Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Sixth Generation

MARY BENTLEY married Edwin F. Maxfield at Wisconsin on November, 1880, according to Dean Mullavey. However, the census taken in June of that year indicated thay were married. It reported (617:347C) tham at Rosewood, Chippewa County, Minnesota:

Mary was the daughter of Andrew Bentley. She was born at Springvale, Wisconsin, according to the death records of some of her children. Her birth date, based on her age at death, was 23 February 1860.

The birth records of the children of Edwin and Mary, which give the father's occupation and residence, indicate that the parents moved often, and Edwin had various jobs:

The 1900 Census (952:2:116A) reported the family in Sunapee, New Hampshire, as follows:

The Census further stated that Mary had eight children, five of whom were living.

In the 1910 census (866:4:128A-128B) the family was still at Sunapee:

Edwin and Mary had been married 30 years; she had nine children, six of whom were living.

Edwin F. Maxfield died at Sunapee on 12 July 1919 (F). His widow Mary died at Newbury on 28 May 1923, age 63 years, 3 months and 5 days (F). They were both buried at North Goshen Cemetery, Goshen, New Hampshire (Mullavey).

Edwin and Mary Maxfield had the following children:

1. CLAUDE BENTLEY⁷ MAXFIELD
   • b. at Stoneham, Massachusetts on 18 August 1882 (VR Ma 323:216:56)
     1881 Stoneham: Aug 18, Claude Bentley Maxfield, male, b. Stoneham to Edward + Mary (Bentley) of Stoneham, he b. Goshen, NH, she b. Springfield, NH
   • graduate of Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (Mullavey)
   • occ: lawyer, and later judge, West Haven, Ct (Mullavey)
   • draft reg. at Milford, Connecticut, on 12 September 1918 (WWI Draft)
     Claude Bentley Maxfield
     36 Wallace St., West Haven, CT
     37; b. Aug 18, 1881, white
     lawyer, Arvine, Beers & Woodruff, 42 Church St., New Haven
     contact: Irene H. Maxfield, 36 Wallace St.
     medium height, medium build, gray eyes, brown hair
   • census. 1930 at 37 Wallace Street, West Haven, Ct. (281:)
     • Maxfield, Claude B., head, male, white, 48, married at age 28, b. MA, parents b. NH IL, lawyer, own business
     • Maxfield, Irene H., wife, female, white, 40, married at age 20, b. VT, parents b. VT VT, occ.: none
   • d. at New Haven, CT, on 23 May 1952 (VR CT D)
   • m. on 22 December 1909 (Dresser) IRENE PAGE of Vt. (no children) (Mullavey)
     • b. at Groton, VT, on 4 September 1888 (Dresser)
     • d. at West Haven, CT, in 1956 (Mullavey)
     • m (2). on 5 May 1953 HARRY GEORGE ELLIS (Dresser)
       • b. on 10 May 1891 (Dresser)
       • d. on 30 April 1954 (Dresser)
2. FLORENCE EVA⁷ MAXFIELD "Flossie"
   • b. at Goshen on 21 May 1888 (VR NH B--no name; Mullavey)
   • d. at Newport, NH, on 10 September 1952 (Mullavey)
   • m. on 28 August 1909 LEONARD ROWE
     • b. on 10 May 1886 (Mullavey)
     • child of George Washington and Abigail (Foote) Rowe
     • d. at Newport on 5 January 1952 (Mullavey)
3. BERTHA JOSEPHINE⁷ MAXFIELD
   • b. at Newbury on 2 February 1890 (VR NH B--name not given)
   • d. at Sunapee on 25 July 1895 (VR NH D)
     • age 5 years, b. Sunapee, single, diptheria, bur. Goshen, child of Edwin Maxfield (b. Goshen, farmer) and Mary Bentley (b. Springvale, Wi)
4. FREDERICK LESLIE⁷ MAXFIELD b. at Newbury on 16 July 1891
5. MARY TAMAR⁷ MAXFIELD
   • b. at Sunapee on 14 August 1893 (VR NH B--name not given)
   • d. at Sunapee on 28 July 1895 (VR NH D)
     • age 2 years, b. Sunapee, diphtheria, bur. Goshen, child of Edwin Maxfield (b. Goshen, farmer) and Mary Bentley (b. Springdale, Wi)
6. HELEN⁷ MAXFIELD
   • b. at Sunapee on 3 August 1896 (VR NH B--name not given; Mullavey)
   • d. at Newport on 6 August 1916 (Mullavey)
   • m. CYRUS W. THOMPSON (Mullavey)
7. PERCY R.⁷ MAXFIELD b. at Sunapee on 16 October 1897
8. (eighth child)⁷ MAXFIELD (female)
   • b/d. at Sunapee on 17 February 1900 (stillborn) (VR NH B) (VR NH D)
9. MILDRED LOLA⁷ MAXFIELD
   • b. at Sunapee on 8 January 1901 (Mullavey)
   • d. at Newport in 1965 (Mullavey)
   • m. ________ BARTLETT (Mullavey)

• Wright, Elizabeth, ed., "John Maxfield, of Salisbury, Massachusetts, 1652, and Some of His Descendants." 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)
• Mullavey, Dean. e-mail to Ellen Leland, 6 August 2000. (Mullavey)
• Dresser, Jim. Ancestors of Groton, Vt. Gencircles. 28 November 2000. www.gencircles.com. (Dresser)
• Census records

Other sources abbreviated above include:

VR Ma

Massachusetts Vital Records 1841-1910. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA. newenglandancestors.org.

VR CT D

Connecticut Death Index, 1949-1996. www.ancestry.com.

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 D

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

WWI Draft

World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Ancestry.com.