Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Fifth Generation

JOSEPH5 MAXFIELD (Joseph4-3-2, John1) was born at Warner, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, about 1792-3[1] a son of Joseph Maxfield and his wife Dorothy Worthen. He died probably some time after the 1820 census and before his wife's second marriage in 1825. He married at Strafford, Orange County, Vermont, on 11 June 1818 HANNAH GREEN,[2] who was born sometime between 1794 and 1804. She married as her second husband at Strafford on 23 October 1825 DANIEL ROBERTS.[3]

Joseph Maxfield grew up at Warner, the second of at least six children, and the eldest son.

Joseph Maxfield fought in the War of 1812, a Private, later promoted to Captain, in the 11th regiment of infantry. He enlisted on 15 December 1813, and was discharged at Sackett's Harbor, New York, on 14 December 1814. He was described at enlistment as a twenty year old farmer from Bradford, New Hampshire, born at Warner, 5' 10" tall, with brown eyes, light hair and a light complexion.[4]

The 1820 census reported the Joseph Maxfield family at Strafford consisting of a man and a woman between 16 and 25, and two girls under ten.[5]

Joseph Maxfield and his wife Hannah Green had the following children:

  1. MARY6 MAXFIELD b. at Strafford on 22 February 1819.[6]
  2. MARINDA6 MAXFIELD b. at Strafford on 3 May 1820.[7]

NOTES

1Joseph was listed as a child of Joseph and Dorothy by French: French, Harry Dana. Descendants of John Maxfield of Salisbury, Mass., New Hampshire Historical Society Library, Concord, New Hampshire, about 1952. His approximate birth date, and place, is from his Army enlistment record: "Register of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914," digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 29 August 2013), ; Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, 1780’s-1917, Record Group 94; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
2Vermont State Archives and Records Administration, Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008, index card 4293, Marriage, Maxfield-Green, 1818; digital images, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (americanancestors.org : accessed 29 June 2013).
3Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008, index card 4285, Marriage, Roberts-Maxfield, 1825.
4"Register of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914," Joseph Maxfield.
5Fourth Census of the United States: 1820, population, Strafford, Orange County, Vermont, p. 310, Joseph Maxfield; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 19 September 2012); NARA microfilm publication M33, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
6Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008, index card 4406, Birth: Mary Maxfield, 1819.
7Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008, index card 4405, Birth, Marinda Maxfield, 1820.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

French, Harry Dana. Descendants of John Maxfield of Salisbury, Mass. New Hampshire Historical Society Library, Concord, New Hampshire, about 1952.

"Register of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914." Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2013.

United States Department of the Census. Fourth Census of the United States: 1820, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2012.

Vermont State Archives and Records Administration. Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008. Digital images. New England Historical and Genealogical Society. American Ancestors. americanancestors.org : 2013.

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