Maxim - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Re: Mayflower,Maxim,Muxham,Maxham

cleteboothby — 2009-11-10 13:19:39Z

Steve,

I am researching the Maxim clan and would be greatly interested in genealogy you have. I am tracing Mayflower lines. I go through Truman Maxim, Jesse Maxim, Andrew and on up. Any help woulf be greatly appreciated.

Clete Boothby
Dayton,Maine

Re: Mayflower,Maxim,Muxham,Maxham

cleteboothby — 2009-11-08 23:05:23Z

Mark,

I would love to connect with you on this line. I have too many road blocks and towns that lost records to fire such as Madison and Norridgewock. If there is another path to the Mayflower I would love to see it.

Thanks alot,

Clete Boothby
Dayton, Mainecleteybooboo@yahoo.com

Re: Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim

cleteboothby — 2009-11-08 22:44:46Z

I have an old newspaper clipping with him in front of his machine gun. Nice article, it was in my grandmother's scrapbook as her mother was a Maxim.

Clete Boothby
cleteybooboo@yahoo.com

Re: Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim

anitag69 — 2009-09-11 02:58:03Z

I believe the book "The History of Paris, Maine" covers a lot of the Maxim family who migrated there from Massachusetts. I think you can view it on Google books or at Archive.org. Can't remember where I saw it.
Anita (descendant of Lucinda Maxim/Muxom/Muxsom

Re: Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim

christophergmaxim — 2009-07-15 20:59:26Z

Hey there. I have some information that says I am the great great nephew of Hiram Maxim and that my geat, great grandfather was Emery Russell Maxim, the sixth of seven children of Samuel and Sarah. Samuel was born in Plymouth Mass in 1789 and later moved to Champion, Jefferson County. NY where he married Sarah in 1805. She was from somewhere in NH.
Emery's sons, Emery and Eugene stayed in the area while the third son, my great grandfather William Bert eventually moved to Brooklyn. He dies in 1949 at 53rd 76th street. As far as Mayflower descendants, I appear to have a line to Hannah Perry. There are Hannah's and Samuels all over my family tree, which is why my second son was named Samuel, and would have been Hannah had he been a she. E-mail me if you want to talk more about this cool stuff. chrismaxim@verizon.net.

Re: Retracing my steps: Washburn - Jones connection

cleteboothby — 2009-04-12 23:58:22Z

David,

I saw your post on the Maxim board and was wondering what information you may have on Andrew Maxim. I am looking for information on his son Jesse Maxim who married Louisa Pease for a Mayflower application and most documents have burned in Madison and Anson,Maine. There is not one piece of data I can find that physically shows Andrew as Jesse's father. All I have is Rev Truman F Maxim's death certificate listing Jesse as his father. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Clete Boothby

Jesse Maxim of Mass & Maine

cleteboothby — 2009-02-15 15:58:38Z

I have a death certificate of Jesse's son, Truman, that lists Jesse's birthplace as Massachussetts. Would anyone have any written data that would tie Jesse to his father? Town records of Madison and Anson,Maine burned after 1880 and no death certificate is available for Jesse. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you,

Clete Boothby
cjboothby@fairpoint.net
Dayton,Maine

Re: Maxim/Steed/Brand, Essex/Suffolk

annsparrow101 — 2009-01-21 22:20:13Z

My Gt gt grandfather George Sparrow born 1830 married Mary Ann Brand at Buxhall Suffolk on 14th September 1864 if this is of any help.
Ann

Maxim Corners in MA

dmcoltrin — 2008-11-20 16:10:39Z

Does anyone know the history of Maxim Corners in MA or how it got its name? It is not too far from North Carver and Wenham in southeast MA.

Re: Mayflower,Maxim,Muxham,Maxham

bob1vi744v7tm38gs9vfb1jmcv91djl4 — 2008-08-31 03:56:34Z

Hiram Maxim's "paintbrush" carried the day at Omdurman, and in the Matabele War, however the British military leadership de-emphasized it afterwards for not being a proper (humane?) weapon, with tragic consequences in the early stages of WWI.

