Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Eighth Generation

EZRA KEMPTON8 MAXFIELD, M.D. (Horace7, James6, Eliphalet5-4-3, Nathaniel2, John1) was born in Maine on 23 April 1881 (rootsweb. Mt Hope Cem; yr in NMGR 8:20; 1885 Maine in 1920 census), a child of Horace Benjamin Maxfield and his wife Laverne Kempton.

The 1910 Census (146:1:222A) reported Ezra K. Maxfield, age 28, single, at Newark, New Castle County, Delaware, where he was teaching at a college.

Ezra K. Maxfield married JANE ERNISSE CROW about 1912 (full name from rootsweb. Mt Hope Cem; year from 1930 census). Jane was born in Maryland (1920 census) on 11 March 1882 (rootsweb. Mt Hope Cem.).

Ezra K. Maxfield registered for the draft at Middlesex County, Massachusetts, on 12 September 1918, reporting the following (WWI Draft):

Ezra Kempton Maxfield
Ridgely 41, Cambridge, MA
37; b. Apr 23, 1881 white
teacher, research work, Harvard University
relative: Mrs. Ezra K. Maxfield, Ridgely 41, Cambridge
medium height, medium build, hazel eyes, dark hair
The 1920 census (1121:8A) reported Ezra, Jane, and their son David living with her mother, Susan A. Crow, at Birch Crescent, Rochester, New York. Susan was a widow, age 63. Ezra, age 34, was a teacher at a college. Jane was also 34, and their son David K. Maxfield was 6.

The 1930 Census reported this family at 311 West Bean Street, East Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania:

Name Related Sex Race Age MS B FB MB Occupation
Maxfield, Ezra K. head M W 48 M ME ME ME teacher, college
Maxfield, Jane C. wife F W 48 M MD PA NY none
Maxfield, David K. son M W 16 S ME ME MD none
Maxfield, Susan E. daughter F W 9 S NY ME MD none
Crowe, Susan mother-in-law F W 72 Wd NY Netherlands Ireland none

Ezra K. Maxfield died on 8 January 1941 (rootsweb. Mt Hope Cem) and was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New Yok. Jane died on 8 July 1978 (rootsweb. Mt Hope Cem) and was buried in the same cemetery.

Ezra and Jane Maxfield had the following children:

  1. DAVID KEMPTON9 MAXFIELD b. at Maine on 12 May 1913
  2. SUSAN E.9 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Rochester, Monroe County, New York on 14 April 1920 (VR NY)

REFERENCES

Information on this family can be found in:

Other sources abbreviated above include:
VR NY
Vital Records of New York--Index.
rootsweb. Mt Hope Cem
Tombstone Inscriptions from the old section of Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, NY. rootsweb.com
SSDI
Social Security Death Index. http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com.
WWI Draft
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Ancestry.com.
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