Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Sixth Generation

JAMES I.6 MAXFIELD (Warren5, Timothy4-3-2, John1), a child of Warren Maxfield and his wife Ruby Peckham, was born probably in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, about 1821/2, according to his marriage record and the 1850 Census.

James Maxfield married LOUISA J. TRIPP at New Bedford, Massachusetts, on 4 December 1844 (VR NB 2:365). The details of the marriage were recorded as follows:

James I. (int. J.) Maxfield, single, age 22, mason, of New Bedford (int. Fairhaven), son of Warren and Rebecca,
and Louise I. (int. J.) Tripp, 19, tailoress, of Fairhaven (int. New Bedford), daughter of Pardon and Sarah F.,
married Dec 4, 1844 in New Bedford.

Louisa was born in Massachusetts some time around February 1826 (1900 Census, but her age as given on various censuses and records varies quite a bit). James was called a mason on both his marriage record and the 1850 Census.

The James Maxfield family was recorded in two places in the 1850 Census (308:212B; 309:360A.), in both Fairhaven and New Bedford. Here is the New Bedford record:

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:

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

James Maxfield probably died before 1855, as he appears in neither the 1855 state census nor in the 1860 federal census. The 1855 Census (MA Cen 1855) reported Louisa and her two sons at Fairhaven with her parents:

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 (492:263) 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:

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

Louise was living with her son Charles at Worcester at the time of the 1870 census, and with her son James at East Providence in 1880 and 1900. She died at East Providence on 19 September 1902 (RI D).

James and Louisa Maxfield had the following children:

  1. CHARLES PIERCE7 MAXFIELD b. at Fairhaven on 21 May 1845
  2. JAMES ARTHUR7 MAXFIELD b. at Fairhaven on 13 December 1848

REFERENCES

Information on this family can be found in:

Other sources abbreviated above include:

MA Cen 1855
Massachusetts State Census, 1855. Family Search (familysearch.org). Accessed 22 September 2011.
RI D
Rhode Island Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950. Family Search (familysearch.org). Accessed 9 Jun 2011.
VR NB
Vital Records of New Bedford, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: NEHGS, 1932, 1932, 1941.

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