ELIPHALET5 MAXFIELD (Eliphalet4-3, Nathaniel2, John1) was born at Sandwich, Strafford County, New Hampshire, on 22 July 1770[1] a son of Eliphalet Maxfield and his wife Lydia Jones. He died sometime after the 1860 census. He married at Sandwich on 3 October 1792 JUDITH ALLEY.[2] She was born at Sandwich about 1774-5 and died at Corinna, Penobscot County, Maine, on May 1860.[3]
Eliphalet grew up at Sandwich, the fourth of nine children; however the family also had some connections to Sutton, Caledonia County, Vermont. This younger Eliphalet took the Freeman's Oath at Sutton on 4 July 1794.[4] Eliphalet and Judith moved several times. They were reported at Sandwich in the 1800 and 1810 censuses, although the births of their children were recorded at Mount Vernon, Kennebec County, Maine, beginning in 1805. Census records placed the family at Mount Vernon in 1820, at Fayette, Kennebec County, in 1830, at Chesterfield, Franklin County, Maine, in 1840, back at Mount Vernon in 1850, and at Corinna in 1860. He was described as a miller in 1850, engaged in manufacturing or trade in 1840.
An Eliphalet Maxfield fought in the War of 1812. As there were three Eliphalet Maxfields of approximately the same age living in northern New England at the time, there is some confusion over which was the soldier in the War of 1812.
Eliphalet Maxfield the soldier enlisted on 2 March 1813, and again on 9 April 1814, and was discharged on 1 May 1815. He was a Private in Capt. H. Hale's Company of the 11th regiment of Infantry. Their operations were based at Greenbush, in Rensselaer County, New York. For a time they were at Sackett's Harbor, on Lake Ontario. Eliphalet was a farmer, 5' 5" tall, with blue eyes, light hair, and a light complexion.[5]
Two of Elphalet's sons also served in the War. Moses Maxfield (age 21, born Sandwich) enlisted in Col. Clark's company of the 11th Regiment Infantry on 10 February 1813. He spent some time in the hospital, but reinlisted on 23 February 1814. He left the hospital to rejoin his regiment on 2 April 1814. A corporal, he was wounded by a cannon shot at Erie and died at Buffalo on 29 August 1814.[6] Eliphalet Maxfield, Jr., enlisted on 7 March 1813 at Sandwich. He was described at that time as a farmer, age 16, born at "New Sutton," Caledonia County, Vermont, 5' 5 ½" tall, with black eyes, black hair, and a dark complexion. He served in several different detachments of the 11th Regiment of Army Infantry, and was discharged from Sakett's Harbor on 21 or 23 May 1815.[7]
Census records before 1850 only listed the numbers of persons in a household of various age and sex categories. The census records for this family may be explained as follows:[8]
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The 1850 census reported Eliphalet Maxfield, 80, miller, and Judith Maxfield, 75, at Mount Vernon.[9] By this time their children and grandchildren had scattered across central Maine and beyond. James Quimby Maxfield, by 1850 on his fourth marriage, lived with three children at Mount Vernon; Sally (Ayers) Maxfield, widow of Dudley Maxfield, lived at Mount Vernon in a large household that included herself and three Maxfield children; Asa Maxfield was reported at Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut, in the household of Peleg and Almira A. Potter.[10] Dorothy "Dolly" (Maxfield) Dudley, lived at Readfield, Kennebec County, with her family as follows:[11]
Line | Name | Age | Sex | Occupation | R.E. | Birthplace | Other |
38. | Henry Dudley | 54 | M | farmer | $1800 | ME | |
