| ![Show Contents]() Maxine History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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England
Early Origins of the Maxine familyThe surname Maxine 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 Maxine familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Maxine 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 Maxine History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Maxine Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Maxey, Maxie, Max, Maxy, Maxse, Maxsey and others. Early Notables of the Maxine familyMore information is included under the topic Early Maxine Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Maxine familySome of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..
| Contemporary Notables of the name Maxine (post 1700) | + |
- Brian Maxine (1938-2024), known as Goldbelt, English professional wrestler and cabaret artist
- Janella Maxine Desiderio Salvador (b. 1998), Filipino actress and singer
- Terrie Maxine Frankle, American actress and writer, known for My 100th Birthday (2012), Room Enough For Two: The Life of Dorothy Parker (2012) and Lunch Wagon (1981)
- Joan Maxine Copeland (1922-2022), née Miller, an American actress and younger sister of playwright Arthur Miller, best known for her performances in the 1977 Broadway revival of Pal Joey and her award-winning performance in the 1981 play The American Clock
- Suzan Maxine Farmer (1942-2017), English film and television actress, known for her roles in The Scarlet Blade, Doctor in Clover and Coronation Street
- Paula Maxine Patton (b. 1975), American actress
- Angela Maxine O'Brien (b. 1937), birth name of Margaret O'Brien, the American film and stage actress who has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Linda Maxine Godwin (b. 1952), American scientist and former NASA astronaut with 38 days in space 4
- Maxine Amelia Crockett (1921-2003), American private in the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, first all-female, all-African-American battalion to server overseas
- Maxine Evelyn Fleischman (1932-2000), née Lightstone, Canadian playwright and a composer
- 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)
- NASA Astronauts Homepage. (Retrieved 2010, September 27) Linda Godwin. Retrieved from http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/godwin.html
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