Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Fifth Generation

HENRY5 MAXFIELD (David4, Eliphalet3, Nathaniel2, John1) was born at Vermont about 1780 a son of David Maxfield and his wife Judith Clough. He died at Westford, Chittenden County, Vermont, on 16 January 1854.[1] He married MINERVA RICHARDS. She was born about 1787 and died at Westford on 10 May 1851.[2]

Henry and Minerva probably married about 1800, as their first child was born about 1800-1 according to her age at death.

The Henry Maxfield family was reported at Georgia, Franklin County, Vermont, in the censuses of 1810 and 1820, in Milton, Chittenden County, in the censuses of 1830, 1840 and 1850. Henry and Minerva both died at Westford in the decade following 1850.

Of the persons listed here as children of Henry and Minerva, most are identified as such on their death records. Philo, Minor and Sanford are not so identified, but their early places of residence point to the possibility of being from this family, and they fit into the age and sex groupings of the early censuses. The census records for Henry Maxfield indicate persons in the following age and sex categories, which could possibly be explained as follows:[3]

1810, Georgia
male 26-44 Henry, 30
female 10-15 Minerva, 23
male 0-9 Philo, 9
male 0-9 Minor, 7
male 0-9 William, 6
female 0-9 unidentified
1820 Georgia
male 26-44 Henry, 40
female 26-44 Minerva, 33
male 10-15 Philo, 19
male 10-15 Minor, 17
male 10-15 William, 16
male 0-9 Sanford, 7
male 0-9 Rimmon, 5
male 0-9 John, 4
male 0-9 unidentified
female 0-9 Mary Ann, 0
1830, Milton
male 50-59 Henry, 50
female 40-49 Minerva, 43
male 20-29 Philo, 29
male 20-29 William, 26
male 15-19 Sanford, 17
male 15-19 Rimmon, 15
male 10-14 John, 14
female 10-14 Mary Ann, 10
female 5-9 Minerva Jane, 8
female 0-4 Eliza, 3
male 0-4 Alfred, 1
1840, Milton
male 60-69 Henry, 60
female 50-59 Minerva, 53
female 20-29 Mary Ann, 20
female 15-19 Minerva Jane, 18
female 10-14 Eliza, 13
male 10-14 Alfred, 11

Other than placing Minerva in the wrong age category in 1810, and the three teen-age boys in the wrong catgory in 1820, this information fits what we know of the family.

By 1850 Philo had moved to Ohio, Minor had moved to Virginia, and Rimmon was living at Crown Point, Essex County, New York. Sanford and John were married and living at Westford; Mary Ann, Minerva Jane and Eliza were married and living at Milton. William resided at an institution for the insane at Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont. Henry, Minerva and son Alfred were living at Milton with daughter Minerva Jane and son-in-law Alfred Coffee. The census record described Henry and Minerva, ages 70 and 60, as paupers, and Alfred, age 21, as a farmer.[4]

Henry and Minerva are buried at Brookside Cemetery, Westford.[5]

Henry Maxfield and his wife Minerva Richards had the following children:

