Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Fifth Generation

ISAAC⁵ MAXFIELD (David⁴, Eliphalet³, Nathaniel³, John¹) was born probably at New Hampshire say about 1772, s son of David Maxfield and his wife Judith Clough. He was still living in March of 1826, and probably had died by 1850. He married sometime between 1791 and 1794, say about 1792 PHEBE HILL.^[1] She was born at Vermont about 1772, and died in 1861.

Isaac Maxfield was born between 1756 and 1774 according to the 1800 census; the censuses for 1791 and 1820 both place his birth before 1775. Considering when he began his family, and the order of children as given by Frederick Gilmore Maxfield,^[2] 1772 would appear to be a good guess for his birth year. His family of origin was in New Hampshire in 1770, perhaps in Vermont by 1778, and had definitely left New Hampshire by 1784. By 1791 the family of David and Judith Maxfield resided at Colchester, Chittenden County, Vermont.

Isaac Maxfield farmed with his brother Jacob at Georgia, Franklin County, Vermont, then on his own at Georgia, then moved to Chazy, Clinton County, New York, where he farmed. At this point we loose track of him. However several of his children reappeared later at Wisconsin and Minnesota, which is probably where his widow Phebe died.

Isaac Maxfield left a record of his activities on the land records of the Town of Georgia:

• 6 February 1792, Ira Allen of Colchester sold to Jacob Maxfield and Isaac Maxfield of Colchester for £ 60, lot # 169 in Georgia.^[3]
• 23 February 1798, Jacob and Isaac Maxfield of Georgia sold to Moses Buck or Toron, Saratoga County, NY for £ 160 , 10 acres in Georgia. Moses Buck then sold land in Georgia to Isaac Maxfield for £ 60.^[4]
• 6 April 1802, Isaac Maxfield of Georgia sold to James Hotchkiss for $84 , 14 acres in Georgia. On the same date, Isaac Maxfield of Georgia sold to Edward Hall of Georgia for $500, land in Georgia.^[5]
• 10 January 1810, Isaac Maxfield of Georgia sold to Joseph Ballard of Georgia for $303, land in Georgia.^[6]
• 2 March 1810, Isaac Maxfield of Georgia sold to Lewis Goch of Newington, Chittenden County, for $ 95, land in Georgia.^[7]
• 19 March 1810, Isaac Maxfield of Georgia sold to Frederick Bliss of Georgia, for $120 land in Georgia.^[8]

After the sale of this land, Isaac Maxfield may have traveled west, to New York State, to establish a homestead there, as the Isaac Maxfield household was reported at Georgia in the 1810 census, but he was not present.

The Isaac Maxfield household was reported at Georgia in 1791, 1800 and 1810, and at Chazy, Clinton County, New York in 1820.^[9] A possible explanation of the composition of the family follows:

Concerning the children of Isaac and Phebe Maxfield:

• The births of the first five, Wealthy (1794),Milo (1796), Lozena (1797), Maria (1799) and Phebe (1801), were recorded at Georgia.^[10] Although the record did not name the parents, the family of Isaac and Phebe was the only Maxfield family at Georgia at the time. Wealthy was identified as a child of Isaac in a biography of her son, Andrew J. Emlaw.^[11] Maria was living with widow Phebe Maxfield in the 1860 census.^[12]
• Julie Ann Maxfield is identified as a child of Isaac and Phebe in D. A. R. materials.^[13] I do not know the source.
• Widow Phebe Maxfield was living with Milo Maxfield in the 1850 census.^[14] As this Milo was born about 1810, it is probable that the first Milo died and the couple had another male child to whom they gave the same name.
• David Maxfield is difficult to place. According to census records he and his parents were born in Vermont. He resided at Saint Lawrence County, New York in the 1830 and 1850 censuses, all of which points to his being a grandson of David and Judith. Of the children of David and Judith, only Isaac and Obadiah had an otherwise unidentified male child under 10 in the 1810 Census (Isaac had two). None had unidentified male children between 16 and 24 in the 1820 Census, but Isaac had three otherwise unidentified male children between 10 and 15. All this points to Isaac and Phebe as the most likely parents of this David. But it is inconclusive.
• Jacob Maxfield, born about 1806/7, wrote his will and died in 1839. He left everything to his wife Lucy. He could be one of the otherwise unidentified male children under 10 in the Isaac Maxfield household in 1810, and one of the males between 10 and 15 in that household in 1820.

Isaac Maxfield purchased land in Chazy on 27 December 1825. Benjamin Mooers of Plattsburgh and Mary his wife sold to Isaac Maxfield of Chazy for $350, parts of lot # 30 of Chazy, 226 acres altogether.^[15] The county Court of Common Pleas called Isaac Maxfield an "insolvent laborer" on 10 March 1826, and gave notice to all creditors to make their claims known.^[16] That notice, published in the Plattsburgh Republican on 18 March 1826, is the last reference I have found to Isaac Maxfield.

By 1826, the first Milo and Lozena had probably died, and Wealthy and Maria had married. I have no further information on the daughter Phebe. The others soon married, and, with the exception of Jacob who died in Vermont, they all moved West. Wealthy and her second husband, Michael Emlaw, moved to Michigan. Maria and Julia went to Minnesota. David and Milo made their homes in Wisconsin.

