Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Fifth Generation

EZEKIEL CARR⁵ MAXFIELD (John⁴, Joshua³, Joseph², John¹) was born sometime between 1790 and 1800, say 1792 a son of John Maxfield and his wife Molly Carr. He died probably before the 1820 census. He married at Waterbury, Washington County, Vermont, on 12 January 1814 ELVIRA RISBY.^[1] She was born at Gill, Hampshire County (later Franklin County), Massachusetts, on 31 August 1796.^[2] She died probably before her second husband remarried in 1833. Elvira married as her second husband at Waterbury on 8 April 1821 JOSHUA W. RAND.^[3] He married as his second wife at Stowe, Washington County (later Lamoille County), Vermont, on 8 September 1833 ELIZA ATKINS.^[4]

Robert Bremer has done much research on this family. In the Hillsborough County, New Hampshire deeds he found, dated 1812, the distribution of the estate of Ezekiel Carr among his children: John and Molly (Carr) Maxfield, Asahel and Hannah Carr, Stephen and Betty (Carr) Clough, all of Weare, New Hampshire. Each received $5.00 from the estate. Ezekiel C. Maxfield and Polly Maxfield signed as witnesses.^[5] This, combined with the suggestion that Ezekiel could have been the male child under ten in the John Maxfield household in 1800, point to the probability that Ezekiel is the child of John and Molly. Ezekiel's daughter, Mary, reported in the 1880 census that her father was born in Vermont. However, as many years had passed, and Ezekiel died when Mary was young, it could be in error. There is no record of Ezekiel's parents ever living anywhere except Weare, New Hampshire. The marriage record of Ezekiel and Elvira stated that he resided at Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont. Ezekiel Maxfield was "warned out" of Waterbury on 27 January 1815.^[6] That is, the Town declared that as a new person entering the community who had no visible means of support, the Town declared that they would not take responsibility for him if he became indigent. Ezekiel and Elvira had one child, Mary. As Exekiel does not appear in the 1820 census, and his parents have in their household a girl under ten that could be Mary, the assumption is that Ezekiel had died and his daughter was with his parents.

Ezekiel C. Maxfield and his wife Elvira Rand had the following child:

1. MARY⁶ MAXFIELD b. at Waterbury on September 1914; d. at Wilmington, Windham County, Vermont, on 13 April 1893;^[7] m. at Vernon, Windham County, on 17 October 1836 LOWELL VOSE,^[8] b. at New Salem, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, about 1805-6 , d. on 3 December 1861.^[9] Children of Lowell and Mary:^[10]
   1. Andrew Vose b. at Vermont about 1840-1.
   2. William Vose b. at Vermont about 1842-3.
   3. Emeline vose b. at Vermont about 1845-6.
   4. Daniel Vose b. at Vermont about 1849-50.
   5. James Vose b. at Vermont about 1852-3.
   6. Lucy Vose b. at Vermont about 1953-4.
   7. Thomas Vose b. at Vermont about 1854-5.
   8. John Vose b. at Vermont about 1856-7.

¹Vermont State Archives and Records Administration, Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008, index card 4281, Marriage, Maxfield-Risley, 12 January 1814; digital images, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (americanancestors.org : accessed 7 December 2016).
²"RootsWeb's World Connect Project", database, Roots Web (wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com : accessed 5 October 2013), Ancestors and Cousins on Robert V. Bremer; undocumented and unnamed family tree submitted 4 October 2011 by Robert V. Bremer.
³Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008, index card 262, Marriage, Rand-Maxfield, 1821.
⁴Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008, index card 261, Marriage, Rand-Atkins, 1833.
⁵Robert Bremer to Charles A. Maxfield, electronic mail, 25 February 2001, privately held by Charles A. Maxfield.
⁶Aldin M. Rollins, Vermont Warnings Out: Vol. 1: Northern Vermont (Rockport, Maine: Picton Press, 1995), 335.
⁷Eames Cemetery, Searsburg, Bennington County, Vermont, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 22 December 2012), Lowell-Mary Vose; Created by: Grave Seeker; photo Added by: Tom C.
⁸Vital Records of New Salem, Massachusetts,: to the end of the year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1927), p. 121; newspaper record of deaths, Greenfield Gazette and Courier.
⁹Eames Cemetery, Searsburg, Lowell-Mary Vose; Created by: Grave Seeker; photo Added by: Tom C.
¹⁰Eighth Census of the United States: 1860, population, Searsburg, Bennington County, Vermont, p, 949, household 42, Lowel Vose family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 25 July 2022); NARA microfilm record group M653; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.

Bremer, Robert. Electronic mail to Charles A. Maxfield. 25 February 2001. Privately held by Charles A. Maxfield.

Eames Cemetery, Searsburg, Bennington County, Vermont. Find a Grave. Digital images. findagrave.com : 2012.

Rollins, Aldin M. Vermont Warnings Out: Vol. 1: Northern Vermont. Rockport, Maine: Picton Press, 1995.

"RootsWeb's World Connect Project." Database. Roots Web. wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com : 2013.

United States Department of the Census. Eighth Census of the United States: 1860, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2022.

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 : 2016.

Vital Records of New Salem, Massachusetts,: to the end of the year 1849. Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1927.