Massey Records in Spreadsheet Form

Section VI - Massey Data Bank

One Maryland Massey Family by George Langford, Jr. 1901-1996
©Cullen G. Langford and George Langford, III, 2010

Massey records in the Grantee/Grantor Index Files for Massey's Venture, including
The Slipe Alongside Massey's Venture, Slippe, and The Exchange in Kent County, Maryland

Index	Year	Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Link	Abstract
...	1719	Peter Massey and Nicholas Massey		Masseys Venture	200	PL:4:382	Patent	August 6, 1719: Peter Massey and Nicholas Massey of Kent County in Maryland patent a 200 acre parcel called Massey's Venture. Courses: Beginning at a bounded white oak standing near the aforesaid branch and on the West side of a small branch flowing out of said Cypress Branch it being the uppermost bounded tree of a parcel of land called Well Meaning and running from the said oak North sixty five degrees West two hundred and twelve perches thence North East one hundred and twenty four perches thence South sixty five degrees East one hundred and twelve perches thence with a straight line to the first bounded tree containing and now laid out for two hundred acres. Acting for the Crown: John Hart.
302B	1719	Peter Massey and Nicholas Massey	division	Masseys Venture	200	JS:N:25	Agreement	March 16, 1718 (recorded May 8, 1719): Nicholas Massey, Jr. and Peter Massey divide the 200 acres of Massey's Venture into two parts: ... [incomplete - GL,III, ed.]
...	1720	Nicholas Massey		The Exchange	100	PL:4:406	Patent	July 21, 1720: Nicholas Massey's patent of The Exchange, a 100 acre tract in Kent County, Maryland. Courses: Beginning at a bounded red oak standing on the West side of a branch called Black Pudding Branch, near the mouth thereof, and on the North side of an old path that leads from Mr. Gilbert Falconar's to the cypress swamp and running from the said red oak North sixty five degrees West two hundred twenty five perches thence Northeast forty perches, then East two hundred perches, thence with a straight line to the first bounded tree, containing and laid out for one hundred acres. Acting for the Crown: William Holland.
...	1741	Nicholas Massey		The Slippe Alongside Masseys Venture	25	EI:6:359	Patent	October 7, 1741: Nicholas Massey patents a 25 acre parcel called The Slipe Alongside Massey's Venture (i.e., adjoining Massey's Venture) and pays Peter Massey 40 shillings for Peter's share of the parcel. The petition was initiated by both Nicholas and Peter Massey to make use of vacant land that they had discovered between their properties, Massey's Venture and Johanne's Lott, respectively. Courses: Beginning at a bounded hickory standing at the end of the East line of a parcel of land now in possession of the said Nicholas Massey called Massey's Venture lying in Kent County aforesaid near the side of the branch that issues out of Chester River and running from said hickory South sixty degrees East thirty eight perches then South sixteen degrees West forty eight perches thence South one hundred and forty perches then East twenty perches thence South twenty four degrees West thirty two perches then North sixty six degrees West sixty two perches then North East fifty eight perches then by a straight line to the beginning, containing and now laid out for twenty five acres. Acting for the Crown: Samuel Ogle, Chancellor; and Benjamin Tasker, Esquire, Receiver General.
...	1764	Joseph Massey and Ebenezer Massey		The Slippe	6.5	BC&GS:20:367	Patent	August 28, 1764: Joseph Massey and Ebenezer Massey patent of The Slippe, a 6.5 acre parcel (formerly owned by Joshua Vansant, deceased) lying adjacent to Massey's Venture and Addition to Fair Dealing, and The Exchange, all in Kent County, Maryland. Courses: Beginning at the end of one perch south from a hickory the beginning of the Slipe along Massey's Venture and running West one hundred and eleven perches then North one perch then West fifty one perches thence South West nine perches and East one hundred and sixty eight perches thence with a straight line to the beginning containing and now laid out for six acres and a half acre. Acting for the Crown: Horatio Sharpe.
290B	1766	Joseph Massey	Ebenezer Massey	The Exchange, The Slip Alongside Masseys Venture, and Masseys Venture		DD:2:337	Deed	August 19, 1766 (recorded November 15, 1766): Ebenezer Massey, farmer of Kent County, buys for £100 the tracts called The Exchange, The Slip Alongside Massey's Venture, and Massey's Venture from Joseph Massey, also a farmer of Kent county. Witnesses: R. Frisby and J. Maxwell. Acting for the Crown: Mssrs. Frisby and Maxwell, and J.W. Hall. Daniel Dulaney is Kent County Clerk. These tracts lie alongside another tract called The Exchange belonging to Nicholas Massey.
