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Dates |
Source |
|
... |
Birth |
|
... |
Death |
|
... |
Marriage |
|
8 Aug.1765 |
Kent
Co.,
Md.:
Deed:
David
Massey
to
Gilbert
Falconer. Gilbert Falconar, farmer, of Kent County in Maryland
buys for 50 pounds a 300 acre parcel called "London Bridge Renewed"
(adjacent to "Honberry," owned by Humphrey Davenport) from Daniel
Massey, gentleman, and wife Mary. [Note that the grantor in this deed is
Daniel Massey, not David Massey - text added by GL,III, ed.] |
2 |
1800 |
Kent
Co.,
Md.:
Census:
David
Massey
and
Daniel
Massey
are
listed
on
adjoining lines. [David Massey's household consists of two "other free
persons" that is, persons of color - text and reference added by GL,III,
ed.] |
1, 5 |
15 Nov.1814 |
Queen Anne's Co., Md.: Deed: David Massey [free negro] from William Price: November 15, 1814 (Recorded December 7, 1814): David Massey, free Negro of Queen Anne's County in Maryland buys for $20.00 a one acre plot of land called Prices Paradise [maybe Prices Sharsalia] lying next to the road leading between Dixon's Tavern and Bullock Town, from William Price of Thomas in Queen Anne's County. Witnesses acting for the Crown: Justices of the Peace, Nathaniel Cacy and Jn. D. Thompson. [text added by GL,III, ed.] | 3 |
1820 |
Queen
Anne's
Co.,
Md.: Census:
David
Massey
listed;
no
indication
of
make-up
of family. [Note: the census image is difficult to read, but I see three free persons of color: one male under the age of fourteen, one male and one female over the age of forty five; and no white persons in the household - GL,III, ed.] |
1, 6 |
27 Dec.1824 |
"Account of John Solloway, administrator: Payment to David Massey for negros for digging the grave, obituary notice, appraisers, taking wheat to market, taxes, etc." In the same source Charles Shawn freed many of his slaves. [text and reference added by GL,III, ed.] |
8 |
12 Sep.1834 |
Queen
Anne's
Co.,
Md.:
David
Massey
[free negro] gets
a
receipt
from
Charles
C. Shawne: September
12, 1834: David Massey, free Negro of Queen Anne's County in Maryland,
executes a note for $44.33 for a Negro girl Elizabeth and a Negro woman
named Susan, aged 65, said Elizabeth to be freed on September 10, 1837,
from all right of the estate of Charles C. Shawn, who died before
September 30, 1828, the date on which David Massey paid the last dollar
to settle the note. Witnesses: John and Henry Sellway and Juliann Williamson. [text added by GL,III, ed.] |
4 |
18 Sep.1834 |
Queen Anne's Co., Md: David Massey manumits Elizabeth Jackson, age 17: September 18, 1834 (Recorded March 3, 1835): David Massey of Queen Anne's County in Maryland manumits Elizabeth Jackson, seventeen years of age, thereby setting her free from slavery, service, and servitude forever. Witnesses: Matthias George and Louisa Tinte; certified by Justice of the Peace for Queen Anne's County, Matthias George. [text added by GL,III, ed.] | 7 |
Note |
All the original sources that I have seen list David Massey as nonwhite; he may yet be connected to our Massey family nevertheless - GL,III, ed. |
Sources |
Page |
|
1 |
Judge
Massey:
25
Mar.1976
Chart,
p.6. |
p.0224 |
2 |
Kent
Co.,
Md.:
Deeds:
Book
DD
No.
2,
folio
88. [link points to a text- searchable transcription - GL,III, ed.] |
p.0087 |
3 |
Queen
Anne's
Co.,
Md.:
Deeds:
Book JB #2,
folio
434. [link points to a text- searchable transcription - GL,III, ed.] |
p.0928 |
4 |
Ibid: Book JT#1, folio 168. [link points to a text-searchable transcription - GL,III, ed.] | p.0928 |
5 |
1800 US Census, Kent County, Maryland, line 233b 151 18 |
|
6 |
1820 US Census, Queen Anne's County, Maryland, 17th line from the bottom |
|
7 |
Queen Anne's Co., Md.: Deeds, Book JT#1, folio 285. [link points to a text-searchable transcription - GL,III, ed.] | |
8 |
Notes on the Descendants of John Shawn (1711-1783) |
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Dates |
Source |
|
est.
ca.1740 |
Birth |
|
... |
Death |
|
... |
Marriage |
|
1768 |
Q.A.
