Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Seventh Generation

MONTRAVILLA7 MAXFIELD (Nathan6, probably Eliphalet5, David4, Eliphalet3, Nathaniel2, John1) was born at Vermont or New York about 1823/4 (census records: 1850 record b. VT, 1860 record b. NY) a child of Nathan Maxfield and his wife Lucinda Knowlton. Montravilla was somewhere between the ages of ten and fourteen when his family moved from Vermont to New York. In 1850 (Census 489:257A) the census reported Monteville Maxfield, 24, carpenter, living in a household of ten, including many single working men. With him was his sister Margaret, age ten.

Montravilla Maxfield married MIRANDA ________, probably some time about 1854 (their first child was born about 1834/5). Miranda was born at New York about 1836/7 (census records). The 1860 Census (855:926) reported the family at Parishville, Saint Lawrence County, New York (Potsdam Post Office). Montraville Maxfield, 34, was a carpenter and joiner with real estate worth $200 and a personal estate of $100. Miranda was 23, Ida 5, Ellen 3, Effie 1. All were born at New York.

Montravilla fought in the Civil War, enlisting on 15 December 1863, and dying of disease at Washington, D.C. on 8 April 1864 (Civ W). His record follows:

Name: Montreville Maxfield ,
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 15 Dec. 1863 at the age of 37
Enlisted in Company G, 11th Cavalry Regiment New York on 03 Jan. 1864.
Died of disease Company G, 11th Cavalry Regiment New York on 08 Apr. 1864
He died of smallpox, and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

The 1870 Census (1099:51B) reported the remainder of the family in the village of Ellsworth, Town of Pierrepont, Saint Lawrence County.

Name Age Sex Race Occupation R.E. P.E. Birth Other
Maxfield, Miranda 33 F W keeping house $400 $100 NY
Maxfield, Ella 13 F W at home NY school
Maxfield, Effie 11 F W attending school NY school
Maxfield, Cora 9 F W attending school NY school
Maxfield, Leon 7 M W attending school NY school

Miranda Maxfield remarried, before December 1875, PARKER AMES. The 1880 Census (927:277A) reported their family at Potsdam, Saint Lawrence County, New York:

Line Name Race Sex Age Related MS Occupation B FB MB
14 Ames, Parker W M 61 M farmer NY VT NY
15 Ames, Maranda W F 43 wife M housekeeping NY VT VT
16 Ames, Gertie M. W F 2 daughter S NY NY NY
17 Ames, Minnie M. W F 10/12 daughter S NY NY NY
18 Maxfield, Effa L. W F 21 step-daughter S housekeeping NY VT NY
19 Maxfield, Leon W M 17 step-son S farming NY VT NY

Montravilla and Miranda Maxfield had the following children:

  1. IDA8 MAXFIELD
    • b. at New York about 1854/5 (1860 census)
    • m. about 1871 JOHN KOPF
        They appear in the household of Montravilla's brother Samuel in 1880. She is the right age for this identification. In the 1900 census they have a son named Montravilla.
  2. ELLA8 MAXFIELD
    • b. at New York about 1856/7 (1860, 1870 censuses)
  3. EFFIE L.8 MAXFIELD
    • b. at New York about 1858/9 (1860, 1870, 1880 censuses)
    • m. about 1897/8 (2nd m. for both) JOSEPH PARKS (1910 census; resdient in Aurora, Illinois)
  4. CORA8 MAXFIELD
    • b. at New York about 1860/1 (1870 census)
    • guardian. at Saint Lawrence County, on 8 December 1875 (St Lawr Sur, Letters of Guardianship, 3:758)
        to Parker Ames of Pierpont, St Lawrence Co.
        application of Cora Maxfield, minor above age of 14 requests Parker Ames be named guardian.
        done
  5. LEON MONTRAIL8 MAXFIELD b. zt Canton, New York, on May 1863

REFERENCES

Information on this family is found in:

Other sources abbreviated above include:
Civ W
American Civil War Soldiers. Ancestry (www.ancestry.com).
St Lawr Sur
Saint Lawrence County. Surrogate Court. New York, Probate Records, 1629-1971. Family Search (familysearch.org). Accessed 11 January 2012.
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