Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Sixth Generation

EDWIN L.6 MAXFIELD (Obadiah5, David4, Eliphalet3, Nathaniel2, John1) was born at New York on 1814, a child of Obadiah Maxfield and his wife Eunice.[1] He died at Tallmadge, Ottawa County, Michigan, on 19 November 1894.[2] He married first MELISSA ________, who died at Clinton County, New York, on 6 August 1840.[3] He married second by 1842 (birth of a child) CYNTHIA ANN CALKINS, who was born at New York on 13 September 1816, a child of Asa Calkins, and died at Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan, on 8 August 1906.[4]

The census record of 1840 reported the Edwin Maxfield family at Chazy, Clinton County, consisting of a male and a female in their 20s and a male under five.[5] This suggests a married couple and a small child. Edwin's wife, Melissa, died two months after the census date. I do not know what happened to the small child.

Edwin Maxfield married his second wife, Cynthia, prabably before the birth of their child, Hiram, in April 1842. Hiram died five months later. They had another child, born at New York, on 6 June 1845, and an additional child, born at Michigan on 29 August 1856. So the Edwin Maxfield family migrated west between those two dates.

From 1850[6] through 1880 each federal census reported this family at Tallmadge, and Edwin's occupation was farmer. The 1860 census reported the family at Lamont Post Office as follows:[7]

Name Age Sex Occupation R.E. P.E. Birthplace Other
Edwin Maxfield 46 M farmer $600 $300 VT
Cynthia A. Maxfield 44 F wife NY
Esther A. Maxfield 15 F NY school
Mary W. Maxfield 13 F MI school
Lucinda Maxfield 9 F MI school
Ira Maxfield 5 M MI school

In 1870 the younger two children were still at home.[8] In 1880 only Ira was still at home, and he was working on the farm.[9]

Edwin Maxfield died in 1894. Cynthia Ann continued to live at Tallmadge Township, listed in the 1900 census as living with her son Ira, a bachelor farmer. According to that record, Cynthia had six children, four of whom were still living.[10] Cynthia died in 1906 from "general exhaustion."

Edwin L. Maxfield and his second wife Cynthia Ann Calkins had the following children:

  1. HIRAM7 MAXFIELD b. about April 1842. d. on 16 September 1842.[11]
  2. HESTER ANN7 MAXFIELD b. at Clinton County, New York on 6 June 1845, d. at Charlotte, Eaton County, Michigan, on 6 May 1902;[12] m (1). at Crockery, Ottawa County on 15 July 1866 CARTER BARNES b. about 1843-4;[13] Hester m (2). at Charlotte on 9 April 1885 LEWIS GARDNER b. at Orleans County, New York, about 1821-2;[14] Hester m (3). at Charlotte on 18 February 1902 LEWIS BURTON GRANGER[15] b. at Canada on 16 May 1832, d. at Eaton County on 26 April 1907;[16] this was Lewis' third marriage. Lewis m(1). at Eagle, Clinton County, Michigan, on 13 November 1853 MARY A. RIX, b. at New York on 30 September 1835, d. at Eaton County on 7 April 1870; Lewis m(2). at Sunfield, Eaton County, on 22 May 1870 MARY ANN JACKSON, b. at England on February 1836, d. at Eaton County on 15 March 1901; Lewis m(4). at Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, on 11 June 1892 EMILIA (NORTON) KEAGLE[17] b. at Ohio on 10 August 1826, d. at Hastings on 14 November 1914. Emilia had previously m(1). at Barry County on 4 April 1881 JOHN KEAGLE b. at England on 5 September 1825, d. at Barry County on 26 September 1900.[18]
  3. MARY W.7 MAXFIELD b. at Michigan on 29 August 1846, d. at Coopersville, Polkton Township, Ottawa County, on 3 November 1912;[19] m. at Lamont on 15 May 1866 SILAS CHARLES HUNTER[20] b. at New York on 18 November 1837, d. at Coopersville on 20 October 1914.[21] Silas had previously m(1). at Shelburne, Franklin County, Massachusetts, on 7 April 1857 CAROLINE M. NIMS b. at Buckland, Franklin County, on 21 January 1835, d. at Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, on 14 April 1875.[22]
  4. FREDERICA MAXFIELD b. at Michigan about July 1849.[23]
  5. LUCINDA7 MAXFIELD b. at Tallmadge about August 1850, d. at Muskegon County on 28 July 1927;[24] m. in 1873 LYMAN L. ACKERMAN[25] b. at Greenville, Montcalm County, in 1847, d. in 1920.[26]
  6. IRA L.7 MAXFIELD b. at Lamont on 25 August 1853, d. at Muskegon on 29 March 1907.[27]

