Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Sixth Generation

LEVI6 MAXFIELD (Levi5, David4, Eliphalet3, Nathaniel2, John1) was born at Vermont in 1808 a child of Levi Maxfield and his wife Laura Richmond. He died at Hartland, Livingston County, Michigan, on 19 July 1888.[1] He married first before 1833 (birth of child) CAROLINE CAMPBELL, who was born at Vermont on 1810 and died on 1864.[2] Levi married second before 1870 (census) PRISCILLA BENEDICT, daughter of Joshua and Mary Benedict. She was born on 17 January 1823 and died at Romulus, Wayne County, Michigan, on 31 March 1874.[3]

Based on the birth information for the children, this family lived at Ohio, at least from 1833 to 1838. Levi Maxfield was one of the first settlers of Hartland Township, where he was reported in the 1840 census. The family consisted of a male in his 30s (Levi 32), a female in her 20s (Caroline 30), a female 5-9 (Laura Jane 7) and a female 0-4 (unidentified; there should be a male, George, 2).[4]

The 1850 Census reported this family at Hartland as follows:[5]

Line Name Age Sex Occupation R.E. Birthplace Other
8. Levi Maxwell 43 M farmer $ 300 VT
9. Caroline Maxwell 44 F NY
10. Jane Maxwell 17 F Canada school
11. Geo. Maxwell 11 M OH school
12. Chas. Maxwell 8 M MI
13. Juda Maxwell 6 F MI
14. Alfred Maxwell 4 M MI
15. Edgar Maxwell 6/12 M MI

Anyone with the surname of Maxfield is not surprized to see their name mistaken for Maxwell.

The 1860 Census reported thia family, with the surname "Mansfield" at Hartland. Caroline is not mentioned and the two oldest children are not at home. The family consisted of Levi, 53, farmer, Charles, 18, Judy Ann 16, Alfred 14 and Edgar 11.[6] Laura Jane had married her first cousin George Glines in 1852. The 1860 Census reported them at Hartland: George Glines, 30, farmer, Jane Glines, 28, and Charles Glines, 3.[7] George Maxfield, 18, farm laborer, was reported at Hartland in the household of John and Cynthia Glines.[81] John Glines was the husband of George's late Aunt Judith.

Caroline (Campbell) Maxfield died in 1864, leaving children at home ages 21, 20, 18, and 14. Sometime before 1870 Levi married Priscilla Benedict, who was fifteen years younger than him. They were reported in the 1870 Census at Hartland (Howells Post Office). Priscilla Maxfield, keeping house, was listed as the head of the household, followed by her father, Joshua Benedict, 77, farmer, and her husband, Levi Maxfield, 60, farmer, and two other persons.[9] Jane (Maxfield) Glines was also reported at Hartland (Howells Post Office) with two children.[10] Son George, who had fought in the Civil War, was reported in 1870 ar Rose, Oakland County, Michigan, with his wife and daughter.[11] Son Charles, 25, farm laborer, was at Highland Township, Oakland County, in the household of Norman and Anna Woodworth.[12] Judith had married in 1866. I have not found Judith, Alfred and Edgar in the 1870 Census.

Priscilla (Benedict) Maxfield died in 1874 at the age of 51, from abdomenal cancer.[13]

The 1880 Census reported "Levy" Maxfield, 72, retired farmer, living with his son, Alfred Maxfield, 36, farmer, at Hartland. Also in the family were Alfred's wife, Sarah, 27, son, Frank, 4, and brother, Edgar, farm laborer, 24.[14] George lived at Rose with his wife and two children.[15] Judy (Maxfield) Cole lived at Highland with her husband, three children, and brother Charles, 32, laborer.[16] Levi died in 1888.

Judith (Maxfield) Cole died in 1915 from pulmonary tuberculosis.[17] Her death was reported in the Milford Times:[18]

Judy Ann Maxfield, daughter of Levi and Caroline Maxfield, was born in the township of Hartland, county of Livingston, on November 15, 1845. She was united in marriage to Hiram Cole on January 7, 1866 and they immediately went to their home in Highland where she lived until two months before her death which occurred at the home of her son, Myron Cole in Highland. She leaves to mourn her loss two sons and one daughter, Myron E. and Peter Cole and Mrs. Ida Barrett of Highland, two brothers, Alfred and George Maxfield of Fenton, also five grandchildren and one great-grandchild. She died May 19, 1915 after an illness of one year.

