Gideon
Maxwell
Born in Sackville, New Brunswick
Ancestors 
Son of Gershom Maxwell
and Nancy (Tower) Maxwell
Brother of
Dorothy (Maxwell) Ward, Mary Maxwell, Lucy (Maxwell) Taylor, Sarah (Maxwell) Tower, Ruth (Maxwell) Davison, Zilpha Maxwell, James Maxwell and Gershom Maxwell
Husband of
Jemima (Wheaton) Maxwell
— married
1817 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Jane (Maxwell) Hastings, Mary (Maxwell) Charters, William Maxwell, Abigail (Maxwell) Kay, Nancy (Maxwell) Brewster, Gersham Maxwell, Zilpha (Maxwell) Brundage, James Frederick Maxwell, Dorathy Mary (Maxwell) MacDonald, Gideon Maxwell, Melissa Maxwell and June Maxwell
Died
at age 62
in Rockport, Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Oct 2016
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Biography
Gideon Maxwell was born on 17 Feb 1797 in Sackville, New Brunswick, son of Gershom Maxwell (1758 - 1828) and Nancy (Tower) Maxwell (~1760 - >1804).
His siblings were:
- Dorothy (Maxwell) Ward (1779 - >1851)
- Mary Maxwell (1782 - )
- Lucy (Maxwell) Taylor (1786 - )
- Sarah (Maxwell) Tower (1788 - <1822)
- Ruth (Maxwell) Davison (1792 - )
- Zilpha Maxwell (1795 - )
- James Maxwell (1800 - 1870)
- Gershom Maxwell (1804 - <1871)
Gideon married Jemima Wheaton (~1797 - >1861) in 1817. Their children were:
- Jane (Maxwell) Hasty (>1817 - <1871)
- Mary (Maxwell) Charters (1818 - >1870)
- William Maxwell (1822 - <1860)
- Abigail Maxwell (~1823 - 1898)
- Nancy (Maxwell) Brewster (1826 - )
- Gersham Maxwell (1828 - 1910)
- Zilpha (Maxwell) Brundage (1831 - <1859)
- Capt James Frederick Maxwell (1833 - 1870)
- Dorathy Mary (Maxwell) MacDonald (1836 - 1875)
- Gideon S Maxwell (1839 - 1881)
- Melissa Maxwell (1841 - )
- June Maxwell (1843 - ).
In 1851, Gideon was living in Sackville.
In 1859, Gideon died. He was buried in Rockport, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada.
Gideon died on 28 Dec 1859 in Rockport aged 62. He is buried in Rockport, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada.
Sources
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 18 April 2020, 18:13), entry for Gideon Maxwell (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LCJN-Q3Q ); contributed by various users.
- Find A Grave: Memorial #174693306 gideon-maxwell
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Gideon by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Gideon:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Gideon by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Gideon:
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~3.12%
~3.12%
Karen Soria 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch FW3334675 [compare]
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~3.12%
~3.12%
Ethel (Hicks) Bannister :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T344088 [compare]
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Paul Bumpus :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Susan (Ayer) Barylo :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
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~1.17%
Kathy (Phelan) Phelan Mangen :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Ronald Nickerson :
23andMe, GEDmatch RY6260638 [compare]
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Donna (Pelchat) Cobb :
23andMe
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Leanne Cooper :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A039526 [compare], Ancestry member LeanneCooperGenealogy
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T635756 [compare]
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Jayne (Cooper) Kellock :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A034271 [compare]
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~0.78%
Rose (Dickson) Burgess :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Rose_Burgess
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~0.78%
David Ward :
Autosomal DNA Test
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~0.78%
Megan (Leith) Leith-Menard :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch YK5638305 [compare]
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Nancy (Carey) Read
Murray Maxwell also had a daughter named Barbara Eliza Maxwell, born abt 1928
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by Nancy (Carey) Read
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