PATRICK5 MAXFIELD (Zadock4, Timothy3-2, John1) was born at New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, on 13 March 1776[1] a son of Zadock Maxfield and his wife Susanna Sherman. He died at sea on 3 November 1802.[2] He married at New York, New York County, New York, on 12 May 1799 ELSA LORING,[3] sometimes called "Eliza." She was born at New Bedford on 30 November 1774,[4] a daughter of Joshua and Innocent Loring. She died at New Bedford on 10 December 1842.[5] She married as her second husband at New Bedford on 15 May 1816 KILLEY ELDRIDGE,[6] who was born at New Bedford on 16 September 1764,[7] a child of Isaiah Eldridge and Sarah Delano, and died at New Bedford on 5 December 1845.[8] Killey Eldridge had married MERCY CHURCH at New Bedford on 3 January 1791.[9] She was born on 13 April 1768 and died at New Bedford on 30 July 1809.[10]
Patrick Maxfield left his childhood home of New Bedford, to make New York City his home port. He married there in 1799 a young woman from New Bedford. On 8 July 1800 he began his will,
This is the last will and testament of me Patrick Maxfield Master of the Brig Eliza of New York [11]Patrick Maxfield set out on the Eliza almost immediately after writing that will. On 19 July Captain Pearce of the Resource noted in his log book,
On the 19th of July, in lat. 33° 20' N long. 63° 30' W spoke the brig Alias of New York, Patrick Maxfield, master, bound to Jamaica, out 9 all well. Capt. Maxfield informed us, that there were four French 20 gun ships cruizing on our coast; that they all kept pretty much together, in lat. 28° N long. 69° W and had captured ten American ships. . . . [12]The Alias must be a miss-hearing of Eliza. The location is near Bermuda. He saw the French ships at a location east of Florida and southwest of Bermuda. France and England were at war, making trade difficult.
As Patrick Maxfield was engaged in trade, his voyages were not as long as those of his relatives engaged in whaling. He must have been back in New York long enough to conceive a child. He died at sea in 1802, "lost over board on his passage home from Malaga."[13] Patrick left a 27 yer-old widow who was about five months pregnant. Their only child was born at New York in 1803. Patrick's will, proved at New York County on 5 February 1803, left everything to his wife Eliza.[14]
The 1800 census reported the Patrick Maxfield household in the 7th Ward of New York City, consisting of a man and a woman between 26 and 44, and a girl under 10.[15] Elsa returned to New Bedford with her child, where the 1810 census reported "Widow E. Maxfield," a woman between 26 and 44, with a male child under 10.[16]
Widow Elsa Maxfield married widower Killey Eldridge at New Bedford in 1816. Elsa brought to their marriage her son; Killey brought his five living children; together they had two more. They lived in the town of Fairhaven, Bristol County, although their deaths were recorded in New Bedford.
Patrick Maxfield and his wife Elsa Loring had the following child:
Elsa (Loring) Maxfield and her second husband Killey Eldridge had the following children:[17]
Killey Eldridge and his first wife Mercy Church had the following children:[21]
1Vital Records of New Bedford, Massachusetts: to the Year 1850 (Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1932. 1932, 1941), v. 1, p. 324.
2Ibid., v. 3, p. 114
3Genealogical Research Library, "New York City, Marriages, 1600s-1800s," database, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 21 August 2013)
4"Eldridge Bible Records," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 94 (1940): 299.
5Ibid., p. 299.
6Vital Records of New Bedford, Massachusetts, v. 2, p. 365.
7Ibid., v. 1, p. 166; Religious Society of Friends, New Bedford Monthly Meeting.
8Ibid; v. 3, p. 63.
9Ibid., v. 2, p. 190.
10"Eldridge Bible Records," 299; Vital Records of New Bedford, Massachusetts, v. 3, p. 63.
11New York County, New York, New York, Probate Records, 1629-1971, New York County, ; digital images, Family Search (familysearch.org: accessed 12 June 2014); Wills 44:252.
12"Extract from the Log-Book of the Ship Resource, Capt. Pearce, Lately Arrived at Providence, from Canton," Commercial Advertiser, 11 August 1800; Early American Newspapers (infoweb.newsbank.com : accessed 21 August 2013).
13Vital Records of New Bedford, Massachusetts, v. 3, p. 114.
14New York County Probate Records, 1629-1971; Wills 44:252.
15Second Census of the United States: 1800, population, New York, New York County, New York, p. 898, Patrick Maxfield; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed ); NARA microfilm publication M32; Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
16Third Census of the United States: 1810, population, New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, roll 17, p. 299, Wd. E. Maxfield; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 12 March 2012); NARA microfilm publication M25, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
17all births and deaths found in "Eldridge Bible Records," 299.
18Vital Records of New Bedford, Massachusetts, v. 1, p. 166.
19Vital Records of New Bedford, Massachusetts, v. 1, p. 166; First Congregational Church (Unitarian), New Bedford.
20Vital Records of New Bedford, Massachusetts, v. 1, p. 166.
21all births, deaths and names of spouses found in "Eldridge Bible Records," 299.
22Vital Records of New Bedford, Massachusetts, v. 1, p. 165.
23Ibid. v. 1, p. 166.
24Ibid.
25Ibid.
26Ibid., v. 1, p. 165.
27Ibid.
Commercial Advertiser New York, New York. 11 August 1800.
"Eldridge Bible Records." New England Historical and Genealogical Register 94 (1940): 299-300.
French, Harry Dana. Descendants of John Maxfield of Salisbury, Mass. New Hampshire Historical Society Library, Concord, New Hampshire, about 1952.
Genealogical Research Library. "New York City, Marriages, 1600s-1800s." Database. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2013.
New York County, New York. New York, Probate Records, 1629-1971, New York County. Digital images. Family Search. familysearch.org: 2014.
United States Department of the Census. Second Census of the United States: 1800, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2012.
________. Third Census of the United States: 1810, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2012.
Vital Records of New Bedford, Massachusetts: to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1932. 1932, 1941.
Wright, Elizabeth. "John Maxfield of Salisbury, Massachusetts, 1652, and Some of His Descendants." The Nebraska and Midwest Genealogical Record (1928–1930): 6:52-56; 7:20-24, 42-47, 61-71, 87-96; 8:15-22.
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