| Section IV Massey Appendices | One Maryland Massey Family by George
Langford, Jr. 1901-1996 ©Cullen G. Langford and George Langford, III, 2010 |
Appendix XIV
83.JamesMassey, Son of 3.PeterMassey
| Back in 1908, during their big
Massey research project, J. G. Massey and E. T. Massey were told by
Mary Amanda Oldham Massey that 3.Peter
Massey had a son, un-named, who
had moved to Delaware.(1) I
had done no Massey research in Delaware, and this son of 3.Peter Massey
remained un-named. In 1976, Judge Massey hypothesized that a
"James, son of Peter Massey," who attested the 1768 Q.A.Co. Will (2) might be the son of 3.Peter
Massey.(2) |
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Following Judge Massey's
suggestion,and putting our facts into diagram form, the pieces of this
puzzle fall into place: |
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| Francis Rochester, whose Will
83.James
Massey witnessed, was the uncle of James Massey. |
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| 83.James Massey used the out-of-the-ordinary signature: "James Massey, son of Peter Massey" to differentiate himself from his first cousin 9.James Massey and his uncle 8.James Massey. All three of these James Massey's were living in 1768. | |||||||||||||||
| We do not know whether or not
83.James
Massey did in fact move on to Delaware; the reconstructed 1790
Delaware Census did not list a James Massey; offers no help.(4)
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| Another gap for further Massey
researchers to fill_________ |
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