Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Fifth Generation

ISAAC⁵ MAXFIELD (David⁴, Eliphalet³, Nathaniel³, John¹) was born probably at New Hampshire say about 1772, s son of David Maxfield and his wife Judith Clough. He was still living in March of 1826, and probably had died by 1850. He married sometime between 1791 and 1794, say about 1792 PHEBE HILL.^[1] She was born at Vermont about 1772, and died in 1861.

Isaac Maxfield was born between 1756 and 1774 according to the 1800 census; the censuses for 1791 and 1820 both place his birth before 1775. Considering when he began his family, and the order of children of David Maxfield, Sr., as given by Frederick Gilmore Maxfield,^[2] 1772 would appear to be a good guess for his birth year. His family of origin was in New Hampshire in 1770, perhaps in Vermont by 1778, and had definitely left New Hampshire by 1784. By 1791 the family of David and Judith Maxfield resided at Colchester, Chittenden County, Vermont.

Isaac Maxfield farmed with his brother Jacob at Georgia, Franklin County, Vermont, then on his own at Georgia, then moved to Chazy, Clinton County, New York, where he farmed. At this point we loose track of him. However several of his children reappeared later at Wisconsin and Minnesota, which is probably where his widow Phebe died.

Isaac Maxfield left a record of his activities on the land records of the Town of Georgia:

• 6 February 1792, Ira Allen of Colchester sold to Jacob Maxfield and Isaac Maxfield of Colchester for £ 60, lot # 169 in Georgia.^[3]
• 23 February 1798, Jacob and Isaac Maxfield of Georgia sold to Moses Buck or Toron, Saratoga County, NY for £ 160 , 10 acres in Georgia. Moses Buck then sold land in Georgia to Isaac Maxfield for £ 60.^[4]
• 6 April 1802, Isaac Maxfield of Georgia sold to James Hotchkiss for $84 , 14 acres in Georgia. On the same date, Isaac Maxfield of Georgia sold to Edward Hall of Georgia for $500, land in Georgia.^[5]
• 10 January 1810, Isaac Maxfield of Georgia sold to Joseph Ballard of Georgia for $303, land in Georgia.^[6]
• 2 March 1810, Isaac Maxfield of Georgia sold to Lewis Goch of Newington, Chittenden County, for $ 95, land in Georgia.^[7]
• 19 March 1810, Isaac Maxfield of Georgia sold to Frederick Bliss of Georgia, for $120 land in Georgia.^[8]

After the sale of this land, Isaac Maxfield may have traveled west, to New York State, to establish a homestead there, as the Isaac Maxfield household was reported at Georgia in the 1810 census, but he was not present.

The Isaac Maxfield household was reported at Georgia in 1791, 1800 and 1810, and at Chazy, Clinton County, New York in 1820.^[9] A possible explanation of the composition of the family follows:

Concerning the children of Isaac and Phebe Maxfield:

• The births of the first five, Wealthy (1794),Milo (1796), Lozena (1797), Maria (1799) and Phebe (1801), were recorded at Georgia.^[10] Although the record did not name the parents, the family of Isaac and Phebe was the only Maxfield family at Georgia at the time. Wealthy was identified as a child of Isaac in a biography of her son, Andrew J. Emlaw.^[11] Maria was living with widow Phebe Maxfield in the 1860 census.^[12]
• Julie Ann Maxfield is identified as a child of Isaac and Phebe in D. A. R. materials.^[13] I do not know the source.
• Widow Phebe Maxfield was living with Milo Maxfield in the 1850 census.^[14] As this Milo was born about 1810, it is probable that the first Milo died and the couple had another male child to whom they gave the same name.
• David Maxfield is difficult to place. According to census records he and his parents were born in Vermont. He resided at Saint Lawrence County, New York in the 1830 and 1850 censuses, all of which points to his being a grandson of David and Judith. Of the children of David and Judith, only Isaac and Obadiah had an otherwise unidentified male child under 10 in the 1810 Census (Isaac had two). None had unidentified male children between 16 and 24 in the 1820 Census, but Isaac had three otherwise unidentified male children between 10 and 15. All this points to Isaac and Phebe as the most likely parents of this David. But it is inconclusive.
• Jacob Maxfield, born about 1806-7, wrote his will and died in 1839. He left everything to his wife Lucy. He could be one of the otherwise unidentified male children under 10 in the Isaac Maxfield household in 1810, and one of the males between 10 and 15 in that household in 1820.

