Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Seventh Generation

JOSEPH ROWE7 MAXFIELD (Samuel6, Joseph5, Nathaniel4, Eliphalet3, Nathaniel2, John1) was born at Springfield, New Hampshire on 10 January 1855(F), a child of Samuel Hill Maxfield and his wife Sarah Heath

Joseph R. Maxfield married MARY (GEORGE) FORD at Springfield on 19 August 1891 (VR NH M). The record noted the following:

Joseph R. Maxfield of Springfield, NH, 35, White, farmer, b. Springfield, 1st, single
Mary Ford of Danbury, NH, 35, White, housemaid, b. Grafton, NH, 2d, widowed
intentions: Aug 20, 1891
by Lorenzo Bailey of Springfield, clergyman, Aug 19, 1891, Springfield, NH
his father: Samuel Maxfield of Springfield, NH, deceased, White, farmer, b. Springfield
his mother: Sarah A. Heath of Springfield, deceased, White, housewife, b. Springfield
her father: Stephen George of Grafton, NH, 70, White, mechanic, b. Vt
her mother: Lucilla Hill of Grafton, deceased, White, housewife
Mary was born at Grafton, New Hampshire, on 25 August 1855 (F), a child of Stephen George and Lucille Hill. She had married a man surnamed FORD, who had died. As the first child of Joseph and Mary was called "fifth child" in his birth record, Mary probably had four children by her first husband.

Joseph R. Maxfield was called a farmer of Danbury, New Hampshire, in the birth records of his children, 1892 and 1894.

The 1900 Census (949:2:2A) reported this family in Danbury:

Name Related Race Sex Born MS B FB MB Occupation
Maxfield, Joseph R. head W M Jan 1855 M NH NH NH farmer
Maxfield, Mary S. wife W F Aug 1855 M NH VT NH
Maxfield, Clifton son W M May 1892 S NH NH NH at school
Maxfield, Vera A. daughter W F Mar 1896 S NH NH NH

The record further indicated that Joseph and Mary had been married 9 years, and Mary had 8 children, of whom 5 were living.

The 1910 census (864:2:80A) reported the family of Joseph R. and Mary G. Maxfield at Upper Turnpike, Danbury. He was a farmer, assisted by his son, Clifton H., 17. Also at home was daughter Vera A., 14. Joseph R. Maxfield died at Danbury on 25 March 1923, aged 68 years, 2 months and fifteen days (F). His widow Mary died there on 17 October 1928 (F).

Joseph R. and Mary Maxfield had the following children:

  1. CLIFTON HOWARD8 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Danbury on 20 May 1892 (fifth child) (VR NH B)
    • draft reg. at Merrimack County, New Hampshire, on 5 June 1917 (WWI Draft)
        Clifton H. Maxfield, 25
        Danbury, NH
        b. May 20, 1892 Danbury, NH
        fireman, Grand Trunk RR, Island Pond, VT
        single, caucasian
        Private, Infantry, 2yrs, state
        medium height, medium build, blue eyes, light hair
    • d. at Danbury on 2 May 1924 (unmarried) (F)
  2. ELWIN J.8 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Danbury on 1 November 1894 (VR NH B)
    • d. at Danbury on 19 December 1894 (VR NH D)
      • age 0-1-21, b. Danbury, la grippe, bur. Danbury, child of Joseph R. Maxfield (b. Springfield, farmer) and Mary S. George (b. Grafton, NH)
  3. VERA ANN8 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Danbury on 23 March 1896 (VR NH B)
    • m. ________ HUNTOON (e-mail. Sylvia Hill to Charles Maxfield 6 Aug 2001)
Information on this family is found in: Other sources abbreviated above include:
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.
VR NH M
Bureau of Vital Statistics, State of New Hampshire, Concord, NH. Index to Marriages Up to 1900. microfilm, Genealogical Society, Salt Lake City, Ut.
WWI Draft
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Ancestry.com.
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