Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Sixth Generation

ABRAHAM SISSON TUCKER6 MAXFIELD (Abraham5, Edmund4, Timothy3-2, John1) was born at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, on 19 December 1812, to Abraham Russell Maxfield and his wife Sylvia Tucker.[1] He died there on 21 September 1870.[2] He married there on 27 July 1856 ABBY ANN KING,[3] who was born at Berkley or Fall River, Bristol County, 3 January 1836, a child of Isaac and Peace (Hathaway) King, and died at Westport, Bristol County, on 27 June 1930.[4] Abby married second at Dartmouth on 2 September 1871 WILLIAL MAXIM,[5] who was born at Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, on 3 May 1829, a child of David and Mary (Jones) Maxim, and died at New Bedford, Bristol County, on 27 April 1902.[6]

Abraham engaged in both whaling and agriculture. On 12 May 1834 he was part of the crew of the Grand Turk, on a tour of the South Atlantic. He was described as 22, from Dartmouth, 5' 5" light complexion. From 16 August 1841 to 4 September 1843 he was a seamen on the Columbus, which set out from Fairhaven, Bristol County, to the Indian Ocean.[7] However he was described as a farmer on the 1840 and 1855 censuses, and laborer on the 1860, 1865 and 1870 censuses. His residence remained Dartmouth.

The fourth of eight children, the 1840 Census reported him as a household of one, engaged in agriculture.[8]

In 1855 Abraham S. Maxfield, 42, farmer, was reported at Dartmouth in the household of William P. Peck, 41, farmer, his wife Mary A. Peck, 36, their children William B., 13, Charles, 6, and Harriet Downing, 11.[9]

Abraham and Abby married in 1856. Abraham was 46, Abby 20. The 1860 Census reported Abraham, 48, laborer, Abby, 24, and their son Benjamin, 3, at Dartmouth (North Dartmouth Post Office).[10] The 1865 Census reported them at Dartmouth with three children, Benjamin, 8, Edward, 3, and Charles, 1.[11]

The 1870 Census reported this family in Dartmouth, North Dartmouth Post Office, as follows:[12]

Name Age Sex Race Occupation R.E. P.E. Birth Other
Maxfield, Abraham S. T. 56 M W common laborer MA
Maxfield, Abby Ann 33 F W keeps house MA
Maxfield, Benjamin T. 13 W W works on farm MA school
Maxfield, Edward C. 8 M W at home MA school
Maxfield, Charles O. H. 5 M W at home MA school

Abraham and Abby had a fourth child, Sylvia, in 1868, however she lived only nine months.

Abraham died in 1870, age 57, after only 14 years of marriage. Eight days after his death, their fifth child, also called Sylvia, was born. This left Abby a young widow of 34 with children aged 13, 8, 6, and a newborn. A year later Abby married William Maxim. He was 42, she 35. It is unclear what happened to this second marriage. The 1880 Census reported William Maxim, 51, married, living with his mother, Mary Maxim,[13] 80; but Abby is not to be found. In the 1900 Census they lived in different locations and were both listed as widowed.[14] Whatever the circumstnces, the marriage didn't last.

Of the children, Benjamin married in 1879, Sylvia in 1886 at the age of 15. The other two sons remained single.

The 1880 Census reported Benjamin Maxfield, 23, teamster, living at Fall River with his wife Clara, 19.[15]

The 1900 Census reported Abby Maxfield living with her daughter Sylvia's family at Westport, Bristol County:[16]

Line Name Related Race Sex Born MS B FB MB Occupation
63. Wood, George E. B. head W M Jul 1850 M MA MA MA farmer
64. Wood, Silvie T. wife W F Sep 1870 M MA MA MA
65. Wood, Frederick A. son W M Jul 1886 S MA MA MA at school
66. Wood, Milton E. son W M Feb 1888 S MA MA MA at school
67. Wood, Mary L. daughter W F Jul 1898 S MA MA MA at school
68. Wood, George F. son W M Feb 1894 S MA MA MA at school
69. Wood, Albert C. son W M Nov 1895 S MA MA MA
70. Wood, Carlton M. son W M Feb 1898 S MA MA MA
71. Maxfield, Abby A. mother-in-law W F Jun 1836 Wd MA RI MA

The record further stated that Silvie and George had been married fourteen years, and that she had seven children six of whom were living. The age of Mary is an error.

