Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Sixth Generation

WARREN⁶ MAXFIELD (Warren⁵, Timothy^4-3-2, John¹) was born at New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, on 8 May 1808,^[1] a son of Warren Maxfield and his wife Ruby Peckham. He died at Fairhaven, Bristol County, on 4 August 1859.^[2] He married at New Bedford on 6 December 1829 SARAH H. STETSON.^[3] She was born at New Bedford on 4 July 1809,^[4] the daughter of Smith Stetson and his wife Phebe Horton. Sarah was born in that section of New Bedford which was later incorporated as Fairhaven, and still later as Acushnet. She died at Fairhaven on 21 April 1880.^[5] He was often called Warren Maxfield Junior.

Warren Maxfield, Jr., grew up in the bustling whaling port of New Bedford, where his father worked as a mason, and he and his brothers all learned that trade. Warren was described as either a mason or a bricklayer on all census records and property transactions. Warren Maxfield, Jr., of New Bedford, and Sarah H. Stetson of Fairhaven, published their marriage intentions at Fairhaven on 21 November 1829.^[6], and were married at New Bedford the following month. This young newly-wed couple was reported at New Bedford in the 1830 census, but by 1833 had built a home in a newly developing section of Fairhaven.

Sarah Stetson may have been one of four children, however I have only found records for her and her older sister. When Sarah was about seven or eight years old, her father died. Her mother remarried when Sarah was thirteen. Ebenezer A. Pope was Sarah's step-father until he died, when Sarah was eighteen. Sarah married at age 20; her mother married for the third time when Sarah was 23.

Sarah (Stetson) Maxfield gave birth to ten children, the first when she was twenty-one, the last when she was forty. Three of the children died in infancy, but seven survived to adulthood.

Warren Maxfield, Jr., participated in much buying and selling of land in a developing section of Fairhaven near the village, in the midst of "contemplated" streets, in particular an extension of Bridge Street:

• 29 April 1833, Timothy I. Dyre of New Bedford sold to Warren Maxfield, Jr., of Fairhaven, mason, for $800, a lot in Fairhaven of 160 rods.^[7]
• 6 May 1833, Timothy I. Dyre of New Bedford sold to Warren Maxfield, Jr., of Fairhaven, mason, for $274.88 a lot in Fairhaven of 30.30 rods, "It being the lot upon which the said Maxfield has recently erected a dwelling home and in which he now resides." ^[8]
• 8 May 1833, Warren Maxfield, Jr., of Fairhaven, mason, mortgaged to Timothy F. Dyre of New Bedford, for $1074.88, the lot with buildings in Fairhaven, of 30.30 rods, which Dyre had sold to Maxfield two days before, to be paid back with interest; Maxfield to continue to live there.^[9]
• 5 June 1833, Warren Maxfield, Jr., of Fairhaven, mason, sold to John Alden, Jr. (Sarah Stetson Maxfield's brother-in-law), of Fairhaven, carpenter, for $293.84 a lot of 36.73 rods. Also, Warren Maxfield, Jr., of Fairhaven, mason, sold to William Stetson of Fairhaven, mariner, for $293.84, land in Fairhaven, 36.73 rods. Also, Warren Maxfield of Fairhaven, mason, sold to Wesley Chace of Fairhaven, mariner, for $287.36 a lot in Fairhaven of 35.92 rods.^[10]
• 25 July 1833. Joseph Millet of Fairhaven, yeoman, sold to Warren Maxfield, Jr., of Fairhaven, mason, for $688.54, a lot in Fairhaven, next to the village, of 175.19 rods.^[11]
• 24 Oct 1833, Wesley Chace of Fairhaven, bricklayer, sold to Warren Maxfield, Jr., of Fairhaven, bricklayer, for $100, a lot in Fairhaven. Warren Maxfield, Jr., sold to Wesley Chace the same lot on the same day. Probably one of these is a mortgage, but it is not clear shich one is which.^[12]
• 29 Oct 1833, Warren Maxfield, Jr., of Fairhaven, bricklayer, sold to John F. Hoyt and Jonathan Slade 2d of Fairhaven, three lots in Fairhaven, for $190, $100, and $300. ^[13]
• 1 Nov. 1833, Warren Maxfield, Jr., of Fairhaven, bricklayer, sold to Nicholas F. Brownel and Rodman W. Albro of Fairhaven, for $260, a lot in Fairhaven.^[14]
• 14 February 1834, Warren Maxfield, Jr., of Fairhaven, bricklayer, sold to John Alden, Jr., of Fairhaven, housewright, for $249, a lot in Fairhaven, 45 1/5 rods.^[15]
• 15 February 1834, Warren Maxfield, Jr., of Fairhaven, sold to Melvin O. Bradford, Philemon Fuller, Jr., and Malbro Bradford, of Fairhaven, a lot in Fairhaven.^[16]
• 13 November 1849, Warren Maxfield of Fairhaven sold to Abner Pease and Rodolphus Dexter of Fairhaven, for $1235, land with buildings in Fairhaven on Privilege Street, 15 ½ rods.^[17]