Hiram also did a lot of work in electricity, and filed some patents for electric light bulbs ahead of Edison. He worked on powered flight, although unpiloted. His brother Hudson was also a prodigious inventor, as was Hiram's son, Hiram Percy.

The Maxham/Maxim, etc surname certainly precedes the fifteenth century, as in popular variations in ancient Rome. Emperors names included Maximin, Maximian, Maxentious, Claudius Maximus, Maximinus, and others. Gaul (France) was Romanized from the first century BC. Also, a British hero of the Roman era was Lord Macsen (AKA Maximus). In the early fifteenth century, Lord Scrope of Masham, served under Henry V, although was executed for betrayal. The movie "Gladiator' has a character named Maximus, based very very very loosely on a Roman General who was murdered by Commodus (one of the least of the film's historical inaccuracies). I have also been told the spelling Maxam is found historically in France.

The Huguenots, so-named, don't seem to show up before 1560, too late for Ferdinand and Isabella, however there were Reformists at work in France well before that.

As to Hannah Perry, Goldsmith, quoting "Family Reunion," who further quotes Hannah's father, says (coments in brackets [ ] are mine):

"...a Samuel Maxham who...was born in England about 1645. He had a son, also Samuel, who was born in 1680...and died in 1763...in 1703, the second Samuel married Hannah Perry, who had been born in Sandwich, Massachusetts in 1681. The will of Ezra Perry mentions his daughter, Hannah, and his grandchildren Samuel and Edmund Muxon [sic]; the record reports the marriage of Samuel Muxon [sic], and Hannah Perry, both of Sandwich...Hannah Perry's claim to fame is that through her maternal line she was the great-granddaughter of Patience Brewster, the wife of Governor Prence and the daughter of William Brewster of "Mayflower" fame.

"Hannah and Samuel had a son, Samuel Maxham, the third one of this name, who was born in 1712 and married in 1736 to Elizabeth Gibbs. He died in Rochester, Massachusetts. Their son was Nathan Maxim, the first one [of this particular family] to so spell his name.

"Nathan Maxim, born in 1739 in Rochester, later moved to Wareham, Massachusetts, and still later to Buckfield, Maine. Nathan's son was again named Samuel, who in turn had a son named Isaac. Isaac married Harriet Boston Stevens, and was the father of Hiram Stevens Maxim."

No mention of other sons of Samuel Maxham and Elizabeth Gibbs, but the author is only interested in tracking the line to H.S. Maxham, and David wouldn't lead there. Either the first Samuel Maxham (b ca.1645 in England), or his son, Hannah's husband, emigrated to Massachusetts.

Hope this helps. As I said before, "Family Reunion, Maxim-Lee" can be acquired on line at AntiQbook.

I have been told I would qualify for SAR through a connection to the Putnams, but I have never bothered to research that.

I am somewhat interested in Benjamin Maxham, the early photographer in Massachusetts, since I found an inexplicable box of two dozen daguerreotypes, ambrotypes and tintypes among my parents' things. They do not seem to be of one family.

Re: Mayflower,Maxim,Muxham,Maxham

stevem128 — 2008-08-31 03:34:42Z

Devil's Paintbrush, eh? Some paintbrush. Somewhere I read that Hiram thought it was ironic that he would be remembered for the invention of the worst people killer ever invented at the time instead of his work with amusement park rides.

I also read somewhere that when Ferdinand and Isabella expelled the Sephardic Jews from Spain, some of them went north and were helped by the Huguenots. Consequently some of these became Protestants themselves. So, with the name of Maxim, one wonders if....

I found a Pedro Maxim once in a Jewish surname database.

My father's genealogy doesn't make the link between Samuel who married Hannah Perry and the Samuel from England, but it would seem likely. After all, their name isn't Smith or Jones. Also there are no other Maxims of similar generations shown in New England, so they must be "it".
Samuel (m. Hannah Perry) begat Samuel (m. Elizabeth Gibbs) who begat David (b. 1741), which is my ancestor.

I would be interested in the Hannah Perry to William Brewster lineage. If it is publicly available, I would love to see it. This would give me three Mayflower ancestors (see my previous post). Great response material to use with DAR types who like to get snobbish with the lowly likes of myself.

