Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Seventh Generation

CHARLES POPE⁷ MAXFIELD (Warren^6-5, Timothy^4-3-2, John¹) was born at Fairhaven, Bristol County, Massachusetts, on 3 December 1849,^[1] son of Warren Maxfield and his wife Sarah Stetson. He died at Fairhaven on 30 July 1928.^[2] He first married at Freetown, Bristol County, on 4 October 1868 ELLEN MARIA THOMAS .^[3] "Nellie" Thomas was born at Freetown on 27 April 1849,^[4] a child of Calvin Thomas and his wife Hope Ann Richardson. She died at Fairhaven on 4 October 1918.^[5] Charles P. Maxfield married as his second wife at New Bedford, Bristol County, on 2 April 1919 MARY ANN SWENSON.^[6] She was born at Dartmouth, Bristol County, on 31 December 1866, a child of James and Mary Ann (McCavet) Swenson.^[7] She died at Fairhaven on 2 August 1941.^[8]

Charles was the tenth of ten children, his parents being aged 41 and 40 when he was born. At that time only six of Charles' older siblings were living. The oldest, age 19, had already left home in pursuit of whales. The others were ages 17, 15, 13, 7 and 4. They all grew up in Fairhaven, where their father worked as a mason, or brick layer. When Charles was nine years old his father died. The 1860 census reported Charles P. Maxfield, age 10, living with his mother and several older siblings, including his married sister, Mary Severance, her husband and child.^[9] The 1865 state census reported Charles Maxfield, age 15, living with his mother and two older brothers. However, the two brothers were both described as mariners;^[10] at least one, and perhaps both, were absent from the household. So, for at least part of the time, Charles was being raised as an only child by his widowed mother.

"Nellie" Thomas, the older of two siblings, grew up on the family farm in Freetown. At age 6 the state census reported her living on the farm of her grandparents, Calvin Thomas, Sr., and Lois, at Freetown.^[11] When she was 11, the census reported her still on her grandparents' farm, but her father was also there.^[12] Her father fought in the Civil War, and died within three months of his return from the war, when Nellie was fourteen years old. When she was fifteen her grandfather died, her mother moved to Fairhaven, and her younger brother died there from menengitis. At age sixteen she was living with her grandmother on the farm in Freetown, now being farmed by her uncle Charles.^[13] Also when Nellie was sixteen her mother, in Fairhaven, remarried. When Nellis was seventeen her grandmother died. Perhaps Nellie remained on the farm with her uncle Charles, as when she married at age nineteen she reported her residence as Freetown. At age twenty-one her mother and step-father had a child, Annie Newell Raymond,^[14] her only surviving sibling.

Charles and Nellie were both fatherless children, both having passed through periods of instability, before they married at ages eighteen and nineteen.

Marriage Certificate of Charles P. Maxfield and Ellen Thomas

Charles Pope Maxfield was called a "gunworker" on his marriage record in 1868. He was described as a tinman, tin smith, or tin plate worker, in the 1870 and 1880 censuses and the birth records of his children from 1869 to 1881. He was called a plumber on the birth record of his last child in 1889, and on the 1900 census. In 1910 the census reported his occupation as selectman, and in 1920 as "none." Grandson Charles recalled, He was a sheet-metal worker and plumber. They had made tin dishes for whaling ships. The business was known as "Coggeshall-Maxfield Co." Its second address was 26 N. Second St., New Bedford.^[15] As the whaling industry declined, Charles Pope Maxfield shifted his business activity to plumbing.

On 10 November 1873, Harry Holcomb and son and Roland Holcomb of New Bedford, sold to Charles P. Maxfield of Fairhaven a lot in Fairhaven on the south side of Bridge Street.^[16] Maxfield mortgaged property in 1874 and paid it off in 1878.^[17] In 1879 he purchased two lots on the south side of Bridge Street from Charles Coggeshall, and that same year began building a house there.^[18] Over the following years Maxfield enganged in the buying and selling of lots on the south side of Bridge Street. In 1879 he bought at auction the property on the corner of Bridge and Adams,^[19] and he sold lots on Bridge Street in 1880 to Charles Coggeshall and Jerome Burbank, and in 1881 to James West.^[20] In 1895 he sold a lot to his son, Charles.^[21] Grandson Charles remembers his grandfather living at 85 Bridge Street, next to the 91 Bridge Street homestead of the Charles A. Maxfield, Sr., family.