The 1900 Census also reported Benjamin Maxfield, 43, fisherman, living at Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island, with his wife Clara, 39. She had one child who did not survive.[17] Edward Maxfield, 37, was a farm laborer in the household of George and Lizzie Petty of Westport.[18]

The 1910 Census reported Abbie A. Maxfield, 74, on Sodom Road, Westport, with her daughter and family, George Wood, 59, farmer, Silvia, 39, Milton, 22, laborer on home farm, Mary, 19, George, 16, laborer on home farm, Albert, 14, Carlton, 12, Carrie, 7, and Abbie Maxfield, mother-in-law, 74, widow. According to this record Abbie had six children. four of whom were living.[19] Edward continued to work as a hired man on the George and Lizzie Petty farm in Westport.[20] Charles Maxfield, 46, single, lived on Reed Road, Dartmouth, where he was a farmer of lumber. His housekeeper was Maud McKenzie, 45, widow.[21]

The 1920 Census reported Abbie Maxfield, 84, still living with her daughter and son-in law at Westport. By this time the Wood family had shrunk, with only Carrie still at home.[22] Edward, 58, was still a hired man on the farm of George andc Lizzie Petty of Westport.[23] Charles, 56, was farming on Divisioin Road, Dartmouth, with the samed housekeeper.[24]

The 1930 Census found Abbie Maxfield, 94, living with her daughter, Silvia Wood, 59, who was by this time a widow. Living with them was a nurse, Adeline Sabins.[25] Benjamin Maxfield, 73, widowed, was the master pilot of a steam vessel, and lived on Bluff Avenue, Tiverton.[26] Edward, 68, continued to board with George and Lizzie Petty.[27]

Abby (King) Maxfield died on 1930 at the age of 94 from bronchial pneumonia.[28] Benjamin died at Fall River in 1933 from a pulmonary embolism among other ailments.[29]

The 1940 Census found Edward, 78, still boarding with the Petty family,[30] and Charles living with his sister Silvie Wood at Westport.[31] Edward would die in 1946, Charles in 1948, and Silvie in 1965.

Abraham S. T. Maxfield and his wife Abby A. King had the following children:

  1. BENJAMIN T.7 MAXFIELD b. at Dartmouth on 28 January 1857
  2. EDWARD COLLINS7 MAXFIELD b. at Dartmouth on 20 March 1862,[32] d. on 1946.[33]
  3. CHARLES O. H.7 MAXFIELD b. at Dartmouth on 12 July 1864,[34] d. on 1948.[35]
  4. SYLVIA T.7 MAXFIELD b. at Dartmouth on 7 November 1868,[36] d. there on 5 August 1869.[37]
  5. SYLVIA T.7 MAXFIELD b. at Dartmouth on 29 September 1870,[38] d. on 1965;[39] m. at Westport on 10 March 1886 GEORGE E. B. WOOD[40] b. at Westport on July 1850,[41] d. on 1928.[42] Children of Sylvia and George:[43]
    1. Frederick A. Wood b. at Massachusetts on July 1886.
    2. Miltonm E. Wood b. at Massachusetts on February 1888
    3. (infant) Wood b. + d. on 1889.[44]
    4. Mary L. Wood b. at Massachusetts on July 1890.[45]
    5. Carrie D. Wood b. on 1892, d. on 1893.[46]
    6. George F. Wood b, at Massachusetts on Ferbruary 1894, d. on 1922.[47]
    7. Albert C. Wood b. at Massachusetts on November 1895.
    8. Carlton M. Wood b. at Massachusetts on February 1898, d. on 1973;[48] m. Marion N. ______ b. on 1905, d. on 1992.[49]
    9. Carrie R. Wood b. at Massachusetts about 1902.[50]

