Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Fifth Generation

RUSSEL TUBBS⁵ MAXFIELD (Currier⁴, Joshua³, Joseph², John¹) was born at Fishersfield, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, on 10 April 1816^[1] a son of Currier Maxfield and his wife Mary Carr. He died at Goshen, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, on 19 March 1882.^[2] He married about 1837 (their first child was born 1838) MARY E. CUTTS. She was born at Orange, Orange County, Vermont, on 27 May 1817, a daughter of William Cutts and Olive Dame. She died at Goshen on 16 December 1889.^[3]

Although many documents spell his first name with the conventional spelling, "Russell," he signed his names to deeds with one "L" and insisted on that spelling. Great-grandson Dean Mullavey wrote in 2000:^[4]

Great grandfather was supposed to have spelled his name with just one "L." RUSSEL instead of RUSSELL. His death record as filed with the New Hampshire department of Vital Statistics lists the spelling as RUSSEL, yet it appears as RUSSELL twice on the gravestone in the North Goshen Cemetery! His daughter Alice, my grandmother was quite adamant with the one "L" version.

Russel Maxfield spent his early years in Fishersfield, name later changed to Newbury. However, by the age of seven his family had moved to Goshen. Rusel lived in Goshen the rest of his life, raised a family there, and farmed there, in proximity to much of his extended family.

Russel Maxfield participated in some property transactions in Sullivan County:

• 15 Jan 1839, Currier Maxfield of Goshen sold to [his son] Russell T. Maxfield of Goshen for $200, a parcel in Goshen, 32 acres deeded to Currier by Page Maxfield 19 Dec 1836, except 1/2 acre where Currier's house stood. Hepsibeth Maxfield relinquished right of dower.^[5]
• 28 November 1841, Russell T. Maxfield of Goshen mortgaged to Nathaniel Chandler of Newbury for $111, the parcel in Goshen of 32 acres, except the 2 acres where his father's house stood.^[6]
• 20 Feb 1847, Russel T. Maxfield of Goshen sold back to Currier Maxfield of Goshen for $215 the parcel in Goshen of 32 acres.^[7]

The 1840 Census reported the Russell Maxfield family at Goshen, consisting of a man and a woman in their 20s (Russel, 24, Mary, 23), and a girl under 5^[8] (Melissa, 2).

The family was reported in the 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880 censuses at Goshen, containing the following persons and ages:^[9]

Melissa had married in 1860, about four months before the census. Harriet was also reported in 1860 at Newport, Sullivan County, age 20, a factory operative, living in a factory boarding house.^[10] Before the 1870 census, Belinda had died (1864), and Emily, Joel and Harriet had married (1863, 1867, before 1868 respectively). Alvah had also recently married, but remained in the household with his new wife. By 1880 Edwin had moved to Minnesota, and Eugenia had married (1873). Alvah died in 1877 and his widow remained in the household. Melissa's husband died in 1875, and her twin sons were being cared for in her parents' household. Some of the family was reported in 1880 at 27 Newhall Street, Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts.^[11] Keep in mind that Melissa and Alvah married siblings.

Four other unrelated persons were also living in this household. Melissa (Maxfield) Hussey, widow, evidently maintained a small boarding house in Lynn. Her elder son was with her while the twins stayed with her parents. Her double sister-in-law (her husband's sister and her brother's wife) Maria Maxfield was reported here, working at Lynn, as well as with her in-laws in New Hampshire. Melissa's sister, Harriet (Maxfield) Ingram, happened to be visiting with her son when the census taker arrived.

Russel Tubbs Maxfield died at Goshen on 19 March 1882 from anemia caused by lead poisoning.^[12] He did not leave a will; at the request of his widow, their son Joel was appointed administrator of the estate.^[13] Widow Mary Maxfield died at Goshen on 16 December 1889 from heart failure.^[14]

Russel and Mary Maxfield had eleven children, nine of whom married and established their own families. Belinda died at the age of fourteen. Elmer George Maxfield lived to the age of 74 but never married. He generally lived with siblings, reported in the 1900 and 1910 censuses with his brother Edwin, and in 1920 with Edwin's widow, Mary. In 1930 he was reported with his nephew (son of Edwin) Fred Maxfield.