The 1830 census reported the family of Warren Maxfield, Junior, at New Bedford, consisting of two males and one female in their twenties, and one male between 15 and 19.^[18] Warren and Sarah were a couple in their twenties. It is not clear who the other males were. Perhaps one was his brother Benjamin(?)

The 1840 census reported Warren Maxfield at Fairhaven, with a household consisting of a man and a woman in their thirties, two young men between 15 and 20, a male between ten and fifteen, two girls between five and ten, and a boy and a girl under five.^[19] The family of Warren and Sarah and their children can account for all of these persons except for the two teenage boys, 15-20. One of them could have been Warren's younger brother James. Another could possibly be Warren's nephew William, son of Ephraim. According to this census, two persons made their living by manufacturing and trade, one by navigation on the ocean.

The 1850 census, reported this family in Fairhaven as follows:^[20]

Although this was his official residence, son Warren Maxfield was in fact on the Pacific Ocean somewhere chasing whales, at this time.

The 1855 Massachusetts state census reported the family at Fairhaven consisting of Warren Maxfield, 47, mason, Sarah H. Maxfield, 46, Warren S. Maxfield, 25, mariner, Sarah J. Maxfield, 23, Susan R. Maxfield, 21, Mary P. Maxfield, 19, Betsy H. Maxfield, 13, William F. Maxfield, 10, and Charles P. Maxfield, 5.^[21] Son Warren S. Maxfield was, again, in fact far away on the Pacific Ocean. Warren Maxfield, Junior, died at Fairhaven on 4 August 1859, from erysipelas, age 51 years, 3 months, and 26 days.^[22]

The 1860 census described the three-generation household of recently widowed Sarah Maxfield as follows:^[23]

James Severance was Sarah's son-in-law, Mary Severance her daughter, and Henry Severance her grandson. William and Charles were attending school. Son Warren was on his way back from the southern oceans at the time of the census.

The 1865 state census reported Sarah Maxfield, 56, at home with three sons: Warren, 35, mariner, William, 20, mariner, and Charles, 15.^[24] All the daughters had married and left home, except Betsy, whom I have not found in this census. Two years later, when Betsy married, she would be described as a resident of Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts.

The 1870 census reported widow Sarah Maxfield in Fairhaven, Mattapoiset Post Office, with her son-in-law and daughter, Charles A. (age 47, cooper) and Sarah J. (age 37) Tripp and their daughter Hattie (age 12).^[25]

Sarah (Stetson) Maxfield died at Fairhaven, on 21 April 1880. Warren and Sarah Stetson were both buried at Riverside Cemetery, Fairhaven.^[26]

