Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Sixth Generation

JOHN GILLINGHAM6 MAXFIELD (Jesse5, Richard4, Joseph3-2, John1) was born at Bradford, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, on 18 February 1838, a child of Jesse Abbott Maxfield and his wife Betsey Abbot. He died at Lebanon, Grafton County, New Hampshire, on 28 July 1869.[1] He married at Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, on 28 February 1864 SUSAN REBECCA CARTER,[2] a child of John P. and Emeline E. Carter. She was born at Salisbury, Merrimack County, on 9 December 1843 and died on 10 November 1925.[3] Susan married second at Boscawen, Merrimack County, on 17 November 1870 JOHN POTTER,[4] who was born at New Hampshire on 22 June 1826 and died on 13 May 1902.[5] John had previously married ELIZABETH S.________, who was born on 12 January 1831 and died on 16 October 1870.[6]

John, the thiurd of five children, grew up in Merrimack County, where his father farmed.

John Maxfield and Susan Carter published their intentions to marry at Franklin, Merrimack County, on 14 October 1861.[7] However it would be two and a half years before they could actually marry. The War intervened. Less than a month after publishing their intentions, on 1 November 1861, John enlisted in Company E of the Seventh New Hampshire Infantry Regiment. He was discharged on 6 June 1863 at Saint Augustine, Florida, because of disability. After several months at home John went to Massachusetts and enlisted in the Second Regiment of Massachusetts Voluntary Cavalry, company C, on 24 February 1864. Four days later John and Susan married at Salem. John was mustered out of the service on 20 July 1865.[8]

A year after being mustered out, John's only son was born. When John enlisted the second time he was called a fireman, later records call him a mechanic. Five years after his marriage, John G. Maxfield was killed on the railroad; he was 36.[9] Susan was left with a child not quite three years old.

Susan Carter Maxfield was reported in the 1870 Census at two locations. She was reported at Salisbury (Concord Post Office) with her parents, John P. Carter, 49, shoe maker, and Emaline E. Carter, 45. Susan R. Maxfield, 26, was a dress maker; with her was her son George, 3. Susan owned real estate valued at $ 300 and a personal estate valued at $ 600.[10] She was also reported at Concord in the household of Charles and Mary Austin.[11]

A year after John Maxfield's death, widow Susan married widower John Potter. Susan was 26, John 44, and had been widowed one month. They each brought children into this marriage, and soon had more. The 1880 Census reported this blended family as follows:[12]

Line Name Race Sex Age Related MS Occupation B FB MB
35. Potter, John W M 53 M farmer NH NH NH
36. Potter, Susan W F 37 wife M keeping house NH ME NH
37. Potter, Charles W M 23 son M farmer NH NH NH
38. Potter, George M. W M 14 son at school NH NH NH
39. Potter, Unis M. W F 6 daughter at school NH NH NH
40. Potter, Thomas W M 2 son NH NH NH
41. Potter, Alice E. W F 23 daughter-in-law M keeping house NH NH NH

The person called "George M. Potter" is really George M. Maxfield, Susan's son by her first marriage. Charles Potter is John Potter's son by his first marriage, and Alice is Charles' wife. Unis and Thomas are the chidren of John and Susan Potter.

The 1890 Veteran's Census reported Susan Potter, widow of John Maxfield, living at Concord.[13] The 1900 Census reported John Potter, 73, and Susan R. Potter, 56, at Concord. All the children had gone. According to this record, Susan had five children, four of whom were living.[14]

John Potter died in 1902. Susan Potter was reported in the 1910 Census at 65 High Street, Concord, living with the family of her daughter Ruth:[15]

Line Name Related Sex Race Age MS B FB MB Occupation
72. Prouse, John G. head M W 33 M1 ME England England retail grocer, own store
73. Prouse, Ruth H. wife F W 29 M1 NH NH NH none
74. Prouse, Robert G. son M W 3 S NH ME NH none
75. Prouse, Ruth M. daughter F W 1 4/12 S NH ME NH none
76. Potter, Susan R. mother-in-law F W 66 Wd NH NH NH none
77. Potter, Thomas D. brother-in-law M W 32 S NH NH NH baggge master, railroad

The 1920 Census reported Susan Potter, 76, on a farm at Newbury, operated by her son Thomas D. Potter, 42, single.[16] Susan died in 1925.

