Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Seventh Generation
JOHN BUTLER7 MAXFIELD (James6, Eliphalet5-4-3, Nathaniel2, John1) was born at Mount Vernon, Kennebec County, Maine, on 23 April 1829 (D. Pierson), a child of James Quimby Maxfield and his first wife Betsy Butler. In 1850 John was a miller, still living with his father, in the Census.
John B. Maxfield married LYDIA _______, who appeared as his wife in the 1860 Census. She was born at Maine about 1833/4 (1870 Census).
The 1860 Census (447:) reported this family in the Town of Dexter, Penobscot County, Maine. John B. Maxfield, 31, was a miller. Lydia Maxfield, 28, Fanny O. Maxfield, 4, and Harry Maxfield, 1, completed the family. Mary Crocker, 24, factory operative, also lived with the family.
The 1870 Census (559:1:348A) reported this family at Ripley, Somerset County, Maine:
| Name |
Age |
Sex |
Race |
Occupation |
R.E. |
P.E. |
Birth |
Other |
| Maxfield, John B.
|
41
|
M
|
W
|
farmer
|
|
|
ME
|
|
| Maxfield, Lydia
|
36
|
F
|
W
|
keeping house
|
|
|
ME
|
|
| Maxfield, Fannie S.
|
14
|
F
|
W
|
at home
|
|
|
ME
|
school
|
| Maxfield, William H.
|
11
|
M
|
W
|
at home
|
|
|
ME
|
school
|
| Maxfield, Herbert W.
|
9
|
M
|
W
|
at home
|
|
|
ME
|
school
|
| Maxfield, Stephen G.
|
7
|
M
|
W
|
at home
|
|
|
ME
|
school
|
John B. Maxfield probably died before 1880, as he did not appear in the census. The 1880 Census (488:519C) reported Lydia and her son H. W. living with her daughter and son-in-law, W. M. and Fannie Higgins, at Starks, Somerset County, Maine. W. M. Higgins, age 34, was a merchant; H. W. Maxfield was a farm laborer.
John B. Maxfield and his wife Lydia had the following children:
- FANNIE S.8 MAXFIELD
- b. at Maine abt 1855/6 (1870 Census)
- m. W. M. HIGGINS
- b. at Maine abt 1845/6 (1880 Census)
- WILLIAM HAROLD8 MAXFIELD
- b. at Maine abt 1858/9 (1870 Census)
- HERBERT W.8 MAXFIELD b. at Maine in September 1861
- STEPHEN G.8 MAXFIELD
- b. at Maine abt 1862/3 (1870 Census)
Information on this family is found in:
- Wright, Elizabeth, ed., "John Maxfield, of Salisbury, Massachusetts, Additions and Corrections." Nebraska and Midwest Genealogical Record 8:20. (NMGR)
- Pierson, Dianne. Family search Ancestry File. http://www.familysearch.org. Latter Day Saints. Permission to use granted in e-mail, Dianne Pierson to Charles Maxfield, Nov 7, 2000. (D. Pierson)
- Census records
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