Date

Parcel

1700/01/01

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type

1700/01/01

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type

1700/01/01

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Moline S.H. Fassitt	Alexander Massey			GMH:8:474

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1740/05/01

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
John Hall	John Massey, Junior	North Petherton	500	A:487	Deed

May 1, 1740: John Massey of Worcester County in the Province of Maryland buys for £5 from John Hall the remaining 250 acre portion of the 500 acre tract granted to Matthew Scarbrough of Somerset County on July 6, 1687, renewed on May 10, 1688, and called North Petherton, lying on the seaboard side of Somerset County and enclosed within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at the South East side of a salt water pond about three miles to the Southward of Cedar Neck, thence South sixty seven degrees Easterly forty poles (perches) to the Eastern sea, thence along and with the same South sixty degrees Westerly three hundred ninety five poles, thence North fifty one degrees Westerly two hundred and seventy poles, thence North three degrees Westerly three hundred and fifty two poles, and from thence with a tight line drawn to the first bounder, containing five hundred acres. Matthew Scarbrough sold this land to Roger Thomas, who bequeathed it to William Hall and John Stockely, and William Hall sold to John Massy (Massey) Senior, deceased, two hundred and fifty acres of North Petherton, but the land not being rightly divided, John Hall now sells the entirety of North Petherton to John Massey, Junior, son of the late John Massey, Senior, for the additional sum of £5. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace John Miller and Josaeph Miller; acting for the crown: Thomas Gilliss and R. King, Junior, County Clerk.

1744/03/12

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
John Marsy	Thomas Aydelott	Spring Bank	100	A:308	Deed

March 12, 1744: John Marsy (Massey ?), planter of Worcester County in the Province of Maryland, sells for £110 a 100 acre portion of his two thirds interest in the 500 acre tract called Spring Bank (which he purchased from Samuel Taylor, George Dawson and William Dawson, all of Prince George's County)  lying in Worcester County on the seaboard side and South of the Indian River to Thomas Aydelott also planter of Worcester County. The tract that is the subject of this indenture was once the home of Moses Vorden and is enclosed by the following metes and bounds: Beginning at a marked white oak standing on the Est side line of the South side of the Gum Swamp, thence South as for a distance as will include one hundred acres in the width of the said tract, thence West across the said tract, thence North the same distance of the South line, thence East to the first bounder. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Samuel Hopkins and John].Miller; acting for the Crown: R. King, Junior, County Clerk..

1747/06/20

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
John Evans	John Marsey	North Petherton	250	A:513	Division

June 20, 1747: John Marsey (Massey ?) and John Evans of Worcester County in the Province of Maryland divide their half of the 500 acre tract called North Petherton according to the following line: Beginning at a marked red oak standing on the West side line of the said tract of land belonging to the heirs of Athins Marsey called Athins Lott, thence with a line drawn South eighty six degrees East to the sea, the said Marsey part on the North side of the said line and the said Evans part on the South side of the same.

1747/07/04

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
John Massey	Jacob Gray	Dareys Quarter	100	A:518	Deed

July 4, 1747: John Massey (Marsey ?) of Worcester County in the Province of Maryland sells for £95 to Jacob Gray, also of Worcester County, the tract of land called Dareys Quarter lying in Somerset County (now Worcester County) on the seaboard side that was granted unto John Marssey, on July 10, 1725, which lies within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at a marked Spanish oak standing on the end of a ridge of land near a tract formerly laid out for Matthew Scarbrough called North Petherton, and from thence West twenty eight poles (perches) thence South sixty five degrees West twenty eight poles, thence South thirty degrees West twenty poles,, thence West forty six poles, thence South seventy five degrees West thirty six poles, thence South thirty five degrees East twenty poles, thence South seventy [degrees] West fifty poles, thence North one hundred and thirty five poles, thence East one hundred and eighty six poles, and from thence with a straight line to the first bounds, containing one hundred acres. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace John Miller and Joseph Miller; acting for the Crown: Thomas Gillis; R. King, Junior is Worcester County Clerk.

1747/07/04

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
John Marsey, Senior & John Marsey, Junior	Andrew Gray	North Petherton	250	A:516	Deed

July 4, 1747: John Marsey (Massey ?), Senior and John Marsey, Junior, son and grandson of the late John Marsey of Worcester County in the Province of Maryland, sell for £95 to Andrew Gray, bricklayer, all their right and title to a 250 acre portion of North Petherton, which was granted to Matthew Scarbrough of Somerset County on July 6, 1687, renewed on May 10, 1688, and lying on the seaboard side of Somerset County and enclosed within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at the South East side of a salt water pond about three miles to the Southward of Cedar Neck, thence South sixty seven degrees Easterly forty poles (perches) to the Eastern sea, thence along and with the same South sixty degrees Westerly three hundred ninety five poles, thence North fifty one degrees Westerly two hundred and seventy poles, thence North three degrees Westerly three hundred and fifty two poles, and from thence with a tight line drawn to the first bounder, containing five hundred acres. Matthew Scarbrough and his then wife Hannah sold North Petherton to Roger Thomas for 7,500 pounds of tobacco, who then willed the land to William Hall and Roger Stockly; William Hall then sold his half of North Petherton to John Marsey (Massey ?) who willed that half to his sons John Marsey and Athins Marsey, who divided the 250 acres between them. In the present sale, Jacob Gray put up the £95 purchase price for his son and heir Andrew Gray for the following portion of North Petherton: Beginning at the first bounder of North Petherton, thence South sixty seven degrees east forty poles (perches), thence North fifty one degrees to the Eastern sea, thence South six degrees West one hundred and thirty five poles, thence North eighty six degrees West by a line of marked trees to the marsh, thence North twenty two degrees East to a salt pond, thence with a tight line to the first bounder, containing two hundred [and fifty] acres. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace John Miller and Joseph Miller; acting for the Crown: Thomas Gillis; R. King, Junior is Worcester County Clerk.

1750/06/01

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
John Fassitt and wife Mary	Alexander Marsey	Nathans Chance	100	B:257	Deed

June 1, 1750: Alexander Marsey (Massey ?) of Worcester County in the Province of Maryland buys for £30 from John Fassitt, planter, also of Worcester County, the 100 acre Southern portion of the 300 acre tract called Nathan's Chance, lying in Worcester County on the sea side. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace John Millerand John Purnell; acting for the Crown: Thomas Gillis; R. King, Junior is Worcester County Clerk.

1762/05/01

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Johnson Massey and wife Sarah	Nehemiah Noch	Carmon	18	E:309	Deed

May 1, 1762: Johnson Massey of Worcester County in the Province of Maryland sells for £18 5/- to Nehemiah Noch the entirety of the tract called Carmon which was willed by his grandfather Alexander Massey to his father William Massey and thence to him, the said Johnson Massey, and which is contained within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at a marked white oak standing on the Easternmost side of Hearron Creek Road about thirty strides running due East to the head line, and thence down the said line to a marked red oak corner tree, thence with a line running West to a marked tree or bounder, binding on Hearron Creek Road within the same distance as the first contains and with a straight line up to the first bounder called Purchis, containing eighteen acres. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Joseph Mitchell and John Evans; acting for the Crown: Joseph Allen; H. Johnson is Worcester County clerk.

1762/10/12

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Levi West	Joseph Massey	Good Success, Long Acre, and Wests Recovery	74	E:384	Deed

October 12, 1762: Joseph Massey of Worcester County in the Province of Maryland buys for £83 5/- from Levi West, also of Worcester County, a 74 acre parcel that comprises parts of three Worcester County tracts called Good Success, Long Acre, and Wests Recovery, that were left to Levi West by his father's Last Will and testament and which are contained within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at a marked red oak standing on the side of a hill called Woolfpit Hill near Elijah West's plantation, thence South seventy poles (perches), thence East one hundred and six poles, thence North one hundred and seventy one poles, thence West eleven poles, thence South five degrees West thirty six poles, thence South fifty four degrees West six poles, thence West fourteen poles, thence South seventy two degrees West twenty two poles, thence South forty four degrees West twenty poles, thence South twenty three degrees East twenty poles, and thence to the first bounder, containing seventy one acres; and the other three acres lying in the bottom of a little neck in John West's pasture, the whole containing seventy four acres, lying in Worcester County on the Indian River. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Joseph Dirickson and John Dagworthy; acting for the Crown; Joseph Allen; H. Johnson is Worcester County clerk.

1763/03/02

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
McClammy Jones	Johnson Massey	Spittlefield	143	F:184	Deed

March 2, 1763: Johnson Massey of Worcester County in the Province of Maryland buys for £150 from McClammy Jones, planter, also of Worcester County, a 143 acre portion of the tract called Spittlefield, lying in Worcester County back in the woods from the sea side in a place called Queponco, and which is enclosed within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at a marked red oak being the first bounder of said Spittlefield, thence running South three degrees East one hundred and forty poles (perches), thence South fifty seven degrees West two hundred and six poles, thence North six degrees East eighty three poles, thence North eighty nine degrees East thirty six poles, thence North seven degrees east eighty five poles, thence North forty nine degrees West six poles, thence North thirteen degrees West fifty poles,and from thence with a straight line to the first bounder, containing one hundred and forty three acres. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace John Scarborough and John Selby; acting for the Crown: Joseph Allen; H. Johnson is Worcester County clerk.

1763/03/26

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
John Massey	Joseph Massey	Spring Bank	108	F:361	Deed

March 26, 1763: John Massey of Worcester County in the Province of Maryland sells for £10 to his brother Joseph Massey, also of Worcester County, a 108 acre part of the 500 acre tract called Spring Bank, lying in Worcester County and near the Indian River, which original tract was granted to Robert Doyn in 1688, and which is contained within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at a marked red oak standing between Joseph Massey's two plantations and on the West side line of the aforesaid larger portion of the tract called Spring Bank, thence North one hundred and eighty six and a half poles (perches), thence East eighty six poles across the said tract, thence South one hundred and eighty six and a half poles, and thence West to the Town Road, thence South with the said road one hundred and sixty poles, thence West six poles, and from thence with a straight line to the first bounder, containing one hundred and eight acres. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Joseph Dirickson and John Dagworthy; acting for the Crown: Joseph Allen; H. Johnson is Worcester County clerk.

1763/04/16

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Joseph Massey	John Massey	Second Choice	100÷4	F:363	Deed

April 16, 1763: Joseph Massey of Worcester County in the Province of Maryland sells for £21 to his brother John Massey, all his right to the 100 acre tract called Second Choice lying in Worcester County near the sea side, which was devised in one fourth part to Joseph Massey in the Last Will and Testament of John Massey, deceased, in 1743. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Joseph Dirickson and John Dagworthy; acting for the Crown: Joseph Allen; H. Johnson is Worcester County clerk.

1763/12/06

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Levi West	Joseph Massey	Long Acre	4	F:46	Deed

December 6, 1763: Joseph Massey of Worcester County in the Province of Maryland buys for £4 from Levi West, also of Worcester County, a 4 acre parcel, part of a Worcester County tract called Long Acre, out of the South End of Long Acre, excluding of what has been made over to the said Joseph Massey out of the tract called Long Acre.  Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Thomas Handy and William Ellegood; acting for the crown: Joseph Allen; H. Johson is Worcester County clerk.

1764/08/01

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Alexander Massey and wife Charity	John Fassitt, Senior	Nathens Chance	100	F:452	Deed

August 1, 1764: Alexander Marsy (Massey ?) of Worcester County in the Province of Maryland sells for £50 to John Fassitt, Senior, also of Worcester County, a 100 acre portion of the 300 acre tract called Nathen's Chance, lying in Worcester County on the sea, which was patented to John Fassitt, Senior. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Joseph Mitchell and John Evans; acting for the Crown: Joseph Allen; H. Johnson is Worcester County clerk.

1765/04/16

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
McClamey Jones and wife Martha	Alexander Massey	Carmel	128	F:326	Deed

April 16, 1765: Alexander Massey of Worcester County in the Province of Maryland buys for £221 from McClamey (McClammy) Jones, also of Worcester County, the 128 acre parcel called Carmel that McClamey Jones obtained from Johnson Massey (originally part of a two thousand acre tract granted to William Stevens on June 11, 1769 in Sinepuxon) that had come into Johnson Massey's ownership. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace J. Dennis, Junior, and John Evans; acting for the Crown: Joseph Allen; H. Johnson is Worcester County clerk.

