Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Sixth Generation

ARTHUR LIVERMORE6 MAXFIELD (Samuel,5-4 Michael,3 John2-1) was born at Gilmanton, Strafford County, New Hampshire, on 31 August 1818 a son of Samuel Maxfield and his wife Betsey Huntoon. He died at Winchester, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, on 24 August 1890.[1] He married at Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, on 6 January 1845 ORISSA ANDERSON.[2] She was born at Concord, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, on 8 October 1821, a daughter of John and Nancy Anderson. She died at Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts,on 21 February 1910.[3]

Arthur Maxfield had a long and creative career in the textile industry, which was summarized in the Massachusetts Encyclopedia of Biography[4]

Arthur Livermore Maxfield was born in Gilmanton, New Hampshire, August 31, 1818, died in Ashuelot, New Hampshire, August 24, 1890. He was educated in Gilmanton, and there resided until sixteen years of age, when he began working in the cotton mills of Lowell, Massachusetts. His first employment was as bobbin boy in the Boott corporation mill, but so capable was he as a boy and man that in ten years he had been advanced to the post of overseer. About 1844 he became overseer of a cotton mill in Hallowell, Maine, but after a few months there, he returned to Massachusetts to accept a similar position at Chicopee Falls. He remained at the last named town ten years, and during that time, in his capacity of expert, he instructed many Irish girls in the art of weaving, the Chicopee Mill being the first to attract girls of that nationality, and Mr. Maxfield being the first American expert to instruct them. From Chicopee Falls he went to Holyoke as paymaster at the Hampden Mills, remaining ten years, when he organized the Holyoke Warp Mills, with which he was identified for several years. Later he was superintendent of the Stratton Mills at West Swanzey, New Hampshire, there introducing cotton warp manufacture. His last business connection was with the Ashuelot Warp Company, Ashuelot, New Hampshire, which he organized and superintended and of which he was sole proprietor until his death. He was a thoroughly able and efficient cotton manufacturer, and held high position among men of that business. He married Orissa Anderson, born October 8, 1821, died 1916, and had a family of nine children, two of whom died young. Two of his sons, Samuel Williston Maxfield and Fred G. Maxfield, succeeded their father in the management of the Ashuelot Warp Mills and another son, Dr. George A. Maxfield, is of further mention. . . .

Arthur grew up on the family farm in Gilmanton, the second of six children. He left home as a teenager to go to Lowell, the heart of the textile industry. Working his way up from the bottom, he did not marry until the age of 26, when he had reached the position of overseer.

The 1850 Census found this family at Chicopee, Hampden County, consisting of Arthur, 33, mechanic, Orissa, 28, children Mary A., 5, Orissa, 4, and George A., 2, Arthur's sister Mary A., 18, and Violetta Huntoon, 16, perhaps a relative.[5]

The next few years brought much change in this young family. In 1853 they moved to Holyoke, where Arthur had a more important job. A daughter, Clarissa, was born in 1850; as there is no further mention of her, she probably died early. Daughter Orissa died in 1851 at the age of 4. A new daughter, Ella Orissa, was born later that year. Twins were born in 1853, but the male twin soon died. Another daughter, Susan, was born in 1855, but died two days before her first birthday. All together, Orissa gave birth to eleven children in seventeen years, only seven of whom survived to adulthood.

The 1855 Massachusetts state census reported this family at Holyoke, consisting of Arthur, 35, paymaster, Orissa, 33, Mary A., 10, George A., 6, Orissa E., 46 months, and Sarah B., 20 months. The household also included Sarah Slater, 19, perhaps a servant.[6]

In 1860 the federal census found the Arthur Maxfield family at Holyoke, consisting of Arthur, 40 paymaster of a cotton mill, Orissa, 38, Mary A., 15, high school student, George A., 11, Clarissa [Orissa] E., 9, Sarah B., 6, Susan W., 3, and Samuel W., 1.[7]

By the time of the 1865 state census the family was complete, living at Holyoke, and composed of the following:[8]

Line Name Age Sex Birthplace marital status Occupation
33. Arthur L. Maxfield 46 M NH M agent
34. Orissa A. Maxfield 43 F NH M
35. Mary A. Maxfield 20 F MA S music teacher
36. George A. Maxfield 16 M MA S section overseer
37. Sarah B. Maxfield 11 F MA S
38. Orissa A. Maxfield 14 F MA S
39. Suysie M. Maxfield 8 F MA S
40. Samuel W. Maxfield 6 M MA S
41. Freddie G. Maxfield 3 M MA S

