MAXFIELD GENEALOGY IN AMERICA

I have undertaken a Maxfield surname genealogy for two reasons:

1. Tracing genealogy is like unwinding a tangled ball of yarn. Each strand that I can identify and isolate, the easier it is to untangle the other strands. I can better trace my own Maxfield line as I identify other lines.

2. What would be most helpful to someone just beginning to research their Maxfield ancestors? If you don't know from which line your Maxfield ancestors came, a website that covers all Maxfield lines will be most helpful.

I have received complaints about not including Maxfield descendants who bore other surnames. Therefore (beginning in 2017) I am including other descendants as the information becomes available to me. However I am not going to attempt a full genealogy of ALL descendants of Maxfield progenetors.

What a surname genealogy offers in breadth it lacks in depth. You need to look upon this genealogy as an outline. You need to fill in the details and make needed corrections. Much of the information on these pages comes from census records and other information on the internet. These suggest but do not prove relationships. A good genealogist will go the next step and consult vital records and probate records to confirm, complete, or correct what is suggested by the census records. I have neither the time nor the money to do this for all branches of the Maxfields.

I include links to other Maxfield genealogy pages on the internet. If you prepare such a page, please let me know, and I will put a link to your website on my website. If you have information to correct or add to what I have, please share it with me. If you have questions, please contact me

Go to the Maxfield Genealogy Outline Index Go to the FIND tool on your browser. Type in the name of a Maxfield ancestor, or a date, and search for it.

Use your FIND tool on this page to search for the state, county, city or town in which your Maxfield ancestor lived.

If you are stuck, e-mail me.

• Message Board: Maxfield
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• Maxfield Family Genealogy Forum
  http://genforum.genealogy.com/maxfield

• WikiTree: Maxfield Genealogy
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This whole DNA thing is so exciting! I can say with some certainty that my line of Maxfields was in the Derbyshire area (Peak National Forest with the Macclesfield Forest at its edge) before the time of surnames. I can also say that I am most likely related, again before surnames most likely, to one line of the Pegg family of England. I am confident that I am not a Briton originally, but some part of the invading Romans during the Romano-Briton era.

At this point, I am in a small sub clade of a very small (2% of the UK) haplogroup. There are 15 or more of us fitting both from YDNA testing as well as from advanced SNP testing. One DNA research paper puts forth the argument that all of our haplogroup (E1b1bb, or M-35 for short) was actually imported by the Roman military. We could have been pressed into military service or mining slavery in the Derbyshire area most immediately from the Iberian Peninsula. We could have been merchants or seamen from the Iberian coast. However the "deep roots" of John Maxfield are in the E1b1b1b Haplogroup. Hence we are not of Scots or Irish descent, but rather of an Ibero-Brit group. There is still a lot more research to be done in this Haplogroup, but it is almost certain that we were not original Briton males. New tests have been developed and have helped us to drill down deeper into our genetic past. We are very excited that we continue to add new members to our group and now see ourselves as three distinct branches. The surname Pegg or variants such as Peche or de Pecco, form the nucleus of our Ibero-Brit group which may very well have been our family surname that precedes de Macclesfield. With this information we may soon be able to track down John Maxfield, where he was born, lived, and more about his life and why he came to America.

English - The name Maxfield is English. The 1841 Census of Great Britain (as indexed at ancestry.com; accessed 14 June 2013) reported 521 Maxfields in England, ten in Wales, and one in Scotland, none on the Channel Islands or Isle on Man. Those Maxfields outside of England were in counties that bordered England. Clearly, Maxfield is an English name. All those stories about Maxfields being Scottish are not true. Perhaps some of our ancestors admired the more colorful Scots, and wished they were among them. But they weren’t.

Scotch-Irish - So if Maxfields are not Scottish, how did they become part of the Scotch-Irish immigration to America? We need to understand who the Scotch-Irish were. Beginning about 1610 King James began settling British Protestants in northern Ireland. Most were lowland Scots, but they also included many English settlers. Probably the “Scotch-Irish” Maxfields were immigrants from England who became an integral part of the Protestant community of Ireland and intermarried with the Scots.

