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Sarah <I>Allen</I> Maxey

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Sarah Allen Maxey

Birth
Edgecombe County, North Carolina, USA
Death
18 May 1853 (aged 76)
Itawamba County, Mississippi, USA
Burial
Tremont, Itawamba County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
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Walter Maxey and Sarah Allen were married on September 26, 1795 in Sumner County, TN.
Sarah's headstone is the only Maxey marker in the cemetery that has been identified as a Maxey.

Sarah is the daughter of Rhodam and Mary Emily (Ransom) Allen.

The correct spelling of the MAXEY family name is M-A-X-E-Y.
However, through a clerical error, the letter 'c' was mistaken for 'e' and the misspelling with the 'c' instead of the 'e' got carried forward in some of the Maxey family lines rather than correct the record. Folks have since continued and spread the misspelling backwards and forwards into the Edward Maxey line. I've seen Maxey family documents with the family name spelled both ways in the same document. You will notice that the name is spelled with an 'e' on Sarah's headstone.
Maxey family historian Edythe Maxey Clark spells the family name with an 'e'.

Whether you view the error as humorous or frustrating, it's obviously as much a part of the family story as any other aspect of our history.
Walter Maxey and Sarah Allen were married on September 26, 1795 in Sumner County, TN.
Sarah's headstone is the only Maxey marker in the cemetery that has been identified as a Maxey.

Sarah is the daughter of Rhodam and Mary Emily (Ransom) Allen.

The correct spelling of the MAXEY family name is M-A-X-E-Y.
However, through a clerical error, the letter 'c' was mistaken for 'e' and the misspelling with the 'c' instead of the 'e' got carried forward in some of the Maxey family lines rather than correct the record. Folks have since continued and spread the misspelling backwards and forwards into the Edward Maxey line. I've seen Maxey family documents with the family name spelled both ways in the same document. You will notice that the name is spelled with an 'e' on Sarah's headstone.
Maxey family historian Edythe Maxey Clark spells the family name with an 'e'.

Whether you view the error as humorous or frustrating, it's obviously as much a part of the family story as any other aspect of our history.

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"Sleep Mother Sleep. Thy son has not forgotten thee.
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  • Created by: Joyce
  • Added: Dec 9, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101951830/sarah-maxey: accessed ), memorial page for Sarah Allen Maxey (8 Apr 1777–18 May 1853), Find a Grave Memorial ID 101951830, citing Gilmore-Evans Cemetery, Tremont, Itawamba County, Mississippi, USA; Maintained by Joyce (contributor 47404499).