Warren S. Maxfield, eldest son of Warren and Sarah, went to sea and never married. He was a green hand on the Samuel Robertson, out of Fairhaven, which hunted whales in the Pacific Ocean, from 18 June 1846 to 2 May 1849. His share of the voyage's profits was 1/225. Warren soon returned to sea, as a boat stearer on the Desdemona, out of New Bedford, a whaler bound for the Pacific Ocean, from 8 September 1849 to 29 July 1852. His share was 1/85. He then sailed as a fourth mate on the Niger, out of New Bedford, to the Pacific Ocean, 14 October 1852 to 24 March 1856. He received 1/70 share. Warren S. Maxfield sailed as a third mate on the bark Chili, bound from New Bedford for the South Atlantic and South Pacific Oceans, from 31 July 1856 to 8 June 1860. He received 1/55 share.^[27] He probably sailed again. He died from consumption at San Francisco, California, on 21 April 1868, age 38 years and 6 months.^[28]

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Warren Maxfield and his wife Sarah Stetson had the following children:

1. WARREN S.⁷ MAXFIELD b. at Fairhaven 28 October 1830;^[29] d. at San Francisco on 21 April 1868; bur. at Riverside Cemetery, Fairhaven.
2. SARAH JANE⁷ MAXFIELD b.at Fairhaven on 6 August 1832;^[30] d. at Fairhaven on 30 April 1890 from sclerosis of spine and blood poisoning;^[31] m. at Fairhaven on 13 July 1856 CHARLES H. TRIPP^[32] b. at Westport, Bristol County, on 30 March 1824 to Pardon and Sarah (Macomber) Tripp; d. at Fairhaven on 30 March 1908 from cerebral sclerosis.^[33] Child of Sarah and Charles Tripp:
   1. Harriet B. Tripp b. at Fairhaven on 19 July 1867, d. on 14 November 1937;^[34] m. at Fairhaven on 4 January 1879 Benjamin F. Cottelle^[35] b. at Fairhaven on 1848, d. on 1928.^[36]
3. SUSAN RITCHIE⁷ MAXFIELD b. at Fairhaven on 11 January 1834;^[37] d. at Middleboro, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, on 4 November 1907, from fibroid tumor of uterus, also fatty degeneration of heart;^[38] m. at Worcester on 9 September 1863 WILLIAM LESLIE COBURN^[39] b. at Hopkinton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, on 9 September 1842;^[40] d. at Winthrop, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, on 15 December 1907; child of Nathan S. and Margaret (Picket) Coburn. William was a railroad clerk, lived at Middleboro, and died from pleuro pneumonia, also pulmonery oedema.^[41]
4. MARY P.⁷ MAXFIELD b. at Fairhaven on 26 February 1836;^[42] d. at Fairhaven on 23 February 1906, pulmonary tuberculosis;^[43] m. at New Bedford on 31 July 1857 JAMES A. SEVERANCE^[44] b. at Fairhaven on 3 July 1822; d. at Fairhaven on 27 January 1878 from typhoid fever;^[45] mariner, child of William and Hannah Severance. Children of Mary and James Severance:
   1. Henry W. Severance b. at Fairhaven on 21 February 1858;^[46] d. there on 13 September 1863.^[47]
   2. Hannah E. Severance b. at Fairhaven on 4 October 1861.^[48]
   3. Minnie L. Severance b. at Fairhven on 7 July 1864,^[49] d. on 19 March 1935;^[50] m. at Fairhaven on 15 February 1894 Lloyd W. Buffington b. at New Bedford abt 1874-5.^[51]
   4. Cora Leslie Severance b. at Fairhaven on 1 September 1867,^[52] d. there on 20 February 1875.^[53]
   5. Harry A. Severance b. at Fairhaven on 21 March 1869;^[54] d. there on 25 August 1904.^[55]
5. BETSY H.⁷ MAXFIELD b. on 6 April 1838; d. on 23 April 1838;^[56] bur. at Riverside Cemetery, Fairhaven.
6. WILLIAM T.⁷ MAXFIELD b. on 23 March 1840; d. on 19 September 1841;^[57] bur. Riverside Cemetery, Fairhaven.
7. BETSY H.⁷ MAXFIELD b. at Fairhaven on 25 May 1842;^[58] d. at Worcester on 17 June 1914 from cardio renal vascular disease (sudden death);^[59] m. at Worcester on 25 October 1867 DAVID BAKER, Jr.^[60] b. at Canada on 1 August 1844; d. at Worcester on 13 March 1913 from cerebral hemorrhage;^[61] he was a truckman, a child of David Baker.
8. WILLIAM FRANCIS⁷ MAXFIELD b. at Fairhaven on 17 April 1845;^[62] d. at there on 11 January 1897 from bright's disease;^[63] m. at New Bedford on 4 April 1879 SARAH L. TRIPP^[64] b. at New Bedford on 2 June 1853; d. at Taunton, Bristol County, on 9 February 1893 general peritonitis., child of Alexander A. and Mary Ann (Lancaster) Tripp.^[65] She had m. (1) at Fairhaven on 8 October 1870 ALBERT F. ELDRED. ^[66] He was b. at Fairhaven on 6 May 1848, a child of Lemuel and Adeline Eldred. ^[67] The 1880 census reported William and Sarah Maxfield at 125 North State Street, New Bedford, ages 35 and 25; William was a railroad hand at the depot. ^[68] His death record described William as a carpenter.
9. CHARLES POPE⁷ MAXFIELD b. on 22 September 1847; d. on 23 July 1848;^[69] bur. Riverside Cemetery, Fairhaven.
10. CHARLES POPE⁷ MAXFIELD b. at Fairhaven on 3 December 1849