39. | Dolley Dudley | 55 | F | VT | |||
40. | Charles S. Dudley | 24 | M | farmer | ME | ||
41. | Lydia Dudley | 20 | F | ME | school | ||
42. | David Dudley | 18 | M | farmer | ME | school | |
1. | John Dudley | 15 | M | farmer | ME | school | |
2. | Silas Dudley | 8 | M | ME | school | ||
3. | Sarah Dudley | 87 | F | NH | |||
5. | Mehettable Dudley | 41 | F | ME |
Eliphalet Maxfield, Jr., lived at Trenton, Hancock County, Maine, with his second wife and step-children:[12]
Line | Name | Age | Sex | Occupation | R.E. | Birthplace | Other |
32. | Eliphalet Maxfield | 50 | M | farmer | $400 | NY | |
33. | Betsy Maxfield | 41 | F | ME | |||
34. | Nelson Hodgkins | 21 | M | fisherman | ME | ||
35. | Perkin Hodgkins | 18 | M | fisherman | ME | ||
36. | Sally Hodgkins | 16 | F | ME | |||
37. | Diana Hodgkins | 13 | F | ME | school | ||
38. | Augusta Hodgkins | 11 | F | ME | school |
Elizabeth (Maxfield) Packard in 1850 lived with her husband and children at Exeter, Penobscot County:[13]
Line | Name | Age | Sex | Occupation | R.E. | Birthplace | Other |
15. | Bethuel Packard | 53 | M | blacksmith | $900 | ME | |
16. | Elizabeth Packard | 44 | F | NH | |||
17. | Dudley M. Packard | 18 | M | blacksmith | ME | ||
18. | Daniel C. Packard | 16 | M | blacksmith | ME | school | |
19. | Judith A. Packard | 14 | F | ME | school | ||
20. | Sarah E. Packard | 9 | F | ME | school | ||
21. | Thos. B. Packard | 12 | M | ME | school | ||
22. | Nancy J. Packard | 8 | F | ME | school | ||
23. | Lydia A. Packard | 5 | F | ME | school | ||
24. | James D. Packard | 2 | M | ME |
Anna (Maxfield) Johnson lived at Dexter, Penobscot County, with her husband and children:[14]
Line | Name | Age | Sex | Occupation | R.E. | Birthplace | Other |
25. | Hiram Johnson | 46 | M | farmer | $200 | NH | |
26. | Ann Johnson | 42 | F | NH | |||
27. | Martha J. Johnson | 18 | F | NH | school | ||
28. | Eliphalet Johnson | 17 | M | ME | school | ||
29. | Hautville Johnson | 14 | M | ME | school | ||
30. | Jonathan G. Johnson | 12 | M | ME | school | ||
31. | Julia A. Johnson | 9 | F | ME | school | ||
32. | Sarah A. Johnson | 6 | F | ME | school | ||
33. | Alvira Johnson | 3 | F | ME | |||
34. | Joseph Johnson | 1 | M | ME |
Lucy (Maxfield) Page and her family lived at Freeman, Franklin County, Maine:[15]
Line | Name | Age | Sex | Occupation | R.E. | Birthplace | Other |
7. | Samuel B. Page | 51 | M | farmer | $600 | ME | |
8. | Lucy Page | 40 | F | NH | |||
9. | Samuel C. Page | 18 | M | tailor | ME | ||
10. | Daniel Page | 15 | M | farmer | ME | school | |
11. | Ruby J. Page | 13 | F | ME | school | ||
12. | Sabra A. Page | 11 | F | ME | school | ||
13. | Gustavus A. Page | 6 | M | ME | school | ||
14. | Frederick A. Page | 4 | M | ME | school | ||
15. | Julia F. Page | 2 | F | ME |
Lydia (Maxfield) Brown also lived at Readfield with her second husband and family, including one child by her first husband:[16]
Line | Name | Age | Sex | Occupation | R.E. | Birthplace | Other |
1. | Currier Brown | 43 | M | farmer | $1000 | ME | |
2. | Lydia Brown | 32 | F | ME | |||
3. | Lewis Brown | 10 | M | ME | school | ||
4. | Emeline Brown | 8 | F | ME | school | ||
5. | Georgia A. Brown | 6 | F | ME | school | ||
6. | Winfield S. Brown | 3 | M | ME | |||
7. | Lydia M. Brown | 1 | F | ME | |||
8. | John Chapman | 13 | M | ME | school |
Judith (Alley) Maxfield died at Corinna in May 1860. The following month the census reported Eliphalet Maxfield, 89, pauper, living at the Town Farm in Corinna.[17] This is the last record I have for this Eliphalet.
