"JOSEPH, b. ----; taxed at Oyster River (Durham), 1657 to 1677; d. before 1694. He was a lot-layer. The county records of July, 1680, speak of Nicholas Folket's dwelling house as standing on adjoining Joseph Field's land, near the meeting house, on the south side of Oyster River; was conveyed June 26, 1664, by John Goddard to William Williams, who sold this land to Joseph Field, June 18, 1674; and this same land Zachary Field, brother of Joseph, conveyed to John Davis, son of Moses, Dec. 11, 1710. Joseph Field's name appears on a petition May 19, 1669, for their settlement (Oyster River) to be made a separate parish. His name appears on a petition to the king in 1668 also."