The family of Charles and Nellie Maxfield and a five month old son was reported in the 1870 census at Fairhaven (Mattapoisett Post Office). Charles Maxfield had a personal estate of $300.^[22]

The 1880 census reported the family in Fairhaven as follows:^[23]

By 1900 sons Charles and Warren had married and left home; a new child, Frank, had been added to the family. The 1900 census reported the family at Bridge Street, Fairhaven. Family members with their birth months were: Charles P., December 1849; Ellen T., April 1849; Annie C., June 1873; Nellie T., November 1878; and Frank T., October 1881. Ellen had seven children, five living. Charles was a plumber, Annie and Nellie were teachers, and Frank was an apprenticed tinsmith.^[24]

The 1910 census reported Charles P. and Ellen T. Maxfield, ages 60 and 59 respectively, at 98 Bridge Street, Fairhaven. His occupation was listed as "selectman, public service." With them was their daughter, Helen T. Maxfield, age 31, single, a teacher in public school, and a servant, Rose Francis.^[25]

Charles Pope Maxfield was active in civic life, serving for many years on the Town Board of Selectmen. In July, 1919, he had the honor of receiving a samurai sword, on behalf of the Town, from the government of Japan, in recognition of the role of the Town in raising a Japanese boy whose ship was wrecked.^[26]

The pages of the Fairhaven Star made numerous references to Charles P. Maxfield, that help fill in the details of his life. Some of these were:

• 9 December 1882: On his 34th anniversary [should be 33d birthday], friends of Charles P. Maxfield surprised him with the gift of "an elegant Borneo cane."^[27]
• 22 September 1883: The Democratic Caucus elected Charles P. Maxfield as one of three delegates to the State Convention.^[28]
• 9 February 1884: "There was a good attendance at the meeting of the literary club on Monday evening when Charles Maxfield read a paper on Industry and Economy. These two qualities were emphasized as vital factors in working out the problems of a successful life."^[29]
• 8 September 1911: chairs were stolen from the piazza at the residence of Charles P. Maxfield.^[30]
• 7 June 1913: Efforts were made Tuesday night to break in to the residences of Selectman Charles P. Maxfield and Charles A. Maxfield on Bridge Street. Window screens were scattered, but all the windows were secure, so they didn't get in.^[31]

Charles P. Maxfield's first wife, Ellen Maria "Nellie" Thomas, was also active in civic affairs, being one of the first (not the first) women elected to the Town School Board.^[36] She was also active in the Eastern Star and the Unitarian Church. Ellen T. Maxfield died at Fairhaven on 4 October 1918,^[37] on her fiftieth wedding anniversary, a victim of the flu epidemic. The obituary of Ellen T. Maxfield is below.

After Ellen's death, Charles P. Maxfield remarried. He married Mary Ann Swenson at New Bedford on 1919. According to the marriage record, this was Mary Ann's first marriage. The 1920 census reported Charles P. and Mary A. Maxfield, ages 69 and 52, living at 85 Bridge Street, Fairhaven, with Helen F. Swenson, 18, who was listed as daughter. All had their occupation listed as "none."^[38] I have not found any other record of Helen Swenson and I cannot explain this.

Charles P. Maxfield's will, written on 27 October 1926, and proved 10 August 1928, was abstracted in the New Bedford Standard.^[39] For the newspaper abstract of his will, see below. He died at Fairhaven on 30 July 1928, age 78 years, 7 months, and 26 days. His second wife, Mary Ann, died suddenly at Fairhaven on 2 August 1941.^[40]

Charles Pope Maxfield and both of his wives were buried at Riverside Cemetery in Fairhaven.

Charles Pope Maxfield with a son

Granddaughter Doris Maxfield Hartshorn wrote these remembrances in 1984:^[41]

I remember Annie, Helen, Frank, and Warren, and Norman was talked about a lot, but he died before I was born. Warren was rather not dependable; Frank was a handsome young man but died very young.
Frank, Helen, and Annie were all married at Grandmother Maxfield's after my arrival so I remember their weddings.
Grandma Maxfield was on the school committee in Fairhaven, served quite a while. She was the first Matron of Eastern Star (O.E.S. 105) in Fairhaven. Her name still stands out on our monthly programs because she was first.
She loved to recite poetry--she loved her grandchildren, always giving us a lunch after school, etc.
In those days tramps were quite prevalent. Always a certain few knew a good place to stop and we would see them on Grandmother's back steps--one at a time.
Mother and Grandmother visited a lot so Dad had a gate put into the fence between the 2 houses.
Grandpa M. wouldn't put an addition on his house so Dad did it for his mother . . .
Grandma Maxfield died in 1918 the year of the flu epidemic. All funerals were private.

This cradle was given to me by my parents, Charles A. Maxfield, Jr., and Pauline. I remember it being used as a wood box next to the fireplace in my childhood home. My parents explained that when my father's parents died, the children divided up the items in the attic, and this cradle was in my father's portion. He had never soon it before. My mother remembers a paper being pinned on the inside of the hood, with the name Ceciliaretta Maxfield, and dates which indicated a life of only a few days. The paper hs since been lost. So we assume it was last used to rock Ceciliaretta, who is listed as a child of this family.

Nellie (Thomas) Maxfield gave birth to seven children. The first lived only five days, and the seventh lived only four years. Frank, who married and had a stillborn child, died in 1906 at age twenty-four, from gangrenous dysentery. Helen, who married at thirty-six, died in childbirth at thirty-eight. When Nellie died, only three of her children were living and providing her with grandchildren.

