G'morning Jame,

And thanks for your ....

Mmmm ... I've set up some Google alerts that report any 'net mentions

of

Maxted, Mexted, Maxsted, Maxstead, etc., etc.

Just on variations of your last name? I have one set on my full

name but

haven't tried one like that because I figured it would come up too much

to go

through...

My problem is that the name appears to have started as something like "Mockstedde" well before the Romans got to England. Their roading system
ran a straight highway due south from the city of Canterbury to a port and
was named 'Stone Street'.

Stone Street runs past a small part of Kent that locals had developed as a fertilizer facility, and the tiny lane that led to it was named
Mockstedde, now written Maxted Street.

The Normans took possession of various bits of Kent, and the first record
of any Maxted had a "William of Mockstedde" paying rentals to monks.

The Maxteds then spread north-east up Kent, west along the northern
coastline - and around the world from the Tilbury docks.

We have records showing one family emigrating as Maxteds to Christchurch in
New Zealand, where they were transformed into Mexteds by an immigration
clerk with a spelling problem - and eventually produced a world-famous
Rugby footballer....

Hence the use of the range of names, Google lacking AFAIA a Soundex facility....

The volume isn't that great and is certainly interesting and ocassionally
very useful.

Go it a go !

Miles



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Miles,

Mmmm ... I've set up some Google alerts that report any 'net mentions
of Maxted, Mexted, Maxsted, Maxstead, etc., etc.

Just on variations of your last name? I have one set on my full
name but haven't tried one like that because I figured it would come
up too much to go through...

My problem is that the name appears to have started as something like "Mockstedde" well before the Romans got to England.

<snip some quite interesting information>

Ah, that's not as much of an issue for me; at least, it wasn't until I found out about the family name "Klae". I knew about the name variation, on my fathers side, of "Claye"; by tradition, we (my side of the Clay family here
in the States) trace our lineage back to a "John Claye" of Derby, by way of a John Thomas Clay who come over to the "Virgina Colony" in the early 1600's. The family has spread out all of the place here since then...<g>

I didn't know but vaguely thought that the family name might have derived from someone who worked with clay or who was from some area known for the mineral. But then I ran across someone here with the family name of "Klae", which certainly sounds the same and appears to come from mainland Europe... Which makes me wonder about just how long the "Claye's" had been around, and about Normans...


Jame

Hence the use of the range of names, Google lacking AFAIA a Soundex facility....
The volume isn't that great and is certainly interesting and ocassionally very useful.
Go it a go !
Miles
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G'morning Jame,

And thanks for the reply. The origins of my Surname were made less certain t'other day by the surfacing of a French picture of a sign that said
"Maxstadt" - something I must have a detailed look at.

Ah, that's not as much of an issue for me; at least, it wasn't until

I

found out about the family name "Klae". I knew about the name

variation, on

my fathers side, of "Claye"; by tradition, we (my side of the Clay

family here

in the States) trace our lineage back to a "John Claye" of Derby, by way

of a

John Thomas Clay who come over to the "Virgina Colony" in the early

1600's.

The family has spread out all of the place here since then...<g>

I didn't know but vaguely thought that the family name might have

derived

from someone who worked with clay or who was from some area known for

the

mineral. But then I ran across someone here with the family name of

"Klae",

which certainly sounds the same and appears to come from mainland

Europe...

Which makes me wonder about just how long the "Claye's" had been around,

and

about Normans...

Mmmm ... what about "Cleay" and "Cleagh" ?

Might be worthwhile having a google search for homonyms in and around Derby
and see what turns up ?

Best of luck with teasing it out further !

Miles.




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Miles,

Ah, that's not as much of an issue for me; at least, it wasn't
until I found out about the family name "Klae". ....
I knew about the name variation, on my fathers side, of "Claye"; ....
.... But then I ran across someone here with the family name of "Klae",

Mmmm ... what about "Cleay" and "Cleagh" ?

And others I should take a look at, yes...

Might be worthwhile having a google search for homonyms in and around Derby and see what turns up ?

Yes, indeed! I hadn't really followed the idea out before but I'll certainly be doing so now. (Or, at least, adding such to what else I'm doing...<g>)



Jame

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Nancy,

Would Henry Clay, of KY, who served in the House in the early 1800's,
have been one of your family?

So I understand, though I'd don't recall off hand how we're connected... Some kind of great uncle, IIRC...

Klae sounds like it could be from Nederlands...