Co.:
James
Massey,
son
of
Peter
attests
Will
of
Francis Rochester. |
3 |
Children |
Sources |
Page |
|
1 |
Appendix
III:
Confusing
Given
Names - James. |
|
2 |
Appendix
XIV:
83.James
Massey;
Son
of
3.Peter Massey. |
|
3 |
Magruder:
Colonial
Abstracts;
vol.
3,
p.30. |
p.0014 |
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Dates |
Source |
|
2
Apr.1800 |
Birth |
|
25
Oct.1822 |
Death:
Near
Massey,
Kent
Co.,
MD |
1; 2; 4 |
15
Sep.1817 |
Entered,
Freshman. |
|
1817 |
Joined
Whig
society. |
3 |
Nov.1817 |
Sophomore-
College
of
New
Jersey Sophomore-
College
of
New
Jersey. |
|
Dec.1818 |
Junior |
3 |
Dec.1819 |
Senior |
3 |
Note |
"I
think
he
was
a
member
of
the
Bar
in
his
brief life." |
4 |
Sources |
Page |
|
1 |
Maryland
Genealogical
Records
Commission,
vol.
15
pp.
187-194. |
p.0102 |
2 |
J.G.
Massey:
1908
Notes,
1936
to
GL,Jr., p.1 |
p.0025 |
3 |
Records
at
College
of
New
Jersey,
Princeton,
NJ. |
|
4 |
25.G.
Betton
Massey,
notes
at Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, Princeton
University Archives, Princeton Alumni records. |
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Dates |
Source |
|
1764 |
Birth |
2 |
... |
Death |
|
24
Nov.1792 |
Marriage:
Sarah
Strong,
at
St.
Pauls
Church,
Philadelphia,
Pa. |
2; 3 |
Children |
||
259-L |
Louisa
Massey,
b.
23
Mar.1809,
Worcester
Co.,
Md. |
4 |
Sources |
Page |
|
1 |
Appendix
III:
Confusing
Given
Names - John. |
|
2 |
Judge
Massey:
23
Aug.1976
Chart,
p.13. |
p.0407 |
3 |
Pennsylvania
Archives:
Pennsylvania
Marriages
Prior
to
1810;
p.476. |
p.0018 |
4 |
Brumbaugh:
Maryland
Records,
p.585. |
p.0002 |
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Dates |
Source |
|
4
Feb.1876 |
Birth |
1 |
5
Aug.1951 |
Death |
|
...
|
Marriage:
Nan
Jones
Duke. |
2 |
Children |
||
(408) |
Rose
Marie
Massey.
m.
C.E.
Earle.
Children: Patricia Ann Earle; Clara Earle. |
|
(409) |
Sally
Byrd
Massey,
b.1906,
d.1943.
m.
J.
Insley.
Children: (two) |
|
(410) |
Costello
Iago
Massey,
d.1942, an Ensign in the Navy, when USS Clancy was sunk.
m. Mary Irene Powell. |
|
(411) |
Betty
Alice
Massey.
m.
Wilson
Thomas. |
|
(412) |
Jacqueline
Massey.
m.
Benj.
McW.
Russell. |
|
(413) |
Agnes
Massey.
m.
________
Branch. Children: Richard Branch; Jane Branch. |
|
+(414) |
Andrew
Platt
Massey.
m.
Elizabeth Day. |
Sources |
Page |
|
1 |
J.G.
Massey:
1908
Notes:
Dec.1936
to
GL,Jr., p.4 |
p.0028 |
2 |
Susan
Emily
Massey
(Mrs.
P.A.M.
Brooks):
Notes:
copied
and
typed by Mrs.