  1. probably PHILO6 MAXFIELD b. at Vermont about 1800-1.
  2. probably MINOR6 MAXFIELD b. at Vermont about 1802-3.
  3. WILLIAM R.6 MAXFIELD b. at Vermont about 1803-4; d. at Westford on 9 October 1860, insane.[6]
  4. SANFORD P.6 MAXFIELD b. at Georgia about 1812-3.
  5. RIMMON6 MAXFIELD b. at Georgia on 18 February 1815.
  6. JOHN H.6 MAXFIELD b. at Georgia on 19 March 1816.
  7. MARY ANN6 MAXFIELD b. at Georgia on 23 March 1820; d. at Milton on 25 March 1899;[7] m. JOHN W. HOLMES b. on 11 September 1823, d. at Milton on 10 August 1904.[8]
  8. MINERVA JANE6 MAXFIELD b. at Milton on March 1822; d. at Clinton County, New York, on 28 January 1902;[9] m. before 1847 ALFRED W. COFFEE,[10] b. at Fairfax, Franklin County, on November 1819, d. at Clinton County on 4 March 1901,[11] child of John Coffee and his wife Polly Maxfield. Minerva Jane and Alfred were second cousins. Alfred's mother was a daughter of David Maxfield, Jr. Children of Minerva and Alfred:
    1. Oneil Coffee b. at Vermont about 1846-7.
    2. Adelia Coffee b. at Vermont about 1847-8.[12]
  9. ELIZA6 MAXFIELD b. at Milton on 30 March 1827; d. at Milton on 10 January 1872;[13] m. HENRY PRENTISS. Children of Eliza and Henry:[14]
    1. Augusta Prentiss b. at Westford on 29 April 1849, d. at Essex, Chittenden County, on 15 June 1950; m. at Colchester, Chittenden County, on 10 September 1869 Charles Lyman Swan b. on 16 August 1848, d. at Milton on 9 March 1924. Children of Augusta and Charles:
      1. Agnes Marion Swan b. at Westford on 29 April 1949, d. at Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia, on 10 December 1910; m. Raymond John Gazley b. on 12 October 1875, d. at Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, on 28 July 1931.
      2. Georege Hamilton Swan b. on 2 October 1875, d. at Jericho, Chittenden County, on 19 November 1965; m. at Essex on 28 April 1921 Florence Day b. on 12 June 1887, d. on 6 March 1977.
    2. Mary Prentiss b. on 1850 d. at Colchester on 18 April 1905; m. at Colchester on 4 December 1871 Joseph Pratt b. on September 1850, d. on 27 June 1908. Children of Mary and Joseph:
      1. Edward Henry Pratt b. at Colchester on 19 November 1872, d. on 5 October 1944; m. at Colchester on 17 March 1894 Ellen Brouillard b. on 21 August 1878, d. on 10 August 1944.
      2. Amelia Eliza Pratt b. on 28 November 1873.
      3. Adell Pratt b. on 11 October 1876, d. at Winooski, Chittenden County, on 5 December 1939; m. Albert Saint Amour b. on 1877, d. on 1950.
      4. Ida Pratt b. on 1 October 1877, d. at Colchester on 28 August 1910; m. ______ Barbeau.
      5. Henry Pratt b. on 14 August 1879; m. Caroline ______.
      6. Joseph E. Pratt b. on 7 September 1883, d. at Winooski on 4 July 1963; m. Josephine Latour b. on 1878.
      7. Augustine Pratt b. on 23 October 1886, d. at Colchester on 15 July 1895.
      8. Annie Emelia Pratt b. on 13 April 1869, d. on 10 May 1963; m. on 29 February 1916 Charles C. Lewis b. on 1880, d. on 8 May 1959.
      9. Mary Dupratt b. on 13 April 1890.
    3. Alice Minerva Prentiss b. at Milton on 25 October 1863, d. at Williston, Chittenden County, on 7 May 1920; m. at Williston on 25 October 1880 Alson Bradley b. on 23 September 1853, d. on 3 December 1936. Children of Alice and Alson:
      1. Henry Sylvester Bradley b. on 29 October 1881, d. on 18 December 1947; m. Mary G. ______ d. 1948.
      2. Cynthia Jessie Bradley b. at Williston on 11 February 1885, d. at Saratoga County, New York, on 1963; m. at South Hero, Grand Isle County, Vermont, on 11 February 1906 Walter Charles Cassidy b. on 1884, d. on 1930.
      3. Belle Saphrona Bradley b. on 8 September 1888 d. at Williston on 16 April 1965; m. at Colchester on 25 May 1909 Arthur C. Senna b. on 27 August 1885, d. at Colchester on 26 February 1975.
      4. Elon D. Bradley b. on 3 July 1893, d, at Williston on 1916.
      5. Seth E. Bradley b. on 15 February 1898, d. at Williston on 13 December 1918.
      6. Bernice May Bradley b. at Williston on 15 January 1905, d. on 29 September 1993; m. at Burlington, Chittenden County, on 4 May 1924 Raymond Barnum Durant b. on 3 January 1902, d. on 28 March 1985.
    4. James Prentiss b. on 1869.
  10. ALFRED6 MAXFIELD b. at Milton on 1 June 1829.

NOTES

1Vermont State Archives and Records Administration, Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008, index card 4397, Death, Henry Maxfield, 1854; digital images, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (americanancestors.org : accessed 28 June 2013).
2Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008, index card 4378, Death, Minerva Maxefield, 1851.
3Third Census of the United States: 1810, population, Georgia, Franklin County, Vermont, p. 290A, Henry 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, Fairfax, Franklin County, Vermont, p. 76, Henry Maxfield; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 19 September 2012); NARA microfilm publication M33, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.; Fifth Census of the United States: 1830, population, Milton, Chittenden County, Vermont, p. 241, Henry Maxfield; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 22 September 2012); NARA microfilm publication M19, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.; Sixth Census of the United States: 1840, population, Milton, Chittenden County, Vermont, p. 80, Henry Maxfield; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 27 September 2012); NARA microfilm publication M704, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
4Seventh Census of the United States: 1850, population, Milton, Chittenden County, Vermont, p. 187A, household 973, Alfred Coffee family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 17 October 2012); NARA microfilm record group M432, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
5Brookside Cemetery, Westford, Chittenden County, Vermont, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 17 May 2013), Henry Maxfield, and Minerva Maxfield; Created and photo by Lynn J. Gauthier.
6Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008, index card 4410, Death, William Maxfield, 1860.
7Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008, index card 11075, Death, Mary A. Holmes, 1899.
8Letter from Jack Billow, to Charles A. Maxfield, 16 September 2019; held in by Charles A. Maxfield, Lansdale, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
9Wills Cemetery, Chateaugay, Franklin County, New York, Find a Grave, database (findagrave.com : 3 December 2018), Minerva Jane “Jane” Maxfield Coffee; Created by: Jim Vaugh.
10Letter from Jack Billow, to Charles A. Maxfield, 20 September 2016; held by Charles A. Maxfield, Lansdale, Montgomrry County, Pennsylvania.
11Wills Cemetery, Chateaugay, Franklin County, New York, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : database 3 December 2018), Alfred W. Coffee; Created by: Jim Vaugh; Letter with packet of materials from Jack Billow to Charles A. Maxfield, 25 November 2016; held by Charles A. Maxfield, Lansdale, Montgomrry County, Pennsylvania.
121850 Census, Milton, Chittenden County, Vermont, p. 187A, household 973, Alfred Coffee family.
13Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008, index card 10944, Death, Eliza Prentiss, 1872.
14All information on the descendants of Eliza Maxfield is from:Letter, Jack Billow to Charles A. Maxfield, 16 September 2019.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Billow, Jack, to Charles A. Maxfield . 20 September 2016; 16 September 2019, Privately held by Charles A. Maxfield, Lansdale, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Brookside Cemetery, Westford, Chittenden County, Vermont. Find a Grave. Digital images. findagrave.com : 2013.

United States Department of the Census. Third Census of the United States: 1810, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2012.

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Vermont State Archives and Records Administration. Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008. Digital images. New England Historical and Genealogical Society. American Ancestors. americanancestors.org : 2013.

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