Re: Mayflower,Maxim,Muxham,Maxham

bob1vi744v7tm38gs9vfb1jmcv91djl4 — 2008-08-31 02:58:58Z

From "The Devil's Paintbrush, Sir Hiram Maxim's Gun," by Dolf Goldsmith: Mr. Maxim in his autobiography described his ancestors as Protestant Huguenots, driven out of Catholic France. (Maxim's 1915 autobiography "My Life" is downloadable free from Google).

Also from Goldsmith's book is reference to "Family Reunion : An Incomplete Account of the Maxim-Lee Family History" printed 1971 (purchasable from AntiQbook [$65]). It mentions all the various name spellings are "descended from a Samuel Maxham...born in England about 1645," (and emigrated to Mass.?) If this Samuel is descended from the Huguenot family, they may have fled to Protestant England in or after 1572, the year of French massacres of the Huguenots. Huguenot refugees have been mentioned in Canterbury at that time.

The passage Goldsmith quotes from the "Family Reunion" book includes a list of begats from 1645 to 1739. There is not a David listed, however Goldsmith only follows the line that leads to Hiram.

In 1703, a second Samuel Maxham married Hannah Perry, a descendant of the Mayflower's William Brewster.

Other notes: In the nineteenth century a Maxham married a Putnam of that illustrious family. Benjamin Maxham was an early Massachusetts photographer who took Daguerreotypes of H.D. Thoreau.

Re: Mayflower,Maxim,Muxham,Maxham

stevem128 — 2008-08-28 05:37:00Z

One belief is in the inevitability of war. Another belief is in the inevitability of extinction if the inevitability of war continues to happen. I have noticed that the belief in war usually carries with it the belief in the inevitability of evolving armament, which, for instance, since there are now nuclear warheads numbering well into 5 digits, then belief in the first can easily lead to the belief in the second. All this embedded mentality has given us most pointedly the horrors of the last hundred years, at least. If someone thinks all this is not appropriate to this here genealogy board, then I would counter that it is most important since if the second belief comes to fruition, ancestry.com will also become extinct. I wish Hiram and his German counterparts had stuck to electricity.

I'm afraid I have to think that the Romans' use of Maxim was probably related more to the superlative definitions of the word. But Macsen and Masham are intriguing, particularly in light of the many spellings of Maxim. There is such a desire to go further and further back; I don't know where it comes from.

The appearance in southern France of Sephardim was gradual, and was often made up of crypto Jews, conversos, "New Christians" or whatever they may have been called. This is only a seventy year period between, say, 1490 and 1560. I recall reading where some of the Huguenots, and I guess their unnamed predecessors, gave succor to the Sephardim, but I don't recall the site. Here's one that at least gives some input, and shows how complex the details are:
http://www.cryptojews.com/HUGANOTS.html

Thank you so much for the sketch about Perry-Brewster.

Good luck with finding out about Benjamin.

If you would like anything from my father's genealogy, let me know.
stevem@pronetisp.net

Mazel tov....er....Bon Sante!!

Stephen Maxam

Maxim family

DeborahYates72 — 2008-07-01 20:48:54Z

Looking for information/relative Susan Maxim came over from Austria. She had a brother named George dob around 1886 who married Mary (Marie) Butchko; they in turn had three children Mary dob 1909, Annie dob 1911 and Susie dob 1913 and died about age two in year 1915. The Susan Maxim I'm looking for possibly lived in Illinois. Her brother George Maxim lived in Pennsylvania with his family. Any decedents of Susan Maxim? thank you Debbie

Re: Mayflower,Maxim,Muxham,Maxham

stevem128 — 2008-03-04 06:24:31Z

Here's a sketch of Maxim Mayflower connection:
Samuel 1 (m. Hannah Perry), Samuel 2, David 3, David 4.
David 4 married Deliverance Doty 1794.
Edward Doty (came on the Mayflower)is Edward 1, followed by Joseph 2, Ellis 3, Edward 4, Edward 5 and then Deliverance 6, who married David Maxim 4, above. So anybody who can trace to David 4 connects with Deliverance Doty.
Sorry for the inept attempt at genealogical exposition.
My father's mother was a Poole, who traces back similarly to Stephen Hopkins, so I am related both to master and servant. Edward and the other servant, Edward Leister, started a duel with each other, but were stopped and tied together for 24 hours face to face. So imaginative were those folks, weren't they? If you want this fleshed out, let me know. Is this the proper place for that amount of detail, or would you like it sent direct?
Stephen Maxam