George J. Massey ca. 1940, Photostatted 1949 by Massey L. Printz, 22
Jul. 1980 to G.L.Jr. |
pp.1567, 1569 |
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Dates |
Source |
|
26
May
1894 |
Birth |
1 |
... |
Death |
|
... |
1st
Marriage:
Annie
M.
Barrack,
b.
24
Oct.1894,
d.
31
Dec.1933, buried at
Oak Grove, Va. |
2 |
... |
2nd
Marriage |
Sources |
Page |
|
1 |
J.G.
Massey,
1908
Notes,
Dec.1936
to
GL,Jr., p.4 |
p.0028 |
2 |
Helen
George
Roe
Massey
(wife
of
174.Samuel
Jackson
Massey), 1955-57 Notes by
Mary Ball Massey Brittle, 23 Feb.1981 to G.L.Jr. |
pp.1669, 1675 |
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Dates |
Source |
|
11
Jun.1883 |
Birth:
Peach
Point,
Mt.
Holly,
Westmoreland
Co.,
Va. |
1; 2 |
18
Dec.1960 |
Richmond,
Va. |
2 |
8
Feb.1910 |
Hague,
Westmoreland
Co.,
Va.,
Mary
Stevenson
Newton,
b.
8
Feb.1884,
"Linden,"
Hague, Va.; d. 18 Oct.1963, Richmond, Va. |
2; 3 |
Children |
2 |
|
+396 |
Robert
Bruce
Massey,
b.
1911, m. 1937, Frances Courtney, b.1908. |
2 |
397 |
Lucy
Newton
Massey,
b.
Aug.1914, "Liberty Hall," Mt. Holly, Westmoreland
Co., Va. d. 6 May 1975, Richmond, Va. m. Jun.1940, "Liberty
Hall," Harold Gordon Blundon Jr. b. Sep.1913, Liverly, Lancaster Co.,
Va. d. 14 Feb.1976. "Was a semi-invalid to total invalid with an
"arthritis-like" condition. Began when she was 19, lived full and happy
life despite such. We were very close." Children: Mary Nivin Blundon, b. 18 Sep.1946, Richmond, Va. m. 4 Oct.1975, Yeocomico Church, (Cople Parish) Tuckee Hill, Westmoreland Co., Va. Herbert Wright Stover III. Children: Herbert Wright Stover IV, b. 30 Apr.1976, Cincinnati, Ohio.; Gordon Bruce Blundon Stover, b. 1 May 1979, Fredericksburg, Va.; Boy, stillborn, June 1980, Kilmarnock, Va. |
2 |
Sources |
Page |
|
1 |
J.G.
Massey
1908
Notes;
Dec.1936
to
GL,Jr., p.4 |
p.0028 |
2 |
401.Mary
Ball
Massey
Brittle,
23
Feb.1981,
Notes to GL,Jr. |
p.1648 |
3 |
Helen
George
Roe
Massey
(widow
of
174.Samuel
Jackson
Massey), 1955-57, Notes
to Mary Ball Massey, 23 Feb.1980 to GL,Jr. |
pp.1669, 1670 |
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Dates |
Source |
|
26
Apr.1885 |
Birth:
Peach
Point,
Mt.
Holly,
Westmoreland
Co.,
Va. |
1 |
9
Apr.1967 |
Death:
Chestertown,
Kent.
Co.,
Md. |
1 |
2
Dec.1911 |
Marriage:
Helen
George
Roe. |
1 |
Children |
1 |
|
+398 |
James
Bruce
Massey,
b.1913, d.1954. m.1951 Roberta Hobbs Williams,
b.1913, d.1954. She had son Paul Hobbs Williams. |
2 |
+399 |
George
Jackson
Massey,
b.1915, m.1938, Marion Lusby Reinhart, b.1915. |
|
+400 |
Samuel
Jackson
Massey,
Jr.,
b.1927, m.1949, Emily Louise Clark, b.1927. |
Sources |
Page |
|
1 |
401.Mary
Ball
Massey
Brittle,
23
Feb.1981,
Notes to GL,Jr. |
p.1650 |
2 |
Appendix
LX.