1767/10/22

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
William Riley Evans & wife Hesiah	John Massey	North Perthernton	112	G:216	Deed

October 22, 1767: John Massey of Worcester County in the Province of Maryland buys for £65 from William Riley Evans, also of Worcester County, a 112 acre portion of the tract called North Perthernton (Petherton) that is contained within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at the South East end of the Salt Pond, it being the first bounder of the aforesaid tract, thence running South sixty seven degrees east forty poles (perches) to the sea side, thence with the sea seventy six poles, thence North seventy five degrees West one hundred and seventy six poles with a line of marked saplings to a marked mulberry tree standing in an old field, thence the same course across the said tract of land, thence with the course of the same tract to the first bounder, containing one hundred and twelve acres. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Joseph Mitchell and John Evans; acting for the Crown: Joseph Allen; H. Johnson is Worcester County clerk.

1769/08/04

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
John Massey	Elijah Richards	Spring Bank	80	H:72	Deed

August 4, 1769: John Massey of Worcester County in the Province of Maryland sells for £55 to Elijah Richards, also of Worcester County, all that part of the parcel called Spring Bank that lies to the Southward of Heinman Wharton's hundred acres that he has purchased out of the aforesaid tract, it laid out for eighty acres, it being the head of the tract called Spring Bank joining to Thomas Harney's land and lying in Worcester County. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Jonathan Vaughan and William Holland; H. Johnson is Worcester County clerk.

1770/02/24

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Joseph Evans	Daniel Massey	Josephs Lott & Hunting Quarter	11 & 100	H:228	Deed

February 24, 1770: Daniel Massey of Worcester County in the Province of Maryland buys for £125 from Joseph Evans, also of Worcester County, an 11 acre parcel called Joseph's Lott and a 100 acre portion of the tract called Larchas (a.k.a. Hunting Quarter) that was once patented unto John Stockley, beginning for the 100 acres at a marked stake artificially set up in the sixth line of the aforesaid tract at the end of William Robinson's one hundred acres that he has conveyed out of the aforesaid tract, thence running South thirty six degrees West one hundred and seventy five poles (perches), thence South forty nine and a half degrees East ninety two poles, thence North thirty six degrees East one hundred and seventy five poles, and from thence across the tract to the first beginning, containing one hundred acres, the two tracts of land containing in the whole one hundred and eleven acres, lying in Worcester County. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Cor. Kollock and William Holland; H. Johnson is Worcester County clerk.

1770/02/24

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
John Turvill Gault	John Massey	North Perthernton	50	H:226	Deed

February 24, 1770: John Massey of Worcester County in the Province of Maryland buys for £30 from John Turvill Gault, also of Worcester County, a 50 acre portion of the larger tract called North Perthernton containing 500 acres that was formerly granted unto Matthew Scarborough (Scarbrough), the said fifty acres now John Turvell Gault's to sell to John Massey, which lies in Worcester County. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Cor. Kollock and William Holland; H. Johnson is Worcester County clerk.

1770/03/07

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
John Massey	William Horsey	Goods and chattels	[none]	H:214	Bill of Sale

March 7, 1770: John Marcy (Massey) of Worcester County in the Province of Maryland sells for £15 to William Horsey, all the following goods and chattels; one white mare, about five years old, one sow and thirteen shoats, one desk, one chest of drawers, one dozen new pewter plates, and one small cow hide. Witnesses: Justice of the Peace G. Farrington and Andrew Speer; H. Johnson is Worcester County clerk.

1771/12/02

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Powell Pattey	John Massey	Silver Street & Penney Street	53 & 41	H:631	Deed

December 2, 1771: John Massey (son of Alexander Massey) of Worcester County in the Province of Maryland buys for £45 from Powell Pattey, also of Worcester County, all that tract of land called Silver Street and Penney Street in two parts, the bounds of the second part being: Beginning at the end of the second line and the beginning of the third line of the original tract called Lon Acre, thence running North sixty five degrees West twenty eight poles (perches), thence South forty one degrees West sixty poles, thence North sixty three degrees West sixty six poles, thence North twenty nine degrees East fifty six poles, thence North sixty five degrees West forty two poles, thence North forty five degrees East eight pole, thence South eighty four degrees East one hundred and sixty four poles, thence South fifty degrees West twelve poles, thence South forty three poles, and thence with a right line drawn to the first beginning, containing fifty three acres.The second part is bounded as follows: Beginning at the end of the first and the beginning of the second courses of a tract called Pleasant Lott, now in the possession of John Massey, lying near the Head of Synapuxon Rock, and thence running South eighty five degrees West twenty poles, thence North sixty five degrees West twenty eight poles, thence South forty one degrees West sixty poles, thence North sixty three degrees West sixty six poles, thence North twenty nine degrees East fifty five poles, thence North sixty five degrees West six poles, thence East half a point Southerly one hundred and twenty three poles, thence with a straight line to the first beginning, containing forty one acres. Witnesses: J. Dennis and Joseph Mitchell; acting for the Crown: Parker Selby; H. Johnson is Worcester County clerk.

1772/01/13

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
William Stephens	John Massey	Eagles Choice	75	I:2	Deed

January 13, 1772: John Massey (son of Alexander Massey), planter of Worcester County in the Province of Maryland, buys for £37 from William Stephens (Stevens), also planter of Worcester County, all that tract called Eagle's Choice, lying in Worcester County back in the woods near a stream called Herrin (Hearon) Creek within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at a marked beech [tree], and thence running [North or South ?] seventeen degrees East thirty one poles (perches), thence fifty eight degrees West one hundred poles, thence North [illegible] three degrees West fifty five poles, and from thence with a right line to the first bounder, containing seventy five acres. Witnesses: Milby Atkinson and Cl. Humpbells; acting for the Crown: Parker Selby;H. Johnson is Worcester County clerk. [Note:this liber's first two pages are heavily taped and illegible in part - GL,III, ed.]

1785/10/04

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Powell Pattey, Senior, & wife Rachel	John Massey	Holley Grove	50	L:211	Deed

October 4, 1785: John Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland buys for £125 from Powell Paty (Pattey), also of Worcester County, a part of the tract called Holley Grove that is contained within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at a marked red oak, it being the first bounder of the aforesaid tract called Holley Grove, thence running South eighty five degrees East thirty four poles (perches), thence South one hundred and eighty three poles, thence South seventy six degrees East twenty poles, thence South seventy one degrees West sixty poles, thence North thirty nine degrees West six poles, thence with a right line to the first bounder, containing fifty acres. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace John Portly and William Stevenson; James R. Morris is Worcester County clerk.

1795/09/25

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
John Massey	John Jones	Goods & chattels	[none]	Q:335	Bill of Sale

September 25, 1795: John Massey of Johnson of Worcester County in the State of Maryland sells for £50 to John Jones the following goods and chattels: three feather beds, bedding & furniture, two chests, one mare, eight hogs, crop on the ground & wheat is the name and for all the rest of my Goods & Chattels be it of what kind or sort it may at the sealing hereof. Witnesses: Major Evans & Samuel Holland and Justice of the Peace Fra. Jin. Henry; John C. Handy is Worcester County clerk.

1797/01/06

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
John Massey	[none]	slaves Jinny and Esther	[none]	R:428	Certificate

January 6, 1797: John Massey lists the slaves which he brought into Worcester County in the State of Maryland from Accomack County in the State of Virginia on December 24, 1796, who have been inhabitants of Accomack County more than three years: the woman Jinny, about twenty three years old, and the girl Esther, about sixteen months old. John Massey had to swear before Naval Officer William Selby that it was his intention to keep the listed slaves in service to himself with no intention of selling or trading them; recorded by John C. Handy, Worcester County clerk.

1797/03/04

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
William Aydelott & Benjamin Aydelott	John Massey & wife Anne	Refuge	130	R:504	Division

March 4, 1797: William Aydelott of Worcester County in the State of Maryland, forms an agreement with John Massey and his wife Anne Massey, also of Worcester County, to set the division line between their shares of lands inherited from James Aydelott, deceased, whose Last Will and Testament left the lands lying in Worcester County near the head of Swansicott Creek to James Aydelott, who subsequently died intestate, thereby placing the affected lands in the equally shared ownership of John Massey and his wife Anne, William Aydelott, and Benjamin Aydelott. However, Bejamin Aydelott, the younger, has sold his part of the said lands to William Aydelott, leaving John Massey and his wife Anne and William Aydelott to make the present division:Beginning at a fallen white oak by the North side of a small branch, being the corner tree of Richard Rowley's land, and running from thence South fifty two degrees West twenty seven perches to a marked pine, thence South eighty three degrees West two hundred and twenty one perches by a line of marked trees to a sassafras post, thence South one and a half degrees East thirty two perches by a line of marked trees to a sassafras post at the corner of a tract of land called Refuge, containing one hundred and thirty acres of land. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace John Holland and Peter Spencer Corbin; recorded by John C. Handy, Worcester County clerk. [This 130 acres is the Massey's- GL,III, ed.]

1797/03/04

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
John Massey & wife Anne	William Aydelott	Refuge	202	R:501	Division

March 4, 1797: John Massey and his wife Anne Massey, both of Worcester County in the State of Maryland, form an agreement with William Aydelott to set the division line between their shares of lands inherited from James Aydelott, deceased, whose Last Will and Testament left the lands lying in Worcester County near the head of Swansicott Creek to James Aydelott, who subsequently died intestate, thereby placing the affected lands in the equally shared ownership of John Massey and his wife Anne, William Aydelott, and Benjamin Aydelott. However, Bejamin Aydelott, the younger, has sold his part of the said lands to William Aydelott, leaving John Massey and his wife Anne and William Aydelott to make the present division: Beginning at a fallen-down oak on the North side of a small branch, being a corner tree of Richard Rowley's land, and thence running South fifty two degrees West two hundred and seventy one perches by a line of a marked tree to a sassafras post, thence South one and a half degrees East thirty two perches to a sassafras post standing in the corner of a tract of land called Refuge, containing two hundred and two acres. Witnesses: Justice of the Peace John Holland and Peter Spencer Corbin; John C. Handy is Worcester County clerk. [This 202 acres is William Aydelott's - GL,III, ed.]

1797/06/12

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Priscilla Massey	John Fassitt	Goods & chattels	[none]	R:586	Bill of Sale

June 12, 1797: Priscilla Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland sells for £10 to John Fassitt, son of John Fassitt, the following goods and chattels: Four head of cattle, consisting of one cow and calf, cow & yearling, and one bull. Witness: John P. Mitchell; recorded by John C. Handy, Worcester County clerk.

1798/02/03

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
William Lister & wife Jemimah	John Adkin Massey	Unity	8	S:355	Deed

February 3, 1798: John Adkin Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland buys for £40 from William Lister, also of Worcester County, all that portion of the tract called Unity that is contained within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at the end of the first course of William Darby's part of the aforesaid tract called Unity, and thence running South seventeen and three quarter degrees West twenty five poles (perches), thence South eighty two degrees East fifty four poles to intersect the first line of Unity, thence North ten and three quarter degrees East twenty and a half poles, thence with a right line to the first beginning, containing eight acres, and situated in Worcester County on the East side of the County Road leading from Buckingham Meeting House to White's Tavern. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace John Portly and Josiah Mitchell; recorded by John C. Handy, Worcester County clerk.

1804/02/04

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Sally Massey	slaves Andrew, Rachel, Bli, George, Eazekiel, & John	[none]	[none]	W:97	Manumission

February 4, 1804: Sally Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland manumits her slaves: Andrew, born January 1, 1779, to be set free January 1, 1805; Rachel, born January, 1770, to be set free from the present date; also the boy Bli, born July, 1790, to be set free July 1, 1815; the boy George, born April 1794, to be set free April 1, 1819;  the boy Ezekiel born October, 1796, to be set free October 1,1821, the boy called John, born June, 1800, to be set free June 1, 1825. Witnesses: Justice of the Peace John Cutters, Levin Donokson, and John Ward; recorded by John C. Handy, Worcester County clerk.

1805/03/19

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
John Massey	William Aydelotte	slave Jacob	[none]	U:617	Bill of Sale

March 19, 1805: John Massey of Accomack County in the State of Virginia sells for £100 to William Aydelott of Worcester County in the State of Maryland the slave called Jacob. Witnesses: James Porter, Shadrack Ridden, and Justice of the Peace Benjamin Aydelott; recorded by John C.Hardy, Worcester County clerk.

