The Field Family Crest

After a vast amount of discussion and researches, it seems proved now that Robert Field, who settled at Flushing, Long Island, in 1645, was the son of William Field of Sowerby and North Ouram, in the parish of Halifax, England, himself the son of William Field of Great Norton, county York. This William was the son of John Field of Hortony who lived in 1577. It is asserted that the same John Field was the famous astronomer to whom the arms we give,—which belonged before him to the Fields of Norton and Ardsley—where confirmed in 1558, with the addition of the peculiar crest we insert below. The American branch is recognized by Burke.

Family

Field

Motto

Motto [On the bookplate of David Dudley Field]: Sans Dieu rien.Without God, nothing.

Blazon

A Dexter Arm, Issuing Out Of Clouds, Fessways: Proper—Habited, Gules; Holding In The Hand, Also Proper, A Sphere, Or.

Source

America Hereldica