Re: Mayflower,Maxim,Muxham,Maxham

cleteboothby — 2008-03-03 21:06:38Z

That would be much appreciated. I have found 6-7 links from my immediate Maxim line back to the Mayflower. Thanks alot

Clete Boothby, Maine

Re: Mayflower,Maxim,Muxham,Maxham

stevem128 — 2008-03-03 05:20:38Z

My father created a genealogy over many years and linked Maxim or Maxam back to Edward Doty , apparently indentured to Stephen Hopkins, both of whom came over on the Mayflower.
I will get out the thing and supply the linkage if anyone wants it.

(I would sure like to know any ancestry of Samuel Muxom, the earliest "Maxim" I have seen. Probably from England, perhaps a Huguenot name.)

PS I am not a skilled genealogist, just interested in early history of the family.

Re: Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim

stevem128 — 2008-03-03 06:41:58Z

There is a page on findagrave.com for Sir Hiram, which shows a photo of his and Lady Sara's grave, and shows the year of her death as 1941. Hard to argue with a gravestone, eh?
At the bottom of the stone is listed Lt Col Maxim Joubert. Anybody know who he was, maybe Hiram's son?

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Ma...;

In a PBS documentary on the battle of the Somme, Hiram was quoted something to the effect that he felt that his machine gun would mean the end of war since it was such a powerful and insurmountable weapon. I think I've heard that before somewhere.

On another note, I would like to find out about Samuel Muxom/Maxham, etc. from England born c.1650, maybe Kent, who was the father of Samuel, born in Middleboro Mass, 1680. My interest is mainly historical; I'm pursuing the possibility of the name being Huguenot since Hiram mentioned it in his autobiography, of which I have a copy.
Stephen Maxam

Re: Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim

2006-01-25 00:52:51Z

Hiram's first wife, Jane Budden, was my great grandmother. Sarah Haynes was his 2nd wife in England. He left Jane behind.

Re: Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim

2006-01-24 22:36:42Z

I'd forgotten about this thread of messages, thanks for reminding me. I know very little about Sir Hiram's antecedants - only from what I've read about him in books and in this thread.

I am researching the name Maxim and am doing a One-Name Study, in theory worldwide, but concentrating in fact on the British ones. My husbands ancestors came from Suffolk. I would love to know what branch you descend from, as I may already have information on the family.

Back to Sir Hiram. There is, apparently, in our family archives (not with us unfortunately) a group wedding photograph taken in the garden of my husband's 2x great uncle and on the occasion of his daughter's wedding. In the photograph, who should be there, but Sir Hiram. Why? I've no idea, but hopefully all will be revealed in the fullness of time! I look forward to hearing from you.

Re: Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim

2006-01-24 17:39:57Z

I have just come across your item of nov 2002 re Sir Hiram S Maxim. I am researching Maxim family info, being descended from the English branch of the Maxims who lived in the Sudbury Suffolk Area.

Can you tell me anything about Hiram S Maxims antecedents? Did they come from England or from the French or Dutch branch. Any info you have will be much appreciated.