Widow Phebe Maxfield in 1850 was living with her son Milo in Wisconsin. In 1860 she lived with daughter Maria in Minnesota. Phebe died in 1861.^[17]

Isaac Maxfield and his wife Phebe Hill had the following children:

1. WEALTHY⁶ MAXFIELD b. at Georgia on 9 January 1794;^[18] d. on 1873;^[19] m.(1) at Georgia on 5 April 1812 JAMES HETH;^[20] m.(2) bef. 1828 MICHAEL EMLAW.^[21]
2. MILO⁶ MAXFIELD b. at Georgia on 3 September 1796;^[22] d. prob. bef. 1810 (before birth of another child given same name).
3. LOZENA⁶ MAXFIELD b. at Georgia on 1 September 1797;^[23] d. prob. bef. 1810 (census suggests she not present).
4. MARIA⁶ MAXFIELD b. at Georgia on 23 July 1799;^[24] d. at Dodge Co., Mn, on 24 January 1884;^[25] m. on 3 April 1817 JOHN KIMBALL BEAN,^[26] b. at Plattsburgh, Clinton Co., on 1 October 1793, d. at Minnesota on 27 February 1862.^[27]
5. PHEBE⁶ MAXFIELD b. at Georgia on 5 August 1801.^[28]
6. perhaps DAVID⁶ MAXFIELD b. at Vermont abt. 1803/4.
7. perhaps JACOB⁶ MAXFIELD b. abt. 1806/7; d. at Fletcher, Franklin Co., on 27 May 1839;^[29] m. LUCY ________. His will of 27 May 1839 proved 22 June 1839.^[30] For text of will see below.
8. MILO⁶ MAXFIELD b. at Vermont au.t 1810.
9. JULIE ANN⁶ MAXFIELD b. on 7 May 1818; d. at Mankato, Blue Earth Co., MN, on 24 December 1909; m. on 1840 MORTON LAFLEN, b. on 1 May 1814, d. at Mankato on 10 January 1877.^[31]

In the name of God, Amen. I Jacob Maxfield of Fairfax in the County of Franklin and the state of Vermont being weak in body but of sound and perfect mind and memory do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form following, to wit:
First I will that all my debts of every description be paid and lastly I do give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Lucy Maxfield all my real and personal estate of every name or nature whatever after said debts are paid and I do hereby appoint her my sole executor of this my last will and testament hereby revoking all former wills by me made. . . .
signed and witnessed May 27, 1839

¹Daughters of the American Revolution, "DAR Genealogical Reserch System: Descendant Database Search," database, Daughters of the American Revolution (dar.org, accessed ), No. 476651.
²Frederick Gilmore Maxfield, The Family Tree; supplied by Clysta Maxfield Jones, Brookfield, MO 64628; mimeographed. prepared after 1905. Photocopy sent to Charles A. Maxfield 28 June 2004.
³Town of Georgia, VT, Deeds, 1:111; Georgia Town Clerk, Georgia, Franklin Co., VT.
⁴Ibid., 2:33-34,55.
⁵Ibid., 2:458,530.
⁶Ibid., 4:98.
⁷Ibid., 4:79.
⁸Ibid., 4:46.
⁹First Census of the United States: 1790, population, Georgia, Chittenden Co., VT, 12:154; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed September 2012); Second Census of the United States: 1800, population, Georgia, Franklin Co., VT, 51:444; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 2012); Third Census of the United States: 1810, population, Georgia, Franklin Co., VT, 64:291A; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 2012); Fourth Census of the United States: 1820, population, Chazy, Clinton Co., NY, 66:444; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 18 September 2012).
¹⁰Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954, digital images of index cards, Family Search (familysearch.org : accessed 2013).
¹¹"Portrait and Biographical Record Muskegon and Ottawa Counties, Michigan (Chicago: Biographical Publishing Co., 1893): Andrew J. Emlaw," Michigan Genealogy on the Web (MI GenWeb), information sharing site, 31 July 2002 (migenweb.net : accessed] 26 June 2014).
¹²Eighth Census of the United States: 1860, population, Concord, Dodge Co., MN, 568:749, 378; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 2012).
¹³D. A. R., No. 476651.
¹⁴Seventh Census of the United States: 1850, population, Beaver Dam, Dodge Co., WI, 996:83B, 523; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 2012).
¹⁵New York, Land Records, 1630-1975: Clinton Co., J:91-92; digital images, Family Search (familysearch.org : accessed 2014).
¹⁶Plattsburgh Republican, 18 March 1826; New York State Historical Newspapers (nyshistoricnewspapers.org : accessed 2014). p. 4.
¹⁷D. A. R., No. 476651.
¹⁸Peter S. Mallett, ed., Georgia, Vermont, Vital Records (Saint Albans, VT: Genealogical Society of Vermont, 1995), 190.
¹⁹Lake Forest Cemetery, Grand Haven, Ottawa Co., MI, database, Find a Grave (findagrave.com : accessed 2014), .
²⁰Mallett, Georgia, Vermont, Vital Records, 190.
²¹"Biographical Record Muskegon and Ottawa Counties, Michigan: Andrew J. Emlaw," Michigan Genealogy on the Web (MI GenWeb).
²²Mallett, Georgia, Vermont, Vital Records, 190.
²³Ibid.
²⁴Ibid.
²⁵Wildwood Cemetery, Wasioja, Dodge Co., MN, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 2012), .
²⁶Ibid.
²⁷Ibid.
²⁸Mallett, Georgia, Vermont, Vital Records, 190.
²⁹Pioneer Cemetery, Fletcher, Franklin Co., PA, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 2012); Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954.
³⁰Franklin County, Vermont, Probate Records, Z:123,125, and 1:439-440; digital images, Family Search (familysearch.org: accessed 2013).
³¹D. A. R., No. 476651.

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