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William Maxfield (c 1720-1775) was the
immigrant ancestor of hundreds of us. The "fact" trail really begins in
Windham, ME, where he arrived with William
Mayberry in the early 1740s, sometime after the area was layed out into 63 one-hundred
acre lots on 22 October 1740. William lived there all his life. |
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Josiah (1773-1834), son of William, born
in Windham, ME, is said to have been a seafaring man, a captain and part owner of a vessel
that was captured by the French. He moved to Casco in 1804 and built a house that
still stands on Quaker Ridge Road. He was buried in the family graveyard near
there. |
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Joseph (1812-1876), son of Josiah, was
born and grew up in Casco, ME. He lived in the China/ Vasselboro area off and on during
his life, presumably returning to Casco and family. When he died he was buried in
the family graveyard on Quaker Ridge, Casco. |
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Charles Andrew
(1858-1943), son of Joseph, traveled quite a lot. He is known to have been the best
man at his brother Cyrus' wedding in Wisconsin in 1880, and had this picture taken in
Seattle in about 1881. He returned to Maine and was married there in 1897. He
finally settled in the Woodfords section of Portland (then Deering) on the farm of his
wife's family (now Ocean Ave.). |
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Charles Lawrence (1898-1979), son of
Charles Andrew, grew up on the Woodfords farm and spent most of his adult life within a
few miles of there. Working in a garage at Woodfords corners and eventually
moving
into his wife's family's house in Deering. Whenever Charles Lawrence was not in the
area, he was away at war. Joining the Army as an enlisted man in WWI he returned
home as an officer. He was in command of Headquarters Battery 240, Coast Artillery
when WWII broke out. He served the majority of the war in the Pacific and finally
retired from the National Guard as a Lieutenant Colonel. |
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Edward Cheney (1927-1999),
son of Charles Lawrence, was born and
grew up in Portland, ME. He joined the Navy at the end of WWII, serving in NY until
discharged in 1946. He went to work for National Cash Register, Co. (NCR) in
Kingston, NY and lived in the Hudson Valley all his working life. He spent much of
his time leading Boy Scouts, being awarded the Silver Beaver for his contributions.
He retired to Florida in 1988 for winters and summered in So. Casco, ME, on Sebago Lake. |
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Eugene Howard (1949-still kicking),
son of Edward Cheney, was born
in Poughkeepsie, NY, and grew up in Hyde Park. Served in the Navy from 1968-1972 and
went to work in the computer industry. Still there! (This is me, aka
"Max.") |
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Erik Howard (1973-1991), my
son, was born in
Rhinebeck, NY, and grew up primarily in Pennsylvania. He graduated from high school
in 1991 and was killed in an auto accident two months later. |
