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. 


   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...

   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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