Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Sixth Generation

DAVID6 MAXFIELD (perhaps Isaac5, David4, Eliphalet3, Nathaniel2, John1) was born at Vermont about 1803-4,[1] perhaps a child of Isaac Maxfield and his wife Phebe Hill. He died on 8 January 1888.[2] He married LAVISA SANFORD Her name is sometimes written Louisa and sometimes Lavica. She Was born at New York about 1803-4,[3] and died at Richmond, Shawano County, Wisconsin on 13 June 1881.[4]

Who were the parents of David Maxfield? He was born in Vermont and according to the 1880 census his parents were born at Vermont. He resided at Saint Lawrence County, New York, in the 1830 and 1850 censuses. All of this points to an origin with the Maxfields of Franklin and Chittenden Counties, Vermont. In other words, he is probably a grandson of David Maxfield (born 1741). But which of that David's sons is his father?

This leaves Isaac and Obadiah. Both had male children under 10 in the 1810 census, not otherwise accounted for. In 1820 all of the males in Obadiah's household can be accounted for. Isaac reported four males between 10 and 16; only one can be clearly identified. Therefore I speculate that David is perhaps a child of Isaac Maxfield and his wife Phebe Hill. It is NOT PROVEN. The second possibility would be that David was a son of Obadiah, who was living with his uncle Moses in 1820.

The 1830 census reported the David Maxfield family at Gouvernour, Saint Lawrence County, New York, consisting of a man and a woman between the ages of 20 and 29, and a male child under 5.[5] This corresponds to David ans Lavisa and son William.

The 1850 census reported this family at Macomb Town, Saint Lawrence County:[6]

Name Age Sex Occupation R.E. Birthplace Other
Daniel Maxfield 46 M laborer VT
Levica Maxfield 45 F VT
William Maxfield 20 M laborer NY
Mary Maxfield 14 F NY school
Sally M. Maxfield 10 F NY school
Elizabeth Maxfield 5 F NY

Although the census taker recorded the name of the head of household as "Daniel," all of the family data corresponds to our David.

According to family tradition, the whole family traveled by boat from New York state to Wisconsin, traveling up the Wolf River to Shawano.[7]

By 1860 the family had moved to the Town of Richmond, Shawano County, Wisconsin, where the David Maxfield household was recorded by the census taker:[8]

Line Name Age Sex Occupation R.E. P.E. Birthplace
39. David Maxfield 56 M farmer $450 $275 VT
40. Lovica Maxfield 56 F NY
1. Frederick Maxfield 30 M farm laborer NY
2. Sally Maxfield 18 F NY
3. Elizabeth Maxfield 15 F NY

Daughter Mary had married James Levi Whitehouse by 1856 and moved to Richmond, where they lived in 1860 with three children.[9]

The 1870 census recorded the family at the same town, consisting of David, 66, a farmer, Levisa, 66, and Sarah, 27.[10] Daughter Mary also lived in that town with her husband and four children.[11] William Frederick "Fred" Maxfield, who married in 1862, was reported in the town of Hartland, Shawano County, with his wife and five children.[12] Daughter Elizabeth had also married in the 1860s, and lived at Richmond with her husband, Thomas Grimmer, and three children.[13]

William Frederick Maxfield moved to Nebraska som time between 1876 and 1879. In that latter year his wife died, and the family appeared to have broken up. The 1880 Census reported David and Lovica ("Louisa") living with daughter Mary's family at Richmond:[14]

Name Related MS Sex Race Age B Occupation FB MB
James Whitehouse self M M W 47 NY farmer NH NY
Mary Whitehouse wife M F W 41 NY keeps house VT VT
James Whitehouse son S M W 20 WI river man NY NY
Morris Whitehouse son S M W 17 WI at school NY NY
Sidney Whitehouse son S M W 12 WI at school NY NY
David Maxfield father-in-law M M W 76 VT at home VT VT
Louisa Maxfield mother-in-law M F W 76 NY at home VT VT

David and Lavisa Maxfield had the following children:

  1. WILLIAM FREDERICK7 MAXFIELD b. at DeKalb, Saint Lawrence County, New York, about 1829-30
  2. MARY CATHERINE7 MAXFIELD b. at DeKalb on 13 May 1837,[15] d. at Richmond on 21 December 1908;[16] m. JAMES LEVI WHITEHOUSE b. at Saint Lawrence County on 16 October 1832, d. at Shawano County on 13 November 1917.[17] Children of Mary and James:[18]
    1. John Whitehouse b. at Wisconsin about 1855-6.
    2. Alice Whitehouse b. at Wisconsin about 1856-7.
    3. James Levi Whitehouse, Jr. b. at Wisconsin about January 1860.
    4. Morris Whitehouse b. at Wisconsin about 1862-3.
    5. Walter Whitehouse b. at Wisconsin about 1867-8.
  3. SARAH M.7 MAXFIELD b. at New York on 16 September 1840, d. at Richmond on 17 April 1874.[19]
  4. ELIZABETH7 MAXFIELD b. at Saint Lawrence County about 1844-5;[20] m (1). before 1865 THOMAS GRIMMER b. at New Brunswick about 1839-40;[21] Elizabeth m (2). at Omro, Winnebago County, Wisconsin, on 20 November 1898 JOHN FREDERICK RILLING b. at Witternberg, Germany, son of John Frederick Rilling and Catharine Hermann.[22] Children of Elizabeth and Thomas:[23]
    1. William Grimmer b. at Wisconsin about 1864-5.
    2. George Grimmer b. at Wisconsin about 1866-7.
    3. Louisa Grimmer b. at Wisconsin about February 1870.
    4. Lilian Grimmer b. at Wisconsin about 1872-3.
    5. Levi Grimmer b. at Wisconsin about 1878-9.

    NOTES

    1Seventh Census of the United States: 1850, population, Macomb, Saint Lawrence County, New York, p. 58B, household 94, Daniel Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 11 October 2012); NARA microfilm record group M432, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
    2Woodlawn Cemetery, Shawano, Shawano County, Wisconsin, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 9 January 2013), David-Lavisa Maxfield; Created by: jamie, photo by: Cherie.
    3Eighth Census of the United States: 1860, population, Richmond, Shawano County, Wisconsin, p. 940-941, household 30, David Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 17 November 2012); NARA microfilm record group M653; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
    4Woodlawn Cemetery, Shawano, David-Lavisa Maxfield; Created by: jamie, photo by: Cherie.
    5Fifth Census of the United States: 1830, population, Rossie, Saint Lawrence County, New York, p. 219, David Maxfield; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 21 September 2012); NARA microfilm publication M19, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
    61850 Census, Macomb, Saint Lawrence County, New York, p. 58B, household 94, Daniel Maxfield family.
    7Deb Normandin to Charles A. Maxfield, electronic mail, 14 May 2010, "Re: maxfield's," privately held by Maxfield, Lansdale, Pennsylvania. Transcription of obituary for Mary Catharine Whitehouse.
    81860 Census, Richmond, Shawano County, Wisconsin, p. 940-941, household 30, David Maxfield family.
    91860 Census, Richmond, Shawano County, Wisconsin, p. 2, household 11, James Whitehouse family.
    10Ninth Census of the United States: 1870, population, Richmond, Shawano County, Wisconsin, p. 352B, household 44, David Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 16 February 2013); NARA microfilm record group M593; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
    111870 Census, Richmond, Shawano County, Wisconsin, p. 352, household 37, J. L. Whitehouse family.
    121870 Census, Hartland, Shawano County, Wisconsin, p. 338A, household 20, Fred Maxfield family.
    131870 Census, Richmond, Shawano County, Wisconsin, p. 8, household 56, Thomas Grimmer family.
    14Tenth Census of the United States: 1880, population, Richmond, Shawano County, Wisconsin, enumeration district (ED) 159, p. 399C, household 159, James Whitehouse family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 25 March 2013); NARA microfilm publication T9, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
    15Maralyn Maxfield to Charles A. Maxfield, electronic mail, 11 December 2003, "Re: David Maxfield Family," privately held by Maxfield, Lansdale, Pennsylvania.
    16Ibid.
    17Ibid.
    181860 Census, Richmond, Shawano County, Wisconsin, p. 2, household 11, James Whitehouse family; 1870 Census, Richmond, Shawano County, Wisconsin, p. 352, household 37, J. L. Whitehouse family.
    19Woodlawn Cemetery, Shawano, Sarah M. Maxfield; Created and photo by: Cherie.
    201850 Census, Macomb, Saint Lawrence County, New York, p. 58B, household 94, Daniel Maxfield family.
    211880 Census, Richmond, Shawano County, Wisconsin, ED 159, p. 400A, household 42, Thomas Grimmer family.
    22Wisconsin Department of Health Services. Madison, Wisconsin, Wisconsin, Marriage Records, 1820-2004, no. 290, Rilling-Grimmer, 1898; digital images, Ancestry (: accessed 7 April 2023); ancestry.com.
    231870 Census, Richmond, Shawano County, Wisconsin, p. 8, household 56, Thomas Grimmer family; 1880 Census, Richmond, Shawano County, Wisconsin, ED 159, p. 400A, household 42, Thomas Grimmer family.

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