Russel Tubbs Maxfield and his wife Mary Cutts had the following children:

1. MELISSA OLIVE⁶ MAXFIELD b. at Goshen on 13 May 1839; d. on 4 December 1921;^[15] m. at Newport on 11 February 1860 ISAAC W. HUSSEY,^[16] b. at Weare, Hillsborough County, on 14 October 1837, d. at Lynn on 19 July 1875,^[17] child of Andrew and Judith (Gove) Hussey. Children of Melissa and Isaac:^[18]
   1. Ernest W. Hussey b. at Massachusetts about 1866-7.
   2. Fred A. Hussey b. at Massachusetts on 12 February 1870 d. on 2 September 1928.
   3. Herbert A. Hussey b. at Massachusetts on February 1870.
2. HARRIET ARLETTA⁶ MAXFIELD b. at New Hampshire on 30 January 1840; d. at Antrim, Hillsborough County, on 5 December 1893;^[19] m. before 1868 ARTHUR H. INGRAM, b. at Newport on 16 June 1839, d. at Antrim on 27 April 1908;^[20] Arthur m.(2) at Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, on 12 December 1895 ANNA MARIA (HUSSEY) MAXFIELD,^[21] widow of Alvah Maxfield, b. at North Weare, Weare on May 1842,^[22] d. on 1 April 1905.^[23] Children of Harriet and Arthur:^[24]
   1. Arthur F. Ingram b. at New Hampshire about 1868-9.
   2. Alva F. Ingram b. at New Hampshire about 1868-9
   3. William Ingram b. at new Hampshire on March 1878.
3. EMILY A.⁶ MAXFIELD b. at Goshen on 1 June 1842; d. at Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, on 30 January 1922;^[25] m. at Weare on 25 September 1863 BENJAMIN P. MARTIN,^[26] b. at Weare on 16 June 1817, d. at Concord on 23 December 1901,^[27] child of Daniel and Shuah (Perkins) Martin. Child of Emily and Benjamin:^[28]
   1. Isabel Martin b. at New Hampshire on September 1867, m. about 1890-1 Levi Randell b. at Vermont on March 1863. Child of Isabel and Levi:
      1. Levi H. Randell be at New Hampshire on May 1899.
4. ALVAH⁶ MAXFIELD b. at Goshen on August 1844;^[29] d. at Goshen on 1 January 1877;^[30] m. before 1869 ANNA MARIA HUSSEY, b. at North Weare on May 1842,^[31] child of Andrew and Judith (Gove) Hussey.
5. JOEL SANDERS⁶ MAXFIELD b. at Goshen on 12 November 1847.
6. BELINDA C.⁶ MAXFIELD b. at Goshen on 29 April 1850;^[32] d. on 12 October 1864.^[33]
7. EDWIN FRANCIS⁶ MAXFIELD b. at Goshen on 25 June 1852.
8. EUGENIA MARY⁶ MAXFIELD b. at Goshen on 23 May 1854;^[34] d. at Sunapee, Sullivan County, on 22 August 1887;^[35] m. (int. at Goshen on 29 October 1873) JOSEPH CLARK COLBY,^[36] b. at Goshen on 18 July 1843, d. at Goshen on 8 February 1910,^[37] child of Clark Colby.
9. NELLIE MARILLA⁶ MAXFIELD b. at Goshen on 15 October 1856;^[38] d. at Newbury on 28 February 1905;^[39] m. at Newbury on 10 May 1885 JESSE WILBUR FISK EATON,^[40] b. at Newbury on 8 April 1843, d. at Newbury on 13 August 1908,^[41] child of Eben and Hannah B. (Cross) Eaton. Child of Nellie and Jessie:^[42]
   1. Maurice Eaton b. at New Hampshire on September 1890.
10. ELMER GEORGE⁶ MAXFIELD b. at Goshen on 9 November 1859; d. at Sunapee on 25 February 1934.^[43]
11. ALICE JANET⁶ MAXFIELD b. at Goshen on 1 March 1862; d. at Concord on 5 June 1936;^[44] m. (1) at Newbury on 29 December 1889 EDWARD MULLAVEY,^[45] b. at Saint Patrice-de-Beaurivage, Lotbiniere County, Quebec on 17 February 1847, d. at Claremont, Sullivan County, on 17 November 1894,^[46] child of John and Catharine (Fitspatrick) Mullavey; m. (2) at Penacook, Merrimack County, on 26 July 1904 ALEXANDER McLEOD,^[47] b. at Prince Edward Island on 12 August 1869, d. at Concord on 19 August 1937,^[48] child of John and Flora (Stuart) McLeod.