¹Bertha Harriet (Tirrell) Maxfield, Family Record of Charles Pope and Ellen (Nelly) Thomas Maxfiield. Notes compiled before 1938; privately held by Charles A. Maxfield, Lansdale, Pennsylvania.
²Massachusetts Archives, "Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," digital images, American Ancestors (americanancestors.org : accessed 14 September 2017), vol. 129, p. 67, e. 29, Fairhaven Deaths, 1859, Warren Maxfield.
³Vital Records of New Bedford, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 (Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1932. 1932, 1941), v. 2 p. 366;.
⁴Maxfield, Bertha, Family Record.
⁵"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 319, p. 88, e. 17, Fairhaven Deaths, 1880, Sarah H. Maxfield.
⁶Leonard H. Smith Jr., and Dorothy Marvelle Boyer, eds., Vital Records of the Town of Fairhaven, Massachusetts, to 1850 (Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1986, reprint 1993), marriage intentions, p. 61.
⁷Bristol County, Massachusetts, Deeds, v. 138, p. 396-7, sale, Timothy I. Dyre to Warren Maxfield, 1833; Bristol County Court House, Taunton, Mass. (familysearch.org).
⁸Bristol County, Massachusetts, Deeds, v. 138, p. 397-8, sale, Timothy I. Dyre to Warren Maxfield, 1833.
⁹Bristol County, Massachusetts, Deeds, v. 137, p. 534, mortgage, Warren Maxfield to Timothy I. Dyre, 1833
¹⁰Bristol County, Massachusetts, Deeds, v. 140, p. 54-55, sale, Warren Maxfield to Wesley Chace, 1833; Bristol County, Massachusetts, Deeds, v. 140, p. 26-7, sale, Warren Maxfield to John Alden, Jr., 1833; Bristol County, Massachusetts, Deeds, v. 140, p. 31,
¹¹Bristol County, Massachusetts, Deeds, v. 141, p. 171-2, sale, Joseph Millet to Warren Maxfield, 1833
¹²Bristol County, Massachusetts, Deeds, v. 141, p. 169-70, sale, Wesley Chace to Warren Maxfield, 1833; Bristol County, Massachusetts, Deeds, v. 141, p. 167-8, sale, Warren Maxfield to Wesley Chace, 1833
¹³Bristol County, Massachusetts, Deeds, v. 141, p. 166-7, sale, Warren Maxfield to John F. Hoyt and Jonathan Slade 2d, 1833; Bristol County, Massachusetts, Deeds, v. 141, p. 165, sale, Warren Maxfield to John F. Hoyt and Jonathan Slade 2d, 1833; Bristol County, Massachusetts, Deeds, v. 141, p. 165-6, sale, Warren Maxfield to John F. Hoyt and Jonathan Slade 2d, 1833.
¹⁴Bristol County, Massachusetts, Deeds, v. 141, p. 168-9, sale, Warren Maxfield to Nicholas F. Brownell + Rodman W. Albro, 1833
¹⁵Bristol County, Massachusetts, Deeds, v. 143, p. 94-5, sale, Warren Maxfield to John Alden, Jr., 1834.
¹⁶Bristol County, Massachusetts, Deeds, v. 143, p. 69-70, sale, Warren Maxfield to Melvin O. Bradford, Philemon Fuller, Jr., and Malbro Bradford, 1834
¹⁷Bristol County (South District), Massachusetts, Deeds, v. 18, pp. 262-3, sale, Warren Maxfield to Abner Pease and Rodolphus W. Dexter, 1849; Registry of Deeds (familysearch.org), New Bedford, Massachusetts.
¹⁸Fifth Census of the United States: 1830, population, New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, roll 59, p. 315, Warren Maxfield Jr.; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 21 September 2012); NARA microfilm publication M19; Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
¹⁹Sixth Census of the United States: 1840, population, Fairhaven, Bristol County, Massachusetts, roll 178, p. 349, Warren Maxfield; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 25 September 2012); NARA microfilm publication M704, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
