Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Sixth Generation

SANFORD6 MAXFIELD (Henry5, David4, Eliphalet3, Nathaniel2, John1) was born at Georgia, Franklin County, Vermont, about 1812-3,[1] a child of Henry and Minerva Maxfield. He died at Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont, on 30 August 1892.[2] He married before 1845 (birth of child) HANNAH MOREHOUSE born at Essex, Chittenden County, Vermont, on 4 November 1824, a child of Homer and Lucinda Morehouse, and died on 15 August 1900.[3]

Sanford Maxfield served in the Army from 21 February 1840 to 21 February 1845. He was a private, stationed at Fort Preble, near Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. During this time the "Aroostook War," a border dispute between Maine and New Brunswick, was resolved without a fight. Sanford was described as having blue eyes, light hair, light complexion, 5' 11" a blacksmith.[4]

On 24 August 1846 Sanford and Rimmon Maxfield, sons of Henry and Minerva Maxfield, transfered a half lot in Milton. In consideration the Town discharged Sanford and Rimmon from a suit pending in Chittenden County. Sanford and Rimmon were released from liability to support parents.[5]

The 1850 census reported this family in Westford, Chittenden County. It consisted of Stanford, 37, a farmer, Hannah, 25, Jeanette, 4, and Hannah Holmes, 69, all born at Vermont.[6]

The 1860 census reported this family twice, at Westford (Sanford, 47, blacksmith, Hannah, 35, Heman, 4, and Ellen M., 12), and at Milton, Vermont (Sanford, 45, day laborer, Hannah, 40, and Heman, 3).[7] Ellen was probably a niece, the daughter of Rimmon. There is no further mention of a daughter Jeanette.

The 1870 census did not report Sanford, but reported Hannah Maxfield, age 45, and Lucy, age 8, in the town of Westford, Essex Junction Post Office.[8] The immediate previous household contained Hannah's parents, Homer and Lucinda Morehouse, with Homer Maxfield, age 14.[9] "Homer Maxfield" was probably Heman Maxfield, son of Sanford and Hannah.

The 1880 census reported this family in Westford. It is unusual, in that it lists Hannah as the head of the household, and Stanford as her husband. Hannah was 56, Stanford 69. A third member of the household was Hannah's mother, Lucinda Morehouse, now a widow, age 77. All three of these persons, and all their parents, were born in Vermont.[10] This census reported Heman Maxfield at Westford, 23, a farm laborer, in the household of Manly and Emeline Holmes.[11]

Sanford P. Maxfield died from apoplexy in 1892 at the Brattleboro Retreat, a mental health facility, and is buried in the Retreat's Cemetery.[12]

The 1900 census reported Hannah Maxfield at Milton living with her daughter and son-in-law as follows:[13]

Name Related Race Sex Born MS B FB MB Occupation
Nay, Elisha head W M Jul 1855 M VT VT VT U.S. mail carrier
Nay, Lucy V. wife W F Feb 1861 M VT VT VT
Maxfield, Hannah M. mother-in-law W F Nov 1824 M VT VT VT
Morehouse, Daniel uncle W M May 1826 WD VT VT VT farm laborer

This census record reported that Hannah had been married for 54 years, and had two children, both living. Elisha and Lucy had been married for 20 years, and reported two children, one living. Son Heman Maxfield, who married in 1880, was reported in 1900 at Barre Town, Washington County, Vermont, carpenter, with his wife and son.[14] Hannah (Morehouse) Maxfield died two months aftrer that census.