¹New Hampshire, State of, Division of Vital Records, Concord, New Hampshire, New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card, Birth, Russel T. Maxfield, 1816; digital images, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (americanancestors.org : accessed 30 December 2016).
²New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card 6190, Death, Russel T. Maxfield, 1882.
³New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card 6172, Death, Mary E. Maxfield, 1889. Her maiden name from: Cecil Hampden Cutts Howard, ed., Genealogy of the Cutts Family in America (Albany, New York: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1892), 315. Identity of her parents if from: Dean Mullavey, to Ellen Leland, electronic mail, 27 July 2000, "Maxfield info,"; privately held by Charles A. Maxfield.
⁴Mullavey to Leland, 27 July 2000.
⁵Deeds, 31:28; digital images, Sullivan County Registry of Deeds (nhdeeds.com/sullivan : accessed 29 August 2012).
⁶Ibid., 31:29.
⁷Ibid., 44:328.
⁸Sixth Census of the United States: 1840, population, Goshen, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, roll 244, p. 23, Russel 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, Goshen, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, roll 441, p. 68A, household 21, Russel T. Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 9 October 2012); NARA microfilm record group M432, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.; Eighth Census of the United States: 1860, population, Goshen, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, roll 681, p. 874, household 645, Russel Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 9 November 2012); NARA microfilm record group M653; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration; Ninth Census of the United States: 1870, population, Goshen, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, roll 850, p. 509A, household 66, Russell T. Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 8 February 2013); NARA microfilm record group M593; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration; Tenth Census of the United States: 1880, population, Goshen, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, enumeration district (ED) 269, roll 768, p. 318C, household 29, Russell G. Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 13 March 2013); NARA microfilm publication T9, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
¹⁰1860 Census, Newport, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, roll 681, p. 1288, household 185, Clarissa Glidden factory boarding house.
¹¹1880 Census, Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts, ED 214, roll 531, p. 212D, household 422, Melissa Hussey family.
¹²New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card 6190, Death, Russel T. Maxfield, 1882.
¹³Sullivan County, New Hampshire, Probate Records, 54:371; "New Hampshire, County Probate Records, 1660-1973," digital images, Family Search (familysearch.org: accessed 13 January 2014).
¹⁴New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card 6172, Death, Mary E. Maxfield, 1889.
¹⁵Pine Grove Cemetery, Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 25 November 2023), Isaac-Melissa Hussey; Originally Created by: john gibney, Maintained by: Ace, Photo added by nelson terry. Secondary sources give her birth year as 1838 because of the colseness of b irht dates to her next sibling.
¹⁶New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card 10511, Marriage: Hussey-Maxfield, 1860.
¹⁷Massachusetts Archives, "Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," digital images, American Ancestors (americanancestors.org : accessed 13 October 2014), 274:228:342.
¹⁸Information on Ernest from 1880 Census, Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts, ED 214, roll 531, p. 212D, household 422, Melissa Hussey family. Information on Fred from Pine Grove Cemetery, Lynn, Isaac-Melissa Hussey; Originally Created by: john gibney, Maintained by: Ace, Photo added by nelson terry. Birth month year and state for Herbert from Twelth Census of the United States: 1900, population, Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts, enumeration district (ED) 374, roll 644, p. 5, household 81, Melissa Hussey family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 15 October 2014); NARA microfilm group T623; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
¹⁹New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card 320, Death: Harriet A. Ingram, 1893.
²⁰New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card 654, Death: Arthur F. Ingram, 1908.
²¹"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 453, p. 309, e. 5552, Boston Marriages, 1895, Ingram-Maxfield.
²²1900 Census, Antrim, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, ED 77, p. 10A, household 242, Arthur Ingram family.
²³North Goshen Cemetery, Goshen, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 30 November 2017), Alvah-Anna Maxfield; Created and photo by: Cheshire.
²⁴1870 Census, Newport, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, p. 549A, household 216, Arthur H. Ingram family; 1900 Census, Antrim, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, ED 77, p. 10A, household 242, Arthur Ingrah family.
²⁵New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card 320, Death: Harriet A. Ingram, 1893.
²⁶New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card 6722, Marriage: Martin-Maxfield, 1863.
²⁷New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card 11282, Death: Benjamin Martin, 1901.
²⁸1900 Census, Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, ED 150, roll 949, p. 8B, household 178, Levi Randell family.
²⁹Elizabeth Wright, "John Maxfield of Salisbury, Massachusetts, 1652, and Some of His Descendants," The Nebraska and Midwest Genealogical Record (1928–1930): 7:63.
³⁰New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card 6131, Death, Alvah Maxfield, 1877.
³¹Wright, "John Maxfield of Salisbury, Massachusetts, 1652, and Some of His Descendants," 7:63. -names only given.
³²New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card, Birth, Belinda C. Maxfield, 1850.
³³North Goshen Cemetery, Goshen, Belinda C. Maxfield; Created and photo by: Cheshire.
³⁴New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card, Birth, (female) Maxfield, 1854.
³⁵New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card 17488, Death: Eugenia Colby, 1887.
³⁶"Goshen, N.H., Marriage Records," New England Historic Genealogical Register, v. 121 (1967): 179.
³⁷New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card 32926, Death: Joseph C. Colby, 1910.
³⁸New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card, Birth, (male) Maxfield, 1856.
³⁹New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card 2414, Death: Nellie M. Eaton, 1905.
⁴⁰New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card 2600, Marriage: Eaton-Maxfield, 1885.
⁴¹New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card 2152, Death: Jesse Wilbur Eaton, 1908.
⁴²1900 Census, Newbury, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, ED 170, p. 6B, household 124, Jesse W. Eaton family.
⁴³New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card 15123, Death, Elmer George Maxfield, 1934.
⁴⁴New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card 25404, Alice Maxfield McLeod, 1936.
⁴⁵New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card 10390, Marriage: Mullavey-Maxfield, 1889.
⁴⁶Mullavey to Charles A. Maxfield, electronic mail, 28 October 2000.
⁴⁷New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card 16443, Marriage: McLeoad-Mullarvy, 1904.
⁴⁸New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card 25402, Death: Alexander McLeod, 1937.

