Illinois Maxfield Info

Most of this history was compiled by Elizabeth Wright, published in 1928, the only child of Thomas Maxfield Wright and Lida E. Putt. Elizabeth Wright was born at Fairmont, NE, 21 September 1888.

1 JOHN MAXFIELD, the emigrant ancestor in New England, was taxed at Salisbury, Massachusetts, in 1652. In 1654 he bought the ''right of commonage." (This was originally the right of John Cole, but was sold by John Severance to George Martyn: in 1643, who sold it to John Maxfield). In 1667 he took the Oath of Fidelity. He was of Salisbury as late as 1675, but was in Amesbury in 1669. He and his wife, Elizabeth, signed the Bradbury Petition of 1692. John Maxfield of Salisbury, "planter', gave power of attorney to Abraham Clement of Salisbury, "carpenter", to sell lands for him, 25 March 1696, an instrument that seems to have been acknowledged in New Hampshire. He made his will 12 November 1697, when he was intending to start on a Journey. He died at Salisbury 10 December 1703. His widow, Elizabeth, married 3 mo. 21 day, 1708, William Wamoth (also spelt Wemo and Weymouth), widower of Dover, N. H.

Issue, all born at Salisbury:
John b 23 Oct. 1680
Timothy, b. in Oct. .1682
Mary b. 10 Jan 1684
Marjory, b. 5 Nov. 1686
Nathaniel b . 1 Mar 1688/9
Joseph b. 4 Mar. 1691/2

Elizabeth;b. 18 Jan 1694/5; mar. by James Davis, J.P., 30 Nov. 1720, Samuel Randell of Dover, N.H. The Rev. Jonathan Cusing bapt. Samuel and Elizabeth Randell 7 Apr. 1728. Issue:

1. Mary, bapt. 7 Apr. 1728
2. Samuel, bapt. 7 Apr. 1728
3. Eliphalet Bapt. 7 Apr. 1728
4. Elizabeth, bapt. in Feb. 1729

William b. 4 Sept. 1699

2 NATHANIEL MAXFIELD (John¹), the son of John and Elizabeth Maxfield, was born at Salisbury, Massachusetts, 1 March 1688/9. As late as 1742 he was living at South Hampton, New Hampshire. On 18 February 1741, he signed a petition asking that the territory in which he lived be annexed to Hampton Falls. "Nathaniel Maxfield in a list of men, billeted by Sam Penhallow, Commiss. Under the Command of Lt. Col. Walton. Roll of Col. Shadrach Walton's men. French War Rolls July 21 to November 8, 1710 on expedition against Port Royal, which resulted in the, capture of the place." On 7 September 1742 he signed a "remonstrance against settling a minister aft South Hampton. N. H."

He married, 7 January 1718, Sarah Tongue, daughter of Stephen and Mary Tongue, born at Salisbury, 11 February 1693/4;

Issue:
1. Eliphalet, b 20 April 1720.
2. Mary, b. 5 Feb. 1721
3. Majory, b 5 July 1725; m. 4 Dec1746 Paul Morgan
4. Obediah, b 16 Mar. 1726/7; killed by Indians
5. Ruth, b 15 Mar. 1728/9
6. Ruth b 3 July 1732; a member of the church at South Hampton, N. H. 4 Mar 1759
7. Elizabeth, b. 17 Aug. 1735

3 ELIPHALET MAXFIELD (Nathaniel², John¹), son of Nathaniel and Sarah (Tongue) Maxfield, was born at Salisbury, Massachusetts, 20 April 1720; he probably died, presumably at South Hampton, N. H., before 22 April 1752.

He married, 26 March 1741, at Salisbury, Elizabeth Thompson, daughter of Thomas² (John¹) and Lydia (Quimby) Thompson. She was born 20 October 1720. On 22 April 1752, at Salisbury, Elizabeth Maxfield, widow, marbled John Graves of Hampton. He was, the son of William and Margaret Graves, who lived in that part of Hampton that is now called Kensington, New Hampshire. John and Elizabeth Graves had a son, Jacob, born 17 November 1755.

Issue. Nathaniel b. 24 May 1743.

4 NATHANIEL MAXFIELD (Eliphalet³, Nathaniel², John¹), son of Eliphalet and Elizabeth (Thompson) Maxfield, was born at South Hampton, New Hampshire, 24 May 1743; he died in 1797 and was buried at Loudon, New Hampshire.