282B	1771	Ebenezer Massey	Thomas Gilpin	Masseys Venture Resurveyed	1.5	DD:3:499	Deed	October 8, 1771: Ebenezer Massey, farmer of Kent County in Maryland, sells for £5 5/- a 1.5 acre portion of Masseys Venture Resurveyed to Thomas Gilpin, merchant of Kent County. Courses: Beginning at a white oak standing on the East side of the Pudding Branch above where it empties into the Cypress Branch, and also being the beginning tree of a tract of land called Myers Chance, thence from said tree South thirteen degrees West forty six perches, then North West seventeen perches, then North seventy degrees East eight perches, then with a straight line to the beginning. Acting for the Crown: Justices of the Peace, Samuel Thompson and James Hynson; Dennis Dulaney is Kent County clerk.
282B	1772	Ebenezer Massey	Isaac Spencer and William Woodall, commissioers	Masseys Venture Resurveyed		DD:5:54	Commission	April 4, 1772: Ebenezer Massey petitions the Kent County, Maryland Court to re-establish the boundaries of Massey's Venture Resurveyed lest they be lost and forgotten. Commissioners: Isaac Spencer, Samuel Davis, William Blackiston and William Woodall. Meeting held November 24, 1774; depositions were taken by William Woodall and Isaac Spencer from (1) Daniel Massey, about 60 years old, who remembered the location of a cypress post and that the land was laid out by Gilbert Falconar for the late Nicholas Massey; and (2) Gilbert Falconar, age 33, who confirmed the location of the aforesaid cypress post as of 1766. Acting for the Crown: R. Cruickshank, Esquire; attesting to the qualifications of the commissioners: James Hynson and John Comegys; recorded June7, 1775, by Dennis Dulaney, Kent County clerk.
314B	1785	William Massey	Lewis Blackiston	Masseys Venture Resurveyed, The Exchange, and Partnership		BC:4:269	Deed	October 7, 1795: William Massey of Baltimore County in the State of Maryland sells for £300 one-sixth parts of Masseys Venture Resurveyed and The Exchange; and all the undivided sixth part of Partnership which descended to him from his father Ebenezer Massey, the tracts all lying in Kent County. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace John Comegys and J. Maxwell; Ben Chambers is Kent County clerk.
282	1787	Gilbert Falconar	Ebenezer Massey	Partnership, Masseys Venture Resurveyed, The Exchange, and London Bridge Renewed	[not stated]	EF:7:212	Deed	October 3, 1787: Ebenezer Massey of Kent County in the State of Maryland buys for 5/- from Gilbert Falconar, also of Kent County, all of the tract called Partnership which lies within the lines of two tracts of land, the property of Ebenezer Massey, called Masseys Venture Resurveyed and [The] Exchange, also all that tract of land called Partnership which lies to the Eastward of James Hynson's lines, the whole breadth of the two tracts of land called Masseys Venture resurveyed and [The] Exchange, and also all that part of the aforesaid tract called Partnership, and that part of four other tracts of land called London Bridge Renewed which lie to the eastward of the road leading from the Head of Chester to the Head of Sassafras iver, and to the Northward of the Long Meadow Branch as far up as Luke Miers line. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace James Henry and John Thomas; Ben Chambers is Kent County clerk.
314	1795	William Massey	Lewis Blackiston	Masseys Venture Resurveyed, [The] Exchange, and Partnership	[not stated]	BC:4:269	Deed	October 7, 1795: William Massy (Massey) of Baltimore County in Maryland sells for £300 portions of Massey's Venture Resurveyed, The Exchange, and Partnership in Kent County to Lewis Blackiston of Kent County. William was bequeathed Masseys Venture Resurveyed, The Exchange, and Partnership by his father, Ebenezer Massey. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace J.W. Comegys and J. Maxwell; Ben Chambers is Kent County clerk.
281B	1796	Daniel Massey	Lewis Blackiston	Masseys Venture Resurveyed,The Exchange, and Partnership		BC:4:447	Deed	August 20, 1796: Lewis Blackiston of Kent County in Maryland buys, for 262 pounds, 10 shillings, three parcels called Massey's Venture Resurveyed, The Exchange, and Partnership, from Daniel Massey. Witnesses: John Thomas, and Ia. Parker. Ben Chambers is Kent County Clerk.