JOSEPH5 MAXFIELD (Eliphalet4-3, Nathaniel2, John1) was born at Sandwich, Strafford County, New Hampshire, on 5 November 1783[1] a son of Eliphalet Maxfield and his wife Lydia Jones. He died probably before the 1850 census. He married as his first wife probably sometime before 1808 PHEBE ________. She was born about 1790 and died at Detroit, Somerset County, Maine, on 4 November 1849.[2] He married as his second wife at Tamworth, Carroll County, New Hampshire, on 26 April 1840 ABIGAIL WEEKS.[3] She was born at New Hampshire about 1806-7. She married as her second husband at Tamworth on 29 December 1850 JOHN R. WARD.[4]
Joseph Maxfield grew up at Sandwich, with possibly some time at Sutton, Caledonia County, Vermont, the ninth of nine children. Census takers found the family of Joseph Maxfield at Sandwich in 1810 and 1830, and at Tamworth in 1840. I have not found a record for 1820. The designations by age and sex, with some possible explanations, follows:[5]
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Joseph and Phebe could have had other children, we have not yet identified.
Joseph Maxfield married a second time nine years before his first wife died. The most likely explanation is that they divorced, however I have not yet found the record. Phebe's death was recorded in the 1850 census Mortality Schedule, at Detroit, as Phebe Maxfield, widow, born New Hampshire, age 69, died November [1849] from dropsey.[6] Her death is also recorded at the Detroit Village Cemetery, as Phebe Maxfield, wife of Joseph Maxfield, age 59 years, died 4 November 1849.[7] As 1810 and 1830 census records pointed to a birth between 1790 and 1795, the age recorded at the cemetery is probably the correct age. As one of these records called Phebe a widow, and Joseph did not appear in the 1850 census with his second wife, we can estimate that Joseph died some time between the conception of his last child (1841) and the death of his first wife (1849).
Joseph's second wife, Abigail, appeared in the 1850 census at Tamworth as head of a household as follows:[8]
| Line | Name | Age | Sex | Occupation | Birthplace | Other |
| 31 | Abigail Maxfield | 43 | F | NH | ||
| 32 | Hannah J. Maxfield | 9 | F | NH | school | |
| 33 | Charles Maxfield | 17 | M | farmer | NH | school |
Six months later Abigail had remarried. I have no further record on Abigail (Weeks) (Maxfield) Ward.
Joseph Maxfield and his first wife Phebe, may have had the following children, perhaps others,:
Joseph Maxfield and his second wife Abigail Weeks had the following child:
1New Hampshire, State of, Division of Vital Records, Concord, New Hampshire, New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card, Birth, Joseph Maxfield, 1783; digital images, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (americanancestors.org : accessed 30 December 2016).
2Seventh Census of the United States: 1850, mortality schedule, Detroit, Somerset County, Maine, p. 1, Pheba Maxfield; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 1 February 2013); Detroit Village Cemetery, Detroit, Somerset County, Maine, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 14 August 2017), Phebe Maxfield; created by Carrie & Kevin, photo by Wayne.
3New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card 9918, Marriage, Maxfield-Weeks, 1840.
4Ibid., Marriage, Ward-Maxfield, 1875.
5Third Census of the United States: 1810, population, Sandwich, Strafford County, New Hampshire, roll 25, p. 629, Joseph Maxfield; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 16 September 2012); NARA microfilm publication M25, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.; Fifth Census of the United States: 1830, population, Sandwich, Strafford County, New Hampshire, roll 78, p. 231, Joseph 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, Tamworth, Strafford County, New Hampshire, roll 245, p. 207, Joseph Maxfield; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 25 September 2012); NARA microfilm publication M704, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
61850 Census, mortality schedule. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2013.
7Detroit Village Cemetery, Detroit, Phebe Maxfield; created by Carrie & Kevin, photo by Wayne.
8Seventh Census of the United States: 1850, population, Tamworth, Carroll County, New Hampshire, roll 426, p. 126A, household 106, Abigail Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 9 October 2012); NARA microfilm record group M432, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
9Ibid.
10Ibid.; French, Harry Dana. Descendants of John Maxfield of Salisbury, Mass., New Hampshire Historical Society Library, Concord, New Hampshire, about 1952.
Detroit Village Cemetery, Detroit, Somerset County, Maine. Find a Grave. Digital images. findagrave.com : 2017.
French, Harry Dana. Descendants of John Maxfield of Salisbury, Mass. New Hampshire Historical Society Library, Concord, New Hampshire, about 1952.
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.
________. 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, mortality schedule. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2013.
________. Seventh Census of the United States: 1850, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2012.
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