Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Seventh Generation

William M. Maxfield married LAURA B. CHASE at Dartmouth on 28 March 1880 (VR Dart(H) Marriages 2:54:7). The marriage was recorded as follows:

Laura B. Chase was born at Dartmouth, according to the above marriage record, on 9 October 1861 according to her age at death on the cemetery record, to Leonard M. Chase and Hannah Mosher.

William M. Maxfield was called a farmer in Dartmouth on this 1880 marraige record and on the 1881 and 1882 birth records of his children.

The 1900 census (637:6A) reported this family at 257 Coffin Avenue, New Bedford, Massachusetts:

William and Laura had been married twenty years, and Laura had five children, all living.

The 1910 census (574:1:267A) found this family at Faunce's Corner Road, Dartmouth, where William was engaged in farming. All the children were still at home, except Benjamin, and the household also included Laura's mother, Hanna S. Chase, age 81, widowed. Sarah, Mary and Abbie were all working as weavers in the cotton mills.

William M. Maxfield died at 257 Coffin Avenue, New Bedford, on 18 May 1917, age 60 years, 8 months, and 25 days (Oak Gr Cem E-14). His body was buried at Oak Grove Cemetery on 22 May (Oak Gr Cem E-14).

The 1920 Census (685:5B) reported widow Laura Maxfield and family at 257 Coffin Avenue, New Bedford:

In the 1930 census Laura Maxfield, widow, age 68, resided at 32 Richmond Street, New Bedford, with her daughters unmarried Sarah and Mary, ages 49 and 47. Mary was a weaver in a mill.

Laura Maxfield died at Saint Luke's Hospital, New Bedford, on 4 November 1939, age 70 years and 26 days (Oak Gr Cem E-14). Her body was buried at Oak Grove Cemetery 7 November.

William M. and Laura Maxfield had the following children:

1. SARAH TUCKER⁸ MAXFIELD
   • b. at Dartmouth on 30 March 1881 (VR Dart(H) Births 2:27:22)
2. MARY ELIZA⁸ MAXFIELD
   • b. at Dartmouth on 2 December 1882 (VR Dart(H) Births 2:30:35)
   • d. at St. Luke's Hospital, New Bedford, on 14 May 1957 (age 74-5-12; last res. 32 Richmond Street, New Bedford) (Oak Gr Cem E-14)
3. BENJAMIN COLLINS⁸ MAXFIELD
   • b. at Dartmouth on 19 June 1885 (MA VR)
   • Census. 1910 at Dracut, MA (595:12B)
     • Maxfield, Benjamin boarder M W 25 single, b. MA, parents b. MA MA, carder, woolen mill
   • draft reg. at Windsor County, VT, on 12 September 1918 (WWI Draft)
     Benjamin Collins Maxfield
     North Hartland, Windsow Co., VT
     33; b. Jan 19 1885 white
     carder, patternmaker, Machine Co., North Hartland
     relative: Mary G. Maxfield, North Hartland
     medium height, medium build, brown eyes, brown hair
   • Census. 1920 at Hartland, Vt. (1873:6A)
     • Maxfield, Benjamin C. head 38 married b. MA, parents b. MA MA, overseer woolen mill
     • Maxfield, Mary S. wife F W 29 married, b. MA, parents b. MA MA, occ: none
   • draft reg. at Essex County, New Jersey, on 27 April 1942 (WWII Draft)
     Benjamin Collins Maxfield, 97 Day St., Bloomfield, Essex Co., NJ,
     57, b. Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA, Jan 19, 1885.
     wife, Mary S. Maxfield
     emp: Thomas Oakes & Co., Inc., 225 Bellevue Ave, Bloomfield
   • d. at 85 Westwood Road, Norwich, Ct, on 22 January 1963 (age 78-0-3) (Oak Gr Cem E-14)
   • bur. at Oak Grove Cemetery, New Bedford, on 25 January 1963 (Oak Gr Cem E-14)
   • m. at Colchester, Vermont, on 28 April 1913 MARY G. SMITH (VT M)
     • Benjamin C Maxfield, 92 E Allen St, Winooski, W 28, 1st, carder,
       b. North Dartmouth, MA to Wm M Maxfield (b North Dartmouth MA) + Laura B Chase (b North Dartmouth MA)
     • + Mary G Smith of 92 Allen St, Winooski, W 22, 1st,
       b. Pittsfield MA to John H Smith (b Pittsfield MA) + Emma J Marra (b Pittsfield MA)
       Apr 28, 1913, James P Rand, Catholic priest, Winooski; Colchester record.
     • b. at Pittsfield, Massachusetts about 1890
     • d. at Norwich, Ct, on 28 September 1967 (age 77 y) (Oak Gr Cem E-14)
     • bur. at Oak Grove Cemetery, New Bedford, on 30 September 1967 (Oak Gr Cem E-14)
4. ABBIE S.⁸ MAXFIELD
   • b. at New Bedford on 1 April 1890 (MA VR 1841-1910:403:170:254)
5. ALTON LLOYD⁸ MAXFIELD b. at New Bedford on 4 February 1898

Information on this family can be found in:

• Census records

MA VR

Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections, 1620-1988. Ancestry (www.ancestry.com). Accessed 23 Mar 2012.

MA VR 1841-1910

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

Oak Gr Cem

Oak Grove Cemetery, New Bedford, Ma. Grave marker and New Bedford Cemeteries cardfile.

VR Dart(H)

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

VT M

Vermont Marriage Records, 1909-2008. Ancestry (www.ancestry.com).

WWI Draft

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

WWII Draft

World War II Draft Registration Cards; 4th Registration, 1942, for persons ages 45 to 64. Ancestry.com.