Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Sixth Generation

ALBERT6 MAXFIELD (Obadiah5, David4, Eliphalet3, Nathaniel2, John1) was born at New York on 1 October 1813, a child of Obadiah Maxfield and his wife Eunice. He died at Tallmadge, Ottawa County, Michigan, on 16 June 1885.[1] He married first before 1837 (birth of child) EUNICE CALKINS, who was born at New York about 1812-3 and died at Michigan on 23 December 1866.[2] Albert married second at Wright, Ottawa County, on 26 May 1869 CORDELIA (SAWDY) COOK,[3] who was born at New York on 3 March 1823 and died at Alpena, Alpena County, Michigan, on 9 October 1888.[4] Cordelia had previously married DELOS COOK who was born at New York on 1823 and died at Girard, Erie County, Pennsylvania, on 20 December 1859.[5]

The Albert Maxfield family was reported in the 1840 Census at Mooers, Clinton County, New York, consisting of a male and a female in their 20s (Albert and Eunice), a female between 10 and 15 (not identified), and a boy and a girl under 5 (Harriet and Obadiah). Two persons were engaged in agriculture.[6]

The Albert Maxfield family moved to Michigan sometime between 1846 (birth of a child in New York) and 1850 (census). Their first two children had died, but they had three new children to travel west with them. The 1850 census recorded the family at Tallmadge Township as follows:[7]

Name Age Sex Occupation R.E. Birthplace Other
Albert Maxfield 36 M laborer $100 NY
Eunice Maxfield 36 F NY
Albert W. Maxfield 9 M NY school
Orrin G. Maxfield 7 M NY school
Lucy E. J. Maxfield 3 F NY

The 1857 Minnesota Territory Census reported this family at Dodge County, Township # 107, consisting of Albert, 44, minister, Eunice, 45, Albert, 16, farmer, Orin, 14, Lucy, 12, Jenet, 6, and Luther 1.[8]

The 1860 census reported the Albert Maxfield family back at Tallmadge, consisting of Albert Maxfield, a farmer, with wife Eunice and children Orin G., 15, Lucy A., 14, Jeanette, 8, and Luther R., 7.[9] Eldest son Warren, 16 (Albert W. in the 1850 census), was laboring on the Elnathan Phelps farm, just one household away on the census.[10]

Oren and Warren enlisted in the Civil War on 14 and 15 August, 1862, respectively, and both served in the 5th Cavalry Regiment of B Company. Warren died of wounds at Washington, D.C., on 6 November 1863. Oren was mustered out at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, on 20 June 1865.[11]

Eunice Maxfield died in 1866, age 53 years. Albert was left with surviving children ages 23, 20, 14 and 12. Two and a half years later widow Albert Maxfield married widower Cordelia Cook. He was 55, she 46.

The 1870 census reported at Lamont Post Office, Albert Maxfield, 54, a mail carrier, Cordelia, 46, keeping house, Lucy, 24, a primary school teacher, Nettie, 19, also a primary school teacher, Luther, 16, still in school, and Gregg, 25, a boat engineer.[12]

Orren and Lucy both married in 1870, and Jennette married in 1871. Luther married in 1879.

The 1880 census reported the empty-nest family at Tallmadge Township as follows:[13]

Name Related MS Sex Race Age B Occupation FB MB
Albert Maxfield self M M W 65 VT minister VT VT
Cordelia Maxfield wife M F W 56 NY housekeeper RI NY

I do not know when Albert was ordained, of what denomination, or with what congregation. Son O. Gregg Maxfield was reported in 1880 at Coopersville, Ottawa County, hotel keeper, with his wife and three children.[14] Daughter Lucy (Maxfield) James lived at Montcalm, Montcalm County, Michigan, with her husband, a child by his prior marriage, a nine-year-old son, and their eleven month old baby.[15] Daughter Jennett "Nettie" (Maxfield) Van Nett lived at Eastmanville, Ottawa County, with her husband, Geert, a native of the Netherlands, working in a saw mill, and their three children.[16] Luther and his new wife had moved to Fruitport, Muskegon County, Michigan.[17]


Maplewood Cemetery, Lamont, Michigan
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Maplewood Cemetery, Lamont, Michigan
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Albert Maxfield and his first wife Eunice had the following children:

  1. HARRIET AMELIA7 MAXFIELD b. on 3 July 1837, d. on 18 September 1842.[18]
  2. OBADIAH W.7 MAXFIELD b. on 6 March 1839. d. on 17 September 1840.[19]
  3. WARREN ALBERT7 MAXFIELD b. at New York on 3 April 1841, d. at Washington, D.C., on 5 November 1863.[20]
  4. ORREN GREGG7 MAXFIELD b. at Clinton County, New York on 3 June 1843
  5. LUCY E. J.7 MAXFIELD b. at New York about 1846;[21] m. at Eastmanville on 6 November 1870 WILLIAM H. JAMES b. at New York about 1846.[22] Children of Lucy and William:[23]
    1. George L. James b. at Michigan about 1870-1.
    2. Lowellen James b. at Michigan on June 1897.
  6. JENNETTE7 MAXFIELD b. at Ottawa County on 29 July 1852, d. at Laketowen, Allegan County, Michigan, on 18 July 1928;[24] m. at Eastmanville on 30 December 1871 GEERT VANNETT[25] b. at the Netherlands on October 1845.[26] Children of Jenette and Geert:[27]
      LUTHER L.7 MAXFIELD b. at Lamont about August 1854

