Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Sixth Generation

WILLIAM H.6 MAXFIELD (Ira5, Joshua4-3, Joseph2, John1) was born at Whitehall, Washington County, New York about 1835-6, a child of Ira and Mary Maxfield. He died on 10 April 1888.[1] He married (first child born February 1865) MARY A. STORY, who was born at England on May 1845[2] and died at Whitehall on 26 July 1907.[3]

William H. Maxfield, the first of seven children, grew up in Whitehall, which is situated at the southern tip of Lake Champlain. The Champlain Canal, connecting that lake to the Hudson River, was completed in 1823, providing employment for the community. William was described as a "boatman" in census records for 1855, 1860, 1865, 1875, and 1880. He was called a "cartman" in 1870.

The 1855 New York state census reported William Maxfield, 18, living at home, working as a boatman.[4] In 1860, age, 22, still living at home, his occupation, like his father, was "boating."[5]

In 1865 William and Mary Maxfield were living with her mother, widow Olive Story, at Whitehall. Olive suffered from dementia, caused by fits. William was serving in the Union Army in the Civil War. He served in the 22d New York infantry regiment, and had transferred to the 117th Pennsylvania regiment. The family included a three month old child, John.[6]

William and Mary Maxfield appeared in the 1870 Census at Whitehall. William, age 34, was called a "cartman" with a personal estate of $200, born in New York. Mary, age 25, was born in England, and her parents were foreign born. Children John and Eva were ages 5 and 2 respectively.[7]

In 1875 the family consisted of William, 38, boatman, Mary A., 28, John W., 11. Eva B., 8, Ariebell, 6, Ira B., 4, and Adeline, six months. William and all of the children were born in Washington County.[8]

The family of William and Mary Maxfield had grown by 1880, when they appeared in the census, only three household after his parents, at Whitehall as follows:[9]

Name Related MS Sex Race Age B Occupation FB MB
Wm. Maxfield self M M W 44 NY boatman NY NY
Mary Maxfield wife M F W 35 England keeping house England England
John W. Maxfield son S M W 15 NY boatman NY England
Eva Maxfield daughter S F W 12 NY school NY England
Belle Maxfield daughter S F W 10 NY school NY England
Ira Maxfield son S M W 8 NY school NY England
Wm. H. Maxfield son S M W 2 NY NY England
Robert Maxfield son S M W 1 mo NY NY England

Eldest son John married in 1887 and died in 1892. William H. Maxfield died in 1888 at the age of 52, leaving his widow with children at home ages 19, 18, 16, 9, 5, and 4.

Belle married in 1896, Ira in 1899. The 1900 Census reported Ira at Fair Haven, Rutland County, Vermont, working as a barber. With him were his mother and younger siblings:[10]

Line Name Related Race Sex Born MS B FB MB Occupation
41. Maxfield, Ira head W M Oct 1871 M NY NY England barber
42. Maxfield, Maud B. wife W F Jan 1881 M VT VT VT
43. Maxfield, William H. brother W M Aug 1879 S NY NY England barber
44. Maxfield, May A. sister W F Aug 1882 S NY NY England shirt maker
45. Maxfield, Robert H. brother W M Apr 1884 S NY NY England harness maker
46. Maxfield, Mary mother W F May 1845 Wd England England England

This record also indiated that mother Mary came to America in 1850.

In the following decade, William married in 1903, mother Mary died in 1907, sister Mary married in 1909.

Son Ira Henry Maxfield was reported in 1910 at Brandon, Rutland County, where he owned and operatied a barber shop. Ira and Maude had three children, Reba V., 9, Elga N., 4, and Lila N. sixteen months.[11] In 1920 Ira and Maud were at the same location, still barbering, with daughters Reba, 19, Elga, 14, Lila, 10, and Ruth, 4. Elga was born in Idaho, indicating that the family probably lived in Idaho for a short time around 1905.[12] That 1920 Census also reported Mary A. Maxfield, 37, divorced, living at Poultney, Rutland County, and working as a shirt maker in a shirt factory.[13] Later that year she married Edward Conway, a mason. The 1930 Census reported residence and occupation the same. Of the daughters, only Lila, 21, and Ruth, 14, remained at home.[14] Reba and Elga had moved to 545 West Eleventh Street, New York City; Reba worked as a teacher at Leonia, Bergen County, New Jersey, and Elga did clerical work for an electric company.[15] Reba married in 1932, Elga in 1933. Eva (Maxfield) Jeremy died in 1938. By 1940 the nest had emptied, Ira, 68, continued to operate his barber shop; Maude was 59. That census reported that Ira had completed 6th grade and Maude had completed three years of High School.[16] Maude died in 1946. In 1950 Ira was living with his daughter, Elga Winans at Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut:[17]