African American - Thirteen of the Maxfield lines listed below, and numerous smaller fragments, are African American. Why they chose the Maxfield surname is unknown. Perhaps some are descended from white Maxfield men and women of African ancestry. This is the belief of the descendants of George Maxfield of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, who have done considerable research and link their ancestry to the line of Alexander Maxfield (line # 3). This is very possible, but I have not seen the research. Perhaps DNA testing could provide links between more black and white Maxfield lines.

French Canadian - In 1809, at the height of the Napoleonic Wars, a British seaman, Edward Maxfield, left his ship in Quebec, married a French Canadian woman, and their numerous descendants became part of the French Canadian community. Most of their descendants later migrated to New England.

Cherokee - Jenkins Maxfield and Thomas Maxfield lived among the Cherokee, married Cherokee women, and had children who, because of their mothers' descent, were members of the Cherokee nation.

German - A small number of Maxfeldts, from Holstein in Germany, came to America in the 19th century. They settled in Texas, Wisconsin, and Nebraska. At least one descendant believes these three groups are related.

Do you know anyone named Maxfield who has not been called Maxwell? This is a chronic problem. Census takers, vital records clerks, and newspaper writers have been calling us "Maxwell" forever! According to the 1930 Census Index at ancestry.com (accessed 21 April 2012). There were 36,027 Maxwells in the United States, compared to 3,492 Maxfields. In addition to that other name being more numerous, it has much wider name recognition. I guess Maxfield Chocolates have a long way to go before they are as well know as Maxwell House Coffee. Some vital records have one surname for the parents and the other for the child. Some newspaper headlines say "Maxwell" while the text of the article says "Maxfield." Where a family is called by both names in different censuses, I conjecture that the error is in replacing the less common name with the more common. Only in cases where "Maxfield" is used only once, and Maxwell every other time, have I conjectured that the mistake went the other way.

Mayfield differs from Maxfield by only one portion of one letter; one is often mistaken for the other because of poor penmanship of record keepers. In the 1930 Census there were 14,036 Mayfields. This may come as a surprise to some Maxfields, as many of us live in areas where the other name is rare. In the 1930 Census Maxfields outnumbered Mayfields in 17 states, mostly in the North (CT, DE, HI, IA, ID, MA, ME, MN, ND, NH, NJ, NY, RI, SD, UT, VT, WY), which account for 40% of all Maxfields, and only 3% of all Mayfields. On the other hand, Mayfields outnumber Maxfields by more than ten-to-one in 12 states, mostly in the South (AL, AZ, GA, LA, MO, MS, NC, NM, SC, TN, TX, WV), where 57% of all Mayfields are found, and only 11% of all Maxfields. The confusion is usually a penmanship issue.

Maxfeld and Maxfeldt are names of German origin that are often confused with Maxfield, and these families are often mistakenly called Maxfield. The 1930 Census reported only 11 Maxfelds, all but one derived from a family that settled in San Antonio, Texas (The other one is a mistake for Maxfield). Maxfeldt was found 24 times in that census, belonging to a family that settled in Wisconsin, Nebraska and Iowa. It is possible that two "Macksfields" in New Jersey are also from this German family.

Other names confused with Maxfield, and their frequency in the 1930 Census are: Manfield (229), Marfield (135), Maxville (43), Morfield (35), Monfield (10), Munfield (10), MacField (7), and Macksfield (4). Many of these are mistakes for Maxfield. The last mentioned, Macksfield, being a phonetic spelling, was more common in older records.

Following are the 23 Maxfield lines in America for which I have at least twenty names in my database, that can be traced to an immigrant (or a person claimed to be child of an immigrant) in chronological order of immigration. Then follow 59 additional line "fragments" not traced to an immigrant, for which I have at least twenty names in my database, in approximate chronological order. I welcome any information that can help me to link any of these lines to other lines, or to fill in more details. The number of persons in my database belonging to each line is indicated.

