Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Fifth Generation

JACOB5 MAXFIELD (Eliphalet4-3, Nathaniel2, John1) was born at Sandwich, Strafford County, New Hampshire,, on 20 March 1772[1] a son of Eliphalet Maxfield and his wife Lydia Jones. He died at Sandwich about 21 August 1833.[2] He married at Chester, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, on 5 December 1802 RACHEL GRIFFIN,[3] who was born probably some time between 1765 and 1784.

The fifth of nine children, Jacob grew up in Sandwich. However his father, a Free Will Baptist preacher, traveled in Vermont, and the family had some ties to Sutton, Caledonia County, Vermont. Jacob took the Oath of Affirmation and Allegiance there on 4 July 1794.[4]

The 1810 census reported the Jacob Maxfield family at Sandwich, consisting of a woman over 44, a man between 26 and 44, a woman between 26 and 44, three girls between 10 and 15, and a boy and two girls under 10.[5] The only two persons I can potentially identify are Jacob, 38, and Rachel, probably between 26 and 44. I have not found Jacob Maxfield listed as a head of household in either the 1820 or 1830 census.

Jacob Maxfield may have fought in the War of 1812.[6]

Jacob Maxfield took his life, as described in the Independent Statesman on 21 September 1833:[7]

Suicide -
The body of Mr. Jacob Maxfield of Sandwich was found on the 28th ult. suspended from a tree in a piece of woods near his house. He had been absent from his house a week, as was supposed, to visit some of his connexions, who dwelt in a neighboring town, when he was found in this melancholy situation; and from the appearance of his body, he hung himself immediately after his departure from his house. Mr. Maxfield was about 50 years of age, and a sober, industrious and honest man. His loss will not only be deeply lamented by his relations, but by all who knew him. - No cause can be assigned for the shocking deed.

Jacob Maxfield and his wife Rachel Griffin had the following children, perhaps others:

  1. JOSIAH6 MAXFIELD b. at Sandwich on 9 July 1812.
  2. perhaps LUCIEN6 MAXFIELD
  3. THOMAS6 MAXFIELD b. at Sandwich on 21 September 1820.

NOTES

1New Hampshire, State of, Division of Vital Records, Concord, New Hampshire, New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card, Birth, Jacob Maxfield, 1772; digital images, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (americanancestors.org : accessed 30 December 2016).
2"Suicide," Independent Statesman, 21 September 1833; 19th Century U.S. Newspapers (infotrac.galegroup.com : accessed 23 September 2012); accessed through americanancestors.org.
3New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card 9881, Marriage, Maxfield-Griffin, 1802.
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.
5Third Census of the United States: 1810, population, Sandwich, Strafford County, New Hampshire, roll 25, p. 625, Jacob Maxfield; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 16 September 2012); NARA microfilm publication M25, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
6French, Harry Dana. Descendants of John Maxfield of Salisbury, Mass., New Hampshire Historical Society Library, Concord, New Hampshire, about 1952.
7"Suicide," Independent Statesman, 21 September 1833.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

French, Harry Dana. Descendants of John Maxfield of Salisbury, Mass. New Hampshire Historical Society Library, Concord, New Hampshire, about 1952.

Independent Statesman. Concord, New Hampshire. 21 September 1833.

New Hampshire, State of, Division of Vital Records, Concord, New Hampshire. New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages. Digital images. New England Historical and Genealogical Society. American Ancestors. americanancestors.org : 2016.

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

Willard, J. E. "Sutton." Vermont Historical Gazeteer: A Local History of All the Towns in the State. Abby Maria Hemmenway, comp.. N.p.: n.p., 1867–1891.

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