Line Name Related Race Sex Age MS B Occupation
14. Winans, Raymond head W M 43 M NY mortgage and real estate section manager, insurance co.
15. Winans, Elga wife W F 44 M ID home maker
16. Winans, Celia mother W F 75 Wd NY
17. Maxfield, Ira father-in-law W M 79 Wd NY

Lila Maxfield had moved to New York City by 1935, and in 1940 was reported living in Bronx County, New York, age 31, tabulator at a bank. With her was her sister Ruth, 24, working as a dental hygenist. Both girls had completed four years of college.[18]

Robert Henry Maxfield was reported in 1910, age 27, living in a hotel at Glens Falls, Warren County, New York, where he worked as an ironer in a shirt factory.[19] When he registered for the draft, 12 September 1918, he was working as a clerk and was short, stout, with gray eyes and brown hair.[20] Married in 1919, Robert and his wife Clara were reported in the 1920 Census boarding in a home at Glens Falls. They were both 36 years old and Robert was an ironer in a shirt factory.[21] In 1930 they owned their own home in Glens Falls, but his occupation remained the same.[22] In 1940 the couple, still childless, continued at Glens Falls, and Robert worked as a gardner for a private house.[23] In 1950, still at Glens Falls, both 66 yers old, Robert worked as janitor for a bank.[24]

William H. Maxfield and his wife Mary Story had the following children:

  1. JOHN W.7MAXFIELD b. at Washington County on February 1865,[25] d. at Whitehall on 21 May 1897;[26] m. at Whitehall on 31 August 1887 MARY RIVETT[27] b. at New York on August 1868.[28] Mary m(2). at Fair Haven on 18 November 1900 JAMES ROSIO b. at Quebec about 1846-7.[29] Children of John and Mary:
    1. Josie Maxfield b. at Whitehall on 21 August 1890.[30]
    2. Eva Maxfield b. at New York on August 1891,[31] d. on 1967;[32] m. at Whitehall on 1 September 1906 Ralph Bigelow.[33]
  2. EVA B.7MAXFIELD b. at Washington County on 1868, d. on 1938; m. JOSEPH H. JEMERY b. on 1860, d. on 1918.[34]
  3. ARIEBELLE7MAXFIELD "Belle" b. at Washington County about 1869;[35] m. at Whitehall on 16 June 1896 GEORGE J. ARTHER.[36]
  4. IRA HENRY7MAXFIELD b. at Whitehall on October 1871,[37] d. at Stamford, Fairfield County, on 31 October 1956;[38] m. at Fair Haven on 8 February 1899 MAUDE B. GOODRO[39] b. at Middlebory, Addison County, Vermont, on 11 January 1881, d. there on 13 March 1946.[40] Ira and Maude had the following children:
    1. (stillborn)Maxfield b. and d, at Fair Haven on 23 September 1899.[41]
    2. Reba Veronica Maxfield b. at Fair Haven on 9 July 1900;[42] m. at Brandon on 2 July 1932 Thomas Sheridan Smith b. at Manhattan, New York, about 1904-5.[43]
    3. Elga Mary Maxfield b. at Payette, Canyon County [now Payette County], Idaho, on 11 November 1905;[44] m. at Manhattan on 1 April 1930 Raymond P. Winans[45] b. at New York about 1906-7.[46]
    4. Floyd Ira Maxfield b. at Brandon on 9 June 1907,[47] d. there on 29 March 1908.[48]
    5. Elizabeth Lila Maude Maxfield b. at Brandon on 4 March 1909,[49] d. at Trumbull, Fairfield County, on 23 December 1996,[50] m. on 19 June 1948 Howard Garland divorce filed at Bridgeport, Fairfield County, on 2 February 1956.[51]
    6. Ruth Mae Maxfield b. at Brandon on 19 December 1915,[52] d. on 8 April 2005; m. ______ Griffin.[53]
  5. ADELINE7MAXFIELD b. at Washington County on November 1874,[54] d. at Whitehall on 3 November 1875.[55]
  6. CHARLES7MAXFIELD b. about June 1876, d. at Whitehall on 22 February 1878.[56]
  7. WILLIAM HENRY7MAXFIELD b. at Whitehall on 1 August 1878.
  8. MARY A.7 MAXFIELD b. at Whitehall on August 1882;[57] m(1). at Whitehall on 14 December 1909 CHARLES MOTT b. at Ticonderoga, Essex County, New York, about 1884-5.[58] Mary m(2). at Poultney on 17 August 1920 EDWARD CONWAY b. at Hampton, Washington County, about 1898-9.[59]
  9. ROBERT HENRY7MAXFIELD b. at New York on 18 April 1883,[60] d. at Glens Falls on 14 February 1963;[61] m. at Glens Falls on 17 January 1919 CLARA C. PERKINS[62] b. at New York about 1883,[63] d. at Glens Falls on 8 December 1961.[64]