1. Clement Maxfield (-1692) and his wife Mary Denman, immigrants from England, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, by 1639. (about 619 people)

By the third generation, Clement's descendants were located in two places that I know of: Dorchester, Massachusetts, and Bristol, Rhode Island.
I have placed a few lines in this family based on location and the selection of given names. This is assuming the Maxfield families of Danbury and New Milford, Connecticut, are descended from Clement, which is not proven. These are:

• Ichabod Maxfield, of Farmington, Connecticut, in 1790.
• Edward Maxfield (b. 1754-64) of New Milford, Connecticut.
• Clement Maxfield, whose son Eber (b. abt 1766-7), was of Danbury, Connecticut, and Portage County, Ohio.

2. John Maxfield, immigrant from England, of Salisbury, Massachusetts, by 1652. (7816 people).

Information from the following sources has been incorporated into this website:

• French, Henry Dana. "Descendants of John Maxfield of Salisbury, Mass." Manuscript, New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord, New Hampshire, abt 1952.
• Wright, Elizabeth. "John Maxfield, of Salisbury, Massachusetts, 1652, and Some of His Descendants" Nebraska and Midwest Genealogical Record 6 (1928): 52-56; 7 (1929): 20-24, 42-47, 61-71, 87-96; and "John Maxfield of Salisbury, Massachusetts: Additions and Corrections" 8 (1930): 15-22.

In the second generation Timothy² (John¹) moved to Dartmouth, Massachusetts. In the third generation, Michael³ (John^2-1) moved to Chichester, New Hampshire, Joseph³ (Joseph², John¹) moved to Weare, New Hampshire, and Joshua³ (Joseph², John¹) moved to nearby Bradford, New Hampshire. In the fourth generation, David⁴ (Eliphalet³, Nathaniel², John¹) moved to Piermont, New Hampshire, and then to Fairfax and Georgia, Vermont, Nathaniel⁴ (Eliphalet³, Nathaniel², John¹) moved to Loudon, New Hampshire, and Eliphalet⁴ (Eliphalet³, Nathaniel², John¹) moved to Sandwich, New Hampshire.

3. Alexander Maxfield, of Northampton County, Virginia, by 1655. (55 people)

Alexander Maxfield/Maxwell was living in Northampton County, Virginia, when he witnessed a will in 1655. He is the probable father of Stephen, whose descendants migrated up the DelMarVa Peninsula to Philadelphia. The artist/illustrator Frederick Maxfield Parrish is descended from this line.

4. William Maxfield (1727-1810), immigrant from Ireland, of Windham, Maine, by 1747. (870 people).

Marilyn Maxfield King has prepared a thorough genealogy of this family. She begins with Furbert de Wescote, a medieval ancestor of William Maxfield's second wife. The line of William Maxfield begins here:
Descendants of Furbert de Wescote
Many of William's descendants remained in Maine. A great-grandson, Jesse Stanley Maxfield (Joseph³, Josiah², William¹) moved to the Pacific coast of Washington state, and left many descendants.

5. Seth Maxfield (abt 1760-abt 1835), John Maxfield (abt 1770-abt 1840), and James Maxfield (abt 1779-80-1857), probably brothers, all from Pennsylvania, of Tennessee, whose unidentified father was probably an immigrant from Ireland. (1001 people).

• Some of Seth's descendants remai ned in Tennessee (Overton and Clay counties), a few settled in Kentucky, most lived in Illinois.
• Many of the descendants of James remained in the adjoining counties of Overton and Clay, Tennessee.
• I have not traced the descendants of John

6. Hezekiah Maxfield, immigrant from Ireland, and his wife Mary Downing, of Baltimore, Maryland in 1792 . (1112 people).

Hezekiah settled in Monongalia County, [West] Virginia.

