauceston.[10] References
1. ^{{Cite court |litigants =R. v. William Field |court =Old Bailey |date =28 May 1800 |url=http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?id=t18000528-57-defend588&div=t18000528-57#highlight }} 2. ^1 {{Cite web | last =Dent | first =John | title =Field biggest success story | work =Way Back When... People Places Events | publisher =Lauceston Historical Society | date =16 February 2004 | url =http://www.launcestonhistory.org.au/2004/field.htm | accessdate =2010-04-20 }} 3. ^{{Cite court |litigants =R. v. Richard Field |court =Old Bailey |date =2 April 1800 |url=http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?id=t18000402-93-defend743&div=t18000402-93#highlight }} 4. ^England and Wales Criminal Registers 1791-1892 5. ^{{Cite court |litigants =Judgments |court =Old Bailey |date =28 May 1800 |url=http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?id=s18000528-1-person1334&div=s18000528-1#highlight }} 6. ^{{Cite web | title =Field, William | work =Colonial Tasmanian Family Links Detail | publisher =Archives Office of Tasmania | date =2 December 2005 | url =http://portal.archives.tas.gov.au/menu.aspx?detail=1&type=P&id=134459 | accessdate =2010-04-20 }} 7. ^{{Cite web | title =Field, Thomas William | work =Colonial Tasmanian Family Links Detail | publisher =Archives Office of Tasmania | date =2 December 2005 | url =http://portal.archives.tas.gov.au/menu.aspx?detail=1&type=P&id=134456 | accessdate =2010-04-20 }} 8. ^{{Cite web | title =Field, John | work =Colonial Tasmanian Family Links Detail | publisher =Archives Office of Tasmania | date =2 December 2005 | url =http://portal.archives.tas.gov.au/menu.aspx?detail=1&type=P&id=125921 | accessdate =2010-04-20 }} 9. ^{{Cite web | title =Field, Charles | work =Colonial Tasmanian Family Links Detail | publisher =Archives Office of Tasmania | date =2 December 2005 | url =http://portal.archives.tas.gov.au/menu.aspx?detail=1&type=P&id=125919 | accessdate =2010-04-20 }} 10. ^{{Cite web | title =Field, William | work =Colonial Tasmanian Family Links Detail | publisher =Archives Office of Tasmania | date =2 December 2005 | url =http://portal.archives.tas.gov.au/menu.aspx?detail=1&type=P&id=129543 | accessdate =2010-04-20 }} See also
6 : 1774 births|1837 deaths|Australian pastoralists|People from Enfield Town|People from Launceston, Tasmania|Convicts transported to Australia |
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