²⁰Seventh Census of the United States: 1850, population, Fairhaven, Bristol County, Massachusetts, roll 308, p. 180B, household 345, Warren Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 3 October 2012); NARA Microfilm Publication M432; Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
²¹Massachusetts, Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1855 Massachusetts State Census, , population, Fairhaven, Bristol County, Massachusetts, v. 5, p. 215, household 148, Warren Maxfield family; digital images, American Ancestors (americanancestors.org : accessed 9 April 2018); Massachusetts State Archives, Boston, Massachusetts.
²²"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 129, p. 67, e. 29, Fairhaven Deaths, 1859, Warren Maxfield.
²³Eighth Census of the United States: 1860, population, Fairhaven, Bristol County, Maxfield, roll 489, p. 428, household 619, Sarah Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 2 November 2012); NARA microfilm publication M653; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
²⁴Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1865 Massachusetts State Census, , population, Fairhaven, Bristol County, Massachusetts, roll 5, p. 221, household 240, Sarah Maxfield family; digital images, American Ancestors (americanancestors.org : accessed 11 April 2018); Massachusetts State Archives, Boston, Massachusetts.
²⁵Ninth Census of the United States: 1870, population, Fairhaven, Bristol County, Massachusetts, roll 603, p. 255B, household 561, Chas. A. Tripp family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 5 February 2013); NARA microfilm publication M593, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
²⁶Riverside Cemetery, Fairhaven, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Sarah Maxfield,
²⁷"Voyages," database, New Bedford Whaling Museum and Mystic Seaport, Whaling History (whalinghistory.org : accessed 20 January 2014), Samuel Robertson, 1846; Desdemona, 1849; Niger, 1852; Chili, 1856.
²⁸California Department of Public Health, "California, County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980," digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 2 May 2018), Death, 1868, Warren S. Maxfield; courtesy of www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com.; "Death Records in the New Bedford Mercury, 1845-1874," Warren Maxfield, 788, New Bedford Free Public Library, New Bedford, Massachusetts; "Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 211, p. 83, e. 17, Fairhaven Deaths, 1868, Warren S. Maxfield.
²⁹Maxfield, Bertha, Family Record.
³⁰Ibid.
³¹"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," v. 409, p. 104; Deaths Fairhaven 1890; Sarah J. Tripp.
³²"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 99, p. 79, e. 18, Fairhaven Marriages, 1856, Tripp-Maxfield.
³³Riverside Cemetery, Fairhaven, Bristol County, Massachusetts, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 1 March 2018), Charles-Sarah Tripp; Created by: J.Bosworth.
³⁴Maxfield, Bertha, Family Record.
³⁵"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," v. 307, p. 87, e. 8; Fairhaven Marriages 1879; Cottelle-Tripp.
³⁶Riverside Cemetery, Find a Grave, Benjamin-Hattie Cottelle; Created by: Caryn.
³⁷Maxfield, Bertha, Family Record.
³⁸"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 70, certificate no. 217, Middleborough Deaths, 1907, Susan Ritchie Coburn.