• Son James² settled in Sangamon County, Illinois.
• Son Thomas² lived in Muskingum County, Ohio. Many of his descendants lived in Ramsey County, Minnesota.
• probable son Darius, was in Hamilton County, Ohio, by 1836.
• Son Hezekiah² moved to Champaign County, Illinois, then to Poweshiek County, Iowa.
• Son George², settled in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, by 1860, where many of his descendants lived.
• Andrew K.⁴ Maxfield (Simeon³, James², Hezekiah¹) settled in Whitman County, Washington.
• James T.⁴ Maxfield (Simeon³, James², Hezekiah¹) settled in Lawrence County, Illinois.
• Some of the descendants of Jessie³ Maxfield (James², Hezekiah¹) settled in Buchanan County, Missouri.

7. Edward Maxfield (m. 1809), from England, in Quebec city, Province of Quebec, by 1809. (739 people)

Edward married into the French Canadian community, and most of his descendants came to the United States.

8. Richard Maxfield and his wife Ann Cranshaw, of Full Sutton, Yorkshire, England (2431 people).

A genealogy, managed by Marion H. Rogers, for the family of John E. Maxfield may be found at:
Gini: John Maxfield

• whose son John E. Maxfield and his wife Hannah Appleton emigrated to Prince Edward Island about 1818
• whose great-grandson Nelson Maxfield emigrated to Texas in 1856
• whose great-grandson Roger Maxfield emigrated to Illinois in 1860.

Of the four children of John and Hannah who carried on the family name, John Ellison travelled with the Latter Day Saints to Salt Lake County, Utah, Richard and William travelled as far west as Pottawattamie County, Iowa, and Timothy remained in Canada.

9. William M. Maxfield (1779-1855), of Sussex, England, who emigrated to Brooklyn, New York in 1838, following his son John G. Maxfield, who came in 1835. (170 people).

John settled in Bloomfield, New Jersey.

10. Thomas Maxfield, his first wife Anna Compton, and his second wife Rebecca Payne, of Longbridge Deverill, Wiltshire, England (312people)

• whose son John Maxfield emigrated to New York in 1836 and settled in Morris County, New Jersey.
• whose son Joseph Maxfield emigrated in 1856 to Morris County, New Jersey
• whose grandson Charles Maxfield emigrated in 1856 to Morris County, New Jersey
• whose son (by his seond wife) George Maxfield emigrated sometime between 1856 and 1861 to Upper Canada (Ontario)
• whose grandson William Maxfield emigrated before 1861 to New Jersey, and later settled in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, then Bradford County, Pennsylvania
• whose great-grandson Walter Edward Maxfield emigrated to Manitoba in 1892
• whose great-grandson Stephen F. Maxfield emigrated to Manitoba in 1893
• whose great-grandson Herbert James Maxfield emigrated to Manitoba in 1896

11. John Maxfield, immigrant from England, whose son John B. Maxfield, was born at Columbus, Ohio, in 1837. (98 people).

Most of his descendants are in Texas.

12. Henry Maxfield (1825-6-1877), and his wife Jessie Maples, immigrants from England to Chicago, Illinois, by 1859. (31 people).

13. Heinrich and Maria Maxfeldt, immigrants from Holstein, Germany, came to Texas in 1855. (33 people)

Heinrich's family settled in San Antonio, Texas.

14. Carl Maxfeldt (1835-1906) and his wife Wilhelmina Baruth (1844-1904), he from Holstein, she from Prussia, in Germany, he immigrant by 1855 to Manitowoc, Wisconsin. (20 people)

15. William Maxwell Maxfield (1826-1899), of Nottinghamshire, England, and his wife Rhoda Smith, who emigrated to Ontario, Canada, by 1859. (89 people).

16. William Warren Maxfield Sr., from England to Philadelphia before 1872 (20 people)

17. Henry Maxfield (b. 1849) and his wife Alice Maxfield, immigrants from England in 1873 to Brooklyn, New York, and her father Joseph Maxfield (b. abt 1830-1), immigrant in 1878. (45 people).

18. William Maxfield, from England, immigrant to Manitoba in 1882, and his wife Caroline, immigrant in 1884. (71 people)

19. Thomas Maxfield and his wife Sarah Furniss of Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. (26 people).

whose possible son Thomas Maxfield emigrated to Merced County, California, in 1888

whose son Samuel Maxfield and his wife Mary Watts Dean emigrated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1902.

