Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Seventh Generation

CHARLES OTIS7 MAXFIELD (Josiah6, Jacob5, Eliphalet4-3, Nathaniel2, John1) was born at Salem, Massachusetts (3d marriage record) in September 1835 (1900 Census; 1830/1 in 1860 Census, 1834/5 in 1850 Census; 1835 in 1920 Census; 1836/7 in 1870 Census; 1837/8 in 1880 Census). His parents were Josiah Maxfield and his first wife Sarah Stone.

SARAH C. PEELE became the first wife of Charles O. Maxfield at Salem on 15 August 1856 (VR Ma 99:225:205). They were both from Salem. Sarah was born at Massachusetts about 1833/4 (1860 Census).

The 1860 Census recorded the young Charles O. Maxfield family of South Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts, as follows (Ma 7:46):

Name Age Sex Occupation R.E. P.E. Birthplace
Charles E. Maxfield 29 M shoemaker $ 200 Mass married within the year
Sarah E. Maxfield 26 F Mass married within the year
Henry Stone 17 M shoemaker

Charles Otis Maxfield served in the Civil War as a soldier for over four years:

Maxfield, Charles O., Private, Res.: South Danvers, Ma, 26, shoemaker, enlisted and mustered Jul 5, 1861; re-enlisted Dec 8, 1863; mustered out Aug 16, 1865 as Corporal Co. "I". 1st Regt. Mass Vol. heavy Artillery, Co. D--MSSMCW 5:588
Charles O. Maxfield was called a shoemaker on the birth records of children in 1857, 1859 and 1860, in the 1860 Census, his 1861 enlistment record, and his 1873 third marriage record, a cordwainer in his 1865 second marriage record, a nailer on a child's birth record in 1875, and reported as "works in shoe factory" on the 1870 and 1880 censuses.

Sarah Maxfield probably died while Charles was at war, after the birth of their last child (1860/1) and before his second marriage (1865).

ALICE A. COOMBS became the second wife of Charles O. Maxfield, at Lynn, Massachusetts on 27 November 1865 (VR Ma 180:219:146). The record noted the following:

Charles O. Maxfield of Lynn, 30, cordwainer, b. Salem to Josiah and Sarah Maxfield, 2d;
Alica A. Coombs of Lynn, 19, b. Ipswich to Samuel and Alice Coombs, 1st;
by John A. Riess, pastor of Christian Society
Alice Coombs, the daughter of Samuel and Alice Coombs, was born at Lawrence or Ipswich, Massachusetts, according to marriage and death records, although her daughter's birth record said she was born in Maine, on 10 January 1847 (from age at death).

The 1870 Census (610:1:590B) reported this family in Lynn:

Name Age Sex Race Occupation R.E. P.E. Birth Other
Maxfield, Charles O. 33 M W works in shoe factory MA
Maxfield, Alice A. 23 F W keeping house MA
Maxfield, Lucy A. 9 F W at school MA school
Maxfield, Fred A. 3 M W at home MA
Maxfield, George 2 M W at home MA

Alice Coombs Maxfield died at Lynn on 29 September 1872 (VR Ma 247:235:69 and 247:266:616). Her death was recorded both in Ipswich and Lynn as follows:

Sep 29, 1872, Alice A. Maxfield, F, married, age 25-8-19, lung fever, d. Lynn b. Lawrence to Samuel and Alice Coombs b. Brookfield, Me + ...--Ipswich record
Sep 28, 1872, age 25 y 8 mo, dysentery, d. Laighton St., Lynn, child of Samuel E. and Alice A. Cooms, b. Me + NH--Lynn record
CYNTHIA EMELINE LACKEY became the third wife of Charles O. Maxfield, at Barnet, Vermont, on 28 June 1873 (VR Ma 253:265:185). The event was recorded in Lynn as follows:
Charles O. Maxfield of Lynn, 36, shoemaker, b. Salem, Ma., to Josiah and Sarah, 2d;
Cynthia E. Lackey of Passumsic, Vt., 29, b. Passumsic, Vt. to Archibald and Hannah, 1st;
by J. M. Burrell of Barnet, Vt.
Cynthia Lackey was born at Passumpsic, Caledonia County, Vermont, in November 1833 (1900 Census), about 1835/6 (1880 Census), or about 1843/4 (marriage record), a child of Archibald and Hannah Lackey.

