According to Bardsley, in Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (London, 1900), Maxfield comes from Macclesfield, a town in county Cheshire, England.

Maxfield Links:

• Cousin Marilyn Maxfield King's Family web site.
• Cousin Peter Maxfield (Genealogy info on Olmsted family)
• Trevor Maxfield's Yorkshire Maxfield Family Site.
• Lyn Maxfield's Maxfield in Australia site
• Chuck Maxfield's Maxfield Genealogy site
• Maxfield Family Genealogy Forum
• Surname Web Maxfield Surname Resource Center (pretty thin right now, but may be useful in the future).

Books available on line which relate to the Maxfield family that you might find of use:
     Maxfield Family, by Allston F. Hunt and
     Horatio Maxfield and Mary Alice (Dole) Maxfield by Myles Maxfield

Other reference material:

Other books available on US GenWeb Archive sites for my Richardson line:

• Amos Richardson of Boston and Stonington, CT
          by Rosell Richardson, 1906  (330KB)
• Eleazer Richardson of Manchester and Bristol, Vt., and Richland, N.Y.
          by Delos Andrew Richardson, 1913 (77KB)

This frame last updated on 11 Nov 2001.