20. James Maxfield of Monmouthshire, who followed to America his sons William (immigrant 1885) and Alexander (immigrant 1890). (32 people).

William settled in Omaha, Nebraska; Alexander settled in Brooklyn, New York.

21. William Maxfield (1867-1929), immigrant to the Saint Louis area in 1887. (150 people).

William later moved to Lee County, Iowa. His descendants lived in Missouri and Texas.

22. Harry Ernest Maxfield and his wife Edith Corbridge, immigrants from Doncaster, Yorkshire, England to New York in 1910, settling in Buffalo. (98 people).

23. William Reginald Maxfield (1893-1965) immigrant from England to Chile, and in 1924 to the United States. (20 people).

FRAGMENTS - LINES NOT YET TRACED TO AN IMMIGRANT

24. John, James, and Samuel Maxfield of Dutchess County, New York, born about 1748 (550 people).

John Maxfield was married at Rhineback Flats Reformed Church, Dutchess County, in 1768. That same congregation records the baptisms of children of John (1775, 1777), James (1775) and Samuel (1780) Maxfield. They are probably related in some way, perhaps brothers. John and James both paid taxes at Minden, Montgomery County, New York, in 1799, and both have many descendants in neighboring Herkimer County and elsewhere in upstate New York.

25. William Maxfield of Columbia County, NY (54 people).

William was born in 1748; his probable child, Albert, born 1808, was of Delaware County, New York, in 1860.

26. John and Samuel Maxfield, living in Elizabeth New Jersey in 1750 (22 people).

27. William and Hannah Maxfield of Columbia County, New York born before 1755 (31 people).

28. George (abt 1755-bef 8 Apr 1805) and Margaret Maxfield of Washington County, Maryland, in the 1790 Census. (812 people).

The descendants of Robert Harrison³ Maxfield (George², John¹) were described in detail in:
History and Genealogy of the Petefish Family in America, by Ruth L. Leper (Madison, Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin, 1979)
. Information from that source is used on these web pages.
George Maxfield migrated to Fayette County, Kentucky, where he died in 1805. At least three sons carried on the family name.
George² Maxfield (George¹) moved from Fayette to Boone County, Kentucky, then to Macoupin County, Illinois. Many of his descendants remained in Macoupin County. Others moved to other Illinois locations, and to Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California and Wyoming.
Robert² Maxfield (George¹) moved from Boone County, Kentucky, to Christian County, Illinois, where many of his descendants remained. Other moved to Indiana.
Moses² Maxfield (George¹) moved from Boone County, Kentucky, to Randolph County, Missouri, where many of his descendants remained. Others moved on to Oklahoma, and Kansas.
Many family members believe that George W.³ Maxfield (perhaps Robert², George¹) belongs in this family. He migrated from Gallatin County, Kentucky, to Sacramento County, California, where most of his descendants have lived.
Zephaniah Maxfield (1802-1879) of Oldham County, Kentucky, could also possibly be another child of George and Margaret.

29. William Maxfield, from Maryland, of Butler County, Ohio, born about 1765. (110 people).

Son William (b. abt 1802-3) had at least five sons: Joel, William, Orange, Charles, and Samuel. Most of their descendants settled in Allen County, Indiana, with some moving to other locations in Indiana.

30. Nancy (a.k.a. Anna) Maxfield (b. abt 1769-70 or abt 1781-2), African American, of Harford County, Maryland. (87 people).

Nancy Maxfield was born in Maryland; she and her descendants lived in Harford County.

31. William Maxfield of Wilson County, Tennessee, by 1820. (59 people).

Most of his descendants lived in Wilson County, Tennessee, and Muhlenberg and Davies counties, Kentucky.

32. John Maxfield, of Wayne County, Kentucky, born about 1775. (323 people).

A John Maxfield appeared in Stonelick Township, Clermont County, Ohio in the 1840 Census, and was joined there by George Maxfield in the 1850 Census. The proximity in age, state of birth, and residence, suggest a relationship, perhaps the children of John Maxfield of Wayne County.

