Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Sixth Generation

ROSILL A. GOVE married Joel S. Maxfield at Newbury, New Hampshire, on 9 July 1867 (VR NH M). It was reported as follows:

The above document informs us that Rosill was born in Weare, New Hampshire, to James Gove and Lura McKellips. Joel was a farmer in Goshen. Rosilla was born on 13 April 1847 (F). Joel was called a farmer in Newbury on the birth record of a child in 1872.

The Joel Maxfield family was reported in the 1870 Census (850:1:509A) at Mill Village Post Office, Goshen Town. Joel S. Maxfield, age 22, was a farm laborer, Rosilla A. Maxfield, age 24. was keeping house, and Gertrude A. Maxfield, age 2, was at home.

In 1880 the family appeared in the census (768:319A) at Goshen as follows:

The 1900 Census (952:2:126A) found Joel and Rosilla at Goshen. According to that record, Joel was born at New Hampshire in November 1847, his parents born in New Hampshire and Vermont, he was a farmer. Rosella was born in New Hampshire in April 1846, her parents were born in New Hampshire and Vermont, she had two children, both still living. The children were not at home.

The 1910 census (866:4:144B) reported Joel S. Maxfield, 62, and his wife Rosill E. Maxfield, 64, at Goshen. Joel was a dairy farmer.

At the time of the 1920 Census (1012:6A) Joel and Rosille Maxfield were living with their daughter Lena and her husband George Fuller, at 96 Laurel Street, Newport, New Hampshire. Their daughter, Gertrude Maxfield, and grandchild Louise Fuller were also in the household. Joel and Rosille, age 73, had no occupation. Son-in-law George W. Fuller, age 50, born in Rhode Island, was a salesman for a hardware store. Daughter Lena C. Fuller, age 47, had no occupation, but granddaughter Louise Fuller, age 14, was a saleslady in a drug store. Daughter Gertrude A. Maxfield, age 51 and single, was a stitcher for Purity underwear.

Rosilla Maxfield died at Newport on 21 March 1920 (F). Joel S. Maxfield died at Concord, New Hampshire, on 28 February 1921 (F).

Joel and Rosilla Maxfield had the following children:

1. GERTRUDE A.⁷ MAXFIELD
   • b. at Goshen on 24 January 1868 (F)
   • census. 1900 at South Main Street, Newport (952:2:170A) in the household of George (33) and Lena (28) Fuller
     • Maxfield, Gertrude boarder W F b. Jan 1868 S b. NH parents b. NH NH, dress gatherer
   • census. 1910 at Newpoer, NH, in the household of George W. (46) and Lena C. (38) Fuller (866:4:175B)
     Maxfield, Gertrude A., lodger, female, white, 42, single, b. NH, parents b. NH NH, stitcher, underwear factory
   • d. at Newport on 21 August 1922 (unmarried) (F)
2. LENA C.⁷ MAXFIELD
   • b. at Newbury, NH, on 20 January 1872 (VR NH B)
   • m. at Newport on 2 August 1893 GEORGE W. FULLER (she of Goshen; he of Newport) (VR NH Br)
     • b. at Rhode Island abt 1866/7 (1900 Census) or 1869 (1920 Census)

• Wright, Elizabeth. "John Maxfield, of Salisbury, Massachusetts, Additions and Corrections" The Nebraska and Midwest Genealogical Record 7:63. (NMGR)
• French, Harry Dana, Descendants of John Maxfield of Salisbury, Mass. abt 1952. Manuscript, New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord, NH. (F)
• Census records

VR NH B

Bureau of Vital Statistics, State of New Hampshire, Concord, NH. Index of Births to 1900. microfilm, Genealogical Society, Salt Lake City, Ut.

VR NH Br

Bureau of Vital Statistics, State of New Hampshire, Concord, NH. Vital Records: Bride's Index, 1640-1900. microfilm, Genealogical Society, Salt Lake City, Ut.

VR NH M

Bureau of Vital Statistics, State of New Hampshire, Concord, NH. Index to Marriages Up to 1900. microfilm, Genealogical Society, Salt Lake City, Ut.