Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Sixth Generation

NATHANIEL6 MAXFIELD (Stephen54321) was born ar Loudon, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, on 13 January 1797 a son of Stephen Maxfield and his wife Hannah Moody. He died at Loudon on 1 April 1859.[1] He married at Loudon on 10 May 1826 BETSEY STEVENS.[2] She was born at New Hampshire about 1796, a daughter of Thomas Stevens. She died on 8 October 1875.[3]

Nathaniel was a farmer. He and Betsey lived most of their lives in Loudon, which in 1823 became part of Merrimack County, New Hampshire.

The 1830 Census reported this family at Canterbury, Merrimack County, consisting of a couple in their 30s (Nathaniel 33, Betsey 34) and a female under 5 (Hannah 3).[4]

The 1840 Census reported them at Loudon, 2 persons engaged in agriculture, the family consisting of a couple in their 40s (Nathaniel 43, Betsey 44), a girl 10-14 (Hannah 13) and a boy 5-9 (Stephen 9).[5] They had a son, Charles, in 1832, but their is no further record of him; he probably died before the 1840 Census.

The 1850 Census reported the family at Loudon:[6]

Line Name Age Sex Occupation R.E. Birthplace Other
7. Nathaniel Maxfield 53 M farmer $500 NH
8. Betsey Maxfield 54 F NH
9. Hannah M. Maxfield 23 F NH
10. Stephen Maxfield 20 M farmer NH

Nathaniel Maxfield died in 1859 from disease of the kidney or consumption.[7]

The 1860 Census reported widow Betsey Maxfield living with her daughter Hannah and her family at Loudon, Loudon Mills Post Office, as follows:[8]

Line Name Age Sex Occupation R.E. P.E. Birthplace
29. Thomas A. Sears 27 M farmer $600 $100 Canada
30. Hannah M. Sears 32 F NH
31. Marietta Sears 6 F NH
32. Rufus A. Sears 4 M NH
33. Lydia A. Sears 3 F NH
34. Clara A. Sears 7/12 F NH
35. Betsey M. Maxfield 63 F NH

Son Stephen Maxfield, 27, shoemaker, lived in the household of John anmd Polly Carter, which immediately preceded the Sears household.[9]

Son Stephen Maxfield fought in the Civil War, in Company F, New Hampshire 5th Infantry Regiment. He enlisted on 1 October 1861 and was mustered out at Point Lookout, Maryland, on 27 November 1863.[10]

The 1870 Census found Betsey Maxfield still living in the Sears household, with the same composition.[11] Betsey died in 1875.

A Stephen M. Maxfield, who could be the son of this family, was reported in the 1910 Census in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, in a household headed by Helen French, 34, laundress, that included her mother, Delia N. Pilsbury, 80. Stephen was called a cousin, 77, widower, machinist in a cotton mill.[12]

Nathaniel Maxfield and his wife Betsey Stevens had the following children:

  1. HANNAH M.7 MAXFIELD b. at Loudon on December 1826;[13] m. at Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, on 4 October 1853 THOMAS A. SEARS,[14] b. at Quebec about 1832-3.[15] Children of Hannah and Thomas:[16]
    1. Marietta Sears b. at New Hampshire about 1853-4.
    2. Rufus A. Sears b. at New Hampshire about 1855-6.
    3. Lydia A. Sears b. at New Hampshire about 1856-7.
    4. Clara A. Sears b. at New Hampshire about October 1859.
  2. STEPHEN M.7 MAXFIELD b. at Loudon on November 1830.[17]
  3. CHARLES7 MAXFIELD b. at Loudon on 1832.[18]

NOTES

1New Hampshire, State of, Division of Vital Records, Concord, New Hampshire, New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card 6177, Death, Nathl Maxfield, 1859; digital images, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (americanancestors.org : accessed 25 January 2017).
2"Marriages," Independent Statesman, 20 May 1826; 19th Century U.S. Newspapers (infotrac.galegroup.com : accessed 23 September 2012); accessed through american ancestors.org.
3Moore Cemetery, Loudon, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 24 February 2023), Betsey Maxfield; Created and photo by: Randy Cummings.
4Fifth Census of the United States: 1830, population, Canterbury, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, roll 76, p. 53, Nathaniel Maxfield; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 21 September 2012); NARA microfilm publication M19, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
5Sixth Census of the United States: 1840, population, Loudon, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, roll 240, p. 23, Nathaniel 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, Loudon, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, roll 436, p. 7B, household 116, Nathaniel Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 9 October 2012); NARA microfilm record group M432, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
7New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card 6177, Death, Nathl Maxfield, 1859.
8Eighth Census of the United States: 1860, population, Loudon, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, roll 676, p. 69, household 525, Thomas Sears family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 9 November 2012); NARA microfilm record group M653; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
91860 Census, Loudon, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, roll 676, p. 69, household 524, John F. Carter family.
10Historical Data Systems, comp., "U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865," database, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 12 July 2013), Stephen Maxfield.
11Ninth Census of the United States: 1870, population, Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, roll 845, p. 120B, household 54, Thomas A. Sears family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 8 February 2013); NARA microfilm record group M593; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
12Thirteenth Census of the United States: 1910, population, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, enumeration district (ED) 1533, p. 7A, household 102, Alice French family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 3 May 2012); NARA group T624, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
13New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card, Birth, Hannah M. Maxfield, 1826.
14New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, , Marriage: Sears-Maxfield, 1853.
151860 Census, Loudon, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, roll 676, p. 69, household 525, Thomas Sears family.
16Ibid.
17New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card, Birth, Stephen M. Maxfield, 1830.
18French, Harry Dana. Descendants of John Maxfield of Salisbury, Mass., New Hampshire Historical Society Library, Concord, New Hampshire, about 1952.

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Independent Statesman, Concord, New Hampshire. 20 May 1826.

Moore Cemetery, Loudon, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. Find a Grave. Digital images. findagrave.com : 2023.

New Hampshire, State of, Division of Vital Records, Concord, New Hampshire. New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages. Digital images. New England Historical and Genealogical Society. American Ancestors. americanancestors.org : 2017.

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