Do you have anything on EVERETT. or MAXEN or THOMPSON? MAXENS became MIXON/MIXSON in USA. Of couse, I am not real sure where THOMPSONS came from and I don't have a straight line of info back to England on EVERETT. I have some info but it definitely is not documented and verified. Maxen was a woodmonger (?) and spectacles maker in London in early 1600s. What would a woodmonger do? I assume spectacles were made of wood back in those days and suppose they were just peices of magnifying glass? Lets see, Elizabeth 1 was still in power at 1600. Thanks. Guess Thompson Simmons