• John Maxfield's descendants lived in Clermont County, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota, and Utah.
• George Maxfield's descendants lived in Clermont County, Ohio, Kentucky, Iowa, and other locations.

NOTE: I received an e-mail from Martha McSherry on 23 June 2023, in which she indicated that she was a descendant of John Maxfield of Wayne County. She identified this John with John the child of George Maxfield (line 28). She reported that DNA had identified as her cousins descendants of George Maxfield (line 28) through his sons George, Robert and Moses. So in the future I will incorporate this line #32 into line # 28.

33. George Maxfield (1781-2-aft 1870), African American, of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. (94 people).

According to family tradition, George was the son of a white Quaker Maxfield of Philadelphia, and his black former slave, to whom he granted freedom and land in Lancaster County. Most of George's descendants lived in southern Lancaster County and southern Chester County, Pennsylvania, also in Philadelphia and New York City.

34. John and Hannah Maxfield, of Bradford County, Pennsylvania, by 1812, whose eldest known child was born in 1789. (176 people).

Some of John's descendants lived in Bradford and Susquehanna counties, Pennsylvania. One branch moved to Whiteside County, Illinois, and from there to other locations in Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa.

35. Samuel Maxfield (1794-1842) and his wife Sally Seymour of Berkshire County, Massachusetts (49 people)

Sons George and Theodore both had ties to Colunbia County, New York.

36. James Maxfield, b. at Virginia on 1800, of Franklin Co., Ohio (33 people)

37. Justin Maxfield (a.k.a. Chester Maxfield) (1806-1886), of Herkimer County, New York. (149 people).

Most of Justin/Chester's descendants lived in Herkimer County, New York, with a few moving to the nearby counties of Madison and Oneida.

38. Joseph Maxfield of Columbia County, New York, and his wife Ester Benjamin (born about 1785), whose sons Ambrose (1810-1882), John B. (1819-aft 1900), Norman (abt 1816-aft 1880), and Amos (abt 1812-1910) were of South Amboy, New Jersey, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Branch County, Michigan. (568 people).

Detailed information on the descendants of John Benjamin Maxfield's grandson Morgan Eugene Maxfield can be found at:

Descendants of E.A. Maxfield
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/i/l/Janice-C-Williford-TX/GENE1-0001.html

• Ambrose Maxfield lived in South Amboy, New Jersey
• Amos Maxfield lived in Milwaukee.
• Norman Maxfield and his son lived in Branch County, Michigan.
• John Benjamin Maxfield settled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where most of his descendants lived, a few moving to other locations in Wisconsin, Illinois, and back East.

39. Samuel Maxfield (1808-1887) born at Dutchess County, New York, and his wife Jeanette Turner (853 people)

Samuel and Jeanette lived in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Ohio. Of the four sons who carried forward the name:

• Samuel lived most of his life in Massachusetts.
• James Louis moved to Oconto County, Wisconsin, where he had a wife and family. Following his service in the Civil War he settled in Russell County, Virginia, where he had a wife and a large family.
• Charles Wesley lived at various times in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Wisconsin. His son Walter Curtis settled in Wisconsin.
• Robert lived in Massachusetts and Connecticut.

40. Hiram T. Maxfield (1808-aft 1880), and his wife Nancy Blevens, from Tennessee, of Saint Clair County, Illinois, by 1842. (276 people).

Much of this family is describe in well documented detail at Descendants of Hiram T. Maxfield

Hiram had moved to Sutter County, California, by 1880. Hiram's son Ephraim, settled in Benton County, Oregon, where most of his descendants lived. Some moved to other Oregon counties and to Modoc County, California.

41. Fred Maxfield, born 1809, of Chenango County, New York (39 people).

42. George Maxfield and his wife Fannie Phelps, of Connecticut, who setteld in northeastern Pennsylvania probably by 1827. (64 people)

Their sons John Meigs Maxfield (1832-1921) and Bishop P. Maxfield (1838-1930) were of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, by the time of their enlistment in the Civil War. Most of their descendants remained in Luzerne County; one line went to Ohio.