Dorothea Mae Maxim or Hogan, b. oct.2, 1918

2006-01-03 20:36:12Z

LOOKING FOR ANY INFORMATION ON THE HOGAN FAMLY THAT ONCE RESIDED IN SOUTH PLAINFIELD NEW JERSEY. LILLIAN HOGAN, DAUGHTER BORN TO JESSIE OR ELLIE HOGAN, WAS A SINGLE WOMAN, HAD A CHILD WITH MAXIMUS MAXIMOFF, [A RUSSIAN DOCTOR OR THERAPHIST,} A DAUGHTER, DOROTHEA MAE HOGAN OR MAXIM OR MAXIMOFF. BORN ON OCT. 2ND, 1918. LILLIAN DIED IN HER LATE 30S OR EARLY 40S FROM A SERIOS KIDNEY DISEASE. DOROTHEA WAS LIVING WITH AN AUNT AND LATER PLACED IN THE RECTORY UNTIL THE AGE OF 18. SHE LATER MARRIED MY FATHER, HAD 3 CHILDREN, ARTHUR, MARJORIE, AND KENNETH. THEY ALL RESIDED ON SOUTH PLAINFIELD ST IN SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY. HER UNCLE, JOHN HOGAN SENIOR WAS A CHIEF OF POLICE AND HIS SON JOHN HOGAN JR. LATER MARRIED AND HAD 2 CHILDREN. THEY WOULD BE IN THEIR EARLY 50S. ONE OF THE CHILDREN WAS STUDYING TO BE AN ARCHITECH, AND WAS CONTEMPLATING A MOVE DOWN THE EAST COAST TO WARMER CLIMATE. JOHN HOGAN JR HAD A SISTER NAMED MAGGIE. SHE ONCED OWNED A BAR IN OCEAN CITY, [MAYBE SHE STILL DOES} NEW JERSEY. SHE NEVER MARRIED, AND WAS VERY CLOSE TO HER BROTHER,JOHN. MY MOTHER, DOROTHEA IS NOW 87 YEARS OLD AND RESIDES IN CULVER CITY, CALIFORNIA. I'VE TRIED FOR MANY YEARS TO GET SOME INFORMATION FROM HER BUT TO NO AVAIL. SHE WANTS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CHILDREN FROM HER FIRST MARRIAGE. I'VE CONTACTED A FEW HOGANS BY PHONE, BUT THAT PROVED TO BE FRUITLESS. ANY INFORMATION WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

I am not related to the family, betty

Re: Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim

dcuillard — 2004-11-01 08:55:28Z

Hiram Stevens Maxim married Louisa Jane Budden. She was born in London. Her sister, Mary Ann Budden, married a James Smith. They eventually "came west" to Utah from Massachusettes 1850-1860. James Smith was killed and Mary Ann Budden married Cornelius O'Keefe.
We are descended from this marriage.
We always thought Hiram Stevens Maxim was married to Jane Budden, but the 1870 census lists them as follows:
H. S. Maxim, age age 30, born Maine, Mechanical Engineer
Wife: Louisa J., age 34, born England.
son: Hiram P. Maxin, age 9/12 born New York.

obit- Hiram C. Maxim

ladydiane67 — 2005-11-02 20:23:56Z

Hiram C. Maxim of Fleischmanns died suddenly Monday evening,Oct. 16, 1967, in Margaretville hospital. He was 56.
Funeral services will be held friday at 2 in the Fleischmanns Methodist Church.
Mr. Maxim was employed by Trailways Pine Hill-Kingston Bus corporation.
He is survived by his wife Cloe; four sons Raymond and Robert of Big Indian, Allen and Wayne of Fleischmanns;two daughters, Mrs, Cloe Kratochvil of Fleishmanns and Mrs. Pat Kratochvil of Halcott Center; his mother,Mrs. Grace Maxim of Arkville;three brothers Elwyn and Charles of Fleischmanns and Donald of North Carolina;two sisters, Mrs. Violet Herman of Fleischmanns and Mrs. Regina Kittle of Arkville; 18 grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Another son, Berton Lee Maxim, was killed Aug. 20 in an accident near Shandaken which took the lives of five youths.

Re: Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim

TesnoMaxim — 2007-11-01 19:19:28Z

John Andrew is a brother to Isaac, Hiram and Hudson's (Isaac's) father. Their parents are Samuel and Saviah Rider.

Samuels Children:

Seth
Seviah
Clara born abt 1794
Patience born abt 1796
Capt. Samuel born 1804
John Andrew 1811-1887
Lucy 1812
Isaac 1814-1883
Emery Russell 1824-1887

Re: Mayflower,Maxim,Muxham,Maxham

TesnoMaxim — 2007-06-24 14:00:46Z

No, I don't belong the society, but have been there. I have been researching the name for about 20 years. I believe I have the largest database there is on our name. I will share some of it with you, but will not release all of the data I have as I am working on a book and have already had a lot of data compromised. Ancestry and other genealogical sites get it and sell it. I find that wrong. I will share with anyone, but not with the sites who charge.