1806/03/28

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Alexander Franklin	Alexander Massey	Sawpit Pasture	30	Y:621	Deed

March 28, 1806: Alexander Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland buys for £100 from Alexander Franklin, also of Worcester County, all that parcel of land described in Alexander Franklin's grandfather Alexander Massey's Will, it being part of a tract belonging to Alexander Massey, deceased, lying in Synipuxent Neck and contiguous to another parcel called Carmel, containing some thirty acres. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Thomas Williams and William McGregor; John C. Handy is Worcester County clerk.

1806/10/29

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Jacob White & wife Mary	James Massey	Small Addition to Mount Ephraim	76	Y:381	Deed

October 29, 1806: James Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland buys for $450.00 from Jacob White and his wife Mary White, also of Worcester County, their divided portion of the tract called Small Addition to Mount Ephraim which descended to Mary (Wilson) White from the estate of her father, Doctor James Wilson, who died intestate, and which is contained within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at a marked post standing on the East side of hill, it being the second bounder of Small Addition to Mount Ephraim, also the first bounder of a tract called High Field, and thence running North eighty nine and three quarter degrees West thirty six poles (perches across a small branch, thence North seventy one and a half degrees West sixteen poles, thence North thirty three degrees West twenty three poles, thence North fifty seven degrees West sixty three poles by and with a divisional ditch, thence North forty two degrees East thirteen and a half poles, thence North sixty seven degrees East seven poles, thence North fifty seven degrees West ten poles to the County Road, thence by and with the County Road North sixty nine and a half degrees East sixteen poles, thence North forty seven and a quarter degrees East sixty three poles, thence North seventy degrees East thirty three poles to a branch, thence by and with the run of the branch by the seven following courses: South forty eight and a half degrees East seventeen and a half poles, South seven degrees East twenty seven poles, South one degree East twenty poles, South ten and a half degrees East twenty four poles, South forty and a quarter degrees Est seven poles, South thirty one degrees East twenty eight poles, South twenty five degrees East eighteen poles, thence South West fourteen poles, thence with a straight line to the beginning, containing seventy six acres. Doctor Wilson's other child is Jane Wilson Hurges, wife of Littleton Hurges. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Thomas N. Williams and John Davis; John C. Handy is Worcester County clerk.

1808/05/20

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Isaac Hill	Alexander Massey	slave		Z:369	Bill of Sale

May 20, 1808: Alexander Massey, planter of Worcester County in the State of Maryland buys for $200.00 from Isaac Hill, planter, also of Worcester County, one slave and child named Siria about eighteen years old. Witness: Justice of the Peace Thomas N. Williams; John C. Handy is Worcester County clerk.

1808/09/03

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Henry Hoskin	John A. Massey	Quillins Pasture	85.25	Z:460	Lease

September 3, 1808: John A. Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland leases for $255.75 from Henry Hoskin of Belmont County, Ohio, acting for himself and also under power of attorney for Benjamin Westlake and Ann Westlake his wife and also for Elizabeth Quillen, also of Belmont County in Ohio, all that parcel called Quillin's Pasture which contains eighty five and a quarter acres and which was conveyed from Joseph Hambly to Joseph Quillin, said term of lease to be ninety nine years, renewable forever. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Thomas N. Williams and William Dale; John C. Handy is Worcester County clerk.

1809/08/05

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Daniel Shephard	John A.Massey	Quillins Pasture	[not stated]	AA:255	Deed

August 5, 1809: John A. Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland buys for $28.49 from Daniel Shephard of Belmont County in the State of Ohio, all that tract called Winchester or Quillen's (Quillin's) Pasture, formerly belonging to Benjamin Quillin, lying on the South side of Turvells Creek, being between William H. Taylor's and a tract belonging to Thomas Purnell. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Thomas N. Williams and William Dale; John C. Handy is Worcester County clerk.

1812/05/12

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Levi Holloway	Priscilla Massey	Goods & chattels	[none]	AC:277	Bill of Sale

May 12, 1812: Priscilla Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland buys for $300.00 from Levi Holloway, also of Worcester County, the following goods and chattels: One yoke of oxen, three cows, and four feather beds, bedsteads, and furniture. Witness: Lemuel Showell; John C. Handy is Worcester County clerk.

1821/05/05

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Alexander Massey	Henry Franklin	Carmel, Penny Street, Silver Street and Pleasant Lott	30	AL:480	Deed

May 5, 1821: Alexander Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland sells for $1,500.00 to Henry Franklin, Senior, also of Worcester County, all the lands which John Massey, father of Alexander Massey [passed] to him, called Carmel, Penny Street, Silver Street and Pleasant Lott. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Thomas N. Williams and Schoolfield Lamberson; John C. Handy is Worcester County clerk.

1821/05/31

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Priscilla Massey	Samuel Massey	Goods & chattels	[none]	AL:546	Bill of Sale

May 31, 1821: Priscilla Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland sells for 4200.00 to Samuel Massey, also of Worcester County, the following goods and chattels: Seven head of cattle, ear-marked swallows fork the right and cross the left, sixteen head of hogs, the ears marked the same, two beds and furniture, two bedsteads, two pine chests and linen wheel, two small iron pots, one loom, stays & burs, and three pork barrels. Witness: Justice of the Peace William McGregor; John C. Hardy is Worcester County clerk.

1821/11/09

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Purnell Brittingham	John A. Massey	slave Mary,  goods & chattels	[none]	AM:313	Bill of Sale

November 9, 1821: John A. Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland buys for $180.00 from Purnell Brittingham, also of Worcester County, the following: One slave named Mary, about eighteen years old, and also two beds & furniture, one cow & calf, one yearling, eight head of hogs, nine chairs, one cupboard and the cookware therein, two pots, a Dutch oven, a lot of carpenter tools, and all my nautical instruments whatsoever, consisting of quadrant, books, charts, seals and dividers. Witnesses: Justice of the Peace Schoolfield Lamberson and W. Baynum; John C. Hardy is Worcester

1822/05/20

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Priscilla Massey	Samuel Massey	Goods & chattels	[none]	AN:252	Bill of Sale

May 20, 1822: Priscilla Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland sells for $80.00 to Samuel Massey, also of Worcester County, the following goods and chattels: three head of broke steers, marked cross the left ear and swallow fork the right ear, one red cow and calf, cross the left ear and swallow fork the right ear, one red cow not with calf, cross the left ear, swallow fork the right ear, two youngsters three years old, cross the left ear and swallow fork the right ear, one heifer yearling, two years old, cross the left ear and swallow fork the right ear, one black bull yearling, cross the left ear and swallow fork the right ear, one sow and one barrow and sire, six shoats, all of the same mark, cross the left ear and swallow fork the right ear, two beds and furniture, mats and covers, two pine chests, one lamb and three slays [sleighs ?] and two pair of gears, one large iron pot, and one small dish pot, all of which property is now in my possession. Witnesses: Eli Collims, Sally Rogers and Justice of the Peace Isaac Collins; John C. Handy is Worcester County clerk.

1828/03/30

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
John A. Massey	slave Peter	[none]	[none]	AT:421	Manumission

March 30, 1828: John A. Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland, executor of the estate of his mother Sarah Massey, late of Worcester County, for the consideration of $5.00, manumits the slave Peter, age thirty five, following the Will of Sarah Massey. Witnesses: Justice of the Peace Schoolfield Lamberson and James Dirickson; John C. Hardy is Worcester County clerk.

1828/05/07

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Kendall Massey	slave Luke	[none]	[none]	AT:448	Manumission

May 7, 1828: Kendall Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland for the consideration of $1.00 manumits the slave Luke, age thirteen years, as of January 1, 1828. Witnesses: Justice of the Peace Thomas Milbourne and James Richardson; John C. Hardy is Worcester County clerk.

1829/01/13

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
John Massey	William Franklin Riley	Mount Ephraim	[not stated]	AU:293	Deed

January 13, 1829: John Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland sells for $85.00 to William Franklin Riley, also of Worcester County, all that tract called Mount Ephraim which was devised to John Massey by his father James Massey and which is contained within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at the bounder of Mount Ephraim, and thence running with a straight line North thirty nine degrees West one hundred and forty five poles (perches) to the County Road leading from New Ark to Snow Hill, which line was intended as a divisional line between said John Massey and his brother Ephraim Massey, giving all the North side of said line to the said John Massey, his youngest son, thence with and bounded by said County Road until it intersects the lot devised by the said James Massey to his youngest daughter Ann Massey. This deed conveys John Massey's part of his sister Ann's part of the tract Mount Ephraim to William Franklin Riley [who is presumably Ann Massey's husband ... GL,III, ed.] Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Caleb Morris and Samuel Tubbs; John C. Hardy is Worcester County clerk.

1830/05/04

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Henry Townsend	Samuel Massey	Goods & chattels	[none]	AW:114	Bill of Sale

May 4, 1830: Samuel Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland buys for $8.00 from Henry Townsend, also of Worcester County, the following goods and chattels: One cow, "slit and under bit the right ear and under her the left ear," one ditto heifer, white of the same mark, two red bull yearlings of the same mark, one black bull of the same mark as before mentioned, and all of which property is now in my possession. Witnesses: William Moore, William Timmons and Justice of the Peace Isaac Collins; John C. Hardy is Worcester County clerk.

1830/09/11

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Lambert C. Powell & wife Louisa and Rachel Massey	John A. Massey & Kendall Massey	Brick Ridge, Penny Street, Silver Street and Pleasant Lott	167	AW:326	Deed

September 11, 1830: Lambert E. Powell and his wife Louisa Powell and Rachel Massey sell for $233.00  to John A. Massey and Kendle (Kendall) Massey, also of Worcester County, all their right, title and interest in the lands which were devised to them by John A. Massey, Senior, lying in Worcester County and known as Brick Ridge, Penny Street, Silver Street and Pleasant Lott, near the head of Herring Creek and on the public road leading from the same, which land was willed by the father of John A. Massey to his sons Alexander Massey, John Massey, and Kendall Massey to be divided between them, containing one hundred and sixty seven acres. Witnesses: Schoolfield Lamberson and Robert Pitts; John C. Handy is Worcester County clerk.

1830/09/19

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
John A. Massey, Kendall Massey, Rachel Massey, Lambert C. Powell & wife Louisa	Thomas Brittingham	[not stated]	[not stated]	AW:360	Deed

September 19, 1830: John A. Massey, Kindle (Kendall) Massey, Rachel Massey, Lambert C. Powell and his wife Louisa Powell, all of Worcester County in the State of Maryland sell for $83.32 to Thomas Brittingham, also of Worcester County, all that lands devised to them by the Will of their late father, John Massey, that is lying in Worcester County on the road between Berlin and Poplar Town. Witnesses: Schoolfield Lamberson and Robert Pitts; John C. Handy is Worcester County clerk.

1831/01/03

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Eli Truitt & wife Sarah, Belitha Gray, Senior, and wife Pursey	Purnell Massey	Truitts Luck	124.5	AW:453	Deed

January 3, 1831: Purnell Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland buys for $498.00 from Eli Truitt and his wife Sarah and Belitha Gray, Senior, also of Worcester County, the 124-1/2 acre tract called Truitt's Luck that is contained within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at a marked black gum and a stone by its side, it being the first bounder of Truitt's Luck, and thence running by and with the patent courses of the two following lines: South eighty three degrees East fifty six poles (perches), North forty six degrees East thirteen poles, thence by and with the lines of Leptha Morris's lands North eighty one degrees East one hundred and fifty poles to the fifth course of Truitt's Luck, thence by and with the same North forty five degrees East thirty one poles to the end of the fifth course to intersect the second course of a tract of land called Buckland, belonging to John S. Purnell and wife, thence [by] the said second course reversed North seventy three and a half degrees West two hundred and eleven poles to the sixth course of a deed from said Truitt to Erressine and Margaret E. Henry, thence reversing said deed the six following courses: South fifty four degrees West thirty poles, South twenty seven degrees West fourteen poles, South three degrees West twenty six poles, South eighty four degrees West nineteen and a half poles, North eighty three degrees West twenty five poles, North sixty six degrees West sixteen poles to the beginning of said deed, thence reversing the home course of the same North seventy six poles to the aforesaid second line of Buckland, thence with the same North seventy three and a half degrees West eighty two poles to the beginning of the seventh course of Truitt's Luck aforesaid, and thence by and with the courses of the same the seven following courses: South fifty four and a half degrees West twenty poles, South seventy four degrees East ninety six poles, South one hundred and twenty two poles, North eighty six degrees East sixteen poles, North twenty degrees West fifteen poles, South eighty degrees East forty five poles, and from thence with a straight line to the first beginning, containing one hundred and twenty four and a half acres. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Thomas Gray and Kindel Collyer; John C. Handy is Worcester County clerk.

