Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Seventh Generation

Joseph B. Maxfield and ELISA ANN EARLE were married at Salem on 7 October 1858 (VR Ma 117:204). They were both from Salem. Elisa was born at Montreville, Maine, in August 1841, a child of Levi and Almira Furbush. She was adopted, and received the last name of Earle as a result of her adoption (from 2d marriage record; date from B. Chaplin).

The young Joseph and Elisa Maxfield family was reported in the 1860 Census in South Danvers (Essex County), Massachusetts, as follows (Ma 7:178):

Joseph B. Maxfield was a shoemaker, according to this 1860 census, his military enlistment record in 1861, and the birth records of his children in 1859 and 1861.

Joseph B. Maxfield enlisted in the Union Army on 2 September 1861. He died while in the service of his country, at Bolivar, Virginia, on 10 November 1862 (MSSMCW 2:210). His military record was as follows:

Elisa Maxfield, Joseph's widow, married at South Danvers on 6 March 1865, JOHN GREGORY (VR Ma 180:269:12). The event was recorded as follows:

Joseph B. Maxfield and his wife Elisa had the following children:

1. ALMIRA LEWIS⁸ MAXFIELD "Elmira"
   • b. at South Danvers on 16 October 1859 (VR Ma 123:283)
     • South Danvers: Oct 16, 1859, Elmira Lewis Maxfield, female, b. South Danvers to Joseph B. and Elisa Ann of South Danvers, he shoe maker b. Salem, she b. Montville, Me.
   • d. at Ludlow, Ma, in March 1947 (B. Chaplin)
   • m (1). at Danvers, Ma, on 24 March 1877 GEORGE HENRY CHAPLIN (VR Ma 289:163:14)
     • G. R. Chaplin of Danvers, 37, shoemaker, b. Danvers to Benjamin D. and Susan (Webb) 2d;
       Almira L. Maxfield of Beverly, 17, b. Peabody to Joseph and Eliza (Earle), 1st;
       by Rev. D. P. Maghon
     • b. at Danvers on 14 February 1840 (B. Chaplin)
     • child of Benjamin D. Chaplin and Susan Webb (B. Chaplin)
     • d. at Peabody on 7 September 1923 (B. Chaplin)
   • m (2). at Salem on 14 August 1887 CHARLES JOHN GEISLER (VR Ma 379:374:173)
     • Salem, Aug 14, 1887
       Charles John Giesler of Salem, 28, painter, b. Germany to unknown father and Elizabeth Giesler, 2d;
       Elmira L. Maxfield (Chaplin) of Salem, 28, dressmaker, b. Peabody, Ma., to Joseph and Elizabeth Maxfield, 2d;
       by D. V. Bowen, clergyman, Salem
     • b. at Germany abt 1858/9
2. ELIZABETH A.⁸ MAXFIELD
   • b. at South Danvers on 24 August 1861 (VR Ma 141:337)
     • South Danvers: Aug 24, 1861, Elizabeth A. Maxfield, female, b. South Danvers to Joseph B. and Eliza Ann of South Danvers, he shoemaker b. Salem, she b. Montville, Me

If you cannot find South Danvers on the map, that is because its name was later changed to Peabody.

• Chaplin, Bill, to Charles Maxfield. E-mail. Dec 4, 2000. (B. Chapin
• Census records.

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.