Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Seventh Generation

SAMUEL7 MAXFIELD (Nathan6, probably Eliphalet5, David4, Eliphalet3, Nathaniel2, John1) was born at North Hero, Grand Isle County, Vermont (Hollister), on June 1833 (1900 Census), a child of Nathan Maxfield and his wife Lucinda Knowlton.

Samuel Maxfield married MARTHA M. CRANDALL on 3 April 1859 (Crandall). Martha was born at Pierrepont, Saint Lawrence County, New York, on 23 July 1829 (Crandall). The 1860 Census (852:484) reported this family at Pierrepont, consisting of Samuel, 27, farmer, Martha M., 30, and Charles C., two months.

Samuel Maxfield fought in the Civil War, from 19 December 1863 to 26 August 1865 (Civ W Sol). His record of service follows:

Name: Samuel Maxfield ,
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 10 Dec. 1863 at the age of 31
Enlisted in Company C, 14th Heavy Artillery Regiment New York on 29 Dec. 1863.
Mustered out Company C, 14th Heavy Artillery Regiment New York on 26 Aug. 1865 in Washington, DC
According to family tradition he was present at Lee's surrender.

The 1870 Census (1099:98A) reported Samuel Maxfield the head of a household at Potsdam, Saint Lawrence County, New York, which household included his sister Susan and his brother Elijah:

Name Age Sex Race Occupation R.E. P.E. Birth Other
Maxfield, Samuel 37 M W common laborer $800 $350 VT
Maxfield, Martha 30 F W keeping house NY
Maxfield, Charles 10 M W attending school NY school
Maxfield, Sigel 8 M W NY school
Maxfield, Butler 6 M W NY school
Maxfield, Banks 6 M W NY school
Maxfield, William 3 M W NY
Maxfield, Elijah 22 M W works in door factory NY
Olmstead, Melanatha 23 M W works in door factory NY
Olmstead, Susan 25 F W milliner NY
Olmstead, Ernest 1 M W NY
Anstead, George 21 M W works in door factory NY

The census taker evidently underestimated Martha's age by ten years. Banks and Butler were twins.

The 1880 Census (927:282A) reported this family at Potsdam again:

Line Name Race Sex Age Related MS Occupation B FB MB
18 Maxfield, Saml. W M 47 M carpenter VT VY VT
19 Maxfield, Martha W F 51 wife M keeping house NY VT VT
20 Maxfield, Charles C. W M 20 son S at school NY NY VT
21 Maxfield, Siegel F. W M 18 son S clerk in grocery NY NY VT
22 Maxfield, Butler G. W M 16 son S clerk in grocery NY NY VT
23 Maxfield, Banks K. W M 16 son S clerk in news office NY NY VT
24 Maxfield, Willie J. W M 13 son S attending school NY NY VT
25 Kopf, John W M 33 M Congregational clergyman NY Germany Germany
26 Kopf, Ida W F 25 boarder M NY VT NY
27 Kopf, Carrol W M 7 boarder S NY VT Germany
28 Kopf, Carrie W F 6 boarder S NY VT Germany
29 Kopf, John W M 3 boarder S NY VT Germany

For the Maxfield children, the census taker has inverted the birth places of father and mother. Ida Kopf is the right age to be the daughter of Montravilla Maxfield, Samuel's brother. According to the 1900 census the Kopfs named a son Montravilla. John Kopf had found another occupation by then.

Martha (Crandall) Maxfield died at Potsdam on 19 December 1893 (Bayside Cem, VR NY).

Within a year of Martha's death, Samuel remarried. His new wife was HARRIET ROWENA ________. ("Rowena" on the 1900 census, "Harriet R." on Samuel's will). She was born at New York about January 1833 (1900 Census). The 1900 Census (1158:18A) reported Samuel Maxfield (b. VT Jun 1833) at 86 Market Street, Potsdam, with his wife of six years Rowana (b. NY Jan 1833), his widowed son, Sigle, a hardware dealer, and Sigle's three daughters, Grace, Caroline, and Nellie.