³⁹"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 164, p. 251, e. 211, Worcester Marriages, 1863, Coburn-Maxfield.
⁴⁰Vital Records of Hopkinton, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1911), p. 57.
⁴¹"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 106, certificate no. 239, Winthrop Deaths, 1907, William Leslie Coburn.
⁴²Maxfield, Bertha, Family Record.
⁴³"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 34, certificate no. 403, Fairhaven Deaths, 1906, Mary P. Severance.
⁴⁴"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 108, p. 133, e. 158, New Bedford Marriages, 1857, Severance-Maxfield.
⁴⁵"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 301, p. 84, e. 3, Fairhaven Deaths, 1878, James A. Severance.
⁴⁶"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," v. 114, p. 98, e. 53; Fairhaven Births 1858; Henry W. Severance.
⁴⁷"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," v. 165, p. 79; Fairhaven Deaths 1863; Henry W. Severance.
⁴⁸"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," v. 141, p. 113, e. 38; Fairhaven Births 1861; Hannah E. Severance.
⁴⁹"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," v. 168, p. 83, e. 30; Fairhaven Births 1864; Minnie L. Severance.
⁵⁰Maxfield, Bertha, Family Record.
⁵¹"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," v. 442, p. 143, e. 5; Fairhaven Marriages 1894; Buffington-Severance.
⁵²"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," v. 186, p. 97, e. 45; Fairhaven Births 1866; Cora Leslye Severance.
⁵³"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," v. 274, p. 88, e. 3; Fairhaven Deaths 1875; Cora L. Severance.
⁵⁴"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," v. 214, p. 96, e. 37; Fairhaven Births 1869; Harry Severance.
⁵⁵"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," 1904 Deaths v. 38, certificate 118; Fairhaven Deaths 1904; Harry A. Severance.
⁵⁶Maxfield, Bertha, Family Record.
⁵⁷Maxfield, Bertha, Family Record.
⁵⁸Maxfield, Bertha, Family Record.
⁵⁹Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics, Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911-1915, 1914 Deaths v. 109, certificate 488, Betsy Maxfield Baker, ; digital images, American Ancestors (americanancestors.org : accessed 4 April 2015).
⁶⁰"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 201, p. 312, e. 357, Worcester Marriages, 1867, Baker-Maxfield.
⁶¹Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911-1915, Deaths 1913, v. 108, certificate 280; Worcester, David Baker.
⁶²"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 10, p. 57, Fairhaven Births, 1844-5, William Francis Maxfield.
⁶³"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 472, p. 165, e. 3, Fairhaven Deaths, 1897, William F. Maxfield.
⁶⁴"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 307, p. 115, e. 88, New Bedford Marriages, 1879, Maxfield-Tripp.
⁶⁵Rural Cemetery, New Bedford, Bristol County, Mssachusetts, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 27 April 2018), Sarah L. Maxfield; Created by: D J Pimentel.
⁶⁶"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," v. 226, p. 88, e. 10; Marriages Fairhaven 1870, Eldred-Tripp.
⁶⁷"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," v. 34, p. 116, e. 30; Births Fairhaven 1848, Albert Eldred.
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