Truman's tree goes back to Edmund from here in wareham, Mass. I also go back to Edmund. He is a ggggggggg grandfather.

How is Truman related to you and what part of the tree do you need?

Feel free to call me some time at 508-273-0105.

Re: Mayflower,Maxim,Muxham,Maxham

TesnoMaxim — 2007-06-09 15:55:13Z

I have what you are looking for and I can tie Truman Directly to the Mayflower through Perrys and Freeman. The Maxim story is awesome.

Are you still interested.

Mark Maxim

George Maxim

bvanexem — 2005-09-28 10:59:40Z

I am looking for information on a George Maxim born in Szabolcs, Nyirlugos, Hungary in the early 1900's. I believe he immigrated to Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Re: Mayflower,Maxim,Muxham,Maxham

MaryBrown686 — 2007-08-07 18:06:12Z

Hi Mark,

I noticed these messages in looking for my g.g.g.grandfather, John Maxim, who was born in Moscow, Maine. John, b. June 28,1811(Moscow Town Clerk Records) and died, March 11,1887 (GraveMarker-Bingham Cem.) and Almira, b. Jan. 18, 1808 (Moscow Town ClerkRecords) and died, Dec. 30, 1896 (Grave Marker-Bingham Cem.)

I believe they lived in both Moscow and Bingham, Maine. I have seen some family history's and they are tied to Perkins, Perry, Freeman. The big problem is they have different father and mother names for John's parents. Is this a connection to your Maxim's and if so can you help me. I went to the town office and as I expected the records were sketchy. It didn't list father or mother for him or his wife Almira Hunt. Only their birth dates listed above. Any help that you could give be would be most helpful and appreciated. You can e-mail me at: MarysMews@verizon.net, regarding this.

Thanks for your time and trouble.

Mary (Pierce) Brown

Re: Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim

MaryBrown686 — 2007-08-04 18:49:15Z

Hi,

Could you please tell me if John Andrew Maxim was a brother to Isaac Maxim. I am the g.g.g. granddaughter of John Andrew and am having a hard time trying to find out whose gedcom is right when it comes to his father. I have been told they were brothers and that Sir Hiram was his nephew by his brother Isaac, but am finding different names for who their father was. If you can help me, I would be so grateful. I have also been told that John Andrew married my g.g.g.grandmother Almira Hunt, b. Moscow, Me who was Penobscot Indian. I was told by a family member that the family disowned him for that. Any help in verifying or setting me straigt would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Mary L. Brown
MarysMews@verizon.net

Re: Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim

MaryBrown686 — 2007-08-04 18:39:15Z

Hi,

This message is for ashlwn, I was viewing your posts and thought you might be able to answer my questions. I am the Gr.Gr.Gr. Granddaughter of John Andrew Maxim, born in Moscow, Maine. I understand that he is a brother to Isaac Maxim, whom I've been told was Sir Hiram Maxim's father. Can you verify this or set me straight. On Rootsweb there are several different variations of who Isaac and John's father was and if indeed Isaac and John Andrew were brother's. There is only one in my family that remembers anything about them, but he got the relationships wrong. He is around 93, so not sure how much to believe. Any help you could give me would be much appreciated.
Thank you,
Mary Brown
MarysMews@verizon.net

John K Maxim

tmaxim143 — 2007-06-01 04:58:47Z

Looking for info on John K Maxim married to Lydia Barlow. Children Emily, John, Lydia, Betsey, Samual and Winslow (b 1859, Mass). I am 4th generation from Winslow, living in Alaska.

I beleive there may have been several John K Maxim's as the name has turned up several generations and multiple date's of birth.

Re: Maxim/Pinkham

tmaxim143 — 2007-06-01 04:33:28Z

I have the info you requested regarding Children of Winslow Maxim. Obviously you posted this info years ago. I am looking for info on the earlier generations including John K Maxim and Lydia T. Barlow (parents of Winslow) and earlier generations. I can't seem to find connections prior to John and Lydia Maxim.