NOTES

1Vital Records of Dartmouth, Massachusetts: to the Year 1850 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1929,1929,1930), v. 1, p. 157.
2"Death Records in the New Bedford Mercury, 1845-1874," 936, New Bedford Free Public Library, New Bedford, Massachusetts.
3Massachusetts Archives, "Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," digital images, American Ancestors (americanancestors.org : accessed 21 August 2017), vol. 99, p. 73, e. 20; Dartmouth Marriages, 1856; Maxfield-King.
4Jay and Delene Holbrook eds., "Massachusetts Vital and Town Records," digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 22 March 2012), Westport; Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Birth place is Berkley on death record, Fall River on two marriage records.
5"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 235, p. 84, e. 9, Dartmouth Marriages, 1871; Maxim-Maxfield.
6"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," v. 528, p. 3-7, e. 417; New Bedford, Deaths, 1902.
7"Whaling Archives," database, New Bedford Free Public Library, City of New Bedford, Massachusetts (https://www.newbedford-ma.gov/Library/Whaling/Whaling.html : accessed 20 January 2014)
8Sixth Census of the United States: 1840, population, Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, roll 178, p. 327, Abraham S. T. Maxfield; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 25 September 2012); NARA microfilm publication M704, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
9Massachusetts, Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1855 Massachusetts State Census, population, Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, v. 5, p. 99, household 92, Wm. L. Peck family; digital images, American Ancestors (americanancestors.org : accessed 13 August 2022); Massachusetts State Archives, Boston, Massachusetts.
10Eighth Census of the United States: 1860, population, Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, roll 492, p. 866, household 2391, Abraham S. T. Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 2 November 2012); NARA microfilm record group M653; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
11Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1865 Massachusetts State Census, population, Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, v. 5, p. 132, household 540, Abraham S. T. Maxfield family; digital images, American Ancestors (americanancestors.org : accessed 19 June 2022); Massachusetts State Archives, Boston, Massachusetts.
12Ninth Census of the United States: 1870, population, Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, roll 603, p. 114A, household 31, Abram S. T. Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 4 February 2013); NARA microfilm record group M593; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
131880 Census, New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, ED 107, p. 83C, household 643, William Maxim family.
14Twelth Census of the United States: 1900, population, New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, enumeration district (ED) 169, p. 171A, household 50, William Maxim; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 11 January 2024); NARA microfilm group T623; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
151880 Census, Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts, ED 105, roll 524, p. 274B, household 111, Benj. Maxfield family.
161900 Census, Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts, ED 237, roll 639, p. 3, household 68, George Wood family family.
171900 Census, Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island, ED 229, p. 8B, household 167, Benj. Maxfield family; and 1900 Census, Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island, ED 230, p. 1A, household 2, Benjamin T. Maxfield family.
181900 Census, Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts, ED 237, roll 639, p. 8, household 190, George F. Perry family.
19Thirteenth Census of the United States: 1910, population, Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts, enumeration district (ED) 248, p. 25B, household 443, George E. B. Wood family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 2 October 2013); NARA group T624, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
201910 Census, Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts, ED 248, p. 5B, household 89, George F. Petty family.
211910 Census, Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, ED 105, p. 4A, household 73, Charles H. Maxfield household.
22Fourteenth Census of the United States: 1920, population, Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts, enumeration district (ED) 205, p. 3B, household 63, E. B. George Wood family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 11 December 2013); NARA microfilm record group T625, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
231920 Census, Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts, ED 205, p. 5B, household 109, George F. Petty family.
241920 Census, Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, ED 20, p. 14A, houehold 289, Chrles H. Maxfield household.
25Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930, population, Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts, enumeration district (ED) 241, p. 6B, household 133, Silvie T. Wood family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 14 December 2013); NARA record Group T626.
261930 Census, Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island, ED 36, p. 10B, household 280, Benjamin T. Maxfield household.
271930 Census, Westport, Bristol County, Massachuetts, ED 240, p. 18A, household 410, George F. Pettey family.
28Holbrook, "Massachusetts Vital and Town Records," p. 107, e. 25, Westport: Deaths, 1930, Abbie Ann Maxfield.
29Rhode Island State Archives, Rhode Island, Vital Records, 1846-1898, 1901-1953, Death Certificate: Benjamin T. Maxfield, 1933; digital images, Family Search (familysearch.org : accessed 2 March 2023).
30Sixteenth Census of the United States: 1940, population, Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts, enumeration district (ED) 3-144, p. 10B, household 215, George Petty family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 21 May 2013); microfilm record group T627.
311940 Census, Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts, ED 3-145, p. 9B, household 175, Silvie Wood family.
32"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 150, p. 93, e. 19, Dartmouth Births, 1862, Edward Collins Maxfield.
33Maple Grove Cemetery, Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 25 July 2018), Abraham Sisson Tucker Maxfield; Created by: Scout; photo added by S. Clark.
34"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 168, p. 76, e. 5, Dartmouth Births, 1864, Charles O. H. Maxfield.
35Maple Grove Cemetery, Westport, Abraham Sisson Tucker Maxfield; Created by: Scout; photo added by S. Clark.
36"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 205, p. 94, e. 57, Dartmouth Births, 1868, Sylvia T. Maxfield.
37"Death Records in the New Bedford Mercury, 1845-1874," p. 936.
38"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 223, p. 89, e. 50, Dartmouth Births, 1870, Sylvia T. Maxfield.
39Beech Grove Cemetery, Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 24 July 2018), George-Silvie Wood; Created by: Scout, Photo Added by goose.
40"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 370, p. 179, e. 4, Westport Marriages, 1886; Wood-Maxfield.
411900 Census, Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts, ED 237, roll 639, p. 3, household 68, George Wood family family. Place from marriage record.
42Beech Grove Cemetery, Westport, George-Silvie Wood; Created by: Scout, Photo Added by goose.
43Information on the children of George and Sylvia Wood, unless otherwise indicated, is from 1900 Census, Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts, ED 237, roll 639, p. 3, household 68, George Wood family family.
44Beech Grove Cemetery, Westport, George-Silvie Wood; Created by: Scout, Photo Added by goose.
451910 Census, Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts, ED 248, p. 25B, household 443, George E. B. Wood family.
46Beech Grove Cemetery, Westport, George-Silvie Wood; Created by: Scout, Photo Added by goose.
47Beech Grove Cemetery, Westport, George-Silvie Wood; Created by: Scout, Photo Added by goose.
48Beech Grove Cemetery, Westport, George-Silvie Wood; Created by: Scout, Photo Added by goose.
49Beech Grove Cemetery, Westport, George-Silvie Wood; Created by: Scout, Photo Added by goose.
501920 Census, Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts, ED 205, p. 3B, household 63, E. B. George Wood family.

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