Samuel Maxfield died at Potsdam on 21 January 1905 (VR NY; Bayside Cem). He wrote a will on 29 January 1903 (St Law Sur, Wills 37:47-48), which was proved on 25 February 1905, and appears below.

Harriet Maxfield appeared in the 1910 Census (1074:13A) at Potsdam, in the household of Isaac Roberts, farmer, his wife Clara, and three children. Harriet, age 77, widow, is mother-in-law.

Samuel Maxfield and his first wife Martha Crandall had the following children:

  1. CHARLES CRANDALL8 MAXFIELD b. at Potsdam on 3 April 1860
  2. FRANZ SIEGEL8 MAXFIELD b. at Parishville, Saint Pawrence County, on 20 November 1861
  3. BANKS K.8 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Potsdam on 15 September 1863 (Crandall; census records)
    • census. 1900 at Main Street, Northville, Spink County, South Dakota (1554:2A)
        Maxfield, Banks S., boarder, white, male, b. Sep 1862, age 37, single, b. NY, parents b. VT VT, druggist + jeweler
    • census. 1910 at Northville (1488:1B)
      • Maxfield, B. K., head, male, white, 46, married (1) 8 years, b. NY, parents b. VT VT, druggist, own store
      • Maxfield, Jennie, wife, female, white, 32, married (1) 8 years, 0 children born, 0 children living, b. IA, parents b. NY NY
    • census. 1920, Oak Street, Northville (1727:3B)
      • Maxfield, Banks K., head, male, white, 56, married, b. NY, parents b. VT VT, drug store
      • Maxfield, Jennie A., wife, female, white, 43, married, b. IA, parents b. CT NY, occupation: none
    • census. 1930 at 1884 Atlantic Avenue West, Long Beach, California (130:16B)
      • Maxfield, Max K., head, male, white, 66, married at 38, b. NY, parents b. NY NY, occupation: none
      • Maxfield, Jennie, wife, female, white, 52, married at 24, b. IA, parents b. CT NY, occupation: none
    • m. at Lewiston, Nez Perce County, Idaho, on 23 November 1901 JENNIE A. DORCHESTER (ID M)
      • b. at Iowa on 26 September 1876 (CA D)
      • d. at Los Angeles County, California, on 9 December 1966 (CA D)
  4. BUTLER GIDEON8 MAXFIELD b. at Potsdam on 15 September 1863
  5. WILLIAM JAY SEDGWICK8 MAXFIELD b. at Potsdam on 30 April 1868
  6. BESSIE8 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Potsdam on 20 October 1873 (Crandall)
    • d. before 1880 (not in census)
    • bur. Bayside Cemetery, Potsdam - no dates

REFERENCES

Information on this family is found in:

Other sources abbreviated above include:
Bayside Cem
Bayside Cemetery, Potsdam, Saint Lawrence Co., NY. Find a grave (findagrave.com).
CA D
California Death Index, 1940-1997. Ancestry (www.ancestry.com). Accessed 15 Jun 2005.
Civ W Sol
American Civil War Soldiers. Ancestry (www.ancestry.com).
Crandall
Descendants of John Crandall. U.S. Gen Web Archives (http://files.usgwarchives.net).
Hollister
Hollister, Catherine. GenForum (http://www.genforum.genealogy.com) maxfield/messages: 341. Apr 20, 2001.
ID M
Idahio Marriages, 1842-1996. Ancestry (www.ancestry.com). Accessed 11 Jan 05.
St Law Sur
Saint Lawrence County. Surrogate Court. New York, Probate Records, 1629-1971. Family Search (familysearch.org). Accessed 11 January 2012.
VR NY
Vital Records of New York--Index (Accessed at Onondaga County Library, Syracuse, NY).
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