Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Sixth Generation

THOMAS H.⁶ MAXFIELD (Jesse⁵, Richard⁴, Joseph^3-2, John¹) was born at Bradford, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, about 1834-5,^[1] the son of Jesse Abbott Maxfield and his wife Betsey Abbott. He married ELIZA M. ________, who was born at Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, about 1837-8.^[2]

Thomas is placed here as a son of Jesse because the birth record of the son of Thomas gives Thomas' birth place as Bradford, which is where Jesse lived about the time of Thomas' birth. Also the 1840 Census for Jesse indicated a male between the ages of 5 and 10, which fits Thomas.

Thomas H. Maxfield fought in the Civil War. He enlisted on 11 August 1862 and served in Company H of the New Hampshire 12th Infantry Regiment. He was wounded in the leg at the Battle of Fredericksburg, 11 December 1862, but continued to serve until 21 June 1865.^[3]

However, Thomas H. Maxfield was reported in the Massachusetts state census, taken on 1 May 1865, at Boston. That household was headed by James Spaigo, stone cutter, and included, among others, Eliza M. Maxfield, 26, weaver, and Thomas H. Maxfield, 28, born at New Hampshire.^[4] So Thomas and Eliza had evidently married before that date.

Their only child was born in 1868. Although the birth was recorded at Boston, the record states the place of birth as "place unknown."^[5]

Thomas and Eliza Maxfield were reported in the 1870 Census in Boston (South Boston Post Office) as follows:^[6]

I havde no further record on this family.

Thomas and Eliza Maxfield had the following child:

1. THOMAS HADLEY⁷ MAXFIELD b. recorded at Boston in February 1868,^[7] d. bef 1870 (not in census)

¹Seventh Census of the United States: 1850, population, Franklin, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, roll 436, p. 244B, household 155, Jesse A. Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 9 October 2012); NARA microfilm record group M432, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
²Ninth Census of the United States: 1870, population, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, roll 644, p. 443A, household 4973, Thomas Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 5 February 2013); NARA microfilm record group M593; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
³Historical Data Systems, comp., "U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865," database, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 12 July 2013), Thomas H. Maxfield. "N. H. Killed and Wounded,"Dover Gazette and Strafford Advertiser, 15 May 1863; 19th Century U.S. Newspapers (infotrac.galegroup.com : accessed 8 March 2014).
⁴Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1865 Massachusetts State Census, population, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, v. 34, p. 4, household 37, James Spargo family; digital images, American Ancestors (americanancestors.org : accessed 14 August 2013); Massachusetts State Archives, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁵Massachusetts Archives, "Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," digital images, American Ancestors (americanancestors.org : accessed 5 September 2017), vol. 207, p. 155 e. 6793, Boston Births, 1868, Thomas Hadley Maxfield.
⁶1870 Census, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, roll 644, p. 443A, household 4973, Thomas Maxfield family.
⁷"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 207, p. 155 e. 6793, Boston Births, 1868, Thomas Hadley Maxfield.

Dover Gazette and Strafford Advertiser. Dover, New Hampshire. 15 May 1863.

Historical Data Systems, comp. "U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865." Database. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2013.

Massachusetts Archives. "Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910." Digital images. American Ancestors. americanancestors.org : 2017.

Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1865 Massachusetts State Census, population. Digital images. American Ancestors. americanancestors.org : 2013.

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

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