Sanford Maxfield and his wife Hannah Morehouse had the following children:

  1. JEANETTE7 MAXFIELD b. at Vermont about 1845-6;[15] no further information.
  2. HEMAN7 MAXFIELD b. at Westford on 14 June 1855
  3. LUCY VICTORIA7 MAXFIELD b. at Westford on 12 February 1861,[16] d. at Milton on 20 April 1942;[17] m(1). at Milton on 30 December 1879 ELISHA NAY[18] b. at Vermont on 18 July 1855, d. at Milton on 6 November 1900;[19] Lucy m(2). at Milton on 4 February 1902 WILLIAM CORTESE GABAREE[20] b. on 28 December 1872, d. at Milton on 10 February 1945.[21] Child of Lucy and Elisha:
    1. Carrie Nay b. on 25 October 1887, d. at Milton on 2 June 1897.[22]

NOTES

1Seventh Census of the United States: 1850, population, Westford, Chittenden County, Vermont, p. 179A, household 856, Stanford Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 17 October 2012); NARA microfilm record group M432, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C. Town from child's birth record.
2Vermont State Archives and Records Administration, Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008, index card 4535, Death, Sanford Maxfield, 1892; digital images, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (americanancestors.org : accessed 29 June 2013).
3Milton Village Cemetery, Milton, Chittenden County, Vermont, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 22 December 2012), Elisha Nay marker; Created and photo by: Barb Destromp.
4"Register of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914," digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 30 August 2013), Sanford Maxfield; Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, 1780’s-1917, Record Group 94; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
5Milton Town, Chittenden County, Vermont, Deeds, v. ?, p. 131, Indenture from Sanford Maxfield and Rimmon Maxfield to Town Selectmen, 24 August 1846; Milton Town Clerk, Milton, Chittenden County, Vermont.
61850 Census, Westford, Chittenden County, Vermont, p. 179A, household 856, Stanford Maxfield family.
7Eighth Census of the United States: 1860, population, Westford, Chittenden County, Vermont, p. 611, household 518, Sanford Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 17 November 2012); NARA microfilm record group M653; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. Also Milton, Chittenden County, Vermont, roll 1319, p. 654, household 837, Sanford Maxfield family.
8Ninth Census of the United States: 1870, population, Westford, Chittenden County, Vermont, roll 1618, p. 727A, household 33, Hannah Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 15 February 2013); NARA microfilm record group M593; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
91870 Census, Westford, Chittenden County, Vermont, roll 1618, p. 726B, household 31, Homer Morehouse family.
10Tenth Census of the United States: 1880, population, Westford, Chittenden County, Vermont, enumeration district (ED) 85, roll 1343, p. 337D, household 27, Hannah Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 24 March 2013); NARA microfilm publication T9, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
111880 Census, Westford, Chittenden County, Vermont, ED 85, roll 1343, p. 336B, household 12, Manly Holmes family.
12Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008, index card 4535, Death, Sanford Maxfield, 1892.
13Twelth Census of the United States: 1900, population, Milton, Chittenden County, Vermont, enumeration district (ED) 81, roll 1691, p. 6B, household 135, Elisha Nay family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 3 September 2013); NARA microfilm group T623; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
141900 Census, Barre, Washington County, Vermont, ED 218, roll 1694 p. 16A, household 302, Heman Maxfield family.
151850 Census, Westford, Chittenden County, Vermont, p. 179A, household 856, Stanford Maxfield family.
16Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008, index card 4402, Birth, Lucy V. Maxfield, 1861.
17Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008, index card 102-3, Death, Victoria Lucy Gabree, 1942.
18Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008, index card 4762, Marriage, Nay-Maxfield, 1879.
19Milton Village Cemetery, Milton, Elisha Nay marker; Created by: Barb Destromp.
20Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008, index card 276, Marriage, Gabaree-Nay, 1902.
21Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008, index card 102-3, Death, Victoria Lucy Gabree, 1942.
22Milton Village Cemetery, Milton, Elisha Nay marker; Created and photo by: Barb Destromp.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Milton Town, Chittenden County, Vermont. Deeds. Milton Town Clerk, Milton, Chittenden County, Vermont.

Milton Village Cemetery, Milton, Chittenden County, Vermont. Find a Grave. Digital images. findagrave.com : 2012.

United States, Adjutant General’s Office. "Register of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914." Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2013.

United States Department of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States: 1850, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2012.

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Vermont State Archives and Records Administration. Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008. Digital images. New England Historical and Genealogical Society. American Ancestors. americanancestors.org : 2013.

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