Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Sixth Generation

JOHN A.⁶ MAXFIELD (Enoch⁵, John⁴m Michael³, John^2-1) was born at Gilmanton, Belknap County, New Hampshire, on 14 January 1840 a son of Enoch Maxfield and his wife Sarah Thompson . He died at Gilmanton on 28 April 1902.^[1] He married at Wentworth, Grafton Couty, New Hampshire, on 31 August 1862 APHIA H. PAGE.^[2] She was born at Wentworth on 4 May 1843, a daughter of Zebina Page and Betsey Merrill. She died at Farmington, Strafford County, New Hampshire, on 21 September 1899.^[3]

John A. Maxfield, the ninth of eleven children, grew up on the family fsrm in Gilmanton.

Although married in Aphia's home town of Wentworth, John and Aphia lived at Gilmanton, Lower Gilmanton Post Office, where he farmed and they raised a family. The 1870 census reported the fmaily at Gilmanton, consisting of John A., 29, Apphia, 26, and daughters Addie and Etta, both reported as age 4. John was reported working on a farm, and had a personal estate of $1200.^[4]

The 1880 census reported the complete family at Gilmanton:^[5]

The children married as they approached adulthood, Addie in 1881, Etta in 1883, and Lewis Albert, always called "Bert," about 1894-5. Apphia died of typhoid fever ath the age of 57.^[6]

Daughter Hattie married Charles W. Ordway in 1900. Although John A. Maxfield in his will of 1898 referred to her as Hattie F. Canney, I find no record of a marriage of Hattie to a Canney, and her marriage record to Charles Ordway states that is her first marriage.

John A. Maxfield wrote his will on 18 March 1898, while his wife was still living. He left the following legacies:

• to my daughters Addie P. Foss, S. Etta Downing, and Hattie F. Canney, the sum of one hundred dollars each.
• to my wife Aphia H. Maxfield all my household furniture.
• to my wife Aphia H. Maxfield the use income improvement of all my Real Estate . . . during the term of her natural life; or as long as she remains my widow; and . . . after the death of my said wife, or marriage, I give and devise said real estate to my son Bert A. Maxfield, for the term of his natural life, and, at his decease, I give and devise the same in equal shares to my Grandchildren living at the time of the decease of said Bert A. Maxfield . . . ^[7]

John A. Maxfield died on 28 April 1902, at the age of 62, from heart failure.^[8] His will was presented to probate court on 20 May of that year.^[9]

Bert and Ethel Maxfield were reported in the 1900 and 1910 censuses at Gilmanton, a childless couple. Bert was a farmer.^[10] After 1910 I have found no further record of Ethel.In 1920 Bert A. Maxfield was reported a farmer, age 48, at Gilmanton. With his was Christine M. Long, 35, servant. Bert and Christine were both listed as married.^[11] The 1930 census reported Bert A. Maxfield, 58, no occupation, at Belmont, Belknap County. With him was Christine M. Long, 42, housekeeper. Bert was listed as single, Christine as divorced.^[12] Bert died at Gilmanton in 1936, his cause of death was listed as senility.^[13]

John A Maxfield and his wife Aphia Page had the following children:

1. ADDIE P.⁷ MAXFIELD b. at Wentworth on 21 July 1863;^[14] m. at Gilmanton on 17 December 1881 WILLIAM M. FOSS, child of William A. and Jerusha Foss.^[15]
2. ETTA S.⁷ MAXFIELD b. at Gilmanton about 1865-6;^[16] m. at Farmington on 6 February 1883 ELMER E. DOWNING,^[17] b. at Middleton, Strafford County, on 15 March 1861,^[18] d. at Manchester, Hillsboro County, New Hampshire, on 13 February 1913,^[19] child of Jeremiah and Sarah G. Downing.
3. HATTIE F.⁷ MAXFIELD b. at Gilmanton on 13 June 1870; d. at Strafford, Strafford County, on 13 November 1948;^[20] m. at Gilmanton on 21 April 1900 CHARLES W. ORDWAY, child of Michael Ordway and Sarah Look.^[21]
4. LEWIS ALBERT⁷ MAXFIELD b. at Gilmanton on 1 February 1872;^[22] d. at Gilmanton on 24 April 1936;^[23] m. about 1894-5 ETHEL A. McCRARY,^[24] b. at New Hampshire on June 1873.^[25]

