JAMES I.6 MAXFIELD (Warren5, Timothy4-3-2, John1), a child of Warren Maxfield and his wife Ruby Peckham, was born at Massachusetts, about 1821-2,[1] and died before the 1855 state census. He married at New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, on 4 December 1844 LOUISA JANE TRIPP, a daughter of Pardon and Sarah F. Tripp.[2] She was born at New Bedford on February 1828,[3] and died at East Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, on 19 September 1902.[4]
James, the tenth of ten children, was about fifteen years old when his father died. Although described on his marriage record and the 1850 Census as a mason, he also went to sea. He left from the port of Fairhaven, Bristol County, on 30 July 1849 on the Florida as a seaman.[5] I have no record of him after the 1850 Census, when he would have been about twenty-eight years old. Louisa was described on their marriage record as a tailoress.
The James Maxfield family was recorded in two places in the 1850 Census, in both Fairhaven and New Bedford. Here is the New Bedford record:[6]
| Name | Age | Sex | Occupation | R.E. | Birthplace | Other |
| James J. Maxfield | 27 | M | mason | Mass | ||
| Louisa J. Maxfield | 24 | F | Mass | |||
| Charles P. Maxfield | 5 | M | Mass | |||
| James A. Maxfield | 1 | M | Mass |
The Fairhaven record follows:[7]
| Name | Age | Sex | Occupation | R.E. | Birthplace | Other |
| James J. Maxfield | 28 | M | mason | Mass | ||
| Louisa Maxfield | 20 | F | Mass | |||
| Charles Maxfield | 5 | M | Mass | school | ||
| James Maxfield | 2 | M | Mass |
The 1855 Massachusetts Census reported Louisa and her two sons at Fairhaven with her parents:[8]
| line | Name | Age | Sex | Occupation | Born |
| 17 | Pardon Tripp | 56 | M | cooper | MA |
| 18 | Sarah H Tripp | 53 | F | MA | |
| 19 | Charles H Tripp | 31 | M | cooper | MA |
| 20 | Frederick A Tripp | 16 | M | student | MA |
| 21 | Louisa J Maxfield | 29 | F | MA | |
| 22 | Charles P Maxfield | 10 | M | MA | |
| 23 | James A Maxfield | 6 | M | MA |
The 1860 Census found Louisa Maxfield and her two children living in Taunton, Massachusetts, with Ezra Carroll, 31, painter, Parah, 28, 2 children, and Fred Tripp, 22, painter. The Maxfields in the household were recorded as follows:[9]
| Name | Age | Sex | Occupation | R.E. | P.E. | Birthplace | |
| Louisa Maxfield | 32 | F | Mass | ||||
| Charles Maxfield | 15 | M | Mass | school | |||
| James Maxfield | 11 | M | Mass | school |
In 1865, Louisa Maxfield, widow, 38, tailoress, was living at New Bedford with her son, James, 15.[10]
Louise was living with her son Charles at Worcester at the time of the 1870 census.[11] Charles died in 1874. She lived with her son James at East Providence in 1880 and 1900.[12]
James and Louisa Maxfield had the following children:
1Seventh Census of the United States: 1850, population, Fairhaven, Bristol County, Massachusetts, roll 308, p. 212B, household 854, James J. Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 2 October 2012); NARA microfilm record group M432, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
2Massachusetts Archives, "Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," digital images, American Ancestors (americanancestors.org : accessed 20 August 2017), vol. 12, p. 59; New Bedford marriages 1844-5; Maxfield-Tripp.
3Twelth Census of the United States: 1900, population, East Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, enumeration district (ED) 128, p. 16B, household 350, Sarah S. Rich family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 6 December 2013); NARA microfilm group T623; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
4Rhode Island "Town Clerk Vital and Town Records," digital image of registers, Family Search (familysearch.org : accessed 28 February 2023), RI, Return of a Death; Louisa Jane Maxfield, 1902.
5"Whaling Archives," database, New Bedford Free Public Library, City of New Bedford, Massachusetts (https://www.newbedford-ma.gov/Library/Whaling/Whaling.html : accessed 20 January 2014), James J. Maxfield
61850 Census, New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, roll 309, p. 360A, household 2435, James J. Maxfield family.
71850 Census, Fairhaven, Bristol County, Massachusetts, roll 308, p. 212B, household 854, James J. Maxfield family.
8Massachusetts, Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1855 Massachusetts State Census, population, Fairhaven, Bristol County, Massachusetts, v. 5, p. 220, household 213, Pardon Tripp family; digital images, American Ancestors (americanancestors.org : accessed 13 August 2022); Massachusetts State Archives, Boston, Massachusetts.
9Eighth Census of the United States: 1860, population, Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, roll 492, p. 263, household 2098, Ezra Carroll family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 2 November 2012); NARA microfilm record group M653; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
10Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1865 Massachusetts State Census, population, New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, v. 6, p. 32, household 90, Louisa Maxfield family; digital images, American Ancestors (americanancestors.org : accessed 16 August 2013); Massachusetts State Archives, Boston, Massachusetts.
11Ninth Census of the United States: 1870, population, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, p. 380B, household 639, Charles P. Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 18 February 2013); NARA microfilm record group M593; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
12Tenth Census of the United States: 1880, population, East Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, enumeration district (ED) 109, p. 239A, household 246, James A. Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 20 March 2013); NARA microfilm publication T9, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
1900 Census, East Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, ED 129, p. 12A, household 255, James A. Maxfield family.
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________. Tenth Census of the United States: 1880, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2013.
________. Twelth Census of the United States: 1900, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2013.
"Whaling Archives." Database. New Bedford Free Public Library. City of New Bedford, Massachusetts. https://www.newbedford-ma.gov/Library/Whaling/Whaling.html : 2014.
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