Paul
Hobbs
Massey |
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Dates |
Source |
|
12
Sep.1888 |
Birth:
Mt.
Holly,
Cople
Parish,
Westmoreland
Co.,
Va.
|
1; 2 |
1964 |
Death |
2 |
1911 |
Marriage:
Claire
Elizabeth
Benson,
b.
19
Sep.1889. |
2 |
Children |
3 |
|
(421) |
Kathryn
Lucille
Massey,
b.
2
Sep.1912,
m.
4
Sep.1949,
Harry
Edward Schutte |
|
(422) |
Lawrence
Benson
Massey,
b.
29 May 1918, m. 5 Jul.1939, Madge __________, b. 12
May 1920. Children: Joanne Massey, b. 5 Apr.1940; Richard Massey b. 7 Jul. 1949. |
|
+(423) |
Carolyn
Altetha
Massey,
b.
22
May
1921,
m.
24
Jun.1928,
James Di Rosa, b. 20
May 1915. |
Sources |
Page |
|
1 |
J.G.
Massey,
1908
Notes,
Dec.
1936
to
GL,Jr., p.4 |
p.0028 |
2 |
401.Mary
Ball
Massey
Brittle,
23
Feb.1981
Notes to GL,Jr. |
p.1651, 1653A |
3 |
Claire
Benson
Massey
(wife
of
175.Lucian
Edward
Massey);
letter
30
Aug.1955,
to 401.Mary
Ball
Massey
Brittle, 23 Feb.1981 Notes to GL,Jr. |
pp.1669, 1670 |
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Dates |
Source |
|
1
Jul.1901 |
Birth:
Sudlersville,
Queen
Anne's
Co.,
Md. |
|
... |
Death |
|
25
Nov.1937 |
1st
Marriage:
Los
Angles
Cal.,
Erma
Marie
Spraul,
b.
10
Oct.1897, St.
Louis, Mo. d. 25 Nov.1941, Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, Cal. |
|
14
Aug.1942 |
2nd
Marriage:
Beverly
Hills
Cal.
Gertrude
Margaret
Brady,
b.
6
Apr.1907,
Dublin Ireland. |
|
Children |
with
Gertrude: |
|
(381) |
Robert
Franklin
Massey,
b.
6
Jun.1943,
Los
Angeles,
Cal.
|
|
(417) |
Stephen
John
Massey,
b.
18
Nov.1948,
Los
Angeles. |
Sources |
Page |
|
... |
W.
Franklin
Massey,
23
Jan.1956,
Letter
to
401.Mary
Ball
Massey
Brittle,
Notes 23 Feb.1981 to GL,Jr. |
p.1670 |
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Dates |
Source |
|
... |
Birth |
|
1755 |
Death:
Will,
1755,
Sussex
Co.,
Del. |
1 |
... |
Marriage:
Naomi
___________. |
1 |
15
Apr.1743 |
Kent
Co.:
Geo.
Wetherell,
Planter,
mentions
in
his
Will
these
children
of
Peter Massey as his "Cousins": Mary Williams, Peter Massey, Thomas
Massey, Sarah Massey, Jane Massey and Margaret Massey. |
2 |
1755 |
Will
of
230.Thomas
Massey
is
witnessed
by
Joseph
Massey
and
Harvey
Massey. |
2 |
18
May
1736 |
Talbot
Co.,
Md.:
In
an
Ejectment
proceeding,
Thomas
Massey
and
Daniel
Massey
ejected Jeremia Weeks, leasee of John Ward, from part of a tract
"Partnership", which was patented to Daniel Toas in 1684. Suit
was won by proving that John Ward did not have valid title to the land. |
4 |
Children |
1 |
|
267 |
Naomi
Massey |
|
313 |
Lurani
Massey |
|
314 |
Thomas
Massey,
1776,
perhaps
on
Prince
George's
Co.,
Md.
tax
list. |
Sources |
Page |
|
1 |
Judge
Massey:
23
Aug.1976
Chart,
p.6. |
p.0392 |
2 |
Maryland
Calendar
of
Wills,
vol.
