Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Sixth Generation

JONATHAN GORDON⁶ MAXFIELD (Stephen⁵, Nathaniel⁴, Eliphalet³, Nathaniel², John¹) was born at Loudon, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, in 1799, a child of Stephen Maxfield and his wife Hannah Moody. He died in 1868.^[1] He marreid at Canterbury, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, on 2 August 1829 OLIVE ABBOTT, a daughter of Samuel Abbott,^[2] who was born at Loudon on 1806^[3] and died there on 16 March 1894.^[4]

Jonathan Gordon Maxfield lived his whole life at Loudon, where he was a farmer. When they married, Jonathan was 30 and Olive 23.

The Jonathan G. Maxfield family of Loudon was reported in the 1840 Census consisting of one male in his 40s (Jonathan 41), one female in her 30s (Olive 34), and one male between 10 and 15 (William 10); two were classified "agriculturalists."^[5]

The Jonathan Maxfield family of Loudon was reported in the 1850 Census as follows:^[6]

The 1860 Census also reported Jonathan, Olive and William at Loudon. Jonathan and William were both described as farmers.^[7]

Jonathan Maxfield died in 1868. The 1870 Census reported Olive Maxfield, 62, residing with her son William, 40, farmer, at Loudon.^[8]

Son William expanded his land base. In the week ending 7 October 1871 he received from Nancy E. Abbott for $125 land in Loudon. In the week ending 31 May 1875, William received from William K. Holt for $1100 land in nearby Canterbury.^[9]

The 1880 Census reported William Maxfield, 50, farmer, at Loudon, with his mother Olive Maxfield, 73, and also Ruth G. Dimond, 72, keeping house.^[10]

Olive (Abbott) Maxfield died in 1894 at the age 0f 87, from gastric dropsy.^[11]

The 1900 Census reported William Maxfield, 70, farming and living alone at Loudon.^[12]

William Maxfield died in 1905 from cardiac dropsy.^[13] Having no children, he remembered numerous cousins in his will, and also left money to the town for a library, which is named in his honor, the Maxfield Public Library.^[14]

Merrimack County Probate Records

According to Elizabeth Wright, in The Nebraska and Midwest Genealogical Record . Jonathan and Olive had two sons.^[15] As there is no record of this other son, he probably died before 1840.

Jonathan and Olive Maxfield had the following child:

1. WILLIAM⁷ MAXFIELD b. at Loudon on 28 December, 1829, d. there on 3 August 1905.^[16]

¹Maxfield Cemetery, Loudon, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 20 November 2017), Maxfield monument (Jonathan Gordon); Created and photo by: Randy Cummings.
²New Hampshire, State of, Division of Vital Records, Concord, New Hampshire, New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card 9916, Marriage, MaxfieldAbbott, 1829; digital images, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (americanancestors.org : accessed 24 January 2017).
³Maxfield Cemetery, Loudon, Maxfield monument (Jonathan Gordon); Created and photo by: Randy Cummings.
⁴New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card 6179, Death, Olive Maxfield, 1894.
⁵Sixth Census of the United States: 1840, population, Loudon, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, roll 240, p. 23, Jonathan 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. 1A, household 2, Jonatdhan Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 9 October 2012); NARA microfilm record group M432, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
⁷Eighth Census of the United States: 1860, population, Loudon, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, roll 676, p. 79, household 608, Jonathan G. Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 9 November 2012); NARA microfilm record group M653; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
⁸Ninth Census of the United States: 1870, population, Loudon, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, roll 846, p. 375B, household 16, William Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 8 February 2013); NARA microfilm record group M593; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
⁹"Conveyances of Real Estate," Daily Patriot, 13 October 1871; 19th Century U.S. Newspapers (http://infotrac.galegroup.com : accessed 31 January 2014), 19th Century U.S. Newspapers; "Conveyances in Merrimack County for the week ending May 31, 1875," Independent Statesman, 17 June 1875, p. 304; 19th Century U.S. Newspapers (infotrac.galegroup.com : accessed 23 September 2012); accessed through americanancestors.org.
¹⁰Tenth Census of the United States: 1880, population, Loudon, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, enumeration district (ED) 184, roll 766, p. 372D, household 241, William Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 13 March 2013); NARA microfilm publication T9, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
¹¹New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card 6179, Death, Olive Maxfield, 1894.
¹²Twelth Census of the United States: 1900, population, Loudon, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, enumeration district (ED) 169, roll 949, p. 1A, household 3, William Maxfield; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 28 July 2013); NARA microfilm group T623; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
¹³New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card 15243, Death, William Maxfield, 1905.
¹⁴Merrimack County, New Hampshire, Probate Records, v. 101 pp. 474-75; William Maxfield; "New Hampshire, County Probate Records, 1660-1973," digital images, Family Search (familysearch.org: accessed 12 January 2014).
¹⁵Elizabeth Wright, "John Maxfield of Salisbury, Massachusetts, 1652, and Some of His Descendants," The Nebraska and Midwest Genealogical Record (1928–1930): v. 8, p. 18.
¹⁶New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card 15243, Death, William Maxfield, 1905.

Daily Patriot, Concord, New Hampshire. 13 October 1871.

Independent Statesman, Concord, New Hampshire. 17 June 1875.

Maxfield Cemetery, Loudon, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. Find a Grave. Digital images. findagrave.com : 2017.

Merrimack County, New Hampshire. Probate Records. "New Hampshire, County Probate Records, 1660-1973." Digital images. Family Search. familysearch.org: 2014.

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.

United States Department of the Census. Sixth Census of the United States: 1840, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2012.

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

________. Eighth Census of the United States: 1860, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2012.

________. Ninth Census of the United States: 1870, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2013.

________. Tenth Census of the United States: 1880, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2013.

________. Twelth Census of the United States: 1900, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2013.

Wright, Elizabeth. "John Maxfield of Salisbury, Massachusetts, 1652, and Some of His Descendants." The Nebraska and Midwest Genealogical Record (1928–1930): 6:52-56; 7:20-24, 42-47, 61-71, 87-96; 8:15-22.