By the 1870 Census the household had begun to shrink, and the family had moved to Swanzey, Cheshire County (Winchester Post Office). Only the four youngest surviving children were at home. The census reported Arthur, 50, manufacturer, Orissa, 48, keeping house, Sarah, 16, Susan, 13, Samuel 11, and Fred, 8.[9] Mary Ann and Ella remained at Holyoke, living in the large household of William and Elizabeth Whiting. Mary Ann (called here M. Anna), 25, was a music teacher; Ella (here called O. Ella), 19, was a teacher.[10] I haven't found son George in that census.

The next few years brought change, as George married in 1871 and Ella married in 1874. The 1880 Census found the youngest four children, now in their late teens and early twenties, still at home, at Winchester, Cheshire County:[11]

Line Name Race Sex Age Related MS Occupation B FB MB
23. Maxfield, Arthur L. W M 61 M cotton warp manufacturer NH NH NH
24. Maxfield, Orisa W F 58 wife M keeping house NH NH NH
25. Maxfield, Sadie B. W F 25 daughter S at home MA NH NH
26. Maxfield, Susie M. W F 23 daughter S teaching school MA NH NH
27. Maxfield, Samuel W. W M 21 son S works in warp mill MA NH NH
28. Maxfield, Fred G. W M 17 son S works in warp mill MA NH NH

Mary Ann and Ella continued to live in Holyoke. Ella's husband, Charles Davis, was a physician. His child by a previous marriage, William H. Davis, age 8, was part of the household. Mary Ann lived with them and continued to teach music.[12] George was reported at Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, living with his wife and her aunt and uncle. At the time George was a student.[13] Samuel, 21, lived in a boarding house in Nashua, Hillsboro County, New Hampshire and worked as a cotton mill operative.[14]

Arthur Livermore Maxfield died at the age of 72, from heart disease.[15]

The 1900 Census reported widow Orissa at the home of her daughter, Ella, in Holyoke. Ella Davis, widow, 48, was listed as a physician; Her mother Orissa, 79, had her occupation listed as "at sea." The household also included Arthur D. Maxfield, 12, son of Fred.[16] Annie (Mary Ann), 54 lived alone at Holyoke.[17] George, 50, lived in Holyoke with his wife, where he had established his dental practice.[18] Samuel, 41, boarded at Ashuelot village, Winchester, where he continued the family tradition as a cotton manufacturer.[19] Fred, 36, also lived at Ashuelot village and worked as a cotton warp manufacturer. With him were his wife Carrie, 30, and their three young daughters, Gladys, 10, Marjorie, 8, and Ruth, 6.[20]

Orissa Anderson Maxfield died at Holyoke at the age of 88, from inflamation of ther stomach.[21]

Mary Ann Maxfield continued to live at Holyoke and never married. She was described in 1910 as a music teacher and in 1920 as a self-employed journalist.[22]

Ella (Maxfield) Davis continued to live in Holyoke with her general practice of medicine. The 1910 Census reported her there with her niece, Fred's daughter, Marjorie.[23] The 1920 Census reported her as a physician and surgeon, age 68, living with niece Marjorie, 28, a record clerk for a writing paper company.[24] In 1930 Ella and Marjorie were at the same address. Ella, 79, was listed as a physician; Marjorie 34, was stenographer for a paper mill office.[25]

Samuel Williston Maxfield married in 1905, at the age of 46, Vera Watkins, age 20. They settled in Springfield, Hampden County. The 1910 Census reported Samuel a salesman of sewing machines and Vera a canvasser for trading stamps.[26] In 1920 Samuel lived in a lodging house - no mention of Vera. He worked as a sewing machine adjuster for a seweing machine factory.[27] The 1930 Census reported Samuel W. Maxfield, 69, divorced, working as a repair man for sewing machines.[28] The 1940 Census reported him with the same employment.[29]

Arthur Livermore Maxfield and his wife Orissa Anderson had the following children:

