Descendants of Clement Maxfield
of Dorchester, Massachusetts
Ninth Generation

Bristol: Dec 8, 1859: Chanecy W. Maxfield, male, white, 6th, b. Bristol to George and Ruth A. Maxfield, white, of Bristol, both b. Bristol

BETSY CAPOLA MANCHESTER married Chanecy Maxfield at Warren, Rhode Island on 20 December 1879 (VR RI M 1879:490). She was sometimes called "Bessie." The marriage was reported as follows:

Warren, Dec 20, 1879
Chancy William Maxfield of Bristol, 20, laborer, b. Bristol to G. W. Maxfield and Ruth A. Barnard; 1st;
Betsy Capola Manchester of Warren, 18, b. Little Compton to Fred A. Manchester and S. M. Willis, 1st;
by Rev. Edwin S. Straight

Chanecy Maxfield of Bristol was called a laborer in 1879, a rubber worker in the 1880 census, a farmer in 1881, a rubber worker from 1883 through 1886, a laborer again in 1889, and a worker in the cutting department of N. R. Company in the 1900 census.

The 1880 census (1209:37A) reported Chancy Maxfield, age 21, rubber worker, his wife Betsey, 19, keeping house, and cook-servant Kattey O'Lear, living at Bristol.

The 1900 census (1504:1:15) reported this family at North Hope Street, Bristol:

The record also indicated Bessie had nine children, eight of whom were living. "Elenor" must be a mistake for Elmer, whose birth was recorded in that month.

The 1910 census (1436:1:191A) reported the family at Warren, Rhode Island, where Chauncy, 57, was a landscape gardner. The family included Betsy R., 59, sons Fred W., 25, Elmar C., 23, and George, 21, and daughters Lucieque, 20, Elizabeth, 18, and Grace (probably daughter-in-law), 21. Fred was a farmer, Elmar a rubber cutter at the rubber works, George a shoe shiner at a shoe parlor, Lucy and Elizabeth worked at a handkerchief shop where Lucy was a cutter and Elizabeth a stitcher. George and Grace had been married less than a year.

Betsy Maxfield died between 1910 and 1920, as she appears in the former census, but the latter census (1670:1A) reported widower Chaunecy Maxfield, age 55, living at Child Street, Warren, with his son Frederick, 35, driver of a team, and his wife Betsey, 32. Chanecy and Betsey Maxfield had the following children:

1. SADIE LUELLA¹⁰ MAXFIELD
   • b. at Bristol on 12 September 1880 (VR RI B 1880:14)
     • Bristol: Sep 12, 1880 Sadie Luella Maxfield, female, white, 1st, b. Bristol to Chanery Maxfield (21) and Bessie Manchester (18) of Bristol, he laborer b. Bristol, she b. Little Compton
2. CARRIE¹⁰ MAXFIELD
   • b. at Bristol on 18 September 1881 (VR RI B 1881:10)
     • Bristol: Sep 18, 1881 _____ Maxfield female, white 2d, b. Bristol to Chauncy Maxfield (22) and Bessie C. Manchester (20) of Bristol, he farmer b. Bristol, she b. Little Compton
   • Census. 1900 at 27 Bethel Street, New Bedford, MA (637:7B)
     • Maxfield, Carrie W F b. Sep 1881 single, b. RI, parents b. RI RI, filer washer
   • Census. 1910. at 351 Pino Street, Providence, RI (1443:7B)
     • Maxfield, Carrie E. head F W 28 single, b. RI, father b. RI, mother b. MA, rubber worker, Shop
3. ADA ELLSWORTH¹⁰ MAXFIELD
   • b. at Bristol on 13 April 1883 (VR RI B 1883:5)
     • Bristol: Apr 13, 1883 Ada Ellsworth Maxfield, female, white, 3d, b. Bristol to Chancy Maxfield and Bessie C. Manchester of Bristol, he rubber worker b. Bristol, she b. Tiverton, RI
4. FREDERICK WILLIAM¹⁰ MAXFIELD
   • b. at Bristol on 2 March 1885 (VR RI B 1885:5)
     • Bristol: Mar 2, 1885, Frederic William Maxfield, male, white, 4th, b. Bristol to Chauncery Maxfield and Bessie Manchester of Bristol, he rubber worker b. Bristol, she b. RI
   • m. BETSEY (1920 census; however in 1930 census he is called single, living with brother George)
     • b. at Rhode Island abt 1887 (1920 census)
5. ELMER FRANCIS¹⁰ MAXFIELD
   • b. at Bristol on 21 August 1886 (VR RI B 1886:6)
     • Bristol: Aug 21, 1886 Elmer Francis Maxfield, male, white, 5th, b. Bristol to Charney W. Maxfield (27) and Bessie Manchester (25) of Bristol, he rubber worker b. Bristol, she b. Little Compton
   • Census. 1930 at 290 Ferry Road, Bristol (2168:21B)
     • Maxfield, Elmer head M W 43 mar at 28, b. RI, parents b. RI RI, shipping clerk, woolen mill, veteran of World War
       Maxfield, Harriet R. wife F W 41 mar at 26, b. RI, parents b. CT England, fore lady, rubber shop
   • m. abt 1915 HARRIET R.
     • b. at Rhode Island abt 1888/9 (1930 census)
6. GEORGE WATERMAN¹⁰ MAXFIELD
   • b. at Bristol on 24 March 1889 (VR RI B 1889:4)
     • Bristol: Mar 24, 1889 John Waterman Maxfield male white 6th, b. Bristol to Charncey Maxfield (30) and Bessie Manchester (28) of Bristol, he laborer b. Bristol, she b. Little Compton
   • Census. 1920 at Child Street, Warren (1670:1A)
     • Maxfield, George W. head M W 30 mar b. RI, parents b. RI RI, store keeper, store
       Maxfield, Grace wife F W 29 mar. b. MA, parents b. England (English language) England (English language), occ. none
   • Census. 1930 at 18 Child Street, Warren (2168:3B)
     • Maxfield, George W. head M W 41 mar. at 21 b. RI, parents b. RI RI, storekeeper, variety store, veteran of World War
       Maxfield, Grace E. wife [F] W 40 mar at 20 b. MA, parents b. England NY, occ. none
       Maxfield, Frederick brother M W 45 S b. RI, parents b. RI RI, clamer, clam stand
   • m. abt 1910 GRACE
     • b. at Massachusetts abt 1890 (1920 census)
7. GRACE W.¹⁰ MAXFIELD
   • b. at Rhode Island in December 1890 (1900 census)
8. LUCY F.¹⁰ MAXFIELD
   • b. at Rhode Island in November 1892 (1900 census)
9. ELIZABETH F.¹⁰ MAXFIELD
   • b. at Rhode Island about 1891/2 (1910 census) [NOTE: Elizabeth appears only in the 1910 census, not in any other].
10. (stillborn)¹⁰ MAXFIELD
    • b. at Bristol on 7 April 1895 (from death record)
    • d. at Bristol on 7 April 1895 (VR RI D 1895:627)
      • 1895 Deaths, Bristol, Apr 7, Maxfield, d. Franklin Street, female, white, b. Bristol to Chauncey and Bessie Maxfield, stillborn

Information on this family is found in:

• Census records

VR RI

Rhode Island Department of Health, Providence, Rhode Island. Vital Records. microfilm, Genealogical Society, Salt Lake City, Ut.