Isaac Maxfield purchased land in Chazy on 27 December 1825. Benjamin Mooers of Plattsburgh and Mary his wife sold to Isaac Maxfield of Chazy for $350, parts of lot # 30 of Chazy, 226 acres altogether.^[15] The county Court of Common Pleas called Isaac Maxfield an "insolvent laborer" on 10 March 1826, and gave notice to all creditors to make their claims known.^[16] That notice, published in the Plattsburgh Republican on 18 March 1826, is the last reference I have found to Isaac Maxfield.

By 1826, the first Milo and Lozena had probably died, and Wealthy and Maria had married. I have no further information on the daughter Phebe. The others soon married, and, with the exception of Jacob who died in Vermont, they all moved West. Wealthy and her second husband, Michael Emlaw, moved to Michigan. Maria and Julia went to Minnesota. David and Milo made their homes in Wisconsin.

Widow Phebe Maxfield in 1850 was living with her son Milo in Wisconsin. In 1860 she lived with daughter Maria in Minnesota. Phebe died in 1861.^[17]

Isaac Maxfield and his wife Phebe Hill had the following children:

1. WEALTHY⁶ MAXFIELD b. at Georgia on 9 January 1794;^[18] d. on 1873;^[19] m.(1) at Georgia on 5 April 1812 JAMES HETH;^[20] m.(2) bef. 1828 MICHAEL EMLAW.^[21] b. at New York about 1800-1. Children of Michael and Wealthy include:
   1. Andrew J. Emlaw b. at Alburgh, Grand Isle County, Vermont, on 5 February 1829; m. on 1872 Louisa Bentham.^[22]
   2. Clorinda Emlaw b. at New York about 1832-3.^[23]
   3. Miner P. Emlaw b. at New York about 1837-8.^[24]
2. MILO⁶ MAXFIELD b. at Georgia on 3 September 1796;^[25] d. prob. bef. 1810 (before birth of another child given same name).
3. LOZENA⁶ MAXFIELD b. at Georgia on 1 September 1797;^[26] d. prob. bef. 1810 (census suggests she not present).
4. MARIA⁶ MAXFIELD b. at Georgia on 23 July 1799;^[27] d. at Dodge County, Minnesota, on 24 January 1884;^[28] m. on 3 April 1817 JOHN KIMBALL BEAN,^[29] b. at Plattsburgh, Clinton County, on 1 October 1793, d. at Minnesota on 27 February 1862.^[30]
5. PHEBE⁶ MAXFIELD b. at Georgia on 5 August 1801.^[31]
6. perhaps DAVID⁶ MAXFIELD b. at Vermont about 1803-4.
7. perhaps JACOB⁶ MAXFIELD b. abt. 1806-7; d. at Fletcher, Franklin County, on 27 May 1839;^[32] m. LUCY ________. His will of 27 May 1839 proved 22 June 1839.^[33] For text of will see below.
8. MILO⁶ MAXFIELD b. at Vermont about 1810.
9. JULIE ANN⁶ MAXFIELD b. on 7 May 1818; d. at Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minnesota, on 24 December 1909; m. on 1840 MORTON LAFLEN, b. on 1 May 1814, d. at Mankato on 10 January 1877.^[34]

In the name of God, Amen. I Jacob Maxfield of Fairfax in the County of Franklin and the state of Vermont being weak in body but of sound and perfect mind and memory do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form following, to wit:
First I will that all my debts of every description be paid and lastly I do give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Lucy Maxfield all my real and personal estate of every name or nature whatever after said debts are paid and I do hereby appoint her my sole executor of this my last will and testament hereby revoking all former wills by me made. . . .
signed and witnessed May 27, 1839