  1. MARY ANN7 MAXFIELD b. at Hallowell, Kennebec County, Maine, on 7 March 1845;[30] d. on 1933.[31]
  2. ORISSA7 MAXFIELD b. at Hallowell on 6 October 1846;[32] d. at Chicopee on 13 January 1851.[33]
  3. GEORGE ARTHUR7 MAXFIELD b. at Chicopee on 29 October 1848.
  4. CLARISSA E.7 MAXFIELD b. at Chicopee on 25 November 1850.[34]
  5. ELLA ORISSA7 MAXFIELD b. at Massachusetts on November 1851;[35] d. after 1930 (reported in census); m. at Winchester on 9 December 1874 GEORGE M. DAVIS,[36] b. at Vermont about 1846-7,[37] d. before 1900 (wife a widow in census), child of Horace and Harriet Davis. George had a child by a previous marriage:
    1. William H. Davis b. at Massachusetts about 1871-2.[38]
  6. (son)7 MAXFIELD b. at Chicopee on 24 November 1853;[39] d. before 1855 (not in census).
  7. SARAH BLANCHARD7 MAXFIELD b. at Chicopee on 24 November 1853;[40] m(1). at Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, on 23 January 1884 JOHN SAMUEL BUNCHETT, b. at Woonsocket, Providence County, Rhode Island about 1853-4;[41] Sarah m(2). at Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, on 31 October 1904 IRA C. BUMPUS b. at Albany, Oxford County, Maine, about 1845-6.[42]
  8. SUSAN MOODY7 MAXFIELD b. at Holyoke on 19 August 1855;[43] d. there on 17 August 1856.[44]
  9. SUSAN MOODY7 MAXFIELD b. at Holyoke on 5 May 1757,[45] living in 1880 (census)
  10. SAMUEL WILLISTON7 MAXFIELD b. at Holyoke on 14 May 1859;[46] d. on 1943;[47] m. at Albany, Albany County, New York, on 18 November 1905 VERA ALICE WILKINS, b. at North Clarendon, Clarendon, Rutland County, Vermont, about 1885-6,[48] child of Frank and Cordelia (Cobleigh) Wilkins. Divorced before 1930 (census).
  11. FRED GRANT7 MAXFIELD b. at Holyoke on 2 July 1862.