He was a tanner, by trade, and lived first at South Hampton. Later he moved to Kensington, and then to Epping. He also lived?????????

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5 ELIPHALET MAXFIELD (Nathaniel⁴, Eliphalet³, Nathaniel², John¹), the son of Nathaniel and Mehitable (Rowe) Maxfield, was born at Kensington, New Hampshire, 25 January 1772, he died at Knoxville, Illinois, 6 December 1840.

In 1802 Eliphalet Maxfield was living at Durham, New Hampshire; six years later, in 1808, he is found at Union, Maine, where he was called a "tanner"; he was at Appleton, Maine in 1822; between 1829 and 1838 he was living on a farm just east of China, Maine. Then he removed to North Henderson, Illinois, whence he soon moved to Knoxville. The trip from Maine to Illinois was made mainly by water. They went "from Boston to New York by water; to Philadelphia by cars; to Columbia by canal; to Hollydaysburg; to Pittsbury by canal; to Troy, Indiana, by Ohio River; from the Ohio to the Mississippi River; up the Mississippi to New Boston, Illinois, and over land eighteen miles to North Henderson, Illinois."

He married at Loudon, New Hampshire, 22 November 1792, Jane McCrillis, daughter of William and Lydia (Morrill) McCrillis. She was born 22 February 1777, and died.at Canton, Illinois, 7 December 1859. William McCrillis (William², John¹ of Nottingham) was of Epsom, New Hampshire; he fought at the Battle of Bunker Hill and was "mortally wounded" (New Hampshire State Papers, Hammond, vol. 1, p. 42, 69; vol. 8, p. 16). Lydia Morrill was the daughter of William⁴, William Barnes³, Moses², Abraham¹ of Salisbury.

References: C.H. Morrill’s 'The Morrills and Reminiscences (chart); D. W. Hoyt's Old; families of Amesbury and Salisbury (Morrill records ), p. 251, 253, 769; Salisbury Vital Records, p. 427; New Hampshire Historical Society Collections, Vols. 3-4, p. 171.

Issue:

1. William McCrillis, b. 25 Dec. 1793
2. Nathaniel, b. 20 April 1799
3. Avis, b. 16 Mar 1802
4. Oren, b a 1 Jan. 1804
5. Jane b. 2 May 1806; d. about 1842; mar. Sewall Owen, by whom she had issue
6. Rufus, b. I2 Nov. 1808
7. Susan, b. 12 Dec. 1811; d at Washington, Ia. 25 Mar. 1888; mar. Samuel Shaw. They lived in 1840, at Forth Henderson, Ill. and later moved to Washington, Ia. They had issue.

6 OREN MAXFIELD (Eliphalet⁵, Nathaniel⁴, Eliphalet³, Nathaniel², John¹), son of Eliphalet and Jane (McCrillis) Maxfield, was born at Durham, New Hampshire, 1 January 1804; he died at Toulon, Illinois, 21 November 1888.

He was a gentleman in all respects, very strict in his integrity and Sabbath observance; a Free-will Baptist in religious belief, a chapter member of the Toulon, Illinois, Masonic Lodge, Whig or Republican in politics and a farmer by occupation. The Maxfields drove from "Dover Piscataquis, Me. Sept. 17, 1835, to Bangor twenty eight miles; Sept 18th drove eighteen miles to Newburg; Sept. 19th twenty-nine miles to China, ME; Sept. 22^nd twenty six miles to Augusta bridge" and so, mile after mile, from Maine to Toulon, Illinois, where they were pioneers in Stark County.

He married, 9 March 1826, Chloe Washburn Dexter who was born in Maine, 9 May 1808, and died at Toulon, Illinois, .21 November 1872. She was a daughter of. Nathaniel and. Chloe (Washburn) Dexter (The Owl, vol. 27, no. 4, p. 2563-64, pub.; by the Wing Family of America, Inc.). Nathaniel Dexter was of the line Isaac⁵, Constant⁴, Benjamin³, William², Thomas¹, of Lynn, Massachusetts (Genealogy of Dexter Family in America by Warden and Dexter, p. 5-9, 11-12, 19-22, 31, 47). Chloe Washburn was the daughter of Japeth and Priscilla (Coombs) Washburn of the line Ephraim⁴, Joseph³, John², John¹ of Plymouth, Massachusetts. She was also a descendant of Francis Cook, James Chilton and Mary (Chilton) Winslow, passengers on the MAYFLOWER in 1620 (Ebenezer Washburn, His Ancestors and Descendants by George T. Washburn, p. 51, 53-55, 105-06).