1831/04/14

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Henry Franklin, Junior, and wife Sarah	Alexander Massey, Senior	Carmel, Penny Street, Silver Street and Pleasant Lott	30	AX:135	Deed

April 14, 1831: Alexander Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland buys for $1,500.00 from Henry Franklin, also of Worcester County, all those lands which were conveyed to Henry Franklin by Alexander Massey by deed dated May 5, 1821, [and recorded in Liber AL, Folio 480]. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace James F. Mills and Robert Mitchell; John C. Handy is Worcester County clerk.

1831/07/20

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Alexander Massey, Senior, and wife Katharine	Alexander Massey, Junior	Carmel and Penny Street, Silver Street & Pleasant Lott	300 & 30	AX:207	Deed

July 20, 1831: Alexander Massey, Senior, of Worcester County in the State of Maryland sells for $600.00 to Alexander Massey, Junior, also of Worcester County, all the lands to be conveyed after his death which he inherited from his father John Massey according to the Will dated July 16, 1785, including the land and marshes on which Alexander, Senior, now lives called Carmall (Carmel), lying in Worcester County in Synapuxent Neck containing three hundred acres, also three tracts of land over the bank called Penny Street, Silver Street and Pleasant Lot, containing thirty acres, including all the lands now owned by Alexander, Senior. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace James F. Mills and Henry Franklin; John C. Handy is Worcester County clerk.

1831/08/20

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Lambert C. Powell & wife Louisa	Purnell Massey	Addition to Cathells Luck	11.75	AX:370	Deed

August 20, 1831: Purnell Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland buys for $47.00 from Lambert C. Powell, also of Worcester county, 11-3/4 acres of a parcel called Addition to Cathell's Luck that is contained within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at the end of the eleventh and the beginning of the twelfth course of said tract, and thence running by and with the twelfth course aforesaid North seventy four degrees West fifty three poles (perches) to a post, it being the Easternmost corner of Cathell's Luck, thence South twenty one degrees East fifty eight poles to a marked white oak, a course tree of a deed from James Dirickson to Levi Cathell by the side of the County Road, thence by and with said road the three following courses: South fifty eight degrees East thirty one and a half poles, South thirty two degrees East one pole to the eleventh line of the aforesaid tract, thence by and with the same to the beginning, containing eleven and three quarter acres. Witnesses: Thomas Gray and Kendel Collyer; John C. Handy is Worcester County clerk.

1831/09/07

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
William Franklin Riley & wife Julia Ann Riley, Moses C. Smith & wife Ann	Kendall Massey	[not stated]	5	AX:320	Deed

September 7, 1831: Kandal (Kendall) Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland buys for $400.00 from William Franklin Riley and his wife Julia Ann Riley, Moses C. Smith and his wife Ann Smith, all of Worcester County, the lands lying in New Ark, Worcester County, that are contained within the following metes and bounds: Beginning for this lot at the South West corner of the lot formerly belonging to Joshua Burbage, and from thence running by and with the Burbage lot South forty three degrees East twelve perches, thence South fifty six degrees West twenty six perches to the run of a branch or ditch, thence North fifty three degrees West twelve perches to the County Road, thence up by and with said road to the beginning, containing five acres. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Henry Franklin, Senior, and Samuel Tubbs; John C. Handy is Worcester County clerk.

1832/04/16

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Asael P. Brittingham & wife Mary	John A. Massey & Kendall Massey	Penny Street, Pleasant Lot and Buckridge	[not stated]	AY:121	Deed

April 16, 1832: John A. Massey and Kendle (Kendall) Massey, both of Worcester County in the State of Maryland, buy for $140.00 from Asael Brittingham and his wife Mary Brittingham, of New York City in the State of New York, land on the head of Herring Creek in Worcester County, lately the property of John A. Massey, Senior, deceased, called Penny Street, Pleasant Lot and Buckridge. Witnesses: William Coger and Samuel Slater and Judge Samuel R. Betts of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York; Thomas J. Betts and Fred J. Betts are Clerks of the Southern District of New York; John C. Handy is Worcester County clerk.

1832/07/07

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Purnell Massey	James Dirickson	Freemans Lot and [not stated]	150 & [not stated]	AY:232	Deed

July 7, 1832: Purnell Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland sells for $627.00 to James Dirickson, also of Worcester County, all the tract called Freeman's Lot which Purnell Massey purchased from Err Truitt and his wife, and which contains about one hundred and fifty acres, and all the land purchased by Purnell Massey from Lambert C. Powell. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Schoolfield Lamberson and James F. Mills; John C. Handy is Worcester County clerk.

1832/07/13

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Purnell Massey	James Dirickson	slave Hetty and goods & chattels	[none]	AY:234	Bill of Sale

July 13, 1832: Purnell Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland sells for $198.00 to James Dirickson, also of Worcester County, the following goods and chattels: Four head of horses, a slave named Hetty, two yoke of oxen, sixteen head of cattle, one wagon, thirty six head of sheep, eighteen head of hogs, five beds & furniture, six stool chairs, two pine tables, two chests, one cupboard, a lot of pot metal, a lot of cooper's ware, a lot of barrels & hogsheads, crop of corn & fodder now on the ground, two ox chains, two ox yokes, two pair horse chains and forked chain, four leather collars, four plows and four harrows, all and singular which said goods, property and slave are now remaining in my possession. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Schoolfield Lamberson and James F. Mills; John C. Handy is Worcester County clerk.

1833/04/27

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
John C. Dirickson & wife Katharine	Samuel Massey	Partners Neglect, Fair Meadow, and Addition to Fair Meadow	[not stated]	AZ:122	Deed

April 27, 1833: Samuel Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland buys for $812.00 from John C. Dirickson, also of Worcester County, all those lands which were conveyed to John C. Dirickson by James A. Collins by deed dated October 20, 1828, and which are called Partners Neglect, Fair Meadow, and Addition to Fair Meadow, excepting lands that John C. Dirickson has deeded off of said lands to John J. Williams, the Listers, Soloman Morris and James M.L. Sturgis, the balance of said land the said Dirickson now deeds to Samuel Massey lying in the neighborhood of Berlin. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace James F. Mills and Robert Mitchell; John C. Handy is Worcester County clerk.

1833/12/24

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Kendall Massey, Senior	Peter Massey & wife Rachel	Buckridge	5	AZ:537	Lease

December 24, 1833: Kendall Massey, Senior, of Worcester County in the State of Maryland, leases for $1.00 to Peter Massey and his wife Rachel, free blacks, a part of the tract called Bucke Ridge (Buckridge) which is enclosed by the following metes and bounds: Beginning at a marked pine and running from thence North eighty four degrees West twenty poles (perches), then North twelve degrees East forty poles, then South eighty four degrees East twenty poles, and from thence with a straight line to the beginning, containing five acres, including the right to cut all thye firewood and fence rails they may need on the land from the surrounding portion of Buckridge. Wiynesses: Justices of the Peace Schoolfield Lamberson and Powell Pattey; John C. Handy is Worcester County clerk.

1834/09/09

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
James Dirickson	Purnell Massey	slave Hetty and goods & chattels	[none]	JCH:1:156	Receipt

July 7, 1832 (recorded September 9, 1834): Purnell Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland buys for $189.00 from James Dirickson, also of Worcester County, the following goods and chattels: Four head of horses, one slave girl named Hetty, two yoke of oxen, sixteen head of cattle, one wagon, thirty six head of sheep, eighteen head of hogs, five beds & furniture, six stool chairs, ten pine tables, two chests, one cupboard, a lot of pot metal, a lot of coopers ware, a lot of barrels and hogsheads, crop of corn & fodder now on the ground, two ox chains, two ox yokes, two pair of horse chains & forked chain, four leather collars, four plows and four harrows, all of which property the said Purnell Massey put the said James Dirickson in full possession of by delivering up the same to secure the payment aforesaid. [Underneath, the Bill of Sale continues:] "Purnell Massey has paid and satisfied the full amount of all the money entered to be secured by virtue of this Bill of Sale above mentioned in full and I do hereby assign, transfer and set over all my right and title of and into all the articles and property above mentioned unto Purnell Massey ... and the aforesaid Bill of Sale to be void and of no effect. James Dirickson." Witness: Robert Franklin; John C. Handy is Worcester County clerk.

1834/10/18

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
James Dirickson & wife Henrietta	Purnell Massey	Freemans Lot	150	JCH:1:208	Deed

October 18, 1834: Purnell Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland buys for $627.00 from James Dirickson and his wife Henrietta, also of Worcester County, all the land which they had purchased from Purnell Massey called Freeman's lot containing 150 acres and all the lands purchased from Lambert Powell, whose deed for both tracts is recorded in Liber AY, Folio 232, dated July 7, 1832. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace James F. Mills and Henry Franklin; John C. Handy is Worcester County clerk.

1835/03/05

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Mary Baker	James Massey	Smiths Industry	18.5	JCH:1:444	Deed

March 5, 1835: James Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland buys for $12.50 from Mary Baker, also of Worcester County, an 18-1/2 acre portion of the tract called Smith's Industry, lying in Worcester County adjoining the lands of Purnell Massey. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace James F. Mills and Robert Mitchell; John C. Handy is Worcester County clerk.

1835/03/14

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Samuel Massey	Card H. Lyster	Killsey Hill	2+	JCH:1:373	Deed

March 14, 1835: Samuel Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland sells for $24.00 to Card H. Lyster, also of Worcester County, a 2+ acre tract called Killsey Hill enclosed by the following metes and bounds: Beginning for this lot at a line on the South West side of a lot of land belonging to William Lyster and also at a bounder at the end of the third corner of a lot of land belonging to Elisha L. Purnell which he bought of the said Samuel Massey, and running from thence by and with the line of said Elisha L. Purnell's lot, binding thereon South thirty four degrees West fourteen poles (perches) to a bounder, and from thence North sixty two degrees West twenty four poles to another bounder, and from thence North thirty four degrees East fourteen poles to the land belonging to the aforesaid Card H. Lyster, and from thence with a straight line to the first beginning, containing two acres and sixteen poles, lying in Worcester County near the Village of Berlin. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace James F. Mills and Robert Mitchell; John C. Handy is Worcester County clerk.

1835/04/04

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Samuel Massey	James Dirickson	Pindars Neglect	15.75+	JCH:2:20	Deed

April 4, 1835: Samuel Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland sells for $105.00 to James Dirickson, also of Worcester County, a 15-3/4+ acre part of the tract called Pindar's Neglect that is contained within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at a post set up in the ground at the South West corner of James Sturgis's Lot, that he sold to James Dirickson on the line of Littleworth, and from thence running and reversing James W.L. Sturgis's line North sixty nine degrees East thirty eight and a half poles (perches) to the corner of James W.L. Sturgis's deed, and from thence South six and a half poles, then West sixty six degrees [poles ?] to a road, and along on the East side of said road, thence South twenty four and a half poles [degrees ?] West six poles across the branch, then South nine poles, then South thirty three degrees West seventeen poles, then South twenty eight degrees West across said road twenty four poles to the road leading from Buckingham Meeting House to Thomas Rily's and a marked pine by said road, thence North sixty degrees West six poles ro a stump, the corner of Pindar's Neglect and Littleworth, containing fifteen and three quarter acres and three and a half poles. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace James F. Mills and Robert Mitchell; John C. Handy is Worcester County clerk.

1835/04/25

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Samuel Massey	Elijah M. Jarvis	Pendars Neglect	1.75	JCH:2:215	Deed

April 25, 1835: Samuel Massey of Worcester county in the State of Maryland sells for $70.00 to Elijah M. Jarvis, also of Worcester County, a 1-3/4 acre part of the tract called Pendar's (Pindar's) Neglect lying in Worcester County near the Village of Berlin that is contained within the following metes and bounds: Beginning for this lot at a bounder set up at the end of the third course of a lot which Card H. Lyster bought of Samuel Massey, also at the line of a tract which the aforesaid Card H. Lyster bought from John T. Lyster, and running from thence by and with the third course of said Card H. Lyster's lot and binding thereon South thirty four degrees West fourteen poles (perches) to a bounder, and from thence North sixty two degrees West twenty poles to a bounder within seventy feet of a tract belonging to James Dirickson, and from thence running North twenty five degrees East leaving a road between the said James Dirickson's land and the lot to the South West corner of the said Card H. Lyster's lot as aforesaid fourteen poles, and from thence with a straight line to the first beginning, containing one and three quarter acres. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace James F. Mills and Powell Patey (Pattey); John C. Handy is Worcester County clerk.