Yet another line of inquiry. Thanks!

but of course, some surnames developed along parallel lines... ;)

And many branched out in many different ways...<g>




Jame

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Quoting Jame Clay to Miles Maxted on 23 Oct 10 11:02:06 <=-

variation, on my fathers side, of "Claye"; by tradition, we (my side
of the Clay family here in the States) trace our lineage back to a
"John Claye" of Derby, by way of a John Thomas Clay who come over to
the "Virgina Colony" in the early 1600's. The family has spread out
all of the place here since then...<g>

Part of my heritage is from those early English that settled "Virginia
Colony" also... but no Clays there as far as I remember. Would Henry
Clay, of KY, who served in the House in the early 1800's, have been one
of your family?

I didn't know but vaguely thought that the family name might have
derived from someone who worked with clay or who was from some area
known for the mineral. But then I ran across someone here with the
family name of "Klae", which certainly sounds the same and appears to
come from mainland Europe... Which makes me wonder about just how
long the "Claye's" had been around, and about Normans...

Klae sounds like it could be from Nederlands... but of course, some
surnames developed along parallel lines... ;)

ttyl neb

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Quoting Jame Clay to Nancy Backus on 10-30-10 10:54 <=-

Would Henry Clay, of KY, who served in the House in the early 1800's,
have been one of your family?

So I understand, though I'd don't recall off hand how we're
connected... Some kind of great uncle, IIRC...

That's at least a little closer than some sort of distant cousin... ;)

Klae sounds like it could be from Nederlands...

Yet another line of inquiry. Thanks!

but of course, some surnames developed along parallel lines... ;)

And many branched out in many different ways...<g>

One learns to think creatively in this field... <G>

ttyl neb

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Nancy,

Quoting Jame Clay to Nancy Backus on 10-30-10 10:54 <=-

Would Henry Clay, of KY, who served in the House in the early 1800's,
have been one of your family?

So I understand, though I'd don't recall off hand how we're
connected... Some kind of great uncle, IIRC...

That's an unknown, to me, number of great's of course...<g> I've had the thought of researching the details of that relationship but haven't had a chance...

That's at least a little closer than some sort of distant cousin... ;)

Indeed...<g>

I use GRAMPS for tracking what I know so far, and have thought of putting such relationships there; if only to have the information so I can answer such
questions as yours. (It generally comes up in such conversations, sooner or later...<g>)




Jame

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Quoting Jame Clay to Nancy Backus on 05 Nov 10 19:18:08 <=-

So I understand, though I'd don't recall off hand how we're
connected... Some kind of great uncle, IIRC...

That's an unknown, to me, number of great's of course...<g> I've
had the thought of researching the details of that relationship but haven't had a chance...

One of these days, you'll be drawing the tree, and it'll come into
focus... ;)

I use GRAMPS for tracking what I know so far, and have thought of
putting such relationships there; if only to have the information so
I can answer such questions as yours. (It generally comes up in such conversations, sooner or later...<g>)

Yeah... I know... :) On my dad's side, we're related to Gen. George
Armstrong Custer (a cousin, but not first, in the same generation, and
about the same age as, one of my great-great-grandfathers, Benjamin
Franklin Custer). On my mom's side there's a similar relation to the
great circusman, Phineas T Barnum. Those are probably my most notorious relations... <G>

ttyl neb

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Hello again, Jame,

And thanks for your...

Ah, that's not as much of an issue for me; at least, it wasn't
until I found out about the family name "Klae". ....
I knew about the name variation, on my fathers side, of "Claye";

....

.... But then I ran across someone here with the family name of

"Klae",

Mmmm ... what about "Cleay" and "Cleagh" ?

And others I should take a look at, yes...

Might be worthwhile having a google search for homonyms in and around

Derby

and see what turns up ?

Yes, indeed! I hadn't really followed the idea out before but I'll certainly be doing so now. (Or, at least, adding such to what else I'm doing...<g>)

... are you familiar with the Soundex business ? If not, google it and
follow its applications to searching for names in databases sometime.

Cheers

Miles

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Nothing new on the genealogy front, though... :(

Mmmm ... I've set up some Google alerts that report any 'net mentions of Maxted, Mexted, Maxsted, Maxstead, etc., etc.

Just on variations of your last name? I have one set on my full name but haven't tried one like that because I figured it would come up too much to go through...



Jame


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Miles,

Yes, indeed! I hadn't really followed the idea out before but I'll certainly be doing so now. (Or, at least, adding such to what else I'm doing...<g>)

... are you familiar with the Soundex business ? If not, google it and follow its applications to searching for names in databases sometime.

I'd heard of it before but hadn't had a chance to investigate it. (well, I'm not likely to run out of things to do...<g>)


Jame

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