Issue

1. Susan Demerit b. in Me. 21 Sept. 1828; d. at Toulon, Ill., 23 Sept. 1856, mar. at Toulon 12 May 1853 Thomas Jefferson Wright, b. 26 Mar 1820 at Clear Creek Township, Richland Co., O., d. at Toulon, Ill. 21 Sept 1888. He came to Illinois in 1847, and in 1849 became a member of the A.F.&A.M. Lodge at Toulon; he Was a merchant. By him she had issue an only. child (1) Thomas Mansfield Wright, b at Toulon 20 Aug. 1856; mar. at Fairmont, Neb., 29 May 1885, Lida E. Putt, dau. of William and Harriett (Brewer), b. at North Port, Mich, 20 Aug. 1856. Thomas Jefferson Wright mar. (2) Mrs. Anne (Losee) Monerief, by whom he had further issue; Mrs. Rhoda (Wright) Calbraith, Mrs. Clara (Wright) Rhodes, and Mrs. Eliza E. (Wright) Walters.
2. George Clark, b. 29 Oct. 1829; d. 2 Oct. 1830
3. George Clark, b. at Orono, Me., 22 May 1831
4. Oren, b. in Kennebec Co., Me., 11 Aug. 1834
5. John Bennock, b. 13 June 1837
6. Charles Henry, b. at Toulon, Ill., 25 Apr. 1843
7. Thomas Hall, b. at Toulon, Ill., 31 Aug. 1845
8. Nathaniel Dexter, b. at Toulon, Ill., 15 Aug. 1847
9. Elizabeth Jane, b. 17. Mar. 1841; d, 19 :Mar. 1841

7 GEORGE CLARK MAXFIELD (Oren⁶, Eliphalet⁵, Nathaniel⁴, Eliphalet³, Nathaniel², John¹), the eldest surviving son of Oren and Chloe Washburn (Dexter) Maxfield, was born at Orono Maine, 22 May 1831; he died at Fairmont, Nebraska, 1 May 1900.

As a child he was taken to Illinois with his parents. There he lived until February, 1874, when he removed with his family to Fairmont, Nebraska, where he made his home until his death. He became a member of the A.F.&A. Masons at Toulon, Illinois, in 1852. On 14 August 1862, he enlisted in Co. F, 112th Regiment of Illinois Volunteers, and participated in fifty-two battles and skirmishes of the Civil War, before he received his honorable discharge, 10 September 1864.

He married, at Toulon, Illinois, 3 January 1864, Cynthia C. Parrish, daughter of Esquire and Sophia (Aulthouse) Parrish. She was born at Toulon, Illinois, 13 November 1845. She married, secondly, 21 November 1907, Joseph Burns, son of Matthew Spense and Margaret (Hanson) Burns, who was born 11 March 1856. She was a charter member of Mt. Moriah Chapter no. 38, 'Order of the Eastern Star, of which she is a Past Worthy Matron; shy served as treasurer of this Chapter for eighteen years. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Fairmont, Nebraska, Having placed her letter there in 1874.

Issue: Oran, b. 22 July 1865; d. Oct. 1865
George Dexter, b. 17 July 1870:

8 GEORGE DEXTER MAXFIELD; (George Clark⁷, Oren⁶, Eliphalet⁵, Nathaniel⁴, Eliphalet³, Nathaniel², John¹), the only surviving son of George Clark and Cynthia C. (Parrish) Maxfield was born at Toulon, Illinois, 17 July 1870; he died at Kansas City, Missouri, 11 July 1903, and was buried at Fairmont, Nebraska.

He married at Toulon, Illinois,, 10 October, 1894, Plesse Johnson, daughter of Peter Peyton and Jane (Brown) Johnson. She married, secondly, Curtis Messersmith, of Kankakee, Illinois .

Issue: Glenn Cecil, b. at Central City, Nebraska, 2 Oct 1895

9 GLENN CECIL MAXFIELD (George Dexter⁸, George Clark⁷, Oren⁶, Eliphalet⁵, Nathaniel⁴, Eliphalet³, Nathaniel², John¹), the only child of George Dexter and Plesse (Johnson) Maxfield, was born at Central City, Nebraska 2 October 1895. He married at Lincoln Nebraska, 27 November 1916, Helen Warren, who was born 29 October 1893 at Lincoln, Nebraska. They later resided at Kankakee, Illinois. Issue: