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Mahlon Dickerson Canfield
Birth: 11-26-1798
Death: 1-5-1865
RelationshipsSpouse
Canfield, Louisa Cornelia (LCC) | Marriage Date: 4-18-1827
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Canfield, Penelope Sever | Marriage Date: 5-24-1843
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ChildrenCanfield, Penelope Winslow Sever
ParentsCanfield, Mary
Biography
Mahlon Dickerson Canfield was born on November 26, 1798, the son of Mary (Dickerson) and David Sealy Canfield. Canfield studied medicine with Dr. Samuel S. Seward of Florida, New York. He then practiced medicine in Bargaintown, May's Landing and Succasunna, New Jersey. In 1853, he stopped practicing medicine and became a scientific farmer. Canfield served as Collector of the Port of May's Landing and a New Jersey council member. Canfield married first, Louisa Cornelia Seward, the daughter of Samuel S. and Mary Jennings Seward, on April 18, 1827, with whom he had five children. He married second, Penelope Sever Lincoln on May 24, 1843, with whom he had one daughter. Canfield died on January 5, 1865, in Ferromonte, New Jersey.
Letter References
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, August 6, 1855
Letter from Caroline Canfield Schoolcraft Beattie to William Henry Seward,
May 24, 1852
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, September 24, 1851
Letter from Caroline Canfield Schoolcraft Beattie to William Henry Seward,
December 7, 1851
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield, June 24, 1832
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, September 23, 1850
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, August 11, 1850
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 28, 1850
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, April 21, 1850
Letter from Augustus Canfield to William Henry Seward, January 4, 1850
Letter from Frederick William Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 20, 1839
Letter from Marcia Armstrong Seward to William Henry Seward, January 29, 1825
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, April 29, 1848
Letter from Charles Sumner to Frances Miller Seward, February 18,
1854
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, June 5, 1843
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, October 19, 1841
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, November 5, 1841
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, November 22, 1841
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, June 28, 1840
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 12, 1839
Letter from Lousia Cornelia Canfield to Frances Miller Seward, December 16, 1838
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Canfield to William Henry Seward, November 14, 1838
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, February 20, 1840
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, June 8, 1842
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, June 27, 1841
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, June 20, 1841
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 17, 1841
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to Frances Miller Seward, October 9, 1840
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 21,
1840
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to Frances Miller Seward, January 13,
1840
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, August 25,
1839
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Canfield to Mary Jennings Seward, October 14,
1838
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, June 28,
1838
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, October 13,
1834
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to Samuel Sweezey Seward, July 18, 1825
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, February 24,
1832
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, January 2,
1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, June 22,
1829
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to Samuel Sweezey Seward, July 27,
1825
Letter from Julia Ann Van Brunt to Frances Miller Seward, April 3, 1843
Letter from Rachel Armstrong Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 5, 1835
Letter from Rachel Armstrong Seward to Frances Miller Seward, April 5, 1835
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to Frances Miller Seward, November 10, 1834
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, Novemer 17, 1834
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to Mary Jennings Seward, November 30, 1836
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, October 7, 1837
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to Frances Miller Seward, October 8, 1837
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to Mary Jennings Seward, September 28, 1837
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to Mary Jennings Seward, January 29, 1837
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, January 8, 1837
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, May 1, 1838
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to Mary Jennings Seward, March 14, 1838
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to Frances Miller Seward, November 9, 1839
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, October 20, 1839
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, September 20, 1839
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to Frances Miller Seward, September 14, 1839
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to Frances Miller Seward, October 1839
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, July 28, 1839
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, September 29, 1839
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, December 4, 1836
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to Frances Miller Seward, October 30, 1836
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, December 1, 1836
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, December 22, 1836
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to Frances Miller Seward, February 13, 1839
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, January 12, 1839
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, January 11, 1839
Letter from Julia Ann Van Brunt to Frances Miller Seward, March 10, 1839
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, March 20, 1839
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to Mary Jennings Seward, October 9, 1836
Letter from Lousia Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, September 12, 1836
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, February 7, 1836
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, April 12, 1835
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, January 25, 1834
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to Frances Miller Seward, February 12, 1834
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to Frances Miller Seward, August 22, 1833
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, August 4, 1833
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, March 9, 1833
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to Frances Miller Seward, May 6, 1832
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, March 26, 1832
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to Frances Miller Seward, Feburary 13, 1832
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 28, 1829
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, May 27, 1828
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, August 29, 1828
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, April 24, 1828
Letter from William Henry Seward to Samuel Sweezey Seward, May 15, 1842
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, March 19, 1825
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to Frances Miller Seward, July 9, 1825
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, October 29, 1825
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, October 13, 1825
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield Canfield to William Henry Seward, June 19,1831
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, March 19, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, February 7, 1831
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, February 28, 1831
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, July 30, 1831
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to Frances Miller Seward, May 14, 1831
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, September 4, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, September 25, 1831
Citations
Biography and Citation Information:
Biography: Mahlon Dickerson Canfield was born on November 26, 1798, the son of Mary (Dickerson) and David Sealy Canfield. Canfield studied medicine with Dr. Samuel S. Seward of Florida, New York. He then practiced medicine in Bargaintown, May's Landing and Succasunna, New Jersey. In 1853, he stopped practicing medicine and became a scientific farmer. Canfield served as Collector of the Port of May's Landing and a New Jersey council member. Canfield married first, Louisa Cornelia Seward, the daughter of Samuel S. and Mary Jennings Seward, on April 18, 1827, with whom he had five children. He married second, Penelope Sever Lincoln on May 24, 1843, with whom he had one daughter. Canfield died on January 5, 1865, in Ferromonte, New Jersey.
Citation Type: Book or Book ChapterBook or Monograph Title: A History of Thomas Canfield and of Matthew Camfield: With a Genealogy of Their Descendants in New JerseyPublisher Name: TuttleYear: 1897Start Page: 80End Page: 82Citation Notes: http://books.google.com/books?id=EoY_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA80&lpg=PA80&dq=mahlon+dickerson+canfield&source=bl&ots=jCFfTOM5W2&sig=syw2x77KwODpzS0CrhDA3PaW1fQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1mEsU-OxBqeBygHA14CACQ&ved=0CFoQ6AEwCw#v=onepage&q=mahlon%20dickerson%20canfield&f=false
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Citation Type: WebsiteCitation URL: https://jerseyhistory.org/manuscript-group-249-canfield-dickerson-family-morris-county-nj-papers-1738-1928-bulk-dates-1850-1900/#Biographical%20Notes:Title of Webpage: Canfield-Dickerson Family Papers - New Jersey Historical SocietyWebsite Viewing Date: Monday, December 20, 2021 - 14:45Website's Last Modified Date: Monday, December 20, 2021 - 14:45
Citation for Birth Info:
Citation Type: Book or Book ChapterBook or Monograph Title: A History of Thomas Canfield and of Matthew Camfield: With a Genealogy of Their Descendants in New JerseyPublisher Name: TuttleYear: 1897Start Page: 80End Page: 80Citation Notes: http://books.google.com/books?id=EoY_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA80&lpg=PA80&dq=mahlon+dickerson+canfield&source=bl&ots=jCFfTOM5W2&sig=syw2x77KwODpzS0CrhDA3PaW1fQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1mEsU-OxBqeBygHA14CACQ&ved=0CFoQ6AEwCw#v=onepage&q=mahlon%20dickerson%20canfield&f=false
Citation for Death Info:
Citation Type: Book or Book ChapterBook or Monograph Title: A History of Thomas Canfield and of Matthew Camfield: With a Genealogy of Their Descendants in New JerseyPublisher Name: TuttleYear: 1897Start Page: 80End Page: 80Citation Notes: http://books.google.com/books?id=EoY_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA80&lpg=PA80&dq=mahlon+dickerson+canfield&source=bl&ots=jCFfTOM5W2&sig=syw2x77KwODpzS0CrhDA3PaW1fQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1mEsU-OxBqeBygHA14CACQ&ved=0CFoQ6AEwCw#v=onepage&q=mahlon%20dickerson%20canfield&f=false
Spouse
Canfield, Louisa Cornelia (LCC) | Marriage Date: 4-18-1827
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Canfield, Penelope Sever | Marriage Date: 5-24-1843
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ChildrenCanfield, Penelope Winslow Sever
Canfield, Penelope Winslow Sever
ParentsCanfield, Mary
Canfield, Mary
Biography
Mahlon Dickerson Canfield was born on November 26, 1798, the son of Mary (Dickerson) and David Sealy Canfield. Canfield studied medicine with Dr. Samuel S. Seward of Florida, New York. He then practiced medicine in Bargaintown, May's Landing and Succasunna, New Jersey. In 1853, he stopped practicing medicine and became a scientific farmer. Canfield served as Collector of the Port of May's Landing and a New Jersey council member. Canfield married first, Louisa Cornelia Seward, the daughter of Samuel S. and Mary Jennings Seward, on April 18, 1827, with whom he had five children. He married second, Penelope Sever Lincoln on May 24, 1843, with whom he had one daughter. Canfield died on January 5, 1865, in Ferromonte, New Jersey.
