Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Sixth Generation

BETSY WINSLOW BUTLER married James Quimby Maxfield as his first wife, at Mount Vernon on 21 June 1826 (D. Pierson; NMGR 8:19--names). Betsy was born at Mount Vernon on 10 June 1806 (D. Pierson). She died there on 27 February 1833 (NMGR 8:20), age 26 years and 8 months.

MARY HOWLAND BUTLER became the second wife of James Quimby Maxfield at Mount Vernon on 1 January 1834 (D. Pierson). She was born about 1808/9 based on her age at death. She died on 8 March 1836 (NMGR 8:20), age 27 years.

ELVIRA FOSTER became the third wife of James Quimby Maxfield at Mount Vernon on 3 July 1836 (D. Pierson). Elvira was born on 17 November 1806 (NMGR 8:20), a child of Richard and Clarissa Harlow (Barton) Foster. The James Maxfield family was reported in Skowhegan, Maine, in the 1840 Census (151:160), consisting of a male and female in their 30s, two males and a female between 10 and 15, and a male under 5. This corresponds precisely to the composition of this family as best as we have been able to determine it. Elvira (Foster) Maxfield died on 8 March 1848 (NMGR 8:20).

SARAH JANE BROWN became James Quimby Maxfield's fourth wife at Mount Vernon on 18 June 1848 (D. Pierson). Sarah was born at Maine in 1825 (NE Cems).

The James Maxfield family of Mount Vernon, in Kennebec County, Maine, was reported in the 1850 Census (257:374) as follows:

S. J. Maxfield was James Maxfield's fourth wife, Sarah (Brown) Maxfield. J. D. Maxfield was James Dwight, a son by his third wife. H. B. Maxfield was Horace Benjamin, child by his fourth wife. John B. Maxfield (John Butler) was a son by his first wife.

The 1860 Census (447:) reported this family at Corinna, Penobscot County, Maine. The family consisted of James Maxfield, 56, farmer, Sarah J. Maxfield, 35, Benjamin H. Maxfield, 6, James D. Maxfield, 22, miller, and Sylvia S. Maxfield, 19. Sylvia was the wife of James D. Maxfield.

This family was reported in Saint Albans, Somerset County, Maine, in the 1870 Census (559:1:447A-447B) as follows:

James Quimby Maxfield died at Saint Albans on 28 July 1872 (NMGR 8:19). His widow Sarah Jane died in 1908, and was buried at Bean Cemetery, Mount Vernon (NE Cems).

James Quimby Maxfield and his first wife Betsy had the following children:

1. MOSES⁷ MAXFIELD b. at Mount Vernon on 29 October 1826
2. MARY ELIZABETH⁷ MAXFIELD
   • b. at Mount Vernon in 2 March 1828 (D. Pierson)
   • res. at White Creek, Adams Co., Wi (Adams Pio)
   • m (his 2d). at Thompson, Ct, on 21 February 1847 NEWELL CARPENTER (both of Oxford, Ma.; by Vernon Stiles, J. P.) (Brb C)
     • b. on 24 January 1823 (Adams Pio)
     • child of John Carpenter and Abigail Healy
     • he m (1). on 15 January 1845 Charlotte Arnold (Adams Pio)
       • child of Nathan Arnold of Sutton, Ma
       • d. on 12 November 1845 (Adams Pio)
3. JOHN BUTLER⁷ MAXFIELD b. Apr 23, 1829 Mount Vernon

James Quimby Maxfield and his third wife, Elvira, had the following child:

4. JAMES DWIGHT⁷ MAXFIELD b. at Mount Vernon on 17 February 1838

James Quimby Maxfield and his fourth wife, Sarah, had the following children:

5. HORACE BENJAMIN⁷ MAXFIELD b. at Maine abt 1848/9
6. LAURA MAY⁷ MAXFIELD
   • b. on 6 October 1860 (NMGR 8:20)
   • m (1). FREEMAN G. MOODY (NMGR 8:20)
   • m (2). on 3 December 1903 LEONARD RIGGS (NMGR 8:20)
     • d. on 19 July 1919 (NMGR 8:20)
7. FLORA A.⁷ MAXFIELD
   • b. at Maine abt 1864/5 (1870 Census)

• Wright, Elizabeth, ed., "John Maxfield, of Salisbury, Massachusetts: Additions and Corrections." Nebraska and Midwest Genealogical Record 8:19-20. (NMGR)
• Elderkin, J. T., ed. Ancestry of Pre-1900 Adams County, Wisconsin, Residents. www.rootsweb.com. (Adams Pio)
• Pierson, Dianne, to Charles Maxfield. Letter. December 7, 2000. (D. Pierson)
• Census records

Brb C

Barbour Collection: Index to the Vital Records of Connecticut.