The 1880 Census (527:278C) reported this family in Saugus, Massachusetts:

Name Related MS Sex Race Age B Occupation FB MB
Chas. O. Maxfield self M M W 42 VT works in shoe factory MA MA
Cynthia E. Maxfield wife M F W 44 MA keeping house VT VT
Fred E. Maxfield son S M W 13 MA at school MA VT
George E. Maxfield son S M W 12 MA at school MA VT
Alice H. Maxfield daughter S F W 9 MA at school MA VT
Henry L. Maxfield son S M W 4 MA MA VT

Perhaps the census taker accidently exchanged the birth states of Charles and Cynthia, and listed the step-mother's birth state as the mother's birth state for the children.

The 1900 Census (645:20A) reported Charles Maxfield, born at Massachusetts in September 1835, stationary engineer, his wife C. Emeline, born at Vermont in November 1833, and their child Henry L. Maxfield, born at Massachusetts in August 1875, working in a bathroom furniture store, living at 20 Arthur Street, Lynn.

Emeline Maxfield died before the 1910 Census (585:1:218A), which reported Charles O. Maxfield, 74, widower, stationary engineer, at 20 Arthur Street.

The 1920 Census (694:6B) reported Charles O. Maxfield at 20 Arthur Street, Lynn:

Name Related Sex Race Age MS B FB MB Occupation
Maxfield, Charles O. head M W 84 M MA NH ME none
Ward, Lydia A. housekeeper F W 65 W MA MA MA housekeeper
private family

Charles O. Maxfield and his first wife Sarah had the following children:

  1. FRANCES ELLEN8 MAXFIELD
    • b. at South Danvers, Ma, on 17 January 1857 (VR Ma 105:341)
      • South Danvers: Jan 17, 1857 Frances Ellen Maxfield, female, b. South Danvers to Charles O. and Sarah E., of South Danvers, he shoe maker b. Salem, she b. Salem
    • d. at South Danvers on 19 April 1858 (VR Ma 120:178:24)
      • Apr 19, 1858, Frances E. Maxfield, 1 yr, erysipelas, F, b. South Danvers to Charles O. and Sarah E.
  2. ALFRED AUGUSTUS8 MAXFIELD
    • b. at South Danvers on 2 June 1859 (VR Ma 123:280)
      • 1859, South Danvers: Jun 2, Alfred Augustus Maxfield, male, b. South Danvers to Charles O. and Sarah E. of South Danvers, he shoe maker b. Salem, she b. Salem
    • d. at South Danvers on 8 December 1859 (VR Ma 129:185:82)
      • Dec. 8, 1859 Alfred Augustus Maxfield 6 mo., d. South Danvers, heart disease, M, b. South Danvers to Charles O. and Sarah E.
  3. LUCY ANNA8 MAXFIELD b. at South Danvers on 11 October 1860
Charles O. Maxfield and his second wife Alice had the following children:
  1. FREDERICK A.8 MAXFIELD b. at Lynn, Ma, on November 1866
  2. GEORGE EDWARD8 MAXFIELD b. at Lynn on 12 May 1868
  3. ALICE8 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Lynn on 5 September 1870 (VR Ma 223:253:549)
      • Sep 5, 1870, Alice Maxfield, female, b. Lynn to Charles and Alice A. Maxfield of Smith Place, Lynn; he . . . b. Salem; she b. Maine.
    • m. at Saugus on 8 January 1888 GEORGE E. WECKS (VR Ma 388:382:1)
      • Saugus, Jan 8, 1888
        George E. Wecks of Saugus, 34, Iron moulder, b. Kittery, Me., to Samuel D. and Nancy L. Wecks, 2d;
        Alice H. Maxfield of Saugus, 17, housework, b. Lynn to Charles O. and Alice M. Maxfield, 1st;
        by George W. Mansfield, clergyman, of Saugus
      • b. at Kittery, Me, abt 1853/4 (marriage record)
  4. (no name)8 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Lynn on 23 September 1872 (death record)
    • d. at Lynn on 23 September 1872 (VR Ma 247:265:577)
      • Sep 23, 1872 (no name) F, stillborn, d. Light Street, Lynn, b. Lynn to Charles O. and Alice A. Maxfield
Charles O. Maxfield and his third wife Cynthia had the following child:
  1. HENRY LACKIE8 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Lynn on 1 August 1875 (VR Ma 268:259:376)
      • Aug 1, 1875, Henry Lackie Maxfield, male, b. Leighton Street to Charles O. and Cynthia E. Maxfield of Lynn; he nailer b. Lynn; she b. Lynn

REFERENCES

Information on this family can be found in:

Other sources abbreviated above include:
MSSMCW
Adjutant General, ed. Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in the Civil War. Norwood, Mass.: Norwood Press, 1931-32.
VR Ma
Massachusetts Vital Records. Division of Vital Statistics, State House, Boston, Ma.; microfilm, Genealogical Society, Salt Lake City, Ut.
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