¹New Hampshire, State of. Division of Vital Records, Concord, New Hampshire, New Hampshire: Births to 1901, Deaths and Marriages to 1937, index card 15157, Death, John A. Maxfield, 1902; digital images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (americanancestors.org : accessed 25 January 2017).
²New Hampshire: Births to 1901, Deaths and Marriages to 1937, index card 9895, Marriage, Maxfield-Page, 1862.
³New Hampshire: Births to 1901, Deaths and Marriages to 1937, index card 6134, Death, Aphia H. Maxfield, 1899.
⁴Ninth Census of the United States: 1870, population, Gilmanton, Belknap County, New Hampshire, roll 836, p. 119A, household 195, John Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 8 February 2013); NARA microfilm record group M593.
⁵Tenth Census of the United States: 1880, population, Gilmanton, Belknap County, New Hampshire, enumeration district (ED) 7, roll 760, p. 89C, household 220, John Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 13 March 2013); NARA microfilm publication T9.
⁶New Hampshire: Births to 1901, Deaths and Marriages to 1937, index card 6134, Death, Aphia H. Maxfield, 1899.
⁷Belknap County, New Hampshire, Probate Records, vol. 26 p. 238, will of John A. Maxfield; digital images, Family Search (familysearch.org: accessed 19 February 2017).
⁸New Hampshire: Births to 1901, Deaths and Marriages to 1937, index card 15157, Death, John A. Maxfield, 1902.
⁹Belknap County, New Hampshire, Probate Records, vol. 26 p. 238, will of John A. Maxfield.
¹⁰Twelth Census of the United States: 1900, population, Gilmanton, Belknap County, New Hampshire, enumeration district (ED) 6, roll 944, p. 9B, household 124, Burth Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 28 July 2013); NARA microfilm group T623. Thirteenth Census of the United States: 1910, population, Gilmanton, Belknap County, New Hampshire, enumeration district (ED) 6, roll 860, p. 2A, household 36, Bert A. Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 5 August 2013); NARA group T624.
¹¹Fourteenth Census of the United States: 1920, population, Gilmanton, Belknap County, New Hampshire, enumeration district (ED) 195, roll 1006, p. 2B, household 56, Bert A. Maxfield household; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 10 August 2013); NARA microfilm record group T625.
¹²Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930, population, Belmont, Belknap County, New Hampshire, enumeration district (ED) 3, roll 1298, p. 6A, household 144, Bert A. Maxfield household; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 13 August 2013); NARA record Group T626.
¹³New Hampshire: Births to 1901, Deaths and Marriages to 1937, index card 15097, Death, Bert A. Maxfield, 1936.
¹⁴New Hampshire: Births to 1901, Deaths and Marriages to 1937, index card, Birth, Addie P. Maxfield, 1863.
¹⁵New Hampshire: Births to 1901, Deaths and Marriages to 1937, index card 15772, Marriage, Foss-Maxfield, 1881.
¹⁶1870 Cenbsus, Gilmanton, Belknap County, New Hampshire, roll 836, p. 119A, household 195, John Maxfield family.
¹⁷New Hampshire: Births to 1901, Deaths and Marriages to 1937, index card 19524, Marriage, Downing-Maxfield, 1883.
¹⁸New Hampshire: Births to 1901, Deaths and Marriages to 1937, index card 19973, Birth, (male) Downing, 1861.
¹⁹New Hampshire: Births to 1901, Deaths and Marriages to 1937, index card 25818, Death, Elmer E. Downing, 1913.
²⁰New Hampshire Division of Vital Records, Concord, New Hampshire Death Certificates, 1938-1959, index card 005510, Hattie F. Ordway, 1948; digital images, Family Search (familysearch.org : accessed 21 February 2017).
²¹New Hampshire: Births to 1901, Deaths and Marriages to 1937, index card 10454, Marriage, Ordway-Maxfield, 1900.
²²New Hampshire: Births to 1901, Deaths and Marriages to 1937, index card, Birth, Lewis A. Maxfield, 1872.
²³New Hampshire: Births to 1901, Deaths and Marriages to 1937, index card 15097, Death, Bert A. Maxfield, 1936.
²⁴French, Harry Dana. Descendants of John Maxfield of Salisbury, Mass., New Hampshire Historical Society Library, Concord, NH, about 1952.
²⁵1900 Census, Gilmanton, Belknap County, New Hampshire, ED 6, roll 944, p. 9B, household 124, Burth Maxfield family.

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________. Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2013.