The 1870 census reported Dora Dudley, 71, keeping house, and Asa Maxfield, 65, farm laborer at Bradford, Merrimack County, New Hampshire.[18] The 1880 census reported Asa Maxfield, farmer disabled by dropsy, 74, and Dolly Dudley, 80, sister, keeping house, at Bradford.[19]
Eliphalet Maxfield, Jr. was reported in 1860 at Trenton, 62, farmer, with his wife, Elizabeth, 52, Martha J. Hodgkins, widow of one of his step-sons, 26, step children Benjamin P. 28, factory operative, and Augusta, 21, and probable grandchildren Seth J. Hodgkins, 5, Coleman F., 4, and Lizzie, 2.[20]. In 1870 Eliphalet, 73, and Elizabeth, 63, lived at Lamoine, Hancock County, with probable grndchildren Seth, 15, and Colman 14.[21] The 1880 Census reported Eliphalet, 85, and Elizabeth, 72, living at Lamoine with grandson Seth, 26, and his wife Annie, 21.[22] The 1900 Census reported widow Betsey Maxfield, 94, at Lamoine, with her grandchild, Seth, 45, his wife Anna, 41, and their children, Martha, 15, and Newell, 13.[23]
Concerning the birthplaces of the children of this family, the births of all except Moses and Asa were recorded at Mount Vernon, however census records gave the birthplaces of all the children through Lucy as New Hampshire. Recognizing that in compiling early New England vital records, bi Seth 15 and Coleman, 14.rth information was often collected after the fact, and that the family was still in New Hampshire in the 1810 census, these children are listed below as born at New Hampshire, probably at Sandwich.
Eliphalet Maxfield and his wife Judith Alley had the following children:
East Lamoine Cemetery East Lamoine, ME from findagrave.com |
Chamberlain Cemetery Penobscot County, ME from findagrave.com |
Elmwood Cemetery Dexter, ME from findagrave.com |
Dudley Plains Cemetery Kennebec County, ME from findagrave.com |
1New Hampshire, State of, Division of Vital Records, Concord, New Hampshire, New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card, Birth, Eliphalet Maxfield, 1770; digital images, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (americanancestors.org : accessed 30 December 2016).
2Ibid., index card 9851, Marriage, Maxfield-Alley, 1792.
3Eighth Census of the United States: 1860, mortality schedule, Corinna, Penobscot County, Maine, p. 2, Judith Maxfield; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 1 February 2013).
4J. E. Willard, "Sutton," Vermont Historical Gazeteer: A Local History of All the Towns in the State, Abby Maria Hemmenway, comp. (n.p.: n.p., 1867–1891), 29.
5Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 29 August 2013), ; Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, 1780’s-1917, Record Group 94; National Archives, Washington, D.C.; Byron N. Clark, A List of Pensioners of the War of 1812 [Vermont Claimants]. (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1969), 122; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 27 August 2013
6"Register of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914," Moses Maxfield; Clark, A List of Pensioners of the War of 1812 [Vermont Claimants], 126.
7"Register of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914," Eliphalet Maxfield; "War of 1812 Pension Applications," digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 29 August 2013), Eliphalet Maxfield; Washington D.C.: National Archives. Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group Number 15.
8Second Census of the United States: 1800, population, Sandwich. Strafford County, New Hampshire, p. 460, Eliphalet Maxfield; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 15 September 2012); NARA microfilm publication M32; Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.; Third Census of the United States: 1810, population, Sandwich, Strafford County, New Hampshire, roll 25, p. 629, Eliphalet Maxfield Jr.; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 16 September 2012); NARA microfilm publication M25, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.; Fourth Census of the United States: 1820, population, Mount Vernon, Kennebec County, Maine, p. 381, Eliphalet Maxfield; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 18 September 2012); NARA microfilm publication M33, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.; Fifth Census of the United States: 1830, population, Fayette, Kennebec County, Maine, p. 128, Eliphalet Maxfield; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 21 September 2012); NARA microfilm publication M19, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.; Sixth Census of the United States: 1840, population, Chesterville, Franklin County, Maine, p. 54, Eliphalet Maxfield; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 25 September 2012); NARA microfilm publication M704, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
9Seventh Census of the United States: 1850, population, Mount Vernon, Kennebec County, Maine, roll 257, p. 386B, household 183, Eliphalet Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 17 October 2012); NARA microfilm record group M432, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
