Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Eighth Generation

Edgar Maxfield married IDA JANE PACKARD at Northbridge, Massachusetts, on 21 June 1878 (VR Ma 300:238:5). The event was recorded as follows:

Edgar Herbert Maxfield of Northbridge, 21, machinist, b. New Bedford to William and Lucy, 1st;
Ida Jane Packard of Northbridge, 16, b. Winchendon to John and Eliza, 1st;
by Asa E. A. Manning, pastor of M.E. Church Whitinsville

Edgar and Eliza were living at Northbridge in 1878, but had moved to Upton, Massachusetts, about the time their first child was born, were living at Taunton, Massachusetts at the 1880 Census, and at Worcester from 1881 to 1884 at the births of their next three children, and at the 1900, 1910 and 1920 censuses.

Edgar was called a machinist in his marriage record and in the birth records of all his children, and at the 1910, 1920 and 1930 censuses.

The 1880 Census (526:467B) reported Edgar H. Maxfield, age 23, machinist, his wife Ida J., age 18, and daughter Eva M., age 1, at Taunton.

The 1900 Census (697:9B) reported this family at 16 Beaver Street, Worcester. The family included Edgar, born March 1857, Ida, born October 1860, John H., born November 1881, and Lucy D., born December 1884. Edwin was a machinist, John H. an apprentice moulder. Edwin and Ida had been married 23 years. Ida had five children, four living at the time.

Ida died at Worcester on 6 January 1907 (MA VR 1840-1910:107:94:37 ). The 1910 census (633:2:122A) reported Edgar Maxfield, 54, widower and machinist at a machine shop, living at 402 Park Avenue, Worcester. The 1920 census (752:3B) reported an Edward Maxfield (perhaps a mistake for Edgar), age 61, widow, machinist, boarding at 7 Irene Street, Worcester. The 1930 Census (971:18A) reported Edgar H. Maxfield, 73, a lodger at 4 Kilby Street, Worcester.

Edgar and Eliza Maxfield had the following children:

1. EVA MAUDE⁹ MAXFIELD
   • b. at Northbridge on July 1878 (VR Ma 297:310:78)
     • 1878, Jul [aft 29]. Eva Maude Maxfield, F, b. Northbridge to Edgar and Ida (Packard) of Northbridge; have moved to Upton. He machinist b. American. She b. Canada.
   • m. at Worcester on 1 July 1896 HERBERT H. HAWKINS (MA VR 1840-1910:462:609:555)
     1896 Worcester; July 1
     Herbert H. Hawkins of Worcester, 23, machinist, b. Putnam, Ct to Thomas C. + Sarah Howard; 1st
     Eva M. Maxfield of Worcester, 18, at home, b. Northbridge to Edgar M. + Ida Packard; 1st
     Alexander Lewis, clergyman, Worcester
2. ANNIE EDDY⁹ MAXFIELD
   • b. at Taunton on 25 June 1880 (MA VR)
   • d. at Oxford, Massachusetts, on 24 August 1933 (MA VR)
   • m. at Worcester on 30 August 1899 WILLIAM STONE MILLER (MA VR)
     1899 Worcester; Aug 30, Worcester
     William Stone Miller of Worcester, 26, Woodworker, b. Worcester to Danforth L. + Irene E. Stone; 1st
     Annie Eddy Maxfield of Worcester, 19, at home, b. Taunton to Edgar H. + Ida J. Packard; 1st
     Benjamin F. Kingsley, clergyman, Worcester
3. JONATHAN HENRY⁹ MAXFIELD b. at Worcester on 2 November 1881
4. IVAL ELMER⁹ MAXFIELD
   • b. at Worcester on 25 January 1883 (VR Worc 5:197:168)
     • male, b. 64 Montague St. to Edgar H. and Ida J. Packard of Worcester, he machinist, b. North Dartmouth, she b. Winchendon.
   • d. at Worcester on 17 August 1883 (VR Worc 4:106:823)
     • Ival E. Maxfield, male, 8 mo, cholera infantum, of Worcester, d. 64 Montague Street, Worcester, b. Worcester to Edgar H. (b. New Bedford) and Ida J. Packard (b. Winchendon) bur. New Bedford.
5. LUCY DELIDA⁹ MAXFIELD
   • b. at Worcester on 12 December 1884 (VR Worc 6:46:2032)
     • Maxfield, female, b. city to Edgar and Ida P. of Worcester, he machinist b. New Bedford; she b. Winchester.
   • m. at Worcester on 18 June 1903 JOSEPH McPHEE (MA VR)
     1903 Worcester; June 18, Worcester
     Joseph Mc Fee, 30, 1st, of Worcester, Carder, b. St Johns, NB to John McFee + Mary McGee
     Lucy Delida Maxfield, 18, of Worcester, at home, b. Worcester to Edgar H. Maxfield + Ida J. Packard
     J. C. Knowles, minister of the Gospel, Worcester

Information on this family can be found in:

• Census records.

MA VR

Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections, 1620-1988. Ancestry (www.ancestry.com). Accessed 23 Mar 2012.

MA VR 1840-1910

Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA (americanancestors.org).

VR Dart(H)

Holbrook, Jay Mack, ed. Massachusetts Vital Records: Dartmouth. Oxford, Mass.: Holbrook Research Institute, 1992. microfilm.

VR Ma

Massachusetts Vital Records. Division of Vital Statistics, State House, Boston, Ma.; microfilm, Genealogical Society, Salt Lake City, Ut.

VR Worc

Holbrook, Jay Mack, ed. Massachusetts Vital Records: Worcester. microfilm, Oxford, Mass.: Holbrook Research Institute.