1836/03/25

March 25, 1836: Confirmation, the patent granted to Sarah Taylor, Patent Certificate No. 604.
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1836/06/14

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Comfort Ayres & wife Elizabeth	Isaac Massey	Holly Grove	2	JCH:4:242	Deed

June 14, 1836: Isaac Massey, free Black of Worcester County in the State of Maryland buys for $10.00 from Comfort Ayres and his wife Elizabeth Ayres, also of Worcester County, a 2 acre part of the tract called Holly Grove or Addition to Holly Grove that was purchased from Caleb Hudson that lies on the West side of the County Road leading from Hudson's old field by James Ayres gate to Synapuxent, being a beginning for the piece of land where the West side line of said tracts crosses the above described road and from thence running with said line and binding thereon in a Southerly direction until it intersects the said county Road again, and from thence binding on the West edge of said road along up by James Ayres gate to the first beginning so as to enclose all the land on the Westermost side of the above described road that the said Comfort Ayres and Elizabeth Ayres purchased from their uncle Caleb Hudson, supposed to contain two acres. [Folio 244 is missing from the original volume, so the witnesses' and clerk's names are lost ... - GL,III, ed.]

1836/06/14

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
James Dirickson	Samuel Massey and Elijah M. Jarvis	Access road	20 feet wide	JCH:3:336	deed

June 14, 1836: Samuel Massey and Elijah M. Jarvis of Worcester County in the State of Maryland buy for $50.00 from James Dirickson, also of Worcester County, a twenty foot wide road on the North East side of the land which the said James Dirickson bought of James W.L. Sturgis and wife, formerly the property  of James Selby, deceased, which is contained within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at the North East corner of said land and near the end of the third course of the lot of land that the said Elijah M. Jarvis bought of the said Samuel Massey and near the South East corner of Coard (Card) H. Lister's (Lyster's) land, running about a North course twenty feet in width by and with the lines of a lot of land belonging to John J. Williams until it intersects the main road leading from Berlin to the trap [sic]. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Samuel Tubbs and James H. Mills; John C. Handy is Worcester County clerk.

1836/06/25

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
John A. Massey & wife Eliza I. Massey and Mary B. Taylor	Moses Johnson	Winchester & Good Will	320	JCH:3:378	Deed

June 25, 1836: John A. Massey and his wife Eliza (Elizabeth) I. Massey and Mary B. Taylor, all of Worcester County in the State of Maryland sell for $900.00 to Moses Johnson of the City of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania all of the 320 acre tract of land called Winchester and Good Will on which Laban I. Taylor now lives and which descended to the said John A. Massey and his wife Eliza and to Mary B. Taylor from the death of William H. Taylor, father to the said Eliza I. Massey and Mary B. Taylor, the aforesaid land lying in Worcester County on the South side of Terrills Creek, containing about three hundred and twenty acres. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace James F. Mills and Robert M. Baker; John C. Handy is Worcester County clerk.

1837/04/05

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
John Mitchell	Kendall Massey	Friendship	9.75	JCH:4:260	Deed

April 5, 1837: Kendall Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland buys for $50.00 from John Mitchell, also of Worcester County, a 9-3/4 acre portion of the tract called Friendship lying near the Village of New Ark (Newark) in Worcester County. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace James F. Mills and Josiah D. Powell; John C. Handy is Worcester County clerk.

1837/05/17

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Jacob White & wife Elizabeth	Alexander Massey, Junior	Carmel	8.5	JCH:4:393	Deed

May 17, 1837: Alexander Massey, Junior, of Worcester County in the State of Maryland buys for $85.00 from Jacob White and his wife Elizabeth White, also of Worcester County, a part of the tract called Carmell (Carmel) that William Fassitt sold to Jacob White and which enclosed within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at a post set up in the ground on the East side of said Massey's road that leads from the dwelling house to the woods and standing at the head of a ditch bank by the East edge of said road, and from thence running said ditch bank on the South side and binding thereon North seventy two degrees East twenty nine perches to a large ditch, then across said ditch to the South bank, and then binding on said South bank North seventy nine and a half degrees East thirty one perches, then North twenty seven degrees East forty perches to a post in the gut as a division between said Massey and this part, and from thence running said division fence and binding thereon as a division South sixty one and a half degrees West nine poles (perches) South sixty five degrees West thirty six poles, South sixty six degrees West seventeen poles to Massey's road, then binding on said road to the first beginning, containing eight and a half acres. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace James F. Mills and Robert Mitchell; John C. Handy is Worcester County clerk.

1838/03/19

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Kendall Massey, Junior & wife Julia Ann Massey	John A. Massey	Buckridge, Pleasant Lot, Penny Street & Holly Grove	167	GMH:1:325	Deed

March 19, 1838: Kendall Massey, Junior, and his wife July (Julia) Ann Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland sell for $500.00 to John A. Massey, also of Worcester County, the 167 acres of lands which descended to Kendall Massey, Junior, by the death of his father John Massey who died intestate, including Buck Ridge (Buckridge), Pleasant Lot, Penny Street, and Holly Grove, which composed the farm on which John Massey lived at the time of his death, lying in a neck called Maddy Neck adjoining the land of Kendall Massey, Senior, on the South and Powell Patty's (Pattey's) land on the West and Moses Johnson's land on the North and Alexander Massey, Senior, on the East, agreeable to a division formally agreed upon by John Massey, Senior, Kendall Massey, Senior, and Alexander Massey, Senior. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Josiah D. Powell and Ebenezer Powell; Gordon M. Handy is Worcester County clerk.

1838/05/30

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
George C. Bower & wife Margaret S.	Kendall Massey	Hebo	237.5	GMH:1:353	Deed

May 30, 1838: Kendle (Kendall) Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland buys for $2,375.00 from George C. Bower and his wife Margaret S. Bower of Philadelphia County in the State of Pennsylvania, all that tract called Hebo containing 237-1/2 acres that was devised to Margaret S. Bower by her father Major Thomas Rackliffe by his Will. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace William Bratten and John Sturges, Junior; Gordon M. Handy is Worcester County clerk.

1839/05/23

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
John C. Marshall	John A. Massey & John M. Taylor	Privilege, Cumberland & Second Privilege Conclusion	116.25 total	GMH:2:407	Deed

May 23, 1839: John A. Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland and John M. Taylor of the City of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania buy for $1,500.00 from John C. Marshall of Worcester County the lands which John C. Marshall purchased from William Bratten described in the deed dated April 25, 1834 and which are contained within the following metes and bounds: Beginning for the first tract or part of a tract as described in said deed at the first bounder of the original tract called Privilege, it being a white oak standing in the plantation on the East side of the dwelling home, thence running South thirty two and a half degrees West twenty poles (perches) to an old gate post by the side of the County Road, thence with the said road South eighty eight degrees West twenty two poles to an old gate post by the side of the County Road, thence with the said road South eighty eight degrees West twenty two poles, thence South forty two degrees West sixty eight poles, thence South West twenty two poles, thence South seventy degrees West twenty four poles, thence North eighty one degrees West thirty six poles, thence North fifty six degrees East thirty poles, thence North sixty eight degrees West forty five poles, thence North thirty degrees East twenty nine poles to the line of oak poles, thence with the same South sixty eight degrees East fifty three poles, thence North thirty degrees East one hundred and forty four poles, thence East twenty two poles to the second line of a tract called Hogg Quarters, thence with the same South forty eight poles, thence South sixty four degrees East fifty five poles, thence South thirty seven degrees West forty two poles to the aforesaid old gate post, thence with a straight line to the first beginning, containing sixty three and a half acres. And also a part of a tract called Cumberland: Beginning for this tract of river swamp at the end of the seventh and the beginning of the eighth course of the original tract called Cumberland, and thence running South fifteen poles, thence West one hundred and twelve poles, thence South twenty seven poles, thence South forty three degrees East fifty nine poles, thence South [sixty] one degrees East nine poles, thence North thirty two degrees East fourteen poles, then North sixty one degrees East seventy three poles, thence North thirty eight poles, thence North [last line on this page overwritten by the red Worcester County Court page identification printing] North twelve degrees West forty poles, thence North fifty degrees East sixteen poles, thence North forty eight degrees West seven and a half poles, thence South fifty degrees West eighteen poles, thence South twelve degrees East forty poles, and from thence with a right line to the first beginning, containing forty two acres. And also a tract or part of a parcel called Second Privilege Conclusion: Beginning for this part at an old gate post on the road leading to Givins Bridge called on by a deed from John K. Pitts to Nathaniel E. Bratten, deceased, North thirty four and a half degrees East forty five poles, thence North twenty seven poles to a sassafras post, thence South thirty two degrees East sixty nine poles to the County Road, thence with said road South seventy two and a quarter degrees West twenty eight poles, thence with a right line to the first beginning, containing ten and three quarter acres. All three parcels together aggregate to one hundred and sixteen acres and adjoin lands belonging to the heirs of Sarah Taylor, deceased. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace James F. Mills and Charles A. Green; Gordon M. Handy is Worcester County clerk.

1839/12/24

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Kendall Massey & wife Julia Ann Massey	Johnson Gray	tan yard & utensils	0.5	GMH:3:330	Deed

December 24, 1839: Kendall Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland sells for $150.00 to Johnson Gray, also of Worcester County, one half of a tan yard and building in New Ark on the South East side of the Stage Road, formerly being the property of James Gray, one half acre, and also the one half of all the utensils of tanning. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Peter Franklin and Joshua M. Bowers; Gordon M. Handy is Worcester County clerk.

1840/03/11

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Laban I. Taylor & wife Sarah S. Taylor	James Massey	Smiths Industry	18.5	GMH:3:232	Deed

March 11, 1840: James Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland buys for $20.00 from Laban I. Taylor and his wife Sarah S. Taylor, also of Worcester County, lands which were conveyed to Laban I. Taylor by Sarah Hill one of the heirs, a daughter of John Hill, deceased, formerly the property of John Hill, and supposed to contain eighteen or twenty acres in the whole tract, a lot of which is hereby conveyed, there being several heirs claiming a right in and to said land called Smith's Industry, adjoining the lands of a certain Purnell Massey. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace James F. Mills and Charles A. Oram; Gordon M. Handy is Worcester County clerk.

1840/05/20

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Peter Massey	John Williams & Cyrus A. Williams	Goods & chattels		GMH:3:353	Bill of Sale

May 20, 1840: Peter Massey, free Black of Worcester County in the State of Maryland sells for $60.00 to John Williams and Cyrus A. Williams, also of Worcester County, the following goods and chattels: One horse, one yoke of oxen, two cows, two yearlings, eight hogs, seventeen geese & goslings, my crop of oats & corn now growing, one cart, my plain harness and other farming utensils, two beds& the furniture for same, and all my other household furniture. Witness: Charles A. Oram; Gordon M. Handy is Worcester County clerk.

1840/10/04

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Kendall Massey, Junior & wife Julia Ann P. Massey	Commissioners of Worcester County	High Fields	0.5	GMH:5:24	Deed

October 4, 1840: Kendall Massey, Junior, and his wife Julia Ann P. Massey, both of Worcester County in the State of Maryland, sell for $5.00 to the Commissioners of Worcester County, a 1/2 acre lot in the tract called High Fields on which the Schoolhouse for District No.35 stands and which is enclosed within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at a marked post standing on the North side of the County Road near the Methodist Protestant Church, thence running by and with the said road North fifty seven degrees East sixteen poles (perches), thence North thirty three degrees West six poles, thence South fifty seven degrees West sixteen poles, with a straight line to the beginning post of which is the location of the Primary Schoolhouse No.35, being on the North side of the County Road leading from Basket Town to Newark (New Ark). Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Thomas Johnson and Joshua M. Brown; Gordon M. Handy is Worcester County clerk.

1840/10/24

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Thomas H. Collins & mother Martha Collins	Kendall Massey	Gladson Discovery	18+	GMH:3:521	Deed

October 24, 1840: Kendall Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland buys for $100.95 from Thomas H. Collins and his mother Martha Collins, also of Worcester County, an 18+ acre part of the tract called Gladson Discovery lying in Worcester County near Basket Town that is contained within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at a stone in the swamp, and thence running South thirty eight degrees East [one hundred and five] poles (perches) to a marked pine, thence North [ninety five and a half] poles, thence South [forty seven and a half] degrees West [fifty two] poles, thence with a straight line drawn to the first beginning, all of which is now in woods. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Thomas Johnson and James W. Holland; Gordon M. Handy is Worcester County clerk.