101850 Census, Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut, p. 264A, household 318, Peleg Potter family.
111850 Census, Readfield, Kennebec County, Maine, p. 408A-B, household 222, John Dudley family.
121850 Census, Trenton, Hancock County, Maine, roll 255, p. 283A, household 178, Eliphalet Maxfield family.
131850 Census, Exeter, Penobscot County, Maine, p. 130A, household 213, Bethuel Packard family.
141850 Census, Dexter, Penobscot County, Maine, p. 147, household 84, Hiram Johnson family.
151850 Census, Freeman, Franklin County, Maine, p. 228B, household 161, Samuel B. Page family.
161850 Census, Readfield, Kennebec County, Maine, p. 407B, household 217, Currier Brown family.
17Eighth Census of the United States: 1860, population, Corinna, Penobscot County, Maine, roll 447, p. 74, household 557, Town Farm; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 27 October 2012); NARA microfilm record group M653; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
18Ninth Census of the United States: 1870, population, Bradford, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, roll 845, p. 60B, household 36, Dora Dudley family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 8 February 2013); NARA microfilm record group M593; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
19Tenth Census of the United States: 1880, population, Bradford, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, enumeration district (ED) 163, roll 765, p. 58A, household 58, Asa Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 13 March 2013); NARA microfilm publication T9, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
201860 Census, Trenton, Hancock County, Maine, roll 438, p. 323, household 81, Eliphalet Maxfield family.
211870 Census, Lamoine, Hancock County, Maine, roll 545, p. 583A, household 106, Eliphalet Maxfield household.
221880 Census, Lamoine, Hancock County, Maine, ED 156, roll 480, p. 333B, household 149, Seth Hodgkins family.
23Twelth Census of the United States: 1900, population, Lamoine, Hancock County, Maine, enumeration district (ED) 61, roll 593, p. 3B, household 78, Seth J. Hodgkins family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 29 September 2017); NARA microfilm group T623; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
24"Register of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914," Moses Maxfield.
25Genealogical Society of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah, "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, Family Search (familysearch.org : accessed 22 October 2012), Dorothy Maxfield, 1795
26Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907," database, Family Search (familysearch.org : accessed 14 September 2012), Dudley-Maxfield,1817.
27French, Harry Dana. Descendants of John Maxfield of Salisbury, Mass., New Hampshire Historical Society Library, Concord, New Hampshire, about 1952.
28East Lamoine Cemetery, East Lamoine, Lamoine, Hancock County, Maine, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 12 August 2017), Eliphalet-Betsey Maxfield; created by L Winslow, photo by Patti Leland.
29"Maine Marriages, 1771-1907," Maxfield-Shaw, 1833.
30East Lamoine Cemetery, East Lamoine, Eliphalet-Betsey Maxfield; created by L Winslow, photo by Patti Leland.
31"Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," Elizabeth Maxfield, 1805.
32Chamberlain Cemetery, Exeter, Penobscot County, Maine, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 15 August 2017), Bethuel-Elizabeth Packard; created by Dale & Patti.
33Letter from J. Dianne M. Pierson, to Charles A. Maxfield, 7 December 2000; held in by Charles A. Maxfield.
34Chamberlain Cemetery, Exeter, Bethuel-Elizabeth Packard; created by Dale & Patti.
35Merrimack County Farm Cemetery, Boscawen, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 20 November 2017), Asa Maxfield; Created by: Boscawen Historical Society, Photo added by Lorraine Ellis; New Hampshire, State of, Division of Vital Records, Concord, New Hampshire, New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card 6136, Death, Asa Maxfield, 1885; digital images, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (americanancestors.org : accessed 25 January 2017).
36"Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," Anna Maxfield, 1808.
37Elmwood Cemetery, Dexter, Penobscot County, Maine, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 15 August 2017), Ann B. Johnson; created by TheGhost.
38"Maine Marriages, 1771-1907," Johnson-Maxfield, 1826.
39Linda Sewright, to Charles A. Maxfield, electronic mail, 8 Januaryb 2006, privately held by Charles A. Maxfield.
40Elmwood Cemetery, Dexter, Hiram Johnson; created by TheGhost.
41"Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," Lucy Maxfield, 1810.
42""Maine Marriages, 1771-1907," Page-Maxfield, 1831.
43"Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," Lydia Maxfield, 1816.
44Daughters of the American Revolution, Lineage Books (Washington, DC: Daughters of the American Revolution, n.d.), 165:96.
45"Maine Marriages, 1771-1907," Chapman-Maxfield, 1836.
46Dudley Plains Cemetery, Readfield, Kennebec County, Maine, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 15 August 2017), Currier Brown, Jr.; created by Dale Potter Clark, photo by dewdrop.
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Elmwood Cemetery, Dexter, Penobscot County, Maine. Find a Grave. Digital images. findagrave.com : 2017.
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________. 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.
________. Fifth Census of the United States: 1830, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2012.
________. Sixth Census of the United States: 1840, 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, mortality schedule. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2013.
________. Eighth Census of the United States: 1860, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2012.
________. Ninth Census of the United States: 1870, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2013.
________. Tenth Census of the United States: 1880, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2013.
________. Twelth Census of the United States: 1900, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2017.
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