NOTES

1Boardman Cemetery, Whitehall, Washington County, New York, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 22 December 2018), William H. Maxfield; Created by: Barb Destromp, Photo added by Jen Snoots.
2Twelth Census of the United States: 1900, population, Fair Haven, Rutland County, Vermont, enumeration district (ED) 193, roll 1694, p. 11A, household 252, Ira H. Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 3 September 2013); NARA microfilm group T623; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
3New York Department of Health, Albany, New York, "New York, Death Index, 1852-1956," database, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 18 September 2018), Mary A. Maxfield, no. 33077.
4New York State Census, 1855, population, Whitehall, Washington County, New York, enumeration district (ED) 1, p. 147, household 386, Ira Maxfield family; digital images, Family Search (familysearch.org : accessed 11 September 2013).
5Eighth Census of the United States: 1860, population, Whitehall, Washington County, New York, p. 75, household 5, Ira Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 12 November 2012); NARA microfilm record group M653; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
6New York, State Census, 1865, population, Whitehall, Washington County, New York, p. 11, household 96, Alice Story family; digital images, Family Search (familysearch.org : accessed 5 October 2014).
7Ninth Census of the United States: 1870, population, Whitehall, Washington County, New York, p. 569B, household 93, William Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 9 February 2013); NARA microfilm record group M593; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
8New York, State Census, 1875, population, Whitehall, Washington County, New York, p. 32, household 287, William Maxfield family; digital images, Family Search (familysearch.org : accessed 7 January 2012); New York State Library, Albany.
9Tenth Census of the United States: 1880, population, Whitehall, Washington County, New York, enumeration district (ED) 158, p. 527A, household 332, Wm. Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 15 March 2013); NARA microfilm publication T9, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
101900 Census, Fair Haven, Rutland County, Vermont, ED 193, roll 1694, p. 11A, household 252, Ira H. Maxfield family.
11Thirteenth Census of the United States: 1910, population, Brandon, Rutland County, Vermont, enumeration district (ED) 175, roll 1616, p. 9A, household 220, Ira H. Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 10 December 2013); NARA group T624, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
12Fourteenth Census of the United States: 1920, population, Brandon, Rutland County, Vermont, enumeration district (ED) 108, p. 16A, household 428, Ira H. Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 26 January 2014); NARA microfilm record group T625, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
131920 Census, Poultney, Rutland County, Vermont, ED 126, p. 20B, household 514, Mary A Maxfield.
14Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930, population, Brandon, Rutland County, Vermont, enumeration district (ED) 3, p. 1B, household 27, Ira H. Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 10 March 2014); NARA record Group T626.
151930 Census, Manhattan, New York County, New York, ED 512, p. 11B, household 212, Florence Brown lodging house.
16Sixteenth Census of the United States: 1940, population, Brandon, Rutland County, Vermont, enumeration district (ED) 11-3, p. 4B, household 81, Ira H. Marfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 16 May 2024); microfilm record group T627.
17Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950, population, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, enumeration district (ED) 1-120, p. 15, dwelling 148, Raymond Winans family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 16 May 2024); Record Group 29. National Archives at Washington, DC., Washington, DC.
181940 Census, New York City, Bronx County, New York, ED 3-1235, p. 8B, household 180, Lila Maxfield family.
191910 Census, Glens Falls, Warren County, New York, ED 162, p. 3B, household 66, hotel.
20"World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," digital image, United States, Selective Service System, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 4 May 2014), Robert Henry Maxfield, Glens Falls, New York, 12 September 1918; citing , no. 1131.
211920 Census, Glens Falls, Warren County, New York, ED 177, p. 3B, household 75, Lawrence Skiddy family.
221930 Census, Glens Falls, Warren County, New York, ED 57-16, p. 6B-7A, household 160, Robert Maxfield family.
231940 Census, Glens Falls, Warren County, New York, ED 57-21, p. 8B, household 174, Robert Maxfield family.
241950 Census, Glens Falls, Washington County, New York, ED 57-28, p. 10, dwelling 84, Robert H. Maxfield family.
25New York, State Census, 1865, Whitehall, Washington County, New York, p. 11, household 96, Alice Story family.
26"New York, Death Index, 1852-1956," John Maxfield, no. 21721
27New York State Department of Health; Albany, New York, "New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967," database, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 2 March 2018), Maxfield-Rivett, 1887, p. 431, # 12287.