1840/12/25

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Samuel Massey	David I. Truitt	Partners Neglect, Fair Meadow, and Addition to Fair Meadow	140	GMH:4:99	Deed

December 25, 1840: Samuel Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland sells for $1,500.00 to David I. Truitt, also of Worcester County, all the balance of the land which Samuel Massey had purchased from John C. Dirickson by deed April 27, 1833, and recorded in Liber AZ, Folio 122, which Samuel Massey has not heretofore sold and deeded off to several persons, and also the road that was deeded to Samuel Massey by James Dirickson and recorded in Liber JCH, Folio 3:336, as an outlet that leads to the County Road leading to Berlin, the said lands consisting of Partner's Neglect, Fair Meadow, and Addition to Fair Meadow, lying near the Village of Berlin in Worcester County and containing one hundred and forty acres. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace James F. Mills and Charles A. Orem; Gordon M. Handy is Worcester County clerk.

1841/01/18

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Isaac Covington & wife Amelia	Samuel Massey	Burly	1.5	GMH:4:105	Deed

January 18, 1841: Samuel Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland buys for $168.00 from Isaac Covington and his wife Amelia Covington, also of Worcester County, all of the 1-1/2 + acre lot lying in Worcester County in the Village of Berlin according to the following metes and bounds: Beginning twenty feet from where the North side of South Street intersects Cherry Street in the middle of the ditch, and from thence running down on the East side of Cherry Street and binding thereon South thirty eight and a quarter degrees West twenty three and three quarter perches to Bottle Branch, thence running down the division line as the division line South forty five and three quarter degrees East eleven poles (perches) and four links (4/25 perch), thence North thirty nine degrees East twenty four and three quarter perches to the South side of South Street, leaving said street twenty feet wide, thence binding on said street to the first beginning, containing one and a half acres and thirty perches, called Burly. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace James F. Mills and Charles A. Orem; Gordon M. Handy is Worcester County clerk.

1841/03/13

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Johnson Gray & wife Jane	Kendall Massey	Gray's Tan Yard	[not stated]	GMH:4:175	Deed

March 13, 1841: Kendall Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland buys for $125.00 from Johnson Gray, also of Worcester County, all of Gray's Tan Yard, including the spot and bark house, lying in Worcester County in Newark (New Ark). Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Joshua M. Bowen and Thomas Johnson; Gordon M. Handy is Worcester County clerk.

1841/08/21

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
William J. Pennewill & wife Mary B.	John A. Massey,  Laban I. Taylor & John M. Taylor	Johnson Gray survey	585	GMH:4:421	Deed

August 21, 1841: John A. Massey and Laban I. Taylor of Worcester County in the State of Maryland and John M. Taylor of the City of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania buy for $1,230.00 from William J. Pennewill and his wife Mary B. Pennewill, both of Worcester County, a part of the tract that at her death was claimed by Sarah Taylor, deceased mother of Mary B. Pennewill, and was surveyed by Johnson Gray, Worcester County Surveyor, and recorded August 29, 1828, the metes and bounds of which are: Beginning for this resurvey at a mulberry post standing on the edge of the bank of Pocomoke River about two perches from the river swamp on the South side of the County Road about one quarter mile to the eastward from Givins Bridge, and from thence running South fifty four degrees East twenty poles (perches), thence South sixty six degrees East twenty two poles, thence South two poles to the bounder of Haw Point, thence reversing the home course of Haw Point South fourteen degrees East one hundred and thirty five poles to the beginning of said home course, thence reversing said tract the three following courses: East twenty six poles, then North forty poles, then North sixty two degrees East fifty six poles to intersect the fourth course of Beachsylvania, thence by and with the same South twelve degrees East twenty eight poles, then North sixty one and a half degrees East two hundred and four poles to intersect the twenty second course of Beachsylvania, thence with the said twenty second course of Beachsylvania, thence with the twenty second course of Beachsylvania North sixty eight degrees West fifty two poles to the beginning of the fourteenth course of a tract called Conclusion, thence with the said fourteenth course North thirty degrees East twenty eight poles to the end thereof, thence with the fifteenth course of the same South sixty eight degrees East forty four pols to the beginning of the fifth  course of Oak Hall, thence with the courses of the same North thirty degrees East one hundred and forty four poles, thence East twenty two poles, thence North thirty four degrees East nine poles to intersect the second course of a tract called Hog Quarter, thence reversing the same North eleven poles to the beginning of said second course, thence reversing the first course of the same north thirty four degrees East thirty two poles to intersect the eighth course of Oak Hall aforesaid, thence with the same North twenty one degrees West seventy four poles, thence with the ninth course of the same North thirty degrees East four poles to the end of the fourth course of a deed from Sarah Taylor to Stephen Purnell, thence reversing said fourth course North thirty six degrees West forty seven poles to intersect the twelfth course of Oak Hall aforesaid, thence with the same South eighty two degrees West fifty poles to the end thereof, thence with the thirteenth course of the same West sixty eight poles, thence South sixty five [degrees] West one hundred and nineteen poles to the beginning of the nineteenth course of Oak Hall, thence with the same South fourteen poles to intersect the first course of Beachsylvania aforesaid, thence reversing the same South forty degrees East forty three poles to the first bounder of Oak Hall, also the first bounder of Beachsylvania, then by and with the four first courses of Oak Hall South eighty poles, thence South sixty eight degrees East eighty poles, thence South thirty degrees West forty poles, thence South sixty eight degrees East seventy seven poles to intersect the twenty third course of Beachsylvania, then reversing the same South thirty degrees West twenty six poles to a divisional line between said Taylor and Isaac Marshall, thence reversing said divisional line South eighty eight degrees West fifty poles to the beginning of the fourth course of the original tract Beach Ridge (Buckridge ?), thence with the same North eighty eight degrees West one hundred and twenty six poles to intersect the third course of Beach Point aforesaid, thence with the same North one hundred and thirteen poles to the end of said third course and the beginning of the tract called Johnson's Lane, thence with the same North twenty four degrees West four poles, thence West eighty xix poles to intersect the fifth course of Beach Point aforesaid, thence with the same North forty eight degrees West seventy seven poles to the end of the said fifth course, thence by and with the courses of Beach Point aforesaid the seven following courses: South fifty degrees West eighteen poles, thence South twelve degrees East forty poles, thence South thirty three degrees East seventy six poles, thence South thirty eight poles, thence South sixty one degrees West seventy three poles, thence South thirty two degrees West fourteen poles, thence North sixty one degrees East fifty eight poles, and from thence with a straight line to the first beginning, containing five hundred and eighty five acres and twenty seven poles. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Charles A. Orem and James F. Mills; Gordon M. Handy is Worcester County clerk.

1841/10/05

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Samuel Massey	Mary Bowen	Burby	1.5+	GMH:5:58	Deed

October 5, 1841: Samuel Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland sells for $900.00 to Mary Bowen, also of Worcester County, all that tract which he purchased from Isaac Covington that lies in the Village of Berlin by deed dated January 18, 1841 [and recorded in Liber GMH No.4, Folio 105] and is contained within the following metes and bounds: Beginning of this lot is twenty feet from where the North side of South Street intersects Cherry Street in the middle of the ditch, and from thence running down on the East side of Cherry Street and landing thereon South thirty eight and a quarter degrees West twenty three and three quarter perches to Bottle Branch, then running down the division fence as the division line South forty five and three quarter degrees East eleven and 4/25 pole, then North thirty nine degrees East twenty four and three quarter perches to the South side of South Street, leaving said street twenty feet wide, then binding on said street to the first beginning, containing one and a half acres and thirty perches, called Burly. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace James F. Mills and Charles A. Orem; Gordon M. Handy is Worcester County clerk.

1841/10/16

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Henry Franklin, Zadok P. Henry, Littleton Bowen, Edwin Foreman, Joseph R.S. Purnell, James M.L. Sturgis and John C. Dirickson	Samuel Massey	Buckingham Academy	1+	GMH:5:54	Deed

October 16, 1841: Samuel Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland buys for $160.00 from Henry Franklin, Zadok P. Henry, Littleton Bowen, Edwin Foreman, Joseph R.S. Purnell, James M.L. Sturgis and John C. Dirickson, Trustees of the old Buckingham Academy, located at the North End of Solomon Davis's Plantation on the East side of the County Road leading from Berlin to Poplar Town, the 1+ acre lot of land where the said Academy stands, that was conveyed to Thomas S. Fassitt, Thomas N. Williams, George M. Purnell, James A. Collins, William F. Selley, John P. Marshall, John Milham, Cord Hazzard, and Robert I. Henry, then Trustees of the said Buckingham Academy by a deed dated May 16, 1817, by Captain William Riley, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a small sassafras post standing about four feet South Easterly from a hickory [tree] which is on or near the sixth course of said tract called Buckingham and also on or near the second course of a tract called Unity, which post and hickory standing on the South edge of the road leading from Little Neck Landing to the Main Stage Road, thence running up the South edge of said road North seventy six degrees West sixteen poles (perches) to a sassafras post standing on the South East edge of the Main Stage Road, thence down and with the South East edge of the Stage Road South thirty six degrees West ten poles to a sassafras post, thence South sixty one degrees East fourteen and three quarter poles to a sassafras post, thence to the first beginning of this part, containing one acre and sixteen poles. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace James F. Mills and Charles A. Orem; Gordon M. Handy is Worcester County clerk.

1842/11/10

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Robert H. Ellegood & wife Maria, and James A. Massey & wife Ann	William I. Leonard & wife Elizabeth	Plimpton & Adams Neglect	26.25	GMH:6:295	Deed

November 10, 1842: Robert H. Ellegood and his wife Maria, of Worcester County in the State of Maryland, and James A. Massey & wife Ann, of Somerset County, also in the State of Maryland, sell for $400.00 to William I. Leonard and his wife Elizabeth the tracts called Plimpton, lying in Worcester County adjoining and lying on the Easternmost side of a tract called Adams Neglect, containing twenty six and one quarter acres. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Henry Fooks and Levin Hitch; Gordon M. Handy is Worcester County clerk.

1842/11/13

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Robert H. Ellegood & wife Maria, James A. Massey & wife Ann, and William Freeney & wife Ann Maria	William I. Leonard & wife Elizabeth	Wilton, Alderberry & Plimpton Saltash	337.5	GMH:6:293	Deed

November 13, 1842: Robert H. Ellegood and his wife Maria, of Worcester County in the State of Maryland, and James A. Massey and his wife Ann and William Freeney and his wife Ann Maria of Somerset County sell for $2,700.00 to William I. Leonard and his wife Elizabeth Leonard the 337-1/2 acres of the parcels called Wilton, Alderberry and Plimpton Saltash which lie in Worcester and Somerset Counties, and which were devised by the late George Parker of Somerset County to his three grand daughters, Maria Ellegood, Ann Massey, and Elizabeth W. Catherly. [It would appear that Elizabeth Leonard, wife of William I. Leonard, is the third grand daughter, Elizabeth W. Catherly - GL,III, ed.] Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Henry Fooks and Levin Hitch; Gordon M. Handy is Worcester County clerk.

1843/08/26

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Samuel Massey	Thomas S. Turpin	Buckingham	1+	GMH:6:490	Deed

August 26, 1843: Samuel Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland sells for $200.00 to Thomas S. Turpin, also of Worcester County, all that part of the tract called Buckingham that lies within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at a small sassafras post standing about four feet South Easterly from a hickory [tree] which is on or near the sixth course of said tract called Buckingham and also on or near the second course of a tract called Unity, which post and hickory stand on the South edge of the road leading from Little Neck Landing to the Main Stage Road, thence running up the South edge of said road North seventy six degrees West sixteen poles (perches) to a sassafras post standing on the South East edge of the Main Stage Road, thence down and with the South East edge of the Stage Road South thirty six degrees West ten poles to a sassafras post, thence South sixty one degrees East fourteen and three quarter poles to a sassafras post, thence to the first beginning of this part, containing one acre and sixteen poles. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Robert Pitts and Charles A. Orem; Gordon M. Handy is Worcester County clerk.

1843/10/28

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
William Marshall	Samuel Massey	Lambersons Venture	2 & 2.5	GMH:7:19	Deed

October 28, 1843: Samuel Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland buys for $125.00 from William Marshall, also of Worcester County, two lots of land, one in the Village of Poplar Town on the South side of the road leading from Poplar Town to Deep Landing and containing two acres, and the other on the South side of the road leading from Poplar Town to Thomas S. Turpin's farm, containing two and a half acres. The lots are called Buckingham Addition to Lambersons Venture or Lambersons Venture, which the said William Marshall purchased from Henry M. Jarvis. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Robert Pitts and Charles A. Orem; Gordon M. Handy is Worcester County clerk.