NOTES

1William Richard Cutter, Encyclopedia of Massachusetts Biography - Genealogical (American Historical Society, 1916), p. 361; digital images, Google Books (books.google.com : accessed 2011; New Hampshire, State of, Division of Vital Records, Concord, New Hampshire, New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, , Death, A. L. Maxfield, 1890; digital images, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (americanancestors.org : accessed 25 January 2017).
2Massachusetts Archives, "Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," digital images, American Ancestors (americanancestors.org : accessed 20 August 2017), vol. 13, p. 47; Lowell marriages 1844-5; Maxfield-Anderson.
3"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 50, certificate no. 260, Holyoke Deaths, 1910, Orissa A. Maxfield.
4Cutter, Encyclopedia of Massachusetts Biography - Genealogical, p. 362.
5Seventh Census of the United States: 1850, population, Chicopee, Hampden County, Massachusetts, roll 319, p. 147B, household 2371, Arthur Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 4 October 2012); NARA microfilm record group M432, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
6Massachusetts, Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1855 Massachusetts State Census, population, Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts, v.15, p. 254, household 300, Arthur L. Maxfield family; digital images, American Ancestors (americanancestors.org : accessed 15 August 2022); Massachusetts State Archives, Boston, Massachusetts.
7Eighth Census of the United States: 1860, population, Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts, roll 502, p. 1014, household 1573, Arthur L. Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 3 November 2012); NARA microfilm record group M653; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
8Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1865 Massachusetts State Census, population, Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts, v. 14, p. 214, household 307, Arthur L. Maxfield family; digital images, American Ancestors (americanancestors.org : accessed 16 August 2013); Massachusetts State Archives, Boston, Massachusetts.
9Ninth Census of the United States: 1870, population, Swanzey, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, roll 838, p. 737A, household 62, Arthur Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 8 February 2013); NARA microfilm record group M593; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
101870 Census, Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts, roll 617, p. 223B, household 72, Wm. B. Whiting family.
11Tenth Census of the United States: 1880, population, Winchester, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, enumeration district (ED) 69, roll 761, p. 292B, household 87, Arthur L. Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 14 March 2013); NARA microfilm publication T9, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
121880 Census, Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts, ED 305, roll 535, p. 320B, household 306, Charles W. Davis family.
131880 Census, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, ED 196, p. 83A, household 154, Aaron Bennett family.
141880 Census, Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, ED 145, roll 764, p. 441B, household 130, William Holley boarding house.
15New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, , Death, A. L. Maxfield, 1890.
16Twelth Census of the United States: 1900, population, Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts, enumeration district (ED) 545, roll 651, p. 3B, household 54, Ella Davis family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 12 April 2013); NARA microfilm group T623; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
171900 Census, Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts, ED 547, roll 651, p. 4A, household 76, Annie Maxfield.
181900 Census, Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts, ED 553, roll 651, p. 6A, household 106, George Maxfield family.
191900 Census, Winchester, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, ED 45, roll 945, p. 20B, household 502, hotel of Justin Kingsley.
201900 Census, Winchester, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, ED 45, roll 945, p. 23B, household 574, Fred G. Maxfield family.
21"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 50, certificate no. 260, Holyoke Deaths, 1910, Orissa A. Maxfield.
22Thirteenth Census of the United States: 1910, population, Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts, enumeration district (ED) 570, p. 8A, husehold 178, M. Anna Maxfield; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 2 October 2013); NARA group T624, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.; Fourteenth Census of the United States: 1920, population, Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts, enumeration district (ED) 63, p. 5B, household 76, Mary A. Maxfield household; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 11 December 2013); NARA microfilm record group T625, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
231910 Census, Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts, ED 570, p. 8A, household 171, Ella Davis family.
241920 Census, Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts, ED 63, p. 5B, household 80, Ella M. Davis family.
25Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930, population, Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts, enumeration district (ED) 155, p. 8A, household 266, Ella Davis family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 14 December 2013); NARA record Group T626.
261910 Census, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, ED 600, p. 19B, household 351, Samuel W. Maxfield family.
271920 Census, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, ED 118, p. 14A, household 226, Nella E. Flint lodging house.
281930 Census, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, ED 37, p. 5B, household 37, John H. Curley household.
29Sixteenth Census of the United States: 1940, population, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, enumeration district (ED) 22-75, p. 3B, household 47; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : Samuel Maxfield 24 May 2013); microfilm record group T627.
30Maine, Division of Vital Statistics. State Board of Health, Augusta, Maine, Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921, index card, Birth, Mary Ann Maxfield, 1845; digital images, Family Search (familysearch.org : accessed 27 February 2017).
31Forestdale Cemetey, Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : database 27 July 2018), Mary A. Maxfield; Created by: carol smith.
32Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921, index card, Birth, Orisa Maxfield, 1846.
33"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 57, p. 203, e. 85, Chicopee Deaths, 1851, Orissa Maxfield.
34"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 42, p. 257 e. 156, Chicopee Births, 1850, Clara M. Maxfield.
351900 Census, Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts, ED 545, roll 651, p. 3B, household 54, Ella Davis family.
36New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card 10417, Davis-Maxfield, 1874.
371880 Census, Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts, ED 305, roll 535, p. 320B, household 306, Charles W. Davis family.
38Ibid.
39"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 72, p. 299 e. 180, Chicopee Births, 1853, (male) Maxfield.
40Jay and Delene Holbrook eds., "Massachusetts Vital and Town Records," digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 24 March 2012), Chicopee: Births: Sarah Blanchard Maxfield; Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts.
41"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 354, p. 310, e. 4, Milford Marriages, 1884; Bunchett-Maxfield.
42"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 549, p. 242, e. 5529 Boston Marriages, 1904, Bumpus-Maxfield.
43"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 90, p. 298, e. 64, Holyoke Births, 1855, Susan Moody Maxfield.
44"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 102, p. 219, e. 48, Holyoke Deaths, 1856, Susan M. Maxfield.
45"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 105, p. 431, e. 30, Holyoke Births, 1857, Susan Moody Maxfield.
46"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 123, p. 339, e. 32, Holyoke Births, 1859, Samuel W. Maxfield.
47Forestdale Cemetey, Holyoke, Samuel W. Maxfield; Created by: carol smith.
48New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card 10308, Marriage, Maxfield-Wilkins, 1905.

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