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, August 6, 1855
Letter from Caroline Canfield Schoolcraft Beattie to William Henry Seward, May 24, 1852
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, September 24, 1851
Letter from Caroline Canfield Schoolcraft Beattie to William Henry Seward, December 7, 1851
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield, June 24, 1832
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, September 23, 1850
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, August 11, 1850
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 28, 1850
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, April 21, 1850
Letter from Augustus Canfield to William Henry Seward, January 4, 1850
Letter from Frederick William Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 20, 1839
Letter from Marcia Armstrong Seward to William Henry Seward, January 29, 1825
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, April 29, 1848
Letter from Charles Sumner to Frances Miller Seward, February 18, 1854
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, June 5, 1843
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, October 19, 1841
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, November 5, 1841
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, November 22, 1841
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, June 28, 1840
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 12, 1839
Letter from Lousia Cornelia Canfield to Frances Miller Seward, December 16, 1838
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Canfield to William Henry Seward, November 14, 1838
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, February 20, 1840
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, June 8, 1842
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, June 27, 1841
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, June 20, 1841
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 17, 1841
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to Frances Miller Seward, October 9, 1840
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 21, 1840
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to Frances Miller Seward, January 13, 1840
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, August 25, 1839
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Canfield to Mary Jennings Seward, October 14, 1838
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, June 28, 1838
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, October 13, 1834
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to Samuel Sweezey Seward, July 18, 1825
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, February 24, 1832
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, January 2, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, June 22, 1829
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to Samuel Sweezey Seward, July 27, 1825
Letter from Julia Ann Van Brunt to Frances Miller Seward, April 3, 1843
Letter from Rachel Armstrong Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 5, 1835
Letter from Rachel Armstrong Seward to Frances Miller Seward, April 5, 1835
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to Frances Miller Seward, November 10, 1834
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, Novemer 17, 1834
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to Mary Jennings Seward, November 30, 1836
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, October 7, 1837
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to Frances Miller Seward, October 8, 1837
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to Mary Jennings Seward, September 28, 1837
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to Mary Jennings Seward, January 29, 1837
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, January 8, 1837
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, May 1, 1838
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to Mary Jennings Seward, March 14, 1838
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to Frances Miller Seward, November 9, 1839
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, October 20, 1839
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, September 20, 1839
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to Frances Miller Seward, September 14, 1839
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to Frances Miller Seward, October 1839
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, July 28, 1839
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, September 29, 1839
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, December 4, 1836
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to Frances Miller Seward, October 30, 1836
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, December 1, 1836
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, December 22, 1836
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to Frances Miller Seward, February 13, 1839
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, January 12, 1839
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, January 11, 1839
Letter from Julia Ann Van Brunt to Frances Miller Seward, March 10, 1839
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, March 20, 1839
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to Mary Jennings Seward, October 9, 1836
Letter from Lousia Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, September 12, 1836
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, February 7, 1836
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, April 12, 1835
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, January 25, 1834
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to Frances Miller Seward, February 12, 1834
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to Frances Miller Seward, August 22, 1833
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, August 4, 1833
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, March 9, 1833
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to Frances Miller Seward, May 6, 1832
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, March 26, 1832
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to Frances Miller Seward, Feburary 13, 1832
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 28, 1829
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, May 27, 1828
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, August 29, 1828
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, April 24, 1828
Letter from William Henry Seward to Samuel Sweezey Seward, May 15, 1842
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, March 19, 1825
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to Frances Miller Seward, July 9, 1825
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, October 29, 1825
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, October 13, 1825
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield Canfield to William Henry Seward, June 19,1831
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, March 19, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, February 7, 1831
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, February 28, 1831
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, July 30, 1831
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to Frances Miller Seward, May 14, 1831
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, September 4, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, September 25, 1831
Citations
Mahlon Dickerson Canfield was born on November 26, 1798, the son of Mary (Dickerson) and David Sealy Canfield. Canfield studied medicine with Dr. Samuel S. Seward of Florida, New York. He then practiced medicine in Bargaintown, May's Landing and Succasunna, New Jersey. In 1853, he stopped practicing medicine and became a scientific farmer. Canfield served as Collector of the Port of May's Landing and a New Jersey council member. Canfield married first, Louisa Cornelia Seward, the daughter of Samuel S. and Mary Jennings Seward, on April 18, 1827, with whom he had five children. He married second, Penelope Sever Lincoln on May 24, 1843, with whom he had one daughter. Canfield died on January 5, 1865, in Ferromonte, New Jersey.