    NOTES

    1Maplewood Cemetery, Lamont, Ottawa County, Michigan, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 4 December 2012), Albert-Eunice Maxfield; Created and photo by: Dennis Allen.
    2Maplewood Cemetery, Lamont, Albert-Eunice Maxfield; Created and photo by: Dennis Allen.
    3Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867–1952, Ottawa County, p. 88, e. 84, Maxfield-Cook, 1869; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 19 June 2023).
    4Evergreen Cemetery, Alpena, Alpena County, Michigan, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 2 September 2018), Cordelia Sawdy Maxfield; Created by: Scott Coyle, Photo added by butterfly.
    5Platea Cemetery, Platea, Erie County, Pennsylvania, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 14 March 2011), Delos Cook; Created and photo by: Scott Coyle.
    6Sixth Census of the United States: 1840, population, Mooers, Clinton County, New York, p. 275, Albert Maxfield; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 25 September 2012); NARA microfilm publication M704, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
    7Seventh Census of the United States: 1850, population, Tallmadge, Ottawa County, Michigan, p. 11B, household 74, Albert Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 4 October 2012); NARA microfilm record group M432, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
    8Minnesota Territorial Census, 1857, Dodge County, Minnesota, p. 57, household 9, Albert Maxfield family; digital images, Family Search (familysearch.org : accessed 13 September 2013); Minnesota Historical Society, Saint Paul, Minnesota.
    9Eighth Census of the United States: 1860, population, Talmadge, Ottawa County, Michigan, p. 341, household 690, Albert Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 5 November 2012); NARA microfilm record group M653; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
    101860 Census, Talmadge, Ottawa County, Michigan, p. 321, household 547, Elnathan Phelps family.
    11Historical Data Systems, comp., "U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865," database, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 15 July 2013); citing Warren A. Maxfield and Oren Maxfield.
    12Ninth Census of the United States: 1870, population, Tallmadge, Ottawa County, Michigan, p. 273A, household 48, Albert Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 6 February 2013); NARA microfilm record group M593; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
    13Tenth Census of the United States: 1880, population, Tallmadge, Ottawa County, Michigan, enumeration district (ED) 240, p. 418C, household 300, Albert Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 9 March 2013); NARA microfilm publication T9, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
    141880 Census, Coopersville, Ottawa County, Michigan, ED 233, p. 266D, household 251, O. Gregg Maxfield family.
    151880 Census, Montcalm, Montcalm County, Michigan, ED 241, p. 27C, household 262, W. H. James family.
    161880 Census, Eastmanville, Ottawa County, Michigan, ED 233, p. 54C, household 502, Geert Vannatt family.
    171880 Census, Fruitport, Muskegon County, Michigan, ED 189, p. 126C, household 164, L. L. Maxfield family.
    18Sciota Cemetery, Chazy, Clinton County, New York, Find a Grave, database (findagrave.com : 27 November 2018), Harriet Amelia Maxfield; Created by: Margaret E Munson-Quiles.
    19Sciota Cemetery, Chazy, Obadiah W. Maxfield; Created by: Margaret E Munson-Quiles.
    20Maplewood Cemetery, Lamont, Find a Grave, Warren Albert Maxfield; Created and photo by: Dennis Allen.
    211850 Census, Tallmadge, Ottawa County, Michigan, p. 11B, household 74, Albert Maxfield family.
    22Michigan Marriage Records, 1867–1952, Ottawa County, p. 121, e. 217, James-Maxfield, 1870.
    231880 Census, Montcalm, Montcalm County, Michigan, ED 241, p. 27C, household 262, W. H. James family.
    24Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan, Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952, Allegan County, Jennette Van Nett, 1928; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : database 9 July 2023).
    25Michigan Marriage Records, 1867–1952, Ottawa County, p. 73, e. 210, Van Nett-Maxfield, 1871.
    26Twelth Census of the United States: 1900, population, Polkton, Ottawa County, Michigan, enumeration district (ED) 136, p. 9A, household 157, Geert Vannett family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 4 January 2014); NARA microfilm group T623; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
    271880 Census, Eastmanville, Ottawa County, Michigan, ED 233, p. 54C, household 502, Geert Vannatt family; 1900 Census, Polkton, Ottawa County, Michigan, ED 136, p. 9A, household 157, Geert Vannett family.

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