¹Daughters of the American Revolution, "DAR Genealogical Reserch System: Descendant Database Search," database, Daughters of the American Revolution (dar.org, accessed about 2010), No. 476651.
²Frederick Gilmore Maxfield, The Family Tree [mimeographed]; supplied by Clysta Maxfield Jones, Brookfield, Missouri, 28 June 2004; prepared after 1905.
³Georgia Town, Franklin County, Vermont, Deeds, 1:111; Georgia Town Clerk, Georgia, Franklin County, Vermont.
⁴Ibid., 2:33-34,55.
⁵Ibid., 2:458,530.
⁶Ibid., 4:98.
⁷Ibid., 4:79.
⁸Ibid., 4:46.
⁹First Census of the United States: 1790, population, Georgia, Chittenden County, Vermont, p. 154, Isaac Maxfield; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 14 September 2012); NARA microfilm publication M637, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.; Second Census of the United States: 1800, population, Georgia, Franklin County, Vermont, p. 444, Isaac Maxfield; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed ); NARA microfilm publication M32; Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.; Third Census of the United States: 1810, population, Georgia, Franklin County, Vermont, p. 291A, Isaac Maxfield; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 17 September 2012); NARA microfilm publication M25, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.; Fourth Census of the United States: 1820, population, Chazy, Clinton County, New York, p. 444, Isaac Maxfield; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 18 September 2012); NARA microfilm publication M33, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
¹⁰Peter S. Mallett, ed., Georgia, Vermont, Vital Records (Saint Albans, Vermont: Genealogical Society of Vermont, 1995), 190.
¹¹Biographical Record of Muskegon and Ottawa Counties, Michigan (Chicago: Biographical Publishing Co., 1893), p. 133.
¹²Eighth Census of the United States: 1860, population, Concord, Dodge County, Michigan, p. 749, household 378, John K. Bean family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 7 November 2012); NARA microfilm record group M653; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
¹³Daughters of the American Revolution, No. 476651.
¹⁴Seventh Census of the United States: 1850, population, Beaver Dam, Dodge County, Wisconsin, p. 83B, household 523, Milo Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 17 October 2012); NARA microfilm record group M432, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
¹⁵New York, Land Records, 1630-1975: Clinton County, J:91-92; digital images, Family Search (familysearch.org : accessed 23 June 2014).
¹⁶Plattsburgh Republican, 18 March 1826; New York State Historical Newspapers (nyshistoricnewspapers.org : accessed 25 June 2014). p. 4.
¹⁷Daughters of the American Revolution, No. 476651.
¹⁸Vermont State Archives and Records Administration, Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008, index card 4413, Birth: Wellthana Maxfield, 1794; digital images, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (americanancestors.org : accessed 17 January 2017).
¹⁹Lake Forest Cemetery, Grand Haven, Ottawa County, Michigan, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 8 September 2018), Wealthy Maxfield Emlaw; Created by: Laurie Brand, Photo added by Eugene Taylor.
²⁰Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008, index card 4309, Marriage, Heth-Maxfield, 1812.
²¹Biographical Record of Muskegon and Ottawa Counties, Michigan, p. 133.
²²Ibid.
²³1850 Census, Malone, Franklin County, New York, p. 26B, household 369, Michael Amlaw family.
²⁴Ibid.
²⁵Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008, index card 4407, Birth: Milo Maxfield, 1796.
²⁶Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008, index card 4401, Birth: Lozena Maxfield, 1797.
²⁷Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008, index card 4404, Birth: Maria Maxfield, 1799.
²⁸Wildwood Cemetery, Wasioja, Dodge County, Minnesota, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 5 December 2012), Maria Bean; Originally Created and photo by: shansen, Maintained by: Ruth S.
²⁹The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints [LDS], "International Genealogical Index," database, Family Search (familysearch.org : accessed 1 June 2023), John Kimball Bean, marriage; citing FHL microfilm Submitted by jcrisp62395.
³⁰Wildwood Cemetery, Wasioja, John K. Bean; Originally Created and photo by: shansen, Maintained by: Ruth S.
³¹Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008, index card 4409, Birth: Phebe Maxfield, 1801.
³²Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008, index card, Death, Jacob Maxfield, 27 May 1839.
³³Franklin County, Vermont, Probate Records, Z:123 and 1:439-440; digital images, Family Search (familysearch.org: accessed 23 August 2013).
³⁴Daughters of the American Revolution, No. 476651.

Biographical Record of Muskegon and Ottawa Counties, Michigan. Chicago: Biographical Publishing Co., 1893.

Clinton County, New York. "New York, Land Records, 1630-1975: Clinton County" Digital images. Family Search. familysearch.org : 2014.

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Maxfield, Frederick Gilmore. The Family Tree [mimeographed]. Privately held by Clysta Maxfield Jones, Brookfield, Missouri. Photocopy sent to Charles A. Maxfield 28 June 2004.

Plattsburgh Republican, Plattsburgh, New York. 18 March 1826.

United States, Department of the Census. First Census of the United States: 1790, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2012.

________. 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.

________. Fourth Census of the United States: 1820, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2012.

________. Seventh Census of the United States: 1850, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2012.

________. Eighth Census of the United States: 1860, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2012.

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