Maxie History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins and Etymology of Maxie

The surname Maxie was first found in Northamptonshire at Maxey, a parish, in the union and soke of Peterborough. 1 Now part of Cambridgeshire, this ancient Saxon village dates back to c. 963 when it was known as Macuseige and literally meant "island or dry ground in marsh, of a man called Maccus" from the Viking personal name. 2

The first record of the family was found here in the original Latin form, Suein de Makesia in the Pipe Rolls of 1185. The next record of the family was found over one hundred years later in Cornwall when Nicholas de Makeseye was mentioned in 1297. 3

Maxey Castle was a medieval fortified manor house castle built around the 1370s by William Thorpe near the village of Maxey. Only the remnants of the castle can be seen today.

Early History of the Maxie family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Maxie research. Another 159 words (11 lines of text) covering the years 1137, 1432, 1455, 1484, 1487, 1510, 1541, 1542, 1600 and 1617 are included under the topic Early Maxie History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Maxie Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Maxey, Maxie, Max, Maxy, Maxse, Maxsey and others.

Early Notables of the Maxie family

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Maxie Ranking

the United States, the name Maxie is the 8,117^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 4

Maxie migration to the United States +

Maxie Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Mr. Daniel Maxie, aged 29, Welsh settler who arrived in New York aboard the ship "Cynosure" in 1863

Contemporary Notables of the name Maxie (post 1700) +

Leslie Maxie (b. 1967), American gold medalist track and field athlete at the 1984 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships
Demetrious Maxie (b. 1973), American CFL football player who played from 1996 to 2007, CFL All-Star in 1999 and 2000
Brett Derrell Maxie (b. 1962), American football coach and former player, current defensive backs coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Madcap Maxie (1909-1959), nickname of Max Baer, American world champion heavyweight boxer, father of actor Max Baer Jr. who is best known for his role as Jethro Bodine on The Beverly Hillbillies
James Maxie Ponder (1888-1958), American physician and the first African-American admitted to practice at Mercy Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida, recipient of a Presidential Citation for this service in the US Army Medical Reserve Corps during World War I
Carl Maxie Brashear (1931-2006), the first African American to become a U.S. Navy Master Diver in the early 1950s. He received over a dozen medals for his service and was the first amputee diver to ever be certified or re-certified as a U.S. Navy diver. In 2000, Brashear's military service was portrayed by Cuba Gooding, Jr. in the film Men of Honor
Maxie Callaway Baughan Jr. (1938-2023), American professional football linebacker for the Philadelphia Eagles, Los Angeles Rams, and the Washington Redskins, inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame
Maxie D. Dunnam, American academic, Chancellor of Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky, former president from 1994 through 2004
Maxie Clarence Maultsby Jr. (b. 1932), American psychiatrist, recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Association of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapists

Sources +

Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/