I am 4th generation from Winslow.

Re: Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim

littlepjl29 — 2004-09-30 23:45:05Z

His wife;s name was Jane Budden. I'm still doing research but I believe it was another Hiram Stevens Maxim that was married to a Sarah. I will let you know when I find out more.

Mayflower,Maxim,Muxham,Maxham

cleteboothby — 2007-03-23 11:29:04Z

I am looking for anyone that has a proven Mayflower line tied to the Maxim family. I have 8 lines to be proven and all seem to go through them with Rebekah Perkins and father Gideon Perkins being a vital link. Any contacts or information would be very much appreciated. Thanks

Clete Boothby
cleteybooboo@yahoo.com

Rev Truman Francis Maxim

cleteboothby — 2007-03-07 12:46:17Z

I have come across a book detailing all the marriages he performed. It appears that it was in his handwriting should anyone be interested in seeing it. He was my grandmother's grandfather. Thx

Clete Boothby
cleteybooboo@yahoo.com

Re: Mayflower,Maxim,Muxham,Maxham

cleteboothby — 2007-07-10 22:36:16Z

I was thinking of donating his marraige log book to Norrigewock Historical Society after I scanned it. I have spoken with them about it. My main course of action is to finish some Mayflower lines on that family. Most of the Maxim's here have past. Most notably in my town of Limington,Me was Hervey Maxim, a lifelong resident and Mason. He was our Chaplain of the lodge for as long as I can remember. I used to go to a Maxim reunion on Highland Lake in Falmouth where Clifton Pike had a camp. Catherine (Pike) Hufnagel was the wife of Dr. Charles Hufnagel who invented the artificial heart valve. I look forward to talking more with you. Thank you.

Clete Boothby,
Cumberland,Me

Re: Mayflower,Maxim,Muxham,Maxham

cleteboothby — 2007-06-25 00:39:43Z

Truman is my grandmother's grandfather. My father, Willard "Truman" Boothby was named for him. I have several pictures of him as wellas his marriage log book he kept. He actualy married his daughter Belle Winona Maxim to her husbanb, Harry E Torne.

I feel the same way about information as you do as 2 people took my data and posted it on their websites with no mention as to where it came from. That upset me greatly. I started this project in 1986 as a senior project in high school, but soon learned the hard way that people aren't so kind about giving source data. Someone of your same thoughts, I would rather work off the grid and compare notes. I work with family tree maker and am only interested in exploring the mayfower side, which I have several, that the Maxims seem to enjoy. I do not write books as I would like as I do not have that type of time. I am however, the historian for the Boothby Reunion that has met in Limington,Me since 1911. Any correspondance you wish to make, we can do by phone or email. My only goal is to give my children something I hope they will take off with when I choose to stop doing later in life. If you wish to speak further I would very much appreciate talking with you.

Sincerely,

Clete Boothby,
Cumberland,Me

Re: Mayflower,Maxim,Muxham,Maxham

cleteboothby — 2007-06-10 17:25:37Z

Mark, thank you for the reply. Do you belong to the Mayflower society? How do you tie in to him? I have some pictures of Truman here a well as his log book he kept from the marriages he performed. I would be interested in anything you would share. I use Family Tree Maker software so we could exchange files if you like. Thanks alot

Clete Boothby
Cumberland,Me

Re: Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim

cleteboothby — 2008-01-15 19:57:27Z

A descendant of his just passed away in Mass. Attached is the link to the obit and it speaks about Hiram.

http://www.legacy.com/HartfordCourant/DeathNotices.asp

Scroll down the names until you see Maxim. Thanks.

I am a descendant of Andrew Maxim, Jesse Maxim, Rev Truman Maxim, Belle Maxim, Elsie M Thorne, Willard Boothby, Myself.

Hiram would have been a close cousin to my g,g,grandfather Truman.

Re: Retracing my steps: Washburn - Jones connection

cleteboothby — 2007-12-26 13:01:09Z

David,

I have a direct connection to the Maxim family. My g,g grandfather was Rev Truman Francis Maxim, son of Jesse Maxim of Carver,Mass. It it through this line, the Perkins and Washburn I am tracing several Mayflower Lines. I would be interested in sharing my line if you are interested in it. Most of his descendants are still living in Maine. Thanks alot.