43. Matthew Maxfield, African American, born about 1809-10, of Talbot County, Maryland (37 people).

44. William and Lydia Maxfield/Maxwell of Columbia County, New York, in 1810. (59 people)

This family is confusing because of the frequent shifts in the last name from Maxfield to Maxwell. Most of William and Lydia's descendants lived in Columbia County, New York, and Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

45. Jefferson Maxfield (abt 1811-aft 1870), and his wife Mahannah Morris, of Marshall County, Alabama (1850) and White County, Illinois (1870) (255 people).

Most of Jefferson's descendants lived in Illinois and Arkansas. A few moved to major cities.

46. Stephen Maxfield (1811-84) and Ephraim Maxfield (1813-1890), of Herkimer County, New York, perhaps children of Sary Maxfield, reported in Herkimer County in the 1830 Census (108 people)

Most of their descendants lived in Herkimer County and other upstate New York locations.

47. William H. Maxfield (abt 1813-aft 1880) and his wife Louise Charlotte Hogoboon and possible brother Edward from New York, of Erie County Ohio by 1840. (53 people)

William was reported at Erie County, Ohio, from 1840 to 1860, at Wood County, Ohio, in 1870, and at Powhatan County, Virginia, in 1880. Two of his sons remained in Erie County, Ohio, while a third moved to Prince William County, Virginia, and to Washington, DC.

48. Uriah Maxfield (1815-1868), of Baltimore, Maryland, in 1839 (134 people)

Uriah moved to Independence County, Arkansas, by 1850, where most of his descendants lived. A few went west to Oklahoma and California.

49. Lucien Maxfield, b. abt 1814 at New Hampshire, of Maine (36 people).

Lucien and his descendants have lived in Maine. This line is probably related in some way to the line of John Maxfield of Salisbury, Massachusetts (line # 2), but I have not determined the connection.

50. Rezin Maxfield (abt 1815-bef 1859), and his wife Mary Weeks, of Pasquotank County, North Carolina. (116 people).

Rezin Maxfield, from North Carolina, was reported in Pasquotank County in the 1850 Census. His son James moved west to Sangamon County, Illinois, and then to Foster County, North Dakota. The descendants of James lived in those two counties and in Minnesota.

51. James Maxfield (b. abt 1816-7) and his brother George Maxfield (b. abt 1822-3), from Tennessee, who settled in Missouri. (102 people).

52. Madison (b. abt 1817-8), Jenkins H. (1823-1877), and Thomas Maxfield (abt 1830-1860), probable brothers, who married into the Cherokee Nation, to Indian Territory by 1847. (58 people).

Jenkins had the most known descendants, who were living in the area of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

53. Jessie Standish Maxfield (1817-8-1864) and William Wallace Maxfield, from New York, of Port Huron Michigan (25 people)

54. Phillis Maxfield, African American, from Virginia, lived in South Carolina; son Sam born about 1818 (31 people).

55. Chauncy W. Maxfield, and his wife Lena Van Dusen, from Columbia County, New York, whose son Chauncy Maxfield (1820-aft 1880), was in Lapeer County, Michigan, by 1840. (234 people).

Most of Chauncy Maxfield's descendants lived in Lapeer County, Michigan, some lived in other Michigan counties and one went to Minnesota.

56. Frank Maxfield and Harriet Moore (born about 1820), African Americans of Hanover County, Virginia, parents of Stafford Maxfield (abt 1839-40-bef 1900), Herbert Maxfield (abt 1846-7-1879) and Miles Maxfield (1851-aft 1930). (144 people)

Stafford lived in Hanover County, Virginia, at least by 1880. One son moved to New Kent County, Virginia. Another son moved to Brooklyn, New York.

Herbert lived in Hanover County, Virginia; some of his descendants lived in Washington, DC, adjoining locations in Maryland, and Sussex County Delaware.

Miles lived in Washington, DC.