8,
p.228. |
p.0001 |
3 |
Appendix
III:
Confusing
Given
Names - Thomas. |
|
4 |
Kent
Co.:
Judgments;
Liber
EI#5,
folio
96-97. |
p.0691 |
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Dates |
Source |
|||||
4
Sep.1757 |
Birth:
a
twin
of
241.Josiah
Massey. |
1 |
||||
Nov.1775 |
Death:
Will
1
Nov.1775,
probated
30
Jan.1776,
Kent
Co. |
4 |
||||
... |
Marriage:
_______
Gay,
daughter
of
Robert
Gay. |
4 |
||||
5
Oct.1773 |
Kent
Co.:
His
father,
50.Peter
Massey, in his Will, devises son Lambert
Massey "land called "Forest," if Wright Massey die without
issue". Also "feather bed, plus all that I have already
given him." |
3 |
||||
1
Nov.1775 |
Kent
Co.:
Lambert
Massey
makes
his
Will:
|
4 |
||||
30
Jan.1776 |
Kent
Co.:
Lambert
Massey's
Will
probated. |
4 |
||||
Children |
Sources |
Page |
|
1 |
Judge
Massey:
21
Jan.1975
chart,
p.1. |
p.0119-A |
2 |
Judge
Massey:
23
Aug.1976
Chart,
p.7. |
p.0393 |
3 |
Kent
Co.:
Wills:
Liber
41,
folio
135. |
p.0339 |
4 |
Ibid:
Liber
41,
folio
492. |
p.0695 |
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Dates |
Source |
||||||
4
Sep.1754 |
Birth:
a
twin
of
240.Lambert
Massey. |
1 |
|||||
16
Dec.1789 |
Death:
Will;
probated
20
Jan.1790,
Kent
Co. |
2 |
|||||
... |
Marriage:
Elizabeth
Spry,
daughter
of
James
Spry. |
3 |
|||||
5
Oct.1773 |
Kent
Co.:
In
his
Will,
his
father,
50.Peter
Massey, bequeaths to his son
241.Josiah Massey: "negro boy George, and a horse when he shall arrive
at full age. His brother, Wright Massey, is to pay: "Josiah
Massey and Nathaniel Massey, 120 pounds current money in dollars at
seven shillings and sixpence; each is to be paid 60 pounds when at age." |
4 |
|||||
1
Nov.1775 |
Kent
Co.:
In
his
Will,
his
brother,
Lambert
Massey,
leaves
Josiah
a bequest. |
5 |
|||||
1775 |
Kent
Co;
Josiah
Massey,
a
Private,
in
2nd.
Co.,
27th
Battalion,
Kent Co.
Militia under Captain Jesse Cosden and Col Donaldson Yeats. |
3 |
|||||
16
Dec.1789 |
Kent
Co.:
Josiah
Massy
[sic]
makes
his
Will:
|
2 |
|||||
20
Jan.1790 |
Kent
Co.:
Elizabeth
Massey
renounces
as
Executrix:
"I
direct
you
to
grant
Cuthbert Hall the whole Administration without me."
|
2 |
|||||
Children |
|||||||
+360 |
James Maynard Massey, under age in 1789. In his 1789 Will, his father, Josiah Massey, bequeaths him: "all lands in Kent Co. called "Forest." | 3 |
|||||
+311 |
Josiah
Massey,
Jr.,
b.
10 Jan.1790: "after the death of his father. In
his 1789 Will, his father bequeaths him: "to child unborn, lands in
Kent. Co. called "Forest," if James die before attaining age 21." |
3; 2 |
|||||
361-M |
Farinah
Massey,
m._______
Patton. |
3 |
Sources |
Page |
|
1 |
Judge
Massey:
21
Jan.1975
Chart,
p.1. |
p.0119-A |
2 |
Kent
Co.:
Wills:
Liber
7,
folio
253--254. |
p.0346 |
3 |
Judge
Massey:
23
Aug.1976
Chart,
p.7. |
p.0393 |
4 |
Kent
Co.:
Wills:
Liber
41,
folio
135. |
p.0339 |
5 |
Ibid:
Liber
41,
folio
492. |
p.0695 |