NOTES

1Michigana (Genealogical Society of Western Michigan, Grand Rapidsd, Michigan): v. 29, p. 118.
2Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan, Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952, Ottawa County, p. 80, e. 201, Edwin L. Maxfield, 1894; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 30 June 2023).
3Sciota Cemetery, Chazy, Clinton County, New York, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : database 27 November 2018), Melissa Maxfield; Created by: Margaret E Munson-Quiles.
4Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952, Muskegon County, certificate 347, Cynthia Ann Maxfield, 1906.
5Sixth Census of the United States: 1840, population, Chazy, Clinton County, New York, p. 252, Edwin Maxfield; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 25 September 2012); NARA microfilm publication M704, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
6Seventh Census of the United States: 1850, population, Tallmadge, Ottawa County, Michigan, p. 11B, household 77, Edwin L. Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 4 October 2012); NARA microfilm record group M432, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
7Eighth Census of the United States: 1860, population, Talmadge, Ottawa County, Michigan, p. 321, household 545, Edwin Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 5 November 2012); NARA microfilm record group M653; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
8Ninth Census of the United States: 1870, population, Tallmadge, Ottawa County, Michigan, p. 276B, household 100, Edwin Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 6 February 2013); NARA microfilm record group M593; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
9Tenth Census of the United States: 1880, population, Tallmadge, Ottawa County, Michigan, enumeration district (ED) 240, p. 413A, household 202, Edwin L. Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 9 March 2013); NARA microfilm publication T9, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
10Twelth Census of the United States: 1900, population, Tallmadge, Ottawa County, Michigan, enumeration district (ED) 141, p. 1B, household 12, Ira Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 17 July 2013); NARA microfilm group T623; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
11Sciota Cemetery, Chazy, Hiram Maxfield; Created by: Margaret E Munson-Quiles.
12Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952, Emmet County, certificate 245, Nettie Maxfield, 1905.
13Genealogical Society of Utah, "Michigan, Marriages, 1822-1995," database, Family Search (familysearch.org : accessed 6 October 2013).
14Michigan Department of Vital Records, Lansing, Michigan, "Michigan, Marriages, 1868-1925," index and images, Family Search (familysearch.otg : accessed 23 July 2013), .
15Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867–1952, Eaton County, p. 635, e. 30, Granger-Gardner, 1902.
16Meadowbrook Cemetery, Mulliken, Eaton County, Michigan, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 7 April 2012), Lewis Granger; Originally Created and photo by: B. Darling, Maintained by: Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.
17Meadowbrook Cemetery, Mulliken, Lewis Granger; Originally Created and photo by: B. Darling, Maintained by: Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. Information provided by informant.
18Riverside Cemetery, Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : database 3 September 2018), Emilia Norton Granger; Originally Created by: B. Darling, Maintained by: Find A Grave.
19Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952, Ottawa County, certificate 12, Mary Hunter, 1912.
20"Michigan, Marriages, 1822-1995."
21Coopersville-Polkton Cemetery, Coopersville, Ottawa County, Michigan, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 7 September 2018), Silas Hunter; Created by: RobMinteer57, Photo added by Rayla.
22Arms Cemetery, Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 7 September 2018), Caroline M. Hunter; Created by: Sue Downhill, Photo added by DeeB.
231850 Census, Tallmadge, Ottawa County, Michigan, p. 11B, household 77, Edwin L. Maxfield family.
24Oakwood Cemetery, Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 15 August 2011), Lyman-Lucinda Ackerman; Created and photo by: Dennis Allen.
25Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867–1952, Ottawa County, p. 77, e. 94, Ackerman-Maxfield, 1873.
26Oakwood Cemetery, Muskegon, Lyman-Lucinda Ackerman; Created and photo by: Dennis Allen.
27Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952, Muskegon County, certificate 277, Ira Maxfield, 1907.

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