1843/12/23

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
James Massey	Major Hastings	Smiths Industry	40	GMH:7:45	Deed

December 23, 1843: James Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland sells for $200.00 to Major Hastings, also of Worcester County, all that parcel called Smiths Industry, lying in Worcester County in the Third Election District adjoining the land of Purnell Massey and containing about forty acres. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Robert Pitts and William D. Pitts; Gordon M. Handy is Worcester County clerk.

1843/12/27

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
James Massey	Major Hastings	slave Mary and goods & chattels	[none]	GMH:7:46	Bill of Sale

December 27, 1843: James Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland sells for $800.00 to Major Hastings, also of Worcester County, the following goods and chattels: All the goods, household stuff, implements and furniture, corn, pork, fodder & oats there hereinafter, particularly mentioned, that is to say, one [slave] named Mary about fifteen years old, one pair mules, one small horse, one wagon, one carriage, one yoke of oxen, dark and white backs, one yoke of oxen, dark, brindle, one small pair of steers, eight grown horses, seven head of yearlings, one side bull, three beds & three bedsteads & all the furniture thereto belonging, one walnut table, one pine [table], one set of chairs, twelve hundred pounds of pork & bacon, six head of shoats, one sow & five pigs, twelve head of sheep, forty stacks of fodder, two hundred and thirty bushels of oats, two hundred and fifty bushels of corn, four harrows, five plows, one drag, one lot of crockery ware, one lot of pot metal, two pairs of iron traces & hames, one forked chain, four leather collars, twenty seven head of geese, one corn box, ten bushels of dried peaches, and twenty five bushels of Irish potatoes, being all my personal estate, none remaining, standing and being on a certain farm in Worcester County on the North East side of St. Martins River, belonging to Zadok Marshall and now in the possession of the said James Massey. Witness: Peter C. Powell; Gordon M. Handy is Worcester County clerk.

1844/01/26

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Kendall Massey & wife Julia Ann P. Massey	Stephen D. Bowden	Yorkshire	1.5	GMH:7:120	Deed

January 26, 1844: Kendal (Kendall) Massey and his wife Julia Ann P. Massey, both of Worcester County in the State of Maryland, sell for $250.00 to Stephen D. Bowden, also of Worcester County, all that 1-1/2 acre tract called Yorkshire, lying in Worcester County in the Village of New Ark on the South side of the Stage Road leading to Snow Hill adjoining the Tan Yard; the Currying House divides it from the Tan Yard as the fence now stands. All the land is inclosed belonging to the above mentioned tract, formerly the property of Moses C. Smith and James Gray, containing one and a half acres. Witnesses: Thomas Johnson and G.M. Bowden; Gordon M. Handy is Worcester County clerk.

1844/10/24

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Fanny Massey & Major Hastings	Purnell Massey	Smiths Industry & Poplar Neck	40 & 2	GMH:7:502	Deed

October 24, 1844: Major Hastings and Fanny Massey, wife of James Massey, both of Worcester County in the State of Maryland, sell for $150.00 to Purnell Massey, also of Worcester County, all that tract which Major Hastings purchased from James Massey by deed dated [December 23,] 1843 [and recorded in Liber GMH No.7, Folio 45], which land James Massey purchased from Mark Baker by deed dated March 5, 1835, [and recorded in Liber JCH No.1, Folio 444] as well as land purchased from Joshua J. Taylor by deed dated March 11, 1840, [and recorded in Liber GMH No.3, Folio 232] containing about nineteen acres, the lands lying in Worcester County and called Smith's Industry, adjoining the lands of Purnell Massey, and also two acres of land called Poplar Neck. Witnesses: James F. Mills and G.M. Bowden; Gordon M. Handy is Worcester County clerk.

1845/01/14

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Samuel Massey	John Cooper	slave Stewart	[none]	GMH:8:52	Bill of Sale

January 14, 1845: Samuel Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland sells for $225.00 to John Cooper, also of Worcester County, the slave named Stewart, to which said Samuel Massey has a one-half life interest. Witness: Justice of the Peace James F. Mills; Gordon M. Handy is Worcester County clerk.

1845/10/28

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Sarah L. Henderson et al.	Samuel Massey	Providence or Cypress Discovery	1.5	GMH:8:443	Deed

October 28, 1845: Sarah Henderson and Henrietta Collins, widow of Price Collins, both of Worcester County in the State of Maryland, sell for $65.00 to Samuel Massey, also of Worcester County, 1-1/2 acres of that lot of land which Robert Boyd sold to Elizabeth Collins, mother of the said Price Collins, that lies in Synapuxent Neck immediately on the road leading to South Point, adjoining the land of Schoolfield Lamberson, Esquire, and contained within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at the end of sixty one poles (perches) from a marked white oak standing near a gate on said road that formerly belonged to said Robert Boyd and now belonging to George Purnell, free Black, and on the South side of the Neck road as aforesaid, thence running down and with said road South thirty five degrees East sixteen poles to a divisional line between the land that formerly belonged to said Robert Boyd and said Schoolfield Lamberson, Esquire, thence with said road line South seventy three degrees West thirty poles, thence with a right line to the first beginning, containing one and a half acre, called Providence or part of Cypress Discovery, lying in Worcester County. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace James F. Mills and Lyttleton D. Powell; Gordon M. Handy is Worcester County clerk.

1846/01/02

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Alexander Massey & wife Sarah Jane	Edward J. Henry	Carmel; Piney Street, Plain Street & Pleasant Lot; and [not stated]	300; 30; and 8.5	GMH:8:491	Deed

January 2, 1846: Alexander Massey and his wife Sarah Jane Massey, both of Sussex County in the State of Delaware, sell for $3,250.00 to Edward J. Henry of Worcester County in the State of Maryland, the several tracts that were conveyed to Alexander Massey by his father, Alexander Massey, Senior, by a deed dated July 20, 1831, being the same lands that were devised to Alexander Massey, Senior, by his father, John Massey, grandfather of the said Alexander Massey, Junior, by his Last Will and Testament dated July 16, 1785, being the same lands where Alexander Massey, Senior, lived and died, called Carmel, lying in Worcester County in Synapuxent Neck adjoining the lands that Lemuel Showall purchased from Cornelius Fassitt, containing three hundred acres; also a part of three tracts located on the creek called Piney Street, Plain Street and Pleasant Lot, containing thirty acres; also a tract that Alexander Massey, Junior, purchased from Cornelius Fassitt by deed dated June 7, 1837, that lies in Synapuxent Neck and contains forty acres and is called Carmel; and also the tract that Alexander Massey, Junior, purchased from Jacob White by deed dated May 17, 1837, lying in Synapuxent Neck that contains eight and a half acres. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace James F. Mills and Lyttleton D. Powell; Gordon M. Handy is Worcester County clerk. [See: Liber AX, Folio 207 and Liber JCH No.4, Folio 393 - GL,III, ed.]

1847/08/14

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Kendall Massey, Junior, & wife Julia Ann P. Massey	Moses Claywell	Friendship	9	EDM:1:99	Deed

August 14, 1847: Kendle (Kendall) Massey, Junior, and his wife Julia Ann P. Massey, both of Worcester County in the State of Maryland sell for $100.00 to Moses Claywell, also of Worcester County, part of the tract called Friendship, lying in Worcester County near the Village of New Ark, containing nine acres. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Ebenezer Powell and Josiah Collins; Edward D. Martin is Worcester County clerk.

1847/09/13

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Kendall Massey, Junior, & wife Julia Ann P. Massey	Stephen D. Bowden	Yorkshire or Tan Yard	[not stated]	EDM:1:240	Deed

September 13, 1847: Kendal (Kendall) Massey, Junior, and his wife Julia Ann P. Massey, both of Worcester County in the State of Maryland sell for $30.00 to Stephen D. Bowden, also of Worcester County, all that tract called Yorkshire or the Tan Yard, formerly occupied by Han...[illegible] Burkage as a tan yard on the public road leading through Newark (New Ark) to Snow Hill. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Ebenezer Powell and Samuel I. Johnson; Edward D. Martin is Worcester County clerk.

1847/12/04

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Samuel Massey	Kelly Holloway, wife of ...	Lambersons Venture	2	EDM:1:204	Deed

December 4, 1847: Samuel Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland sells for $55.00 to Hetty Holloway, wife of Samuel Holloway, also of Worcester County, all that lot located in Poplar Town in Worcester County on the South side of the road leading from or through Poplar Town to Deep Landing, it being one of the lands that William Marshall purchased from Henry W. Jarvis and which William Marshall sold to Samuel Massey by deed dated October 28, 1843, containing two acres, it being the same tract called Buckingham Addition to Lamberson's Venture or Lamberson's Venture [and recorded in Liber GMH No.7, Folio 19]. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace James F. Mills and Lyttleton D. Powell; Edward D. Martin is Worcester County clerk.

1848/02/26

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Joshua Hastings & wife Elizabeth	James Massey	Three Brothers, Corn Hill & Addition to Corn Hill	525÷12 = 43.75	EDM:1:324	Deed

February 26, 1848: James Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland buys from Joshua Hastings and his wife Elizabeth Hastings, also of Worcester County, a 1/12 share of the lands which Major Hastings, late of Worcester County, who died intestate, left to six heirs, Joshua Hastings included among them, and of which Joshua Hastings and his wife Elizabeth Hastings now sell a half interest to James Massey, i.e., forty three and three quarter acres. Witnesses: James F. Mills and George A. Parker; Edward D. Martin is Worcester County clerk.

1848/04/29

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Kendall Massey, Senior	John A. Massey	Black Ridge and Eagle Choice & Holly Grove	150 & 25	EDM:1:406	Deed

April 29, 1848: Kendall Massey, Senior of Worcester County in the State of Maryland sells for $1,000.00 to John A. Massey also of Worcester County, his share of the lands which Kendall Massey inherited with his brothers Alexander Massey, John A. Massey, Daniel Massey, and the said Kendall Massey by the Last Will and Testament of John Massey, their father, dated July 16, 1785. The lands have been equitably divided according to a plat dated November 3, 1801, and now the lands which are being sold total one hundred and eighty four acres, being Black Ridge, Eagle Choice and Holly Grove. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace William D. Pitts and Cornelius E. Bathell; Edward D. Martin is Worcester County clerk.

1848/11/10

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
James Dirickson, Zadok D. Henry & John C. Dirickson	Samuel Massey	Goshen or Mayfield	449	EDM:2:140	Deed

November 10, 1848: Samuel Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland buys for from the Commissioners of Worcester County, i.e., James Dirickson, Zadok D. Henry and John C. Dirickson, a portion of the lands which the Commissioners just partitioned among the heirs of James Bruff, i.e., Edward Bruff, [illegible] S. Bruff, and Hetty M. Bruff of Worcester County, who had petitioned Orphans Court for relief and settlement of the estate of their father, who died in 1820, leaving considerable real estate in Worcester County. Three of the children are not yet twenty one: Eligar I. Bruff, William T. Bruff and George W. Bruff. John Fassitt and Isaac Covington were also selected as Commissioners but have since died. After suitable notice was given, the Commissioners found that the lands of James Bruff could not be divided equitably among all the heirs without diminishing their value; accordingly a division of the tract into two parts was selected ... [but the clerk's handwriting is only just barely legible, so to make this long story shorter] ... and Samuel Massey was highest bidder at the public sale, winning the parcel called Goshen or Mayfield for $4,564.08 that is contained within the following metes and bounds: Lying South of a Gut called Low Bridge, and commencing at said Gut and running in an Easterly direction by and with said Gut and fence until it comes to the corner of a ditch near the Main County Road, from thence by a straight line to a stone bounder standing on the East side of said road, containing four hundred and forty nine acres. Witnessed by two Justices of the Peace with illegible signatures; Edward D. Martin is Worcester County clerk.