281900 Census, Whitehall, Washington County, New York, ED 145, p. 16A, household 376, Thomas Paterson boarding house.
29Vermont State Archives and Records Administration, Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008, index card 4763, Marriage, Rosio-Maxfield, 1900; digital images, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (americanancestors.org : accessed 18 August 2013).
30New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York "New York State, Birth Index, 1881-1942," index, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 29 August 2018), (female) Maxfield, 31053.
311900 Census, Whitehall, Washington County, New York, ED 146, p. 27B, household 628, Frank Grant family.
32Mount Hope Cemetery, Athens, Greene County, New York, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 24 March 2023), Eva Maxfield Bigelow; Athens, Greene County, New York, Photo added by Marte.
33"New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967," Bigelow-Maxfield, 1906, p. 644, # 19114.
34Greenmount Cemetery, Whitehall, Washington County, New York, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 22 December 2018), Joseph-Eva Jemery; Created and photo by: Jen Snoots.
35New York, State Census, 1875, Whitehall, Washington County, New York, p. 32, household 287, William Maxfield family.
36"New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967," Arther-Maxfield, 1896, p. 546, #10681.
371900 Census, Fair Haven, Rutland County, Vermont, ED 193, roll 1694, p. 11A, household 252, Ira H. Maxfield family.
38Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut, "Connecticut Vital Records — Index of Deaths, 1897-2001," database, Connecticut State Library (https://www.ctatatelibrarydata.org/death-records/ : accessed 20 May 2024), Ira Maxfield, 1956.
39Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008, index card 4751, Marriage, Maxfield-Goodno, 1899.
40Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008, index card 5463, Death, Muad Goodro Maxfield, 1946.
41Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008, index card 4538, Death, (stillborn) Maxfield, 1899.
42Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008, index card 6644, Birth, (female) Maxfield, 1900.
43Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008, index card 9263-4, Marriage, Smith-Maxfield, 1932.
44Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Boise, Idaho., "Idaho, Birth Records, 1861-1921," digital image, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 28 May 2024), Elga Mary Maxfield, 1905, file 361570.
45New York City Department of Records, "New York, New York, Extracted Marriage Index, 1866-1937," database, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 16 May 2024), Winans-Maxfield, 1933.
461950 Census, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, ED 1-120, p. 15, dwelling 148, Raymond Winans family.
47Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008, index card 6631, Birth, Lloyd Ira Maxfield, 1907.
48Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008, index card 4514, Death, Floyd Ira Maxfield, 1908.
49Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008, index card 3665, Birth, Gerald James Maxfield, 1909.
50Connecticut Department of Health, "Connecticut Death Index, 1949-2012," database, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 13 May 2014), Lila Garland, 1996.
51"Divorce Petitions," Bridgeport Telegram, 3 February 1956; Newspaper Archive (newspaperarchive.com : accessed 3 October 2016). p. 67.
52Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008, index card 3683, Birth, (female) Maxfield, 1915.
53United States Social Security Administration, "Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007," database, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 26 July 2015), Ruth Mae Maxfield, 095102229.
54New York, State Census, 1875, Whitehall, Washington County, New York, p. 32, household 287, William Maxfield family.
55Mary S. Jackson and Edward F. Jackson, Death Notices in Washington County, New York, Newspapers, 1799-1880, (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage, 1995).
56Jackson, Death Notices in Washington County, New York, Newspapers, 1799-1880.
571900 Census, Fair Haven, Rutland County, Vermont, ED 193, roll 1694, p. 11A, household 252, Ira H. Maxfield family.
58"New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967," database, Ancestry, Mott-Maxfield, 1909, p. 3676, # 19264.
59Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008, index card 6140-1, Marriage,Conway- Maxfield, 1920.
60"World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," Robert Henry Maxfield, Glens Falls, New York, 12 September 1918.
61New York Department of Health, Albany, New York "New York State Death Index, 1957-68," database, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 12 September 2018), Robert Maxfield, no. 16169.
62New York, County Marriages, 1908-1935, no. 2861; Maxfield-Perkins, 1919; digital images, Family Search (familysearch.org : accessed 5 May 2014).
631920 Census, Glens Falls, Warren County, New York, ED 177, p. 3B, household 75, Lawrence Skiddy family.
64"New York State Death Index, 1957-68," Clara Maxfield, no. 91225.

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