Clete Boothby

Re: Bertha Lucy Maxim NY

dgewins — 2006-10-10 17:02:20Z

Dawn, You didn't give any dates in your query and you did not include the name of your grandfather. I have several Barnet Eighmeys in my database so I might be able to help you if I had more information.

Re: Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim

greystonecats — 2006-07-13 19:34:23Z

Hmm...most interesting! I'm on the other side of things here, as I am a Haynes descendant. I have in my possession, handwritten letters from Lady Sarah, as well as a final accounting of her estate when she died.

Re: Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim

greystonecats — 2006-07-13 19:34:23Z

I am a Haynes family descendant. I am very interested if you have photos of any Haynes relations, or of Maxim Joubert, Hiram's grandson in his personal photo album. Feel free to email me at dmohern@dreamscape.com . Thank you!

Re: Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim

greystonecats — 2006-07-13 19:34:23Z

Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim had two daughters, Florence and Adelaide, and a son, Hiram Percy Maxim. No daughter Constance.

Re: Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim

greystonecats — 2006-07-13 19:34:23Z

I'm sorry I don't have any ideas for you now. I have only just started to work on a lineage for Hiram S. Maxim, and am working with a partner who has access to the census info. I am a Haynes descendant, but I know that Hiram did not have a daughter Constance. I'm sorry I can't offer you more just now, but I see that there are a few people here who have extensive family info. I'm just beginning my search, though I do have quite a few original (from the 1900s) newspaper articles and letters from Sarah.

Re: Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim

gilliansutherland_1 — 2006-07-13 19:15:48Z

Thank you for your reply. My Aunt said that Charles Rupert Stanton married into the Maxim family as she said that they were connected to the Maxim gun. She also said that the lady in question was called Constance and I can also remember my Mother mentioing them. Any ideas?

Gillian Sutherland

Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim

gilliansutherland_1 — 2006-03-27 14:53:31Z

I have been talking to an Aunt (aged 85) about my GGG Aunt, Nellie Stanton. nee Park, whose son Charles Rupert Stanton, 1C3R, is believed to have married Constance Maxim, daughter of Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim. I think the marriage took place in the September quarter 1903 in Derbyshire. I can find no trace of her so either the story has been embellished down the generations or she is from a different branch of the family. Can anyone help please?

Re: Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim

gilliansutherland_1 — 2006-07-13 19:34:59Z

I shall get in touch with my Aunt and find out if she can remember any thing else. Unfortunately, she is the last remaining member of that side of the family and will be 86 in August so I cannot afford to lose any time. I also know that time can play tricks with the memory!!

I am most impressed with the speed of your reply.

Gillian

Retracing my steps: Washburn - Jones connection

mdws — 2005-11-14 02:53:20Z

Retracing my steps: Washburn - Jones connection - http://www.feliixplace.com/genealogy/washburn.html

Alden F Washburn born February 1820 in Madison, Somerset, Maine son of Hosea Washburn (Hosea 6, [weak link here] Stephen 5, Ephraim 4, Joseph 3, John 2, John 1) and Hannah Maxim (Andrew [Muxam], John [Muxham], Edmund, Samuel). He died 24 January 1888 in Madison.

Judith L Jones born 28 September 1823 daughter of Edward Jones (Captain Edward) and Fannie Lane (Giddings 5, Daniel 4, Samuel 3, Samuel 2, James 1) of Leeds, Androscoggin, Maine. She died 23 March 1887.

Children:

1. Marilla Washburn born 1858/59, died 1929. Married Josiah Clark 8 June 1878. One daughter.

2. Edward Jones Washburn born 23 October 1861 in Madison, Somerset, Maine, died 30 August 1914 in Madison. Married Alice Eldora Williams daughter of Orrington L Williams and Sylvia Pullen Gamage. Three daughters. http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/WASHBURN/2005-11/113141...

Sources available on request. If you have anything to add, subtract, confirm or refute or if you have any connection with this family I'd like to hear from you.

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Best wishes,
David

David Sylvester
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