Sons Charles, Warren and Frank all worked as plumbers, although Warren moved away and at times held other jobs. Annie and Helen both worked as teachers before marriage. Frank was a skilled craftsman and built the drawing table that nephew Charles A. Maxfield, Jr., used throughout his life.^[42]

Annie's husband, Eli Bence, was a druggist in Fall River. In 1892 he reported to police that Lizzie Borden attempted to buy a deadly poison the day before her parents were murdered. The prosecution wanted him to testify at the trial of Lizzie Borden for the murder of her parents, but his testimony was disallowed.^[43]

Charles Pope Maxfield and his first wife Ellen Thomas had the following children:

1. CECILIARETTA⁸ MAXFIELD called "Cecile A." on grave. b. at Fairhaven on 16 January 1869;^[44] d. at Fairhaven on 21 January 1869^[45]
2. CHARLES ALBERT⁸ MAXFIELD b. at Fairhaven on 25 January 1870
3. ANNIE COGGESHALL⁸ MAXFIELD b. at Fairhaven on 14 June 1873;^[46] d. at Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, on 26 October 1923;^[47] m. (1) (his 2d) at Fairhaven on 19 April 1904 ELI B. BENCE;^[48] b. at Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, on 18 January 1865;^[49] d. at Pittsfield on 4 May 1915;^[50] m. (2) on February 1922 C. LILLISTRAND b. 1873.^[51] Eli Bence m(1) at Fall River on 26 July 1885 SARAH A. HAYHURST^[52] b. at England on 17 October 1866 d. at New Bedford on 1 December 1899.^[53] Children of Annie and Eli Bence:
   1. Priscilla Maxfield Bence b. at Pittsfield on 20 July 1907 d. at Albany, Albany County, New York, on 5 January 1909.^[54]
   2. Maxfield Hudson Bence b. at Pittsfield on 18 May 1910,^[55] d. on 25 June 1981;^[56] m. on 10 August 1933 Evelyn Earl Collins b. at Rowlett, Dallas County, Texas, on 3 October 1910, d. at San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, on 23 October 2003.^[57] Child of Maxfield and Evelyn Bence:
      1. Edna Ann Bence b. at Denton County, Texas, on 26 May 1950,^[58] m(1). at Bexar County on 27 September 1968 Hugh Clark Aikin; Divorced at Bexar County on 19 August 1971;^[59] m(2). at Bexar County on 12 August 1972 Thomas Edward Quirk^[60] b. at Bexar County on 12 December 1950;^[61] m(3). at Travis County Texas, on 19 December 1992 Andrew Clay Erben^[62] b. at Bexar County on 28 December 1963.^[63] Child of Edna and Hugh Aikin:
         1. Nancy Ann Aikin b. at Bexar County on 16 April 1969,^[64] m. at Travis County on 6 June 1992 David Shellhourse^[65]
         Child of Edna and Thomas Quirk:
         2. Molly Burns Quirk b. at Bexar County on 3 May 1976.^[66]
   Child of Eli and Sarah (Hayhorst) Bence:
   1. Roy S. Bence b. at Fall River on 5 February 1890^[67] d. at Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, on 10 August 1931.^[68]
4. WARREN SMITH⁸ MAXFIELD b. at Fairhaven on 2 April 1876
5. HELEN THOMAS⁸ MAXFIELD b. at Fairhaven on 24 November 1878;^[69] d. at Taunton, Bristol County, on 1 March 1917;^[70] died in caesarian birth; m. at Taunton on 18 August 1915 HARRIE SANFORD DARY^[71] b. at Taunton on 8 December 1871;^[72] d. at Taunton on 12 January 1930.^[73] Helen and Harrie Dary had the following child:
   1. Faith Maxfield Dary b. at Taunton on 23 February 1917^[74] d. there on 24 February 1917.^[75]
6. FRANK THOMAS⁸ MAXFIELD b. at Fairhaven on 10 October 1881^[76] d. there on 1 September 1906;^[77] m. there on 16 December 1903 ANNIE CAROLYN BUMPUS^[78] b. at Taunton on 10 March 1882, child of Samuel S. and Elizabeth C. (Williams) Bumpus.^[79] Child of Frank and Annie Maxfield:
   1. (stillborn) Maxfield, b. and d. at Fairhaven on 30 May 1904.^[80]
7. NORMAN THOMAS⁸ MAXFIELD b. at Fairhaven on 24 April 1889;^[81] d. there on 30 April 1893, bright's disease.^[82]

Ellen T. Maxfield, wife of Charles P. Maxfield, chairman of the Board of Selectmen, died on Friday at her home, 85 Bridge Street, after an illness extended over several months. Besides her husband, she is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Eli Bence of Pittsfield, and one son, Charles A. Maxfield of this town.
She was well known both in Fairhaven and New Bedford, as a woman with many estimable qualities and her ability was recognized in the various organizations with which she was identified. She was president of the New Bedford Country Week Society, a position she had held for several years.
She had long been deeply interested in the Order of the Eastern Star and was a past matron of New Bedford chapter and also a past matron of Gifford chapter # 105, of this town, having been the first to hold this important office in the local chapter. She was also a past president of the Women's Alliance of the Unitarian Memorial Church and was formerly a member of the Fairhaven School Committee.
The announcement of her death caused a widespread feeling of sorrow among a large circle of friends.
The funeral was held Monday afternoon at one o'clock at the late residence of the deceased.

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