1848/12/22

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Purnell Massey & wife Nancy Massey	William I. Massey	Smiths Industry, Poplar Hill & Freemans Lot	19, 2 & 15	EDM:2:212	Deed

December 22, 1848: Purnell Massey and his wife Nancy Massey, both of Worcester County in the State of Maryland sell for $190.00 to William I. Massey, also of Worcester County, the lands which Purnell Massey purchased from Major Hastings, James Massey and Fanney (Fanny) Massey, wife of James Massey, by a deed dated October 24, 1844, [see Liber GMH No.7, Folio 502] it being the property that formerly belonged to John Hill, containing nineteen acres and called Smith's Industry, also two acres called Poplar Neck, also all that parcel adjoining the aforesaid land and on the North side of said land and on the South side of a road running between the said land and the said Purnell Massey's farm, the said road leading to Saint Martin's Church, it being a part of the land that the said Purnell Massey purchased from Err Truitt, containing about fifteen or twenty acres [see Liber AY, Folio 232]. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace William D. Pitts and Cornelius E. Battell; Edward D. Martin is Worcester County clerk.

1848/12/29

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Isaac D. Cary & wife Sarah	James Massey	Three Brothers, Corn Hill, and Addition to Corn Hill	87.5	EDM:2:214	Deed

December 29, 1848: James Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland buys for $600.00 from Isaac D. Carey and his wife Sarah Casey, also of Worcester County, an 87-1/2 acre portion of the 525 acre parcel called Three Brothers, Corn Hill, and Addition to Corn Hill that Major Hastings, late of Worcester County, purchased from Stephen Holland and Elizabeth S. Holland by deed dated April 1, 1837. The parcel is located on the South side of Saint Martin's River adjoining the land of John S. Purnell, Esquire, and others called Three Brothers, Corn Hill, and Addition to Corn Hill. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace William D. Pitts and Cornelius E. Battell; Edward D. Martin is Worcester County clerk.

1849/03/05

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Hiram B. Duncan & wife Sarah M. Duncan and Mary Rane	John A. Massey	Holly Grove, Pleasant Lot and Penny Street & Winchester	167 & 80	EDM:2:273	Deed

March 5, 1849: John A. Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland buys for $200.00 from Hiram B. Duncan and his wife Sarah M. Duncan and Mary Rane (Rain), also of Worcester County, the undivided tract that Sarah M. Duncan, wife of Hiram B. Duncan, and Mary Rane inherited from Daniel Massey, late of Worcester County, who was husband of the said Mary Rane and father of the said Sarah M. Duncan, it being all the plantation that formerly belonged to John A. Massey, late of Worcester County, deceased, grandfather of Sarah M. Duncan, composed of the tracts called Holly Grove, Pleasant Lot and Penny Street, containing one hundred and sixty seven acres, the tract called Winchester, containing eighty acres, adjoining the lands of John Taylor and Capt. William Holland, totaling two hundred and forty seven acres in all. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace William D. Pitts and Cornelius E. Battell; Edward D. Martin is Worcester County clerk.

1849/09/29

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Thomas Timmons & wife Mary Elizabeth	Samuel Massey	[not named]	87 & 32.75	EDM:3:503	Deed

September 29, 1849: Samuel Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland buys for $2,400.00 from Thomas Timmons and his wife Mary Elizabeth Timmons, also of Worcester County, 119-3/4 acres in two tracts lying in Worcester County in the Village of Berlin, that is, all the remainder of the lot that was conveyed to Thomas Timmons by Powell Patty, John Sturgis, Zadock P. Henry and James M.L. Sturgis by deed dated December 4, 1841, excepting fifteen acres of the same sold to Moses Purnell, containing eighty seven acres; and also all that tract which Thomas Timmons purchased from John R. Franklin, Sarah Franklin, and George A. Franklin, lying on the South side of the road leading from Buckingham Church to the farm of Elisha L. Purnell and adjoining the land of Zadock P. Henry & Henry Jarman, containing thirty two and three quarter acres, the two tracts totaling one hundred and nineteen and three quarter acres. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace William D. Pitts and Cornelius E. Battell; Edward D. Martin is Worcester County clerk.

1850/03/09

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Maria Hudson	James Massey	Holly Grove	183	EDM:3:18	Deed

March 9, 1850: James Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland buys for $200.00 from Maria Hudson, also of Worcester County, all of her right, title and claim to the parcel called Holly Grove, containing one hundred and eighty three acres, which James Massey purchased from Sally Mitchell of Worcester County. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace William D. Pitts and Cornelius E. Battell; Edward D. Martin is Worcester County clerk.

1850/03/10

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Samuel Massey	Thomas Evans	Lambersons Venture	3.5	EDM:3:57	Deed

March 10, 1850: Samuel Massee (Massey) of Worcester County in the State of Maryland buys for $62.50 from Thomas Evans, of Sussex County in the State of Delaware, the 3-1/2 acre lot lying in Worcester County on the left hand side of the road leading from Poplar Town to Liberty Town adjoining the lands of William Marshall, of Z. Dannice H. Tingle, and others, called Buckingham's Addition to Lamberson's Venture or Lamberson's Venture, containing about three and a half acres. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace William D. Pitts and Cornelius E. Battell; Edward D. Martin is Worcester County clerk.

1851/03/22

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Sarah Mitchell	James Massey	Lot #1: Holly Grove & Addition to Holly Grove	183.25	EDM:3:553	Deed

March 22, 1851: James Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland buys for $1,325.00 from Sarah Mitchell, also of Worcester County, all those tracts which were conveyed to her by the Commissioners Zadock R. Henry, Powell Patty and John C. Dirickson according to an order of Worcester County Court in the May Term, 1847, it being part of the real estate of Caleb Hudson,and bid by his son John Hudson, called Lot No. One, composed of the following tracts: Hollly Grove and Addition to Holly Grove, containing one hundred and eighty three and a quarter acres, adjoining the land of John M. Taylor and others, lying in Worcester County. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace William D. Pitts and Cornelius E. Battell; Edward D. Martin is Worcester County clerk.

1851/12/09

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Purnell Massey	Rufus Massey	slave Isaac	[none]	EDM:4:264	Bill of Sale

December 9, 1851: Purness Massey of Worcester county in the State of Maryland sells for $99.00 to Rufus Massey, also of Worcester County, his slave named Isaac, age about seven years. Witness: Justice of the Peace William D. Pitts; Edward D. Martin is Worcester County clerk.

1852/01/24

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Samuel Massey	Levin J. Jones	Providence or Cypress Discovery	1.5	EDM:4:337	Deed

January 24, 1852: Samuel Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland sells for $95.00 to Levin (Leven) J. Jones, also of Worcester County, all that tract which Samuel Massey purchased from Sarah Henderson and Henrietta Collins by deed dated October 28, 1845, [and recorded in Liber GMH No.8, Folio 443], lying in Worcester County on Synapuxent Neck immediately on the road leading to South Point, adjoining the land belonging to James F. Mills and enclosed within the following metes and bounds:  Beginning at the end of sixty one poles (perches) from a marked white oak near a gate standing on the road belonging to George Purnell, free Black, and on the South side of said road as aforesaid, thence running down and with said road South thirty five degrees East sixteen poles to a divisional line between the land that formerly belonged to Robert Boyd and the land that now belongs to James F. Mills, thence from said road line South seventy three degrees West thirty poles, then with a right line to the first beginning, containing one and a half acres. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace William D. Pitts and Cornelius E. Battell; Edward D. Martin is Worcester County clerk.

1852/01/27

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Kendall Massey	Henrietta Bowen	slave Sarah Elizabeth	[none]	EDM:4:319	Bill of Sale

January 27, 1852: Kendall Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland sells for $30.00 to Henrietta Bowen, also of Worcester County, his slave Sarah Elizabeth, about seven years old. Witness: Justice of the Peace Cornelius E. Battell; Edward D. Martin is Worcester County clerk.

1852/04/29

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
John A. Massey & wife Eliza Jane	John M. Taylor	Privilege, Cumberland & Second Privilege Conclusion	116.25 total	EDM:4:478	Deed

April 29, 1852: John A. Massey and his wife Eliza Jane Massey, both of Worcester County in the State of Maryland sell for $1,000.00 to John M. Taylor, of the City of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania, 116-1/4 acres in the tracts which the said John A. Massey and John M. Taylor purchased from John C. Marshall, consisting of several parcels as referenced by a deed dated May 23, 1839, [and recorded in Liber GMH No.2, Folio 407]. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace William D. Pitts and Cornelius E. Battell; Edward D. Martin is Worcester County clerk.

1853/04/02

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Kendall Massey	Joseph Godfrey	slave Amelia	[none]	EDM:4:435	Bill of Sale

April 2, 1853: Kendall Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland sells for $325.00 to Joseph Godfrey, also of Worcester County, his slave Amelia, about thirteen years old. Witness: Justice of the Peace William D. Pitts; Edward D. Martin is Worcester County clerk.

1853/04/16

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
John A. Massey & wife Eliza Jane Massey	John M. Taylor	Johnson Gray survey	585÷15 = 39	EDM:5:280	Deed

April 16, 1853: John A. Massey and his wife Eliza Jane Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland sell for $400.00 to John M. Taylor, of the City of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania, the tract purchased by the said John A. Massey, Luban J. Taylor and the said John M. Taylor from William J. Penewell and his wife Mary B. Penewell, that is, one third of one fifth of the lands formerly owned by Mrs. Sarah Taylor, late of Worcester County. [see the deed recorded in Liber GMH No.4, Folio 421 - GL,III, ed.] Witnesses: Justices of the Peace William D. Pitts and Cornelius E. Battell; Edward D. Martin is Worcester County clerk.

1853/11/18

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Kendall Massey	Solomon Carey	slave Hannah	[none]	EDM:5:518	Bill of Sale

November 18, 1853: Kendal (Kendall) Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland sells for $80.00 to Solomon Carey, also of Worcester County, his slave Hannah, about two years old. Witness: Justice of the Peace William D. Pitts; Edward D. Martin is Worcester County clerk.

1854/01/10

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
John A. Massey & wife Eliza JaneMassey, Lambert C. Powell & wife Louisa Powell, Joshua Morris & wife Rachel Massey, Kendall Massey & wife Julia Ann P. Massey	Doctor Hillary Pitts	Quillens Pasture or Winchester	84	EDM:5:647	Deed

January 10, 1854: John A. Massey and his wife Eliza Jane Massey, Lambert C. Powell and his wife Louisa, Joshua Morris and his wife Rachel, her brother Kendall Massey and his wife Julia Ann P. Massey, all of Worcester County in the State of Maryland, sell for $1,052.00 to Doctor Hillary Pitts, also of Worcester County, all that tract which John A. Massey, father of the aforesaid John, Rachel, Louis and Kendall purchased in his lifetime as referenced by the deed from Joseph Hamblin to Joseph Quillen dated March 28, 1747, for one hundred acres and known as Quillen's Pasture, but it contains only eighty four acres clear of older deeds in part of the same land in the possession of John M. Taylor (its proper name being Winchester). Witnesses: Justices of the Peace William D. Pitts and W.R. Hammond; Edward D. Martin is Worcester County clerk.

1854/03/11

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Robert S. Henry, Peter C. Powell & Powell Patty	Samuel Massey	Town Lot	[not stated]	EDM:5:660	Deed

March 11, 1854: Samuel Massey of Worcester County in the State of Maryland buys for $150.00 from the Worcester County Commissioners Robert S. Henry, Peter C. Powell, and Powell Patty, all of Worcester County, lands which the Commissioners were organized to distribute from the estate of Walter Gray, consisting of a house and lot lying on the South East side of the main County Road running through Poplar Town to Snow Hill, for which Samuel Massey was high bidder in the required public sale. Witnesses: Witnesses: Justices of the Peace William D. Pitts and James F. Mills; Edward D. Martin is Worcester County clerk.

1854/10/16

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Henry P. Lewis & wife Sally	Julia Ann P. Massey	Blackenhurst	17.5+	EDM:6:194	Deed

October 16, 1854: Julia Ann P. Massy (Massey) of Worcester County in the State of Maryland buys for $250.00 from Henry P. Lewis and his wife Sally Lewis, also of Worcester County, the 17-1/2+ acre tract called Blackenhurst, lying in Worcester County and contained within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at a marked post standing at the mouth of the lane on the County Road at the South East corner of the lands of Littleton Sturgis's heirs, and from thence running North forty five degrees West sixty two perches, thence North eighty two degrees East twenty two perches, thence North sixty eight degrees East twenty three perches, thence North thirty two degrees East eleven perches, thence North fifty two degrees East nineteen perches, thence South eighty three degrees East twenty eight perches to the County Road leading from Poplar Town to Newark (New Ark), thence South nineteen and three quarter degrees East twenty two perches, thence with a right line to the beginning, containing seventeen and a half acres and thirty five perches. Witness: Justice of the Peace Joshua Lewis; Edward D. Martin is Worcester County clerk.