Charles Maxfield did not marry. He was reported in the 1900 Census at Highland, immediately after his brother Alfred. Charles was a farm laborer, born July 1843.[19] He was also reported there in 1910, immediately after Edgar Maxfield, and with one intervening household before Alfred Maxfield. Charles was 68, single, laborer.[20]

Levi Maxfield and his first wife Caroline Campbell had the following children:

  1. LAURA JANE7 MAXFIELD b. at Newburg, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, on 23 February 1833, d. at Hartland on 13 November 1894;[21] m. on 18 November 1852 GEORGE WILLIAM GLINES[22] b. at Godmanchester, Franklin County, Quebec, on 3 November 1829, child of John W. Glines and Judith Maxfield, grandchild of Levi Maxfield and Laura Richmond, d. at Highland on 30 October 1912.[23] Children of Laura and George:[24]
    1. Charles Glines b. at Ogio about 1856-7.
    2. Emma Glines b. at Michigan about 1861-2.
  2. GEORGE W.7 MAXFIELD b. at Ohio on 28 February 1838
  3. CHARLES7 MAXFIELD b. at Michigan on July 1843, d. on 6 May 1911.[25]
  4. JUDITH ANN7 MAXFIELD b. at Highland on 15 November 1844, d. there on 19 May 1915;[26] m. on 7 January 1866 HIRAM COLE b. at Highland on 13 November 1839, d. there on 17 August 1908.[27] Children of Judith and Hiram:[28]
    1. Myron cole b. at Michigan about 1866-7.
    2. Ida M. cole b. at Michigan about 1868-9.
    3. Royal T. Cole b. at Michigan about 1871-2.
  5. ALFRED7 MAXFIELD b. at Orion, Oakland County on 28 January 1846.
  6. EDGAR ORLANDO7 MAXFIELD b. at Michigan on 14 November 1859.

NOTES

1West Highland Cemetery, Highland, Oakland County, Michigan, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 9 September 2018), Levi Maxfield; Created and photo by: Marguerite.
2West Highland Cemetery, Highland, Caroline Maxfield; Created and photo by: Marguerite.
3Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan, Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952, Wayne County, p. 267, e. 1776, Priscilla Maxfield, 1874; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 8 July 2023).
4Sixth Census of the United States: 1840, population, Hartland, Livingston County, Michigan, p. 182, Levi Maxfield; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 25 September 2012); NARA microfilm publication M704, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
5Seventh Census of the United States: 1850, population, Hartland, Livingston County, Michigan, p. 868, household 1571, Levi Maxwell family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 11 February 2024); NARA microfilm record group M432, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
6Eighth Census of the United States: 1860, population, Hartland, Livingston County, Michigan, p. 141, household 1024, Levi Mansfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 11 February 2024); NARA microfilm record group M653; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
71860 Census, Hartland, Livingston County, Michigan, p. 159, household 1165, George Glines family.
81860 Census, Hartland, Livingston County, Michigan, p. 143, household 1045, John Glines family.
9Ninth Census of the United States: 1870, population, Hartland, Livingston County, Michigan, p. 132A, household 198, Priscilla Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 5 February 2013); NARA microfilm record group M593; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
101870 Census, Hartland, Livingston County, Michigan, p. 23, household 197, George Glines family.
111870 Census, Rose, Oakland County, Michigan, p. 505B, household 206, George Maxfield family.
121870 Census, Highland, Oakland County, Michigan, p. 257A, household 212, Norman Woodworth family.
13Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952, Wayne County, p. 267, e. 1776, Priscilla Maxfield, 1874.
14Tenth Census of the United States: 1880, population, Hartland, Livingston County, Michigan, enumeration district (ED) 189, p. 132C, household 225, Alfred Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 9 March 2013); NARA microfilm publication T9, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
151880 Census, Rose, Oakland County, Michigan, ED 268, p. 343A, household 4, George W. Maxfield family.
161880 Census, Highland, Oakland County, Michigan, ED 254, p. 127B, household 119, Hiram Cole family.
17Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952, Oakland County, certificate 98, Judith Cole, 1915.
18Milford Times, May 22, 1915, transcribed at Needham, Diane, "Pioneer Families of Highland Twp., Oakland Co., MI." 2004. RootsWeb's World Connect Project. (worldconnect.rootsweb.com)
19Twelth Census of the United States: 1900, population, HIghland, Oakland County, Michigan, enumeration district (ED) 87, p. 3A, household 54, Charles Maxfield; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 18 July 2013); NARA microfilm group T623; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
20Thirteenth Census of the United States: 1910, population, Highland, Oakland County, Michigan, enumeration district (ED) 124, p. 1A, household 5, Charles Maxfield; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 27 January 2014); NARA group T624, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
21Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952, Livingston County, p. 165, e. 86, Jane Glines, 1894.
22Hodge Cemetery, Hartland, Livingston County, Michigan, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 6 September 2018), Laura J. Glines; Created by: s schmidt. Information provided by creator.
23Hodge Cemetery, Hartland, George Glines; Created and photo by: s schmidt.
241860 Census, Hartland, Livingston County, Michigan, p. 159, household 1165, George Glines family; 1870 Census, Hartland, Livingston County, Michigan, p. 23, household 197, George Glines family.
25West Highland Cemetery, Highland, Charles Maxfield; Created and photo by: Marguerite.
26Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952, Oakland County, certificate 98, Judith Cole, 1915.
27West Highland Cemetery, Highland, Hiram Cole; Created and photo by: Marguerite.
281880 Census, Highland, Oakland County, Michigan, ED 254, p. 127B, household 119, Hiram Cole family.

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