"Goshen, N.H., Marriage Records." New England Historic Genealogical Register v. 121 (1967): 176-82.

Howard, Cecil Hampden Cutts, ed. Genealogy of the Cutts Family in America. Albany, New York: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1892.

Massachusetts Archives. "Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910." Digital images. American Ancestors. americanancestors.org : 2014. Mullavey, Dean, to Ellen Leland. "Maxfield info." Electronic mail, 27 July 2000. Privately held by Charles A. Maxfield.

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.

North Goshen Cemetery, Goshen, Sullivan County, New Hampshire. Find a Grave. Digital images. findagrave.com : 2017.

Pine Grove Cemetery, Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts. Find a Grave. Digital images. findagrave.com : 2023.

Sullivan County [New Hampshire]. Probate Records. "New Hampshire, County Probate Records, 1660-1973." Digital images. Family Search. familysearch.org: 2014.

Sullivan County Registry of Deeds. "Land Records." Digital images. Sullivan County Registry of Deeds. nhdeeds.com/sullivan : 2012.

United States Department of the Census. 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, 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 : 2014.

Wright, Elizabeth. "John Maxfield of Salisbury, Massachusetts, 1652, and Some of His Descendants." The Nebraska and Midwest Genealogical Record (1928–1930): 6:52-56; 7:20-24, 42-47, 61-71, 87-96; 8:15-22.