John and Susan (Carter) Maxfield had the following child:

  1. GEORGE HENRI7 MAXFIELD b. at Salisbury on 11 August 1866
John Potter and Susan (Carter) (Maxfield) Potter had the following children:[17]
  1. UNIS M. POTTER b. at New Hampshire about 1873-4.
  2. THOMAS D. POTTER b. at New Hampshire about 1877.
  3. RUTH POTTER b. at New Hampshire about 1880-1; m. about 1900-1 JOHN G. PROUSE, b. at Maine about 1876-7. Children of Ruth and John:
    1. Robert G. Prouse b. at New Hampshire about 1906-7
    2. Ruth M. Prouse b. at New Hampshire about November-December 1908.

NOTES

1Presbury Cemetery, Bradford, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 21 November 2017), John G. Maxfield; Created by: George Peaslee, Photo added by Amy Levesque. New Hampshire, State of, Division of Vital Records, Concord, New Hampshire, New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card 6163, Death, John G. Maxfield, 1869; digital images, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (americanancestors.org : accessed 25 January 2017).
2Massachusetts Archives, "Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," digital images, American Ancestors (americanancestors.org : accessed 27 August 2017), vol. 171, p. 235, e. 45; Salem Marriages, 1864; Maxfield-Carter.
3Pine Grove Cemetery, East Concord, Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 11 March 2024), John Potter family; Created and photo by: StephanieH.
4New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, Marriage: Potter-Maxfield, 1870.
5Pine Grove Cemetery, East Concord, John Potter family; Created and photo by: StephanieH.
6Pine Grove Cemetery, East Concord, John Potter family; Created and photo by: StephanieH.
7French, Harry Dana. Descendants of John Maxfield of Salisbury, Mass., New Hampshire Historical Society Library, Concord, New Hampshire, about 1952.
8Historical Data Systems, comp., "U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865," database, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 12 July 2013). Massachusetts Adjutant General, ed., Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors and Marines in the Civil War, 8 volumes (Boston, Massachusetts: The Adjutant General, 1931), v. 6, p. 250.
9New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card 6163, Death, John G. Maxfield, 1869.
10Ninth Census of the United States: 1870, population, Salisbury, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, roll 846, p. 483B, household 135, John Carter family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 8 February 2013); NARA microfilm record group M593; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
111870 Census, Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, roll 845, p. 195B, household 362, Charles Austin family.
12Tenth Census of the United States: 1880, population, Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, enumeration district (ED) 167, p. 12D, household 135, John Potter family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 11 March 2024); NARA microfilm publication T9, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
13Eleventh Census of the United States: 1890, union veterans and widows, Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, enumeration district (ED) 177, p. 2, household 81, John G. Maxfield; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 16 July 2013).
14Twelth Census of the United States: 1900, population, Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, enumeration district (ED) 149, p. 4A, household 79, John Potter family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 11 March 2024); NARA microfilm group T623; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
15Thirteenth Census of the United States: 1910, population, Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, enumeration district (ED) 195, p. 9B, household 155, John G. Prouse family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 11 March 2024); NARA group T624, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
16Fourteenth Census of the United States: 1920, population, Newbury, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, enumeration district (ED) 97, p. 3B, household 90, Thomas D. Potter fsmily; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 11 March 2024); NARA microfilm record group T625, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
171880 Census, Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, ED 167, p. 12D, household 135, John Potter family. 1910 Census, Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, ED 195, p. 9B, household 155, John G. Prouse family.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

French, Harry Dana. Descendants of John Maxfield of Salisbury, Mass. New Hampshire Historical Society Library, Concord, New Hampshire, about 1952.

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

Massachusetts Adjutant General, ed. Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors and Marines in the Civil War. 8 volumes. Boston, Massachusetts: The Adjutant General, 1931.

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

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.

Pine Grove Cemetery, East Concord, Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. Find a Grave. Digital images. findagrave.com : 2024.

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

United States Department of the Census. 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 : 2024.

________. Twelth Census of the United States: 1900, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2024.

________. Thirteenth Census of the United States: 1910, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2024.

________. Fourteenth Census of the United States: 1920, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2024.

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