Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Sixth Generation

DUDLEY⁶ MAXFIELD (Eliphalet^5-4-3, Nathaniel², John¹) was born at Mount Vernon, Kennebec County, Maine, on 3 August 1812, a child of Eliphalet Maxfield and his wife Judith Alley.^[1] He probably died before the 1850 Census. He married probably at Argyle, Penobscot County, Maine, before 1833 (birth of a child) SALLY AYERS of Argyle.^[2] Sally was born at Mount Vernon, Maine, about 1812-3.^[3]

Elizabeth Wright states that Dudley was a son of Samuel⁵ Maxfield (Dudley⁴, Samuel³, John^2-1). She sites Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine as her source. However that source does not make that connection. The Dudley son of Samuel⁵ died before two of this Dudley's children were born. Also, the birth record for this Dudley Maxfield, in possesion of the Genealogical Society of Utah, states that he was the son of Eliphalet.

According to Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, "Dudley Maxfield came to Argyle, Maine, when a young man, and lived and died there."^[4] Dudley Maxfield was reported in the 1840 Census both at Argyle Plantation and the town of Argyle. The plantation record reported a male and female in their twenties (Dudley 27, Sally 27) and a male and female under 5 (Judith 5, Wentworth 2). The town record did not list family members, but stated that he worked in agriculture and "works in forest in the winter."^[5] I do not have any record of Dudley Maxfield beyond the birth of a child in 1842.

Sally Maxfield was reported in the 1850 Census in a large household at Argyle headed by W. Ayers Lamb, and consisting of six persons surnamed Lamb, four surnamed Maxfield, and three surnamed Ayers. The Maxfields were as follows:^[6]

I do not have any further record of Sally.

Dudley and Sally Maxfield had the following children:

1. SAMUEL⁷ MAXFIELD b. at Argyle about 1833, d. about 1833 (age 6 months).^[7]
2. JUDITH⁷ MAXFIELD b. at Argyle on 19 March 1835, d. at Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts, on 10 April 1908;^[8] m (1). C. C. SPENCER; m (2). ELMER E. BRODIE.^[9]
3. WENTWORTH⁷ MAXFIELD b. at Argyle on 5 June 1838
4. ALFREDA⁷ MAXFIELD b. at Argyle on 8 April 1842, d. at Penobscot County on 3 April 1913;^[10] m. about 1858 DUDLEY SPENCER^[11] b. at Argyle on 7 February 1835, d. there on 24 November 1910.^[12]

¹Genealogical Society of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah, "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, Family Search (familysearch.org : accessed 22 October 2012), Dudley Maxfield, 1812
²George Thomas Little, Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1909), v. 2, p. 605.
³Seventh Census of the United States: 1850, population, Argyle, Penobscot County, Maine, roll 266, p. 255B, household 49, Ayers Lamb family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 1 October 2012); NARA microfilm record group M432, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
⁴Little, Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, v. 2, p. 605.
⁵Sixth Census of the United States: 1840, population, Argyle Plantation, Penobscot County, Maine, p. 197, Dudley P. Maxfield; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 25 September 2012); NARA microfilm publication M704, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.; also Census of the United States: 1840, , population, Argyle, Penobscot County, Maine, p. 178, Dudley P. Maxfield
⁶1850 Census, Argyle, Penobscot County, Maine, roll 266, p. 255B, household 49, Ayers Lamb family.
⁷Little, Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, v. 2, p. 605.
⁸Maine, Division of Vital Statistics. State Board of Health, Augusta, Maine, Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921, index card, Death, Judith Brady, 1908; digital images, Family Search (familysearch.org : accessed 3 March 2017).
⁹Little, Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, v. 2, p. 605.
¹⁰Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921, index card, Death, Alfreda Spencer, 1913.
¹¹Little, Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, v. 2, p. 605.
¹²"RootsWeb's World Connect Project", database, Roots Web (wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com : accessed 26 February 2014), Boynton and Edson Family; undocumented and unnamed family tree submitted 3 April 2012 by Jane.

Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900." Database. Family Search. familysearch.org : 2012.

Little, George Thomas. Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1909.

Maine, Division of Vital Statistics. State Board of Health, Augusta, Maine. Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921. Digital images. Family Search. familysearch.org : 2017.

"RootsWeb's World Connect Project." Database. Roots Web. wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com : 2014.

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.