Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Seventh Generation

Abraham married ANN CAROLINE TALLMAN at Tiverton, Rhose Island, on 2 March 1862 (VR RI 1862:452; also recorded at Dartmouth--VR Dart(H) Marriages 2:15:15). The Rhode Island record of their marriage follows:

Abraham R. Maxfield of Dartmouth, 24, white, farmer, b. Fairhaven to Jonathan and Delilah Maxfield, 1st;
Caroline Tallman of Dartmouth, 22, white, b. Westport to Betsey Tallman, 1st;
by James A. McKenzie, Baptist minister

Abraham Maxfield was called a laborer in the 1860 Census, his 1862 Massachusetts marriage record, and the 1864, 1865, and 1870 birth records of his children. He was called a farmer on his Rhode Island marriage record. The 1870 Census placed him as a laborer in a mill; the 1880 Census called him a clerk in carpet rooms.

The 1870 Census (605:1:111A) located Abraham and Caroline Maxfield in New Bedford with five children, Isabella F., age 8, Charles T., age 6, William N., age 4, Cora E., age 1, and an unnamed male child, born in March, 1870.

The 1880 Census (525:236D) reported the family in New Bedford as follows:

This record further indicated that George and Isabel married cduring the census year.

The 1900 Census record (637:2:218) was difficult to read and confusing. It listed the Abram R. Maxfield family at 49 Mechanic Lane, New Bedford. Living with Abram (born January 1837) and Anne C. (born January 1840), were two sons and two grandchildren. Son Charles T. Maxfield, born January 1864, had been married five years; son William H. Maxfield, house painter, born December 1865, had been married six years. The next entry was for George W. Tinkham, however "Tinkham" was crossed out. George, a grandson born October 1880, was a stone mason. Jenny F. Maxfield, a granddaughter born March 1888, was at school. Perhaps the grandchildren were the children of daughter Isabelle, who married George Pinkham.

Abraham R. Maxfield died at St. Luke's Hospital, New Bedford, on 26 November 1908, age 71 years, 10 months and 10 days (Rural Cem NB I-50). His body was buried at Rural Cemetery, New Bedford, on 29 November. The 1910 census (579:1:26A) reported Carrie A. Maxfield, 70, widow, living at 49 Mechanic Lane, New Bedford, with her sons Charles T., 45, employed at a print shop, and William H., 57, house painter. Both sons were single. Carrie had five children, all living.

Abraham's widow, called Ann C. Maxfield in the cemetery records, died at 49 Mechanic's Lane, New Bedford, on 5 June 1911, about 71 years old (Rural Cem NB I-50). She was buried at Rural Cemetery on 7 June.

Abraham and Caroline Maxfield had the following children:

1. ISABELLA FLORENCE⁸ MAXFIELD
   • b. at Dartmouth on 4 April 1862 (VR Ma 150:93)
   • living 1928 (References on Rural Cem cardfile, 1911 and 1928)
   • m. at New Bedford on 11 March 1880 GEORGE W. PINKHAM (VR Ma 316:239:32)
     • George W. Pinkham of New Bedford, 23, mariner, b. Nantucket to Seth and Phebe S. Higgins, 1st;
       Isabella F. Maxfield of New Bedford, 18, b. New Bedford to Charles and Ann Caroline, 1st;
       by Rev. Daniel L. Crafts
       The record evidently recorded Isabella's brother's name in place of her father
     • b. at Nantucket, Massachusetts, abt 1856/7 (marriage record)
     • child of Seth Pinkham and Phebe Higgins
     • occ. 1880 mariner (marriage record)
2. CHARLES T.⁸ MAXFIELD
   • b. at Dartmouth on 30 January 1864 (VR Ma 168:76)
     • Jan 30, 1864 Charles T. Maxfield, male, b. Dartmouth to Abraham R. and Ann C. (Tallman) of Dartmouth; he laborer b. Dartmouth; she b. Westport.
   • census. 1920 at New Bedford (686:9A)
     • Maxfield, Charles T. head M W 55 D b. MA parents b. MA MA, gardner, own business
   • d. at New Bedford on 17 May 1928 (age 64; 169 Campbell St.) (Rural Cem NB I-50)
   • bur. at Rural Cemetery, New Bedford, on 20 May 1928 (Rural Cem NB I-50)
   • m. at New Bedford on 3 April 1895 GLADYS E. SEAVER (MA VR:451:223:112)
     1895 New Bedford; April 3, New Bedford;
     Charles T. Maxfield of New Bedford, 31, printer, b. Dartmouth to Abram R. + Carrie A. Tallman, 1st;
     Gladys E. Seaver of New Bedford, 26, carpet maker, b. Wareham to Joseph N. + Rebecca F. Hathaway, 1st;
     Joseph S. Swain, clergyman, New Bedford
   • div. bef 1910
3. WILLIAM HERBERT⁸ MAXFIELD
   • b. at Dartmouth on 2 December 1865 (VR Dart(H) Births 2:1:10)
     • child of Abraham R. and Caroline, he laborer, b. Dartmouth; she b. Westport.
   • Census, 1920 at Dartmouth (682:8B) in household of Cyril and Ida Fairbank
     • Maxfield, William farmhand M W 54 D b. MA parents b. MA MA, laborer, farm
   • Census. 1930 at Dartmouth (886:6A)
     Maxfield, William H., head, male, white, 64, widower, married at age 25, b. MA, parents b. MA MA, painter, private home
   • m. at New Bedford on 24 March 1894 MARY SEAKILL (MA VR 442:203:119)
   • div. bef 1910
     • b. at Great Falls, Sommersworth, NH, about 1871/2
4. CORA E.⁸ MAXFIELD b. at New Bedford on 12 July 1868
5. ARTHUR T.⁸ MAXFIELD b. at New Bedford on 25 March 1870

Information on this family can be found in:

• Census records

MA VR

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

Rural Cem NB

Grave Marker. Rural Cemetery, New Bedford, Ma., and New Bedford Cemeteries cardfile.

VR Dart(H)

Holbrook, Jay Mack, ed. Massachusetts Vital Records: Dartmouth. Oxford, Mass.: Holbrook Research Institute, 1992. microfilm.

VR Ma

Massachusetts Vital Records. Division of Vital Statistics, State House, Boston, Ma.; microfilm, Genealogical Society, Salt Lake City, Ut.

VR NB(H)

Holbrook, Jay Mack, ed. Massachusetts Vital Records: New Bedford. Oxford, Mass.: Holbrook Research Institute.

VR RI

Rhode Island Department of Health, Providence, Rhode Island. Vital Records. microfilm, Genealogical Society, Salt Lake City, Ut.