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 Town Lots in Kent County, Maryland

Index	Year	Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Link	Abstract
534	1736	Gideon Pearce and wife Ann	Thomas Witherspoon	town lot		JS:18:394	Deed	Thomas Witherspoon, skinner of Kent County in Maryland, buys for £10 from Gideon Pearce, farmer, and wife Ann, also of Kent County, Lot No.95 in the designed town, Georgetown, along the Sassafras River. Acting for the Crown: witnesses Jervis Spencer and Thomas Hynson, Justices of the Peace; James Smith is Kent County clerk.
306B	1740	Henry Cully and wife Christian	Samuel Massey	town lot		JS:23:124	Deed	January 3, 1740: Samuel Massey buys for £770 from Henry Cully, gentleman and wife Christian of Kent County in Maryland, a town lot in Chestertown which Simon Wilmer of Kent County sold on October 6, 1731 unto Henry Cully and wife Christian, it being part of Lott 43 and all of Lott No. 44, extending from Cross Street to Club Corner to the Free School of Kent County in Chestertown (See Liber JS No.16, Folio 148). Acting for the Crown: Charles Hynson, James Harris, and Justices of the Peace Jno. Robinson and Thomas Williams acting as witnesses; James Smith is Kent County clerk.
...	1731	Simon Wilmer and wife Dorcus	Henry Cully and wife Christian	town lot		JW:16:148	Deed	October 6, 1731: Henry Cully and wife Christian of Chestertown in Maryland, buy for £15 a parcel, part of Lott 43 and all of Lott No. 44, extending from Cross Street to Club Corner to the Free School of Kent County in Chestertown, from Simon Wilmore, gentleman of Kent County and wife Dorcus. Acting for the Crown: Witnesses Charles Hynson and Henry Evans, Justices of the Peace for Kent County, and James Smith, Kent County clerk.
306B	1740	Henry Cully and wife Christian	Samuel Massey	town lot		JS:23:116	Deed	October 16, 1740: Samuel Massey, hatter, buys for £480 from Henry Cully, gentleman, and wife Christian of Kent County in Maryland, a town lot in Chestertown which Simon Wilmer of Kent County sold on October 6, 1731 unto Henry Cully and wife Christian, it being part of Lott 43 and all of Lott No. 44, extending from Cross Street to Club Corner to the Free School of Kent County in Chestertown (See Liber JS No.16, Folio 148). Acting for the Crown: Mr. Hynson, James Harris, and Justices of the Peace Jno. Robinson and Thomas Williams acting as witnesses; James Smith is Kent County clerk.
306B	1740	Samuel Massey and wife Sarah	Henry Cully and wife Christian	town lot		JS:23:191	Mortgage Deed	January 20, 1740: Samuel Massey and wife Sarah of Kent County in Maryland sell, for three payments of £240 each, unto Henry Cully and wife Christian, a town lot in Chestertown, it being part of Lott 43 and all of Lott No. 44, extending from Cross Street to Club Corner to the Free School of Kent County. Acting for the Crown: John Robinson and Justices of the Peace John Brown and Thomas Williams acting as witnesses; James Smith is Kent County clerk.
306B	1742	Samuel Massey and wife Sarah	Henry Cully and wife Christian	town lot		JS:24:81	Deed	December 14, 1742: Samuel Massey, inholder, and wife Sarah of Kent County complete the transfer of the town lot in Chestertown, it being part of Lott 43 and all of Lott No. 44, extending from Cross Street to Club Corner to the Free School of Kent County, upon receipt of a final payment of £440 from Henry Cully and wife Christian, of Chestertown. Acting for the Crown: James Harris and witnesses, Justices of the Peace Ebenezer Blackiston and B. Hands; James Smith is Kent County clerk.
306B	1742	Samuel Massey and wife Sarah	Henry Cully and wife Christian	Town lot		JS:24:86	Deed	December 17, 1742: After a court battle over payments adding up to £1,160 and 1,000 pounds of tobacco, and for additional payments, Samuel Massey and Sarah his wife finally complete the sale of the town lot in Chestertown, it being part of Lott 43 and all of Lott No. 44, extending from Cross Street to Club Corner to the Free School of Kent County to Henry Cully and wife Christian, of Chestertown. Acting for the Crown: James Harris and witnesses, Justices of the Peace Ebenezer Blackiston and B. Hands; James Smith is Kent County clerk.
306	1743	Samuel Massey and wife Sarah	John Milbourn	Lot No. 43		JS:24:415	Deed	July 18, 1743: Samuel Massey, hatter, and wife Sarah of Chestertown in Kent County, Maryland, sell for ten thousand pounds of tobacco and and six hundred and twenty five bushels of wheat unto John Milbourne a parcel consisting of Lot No.43 in Chestertown. Courses: Beginning at the South West corner of a brick house standing on the same lot on Cross Street and running from thence with the said street North East seventy eight feet, thence North West seventy eight feet, thence South West seventy eight feet and from thence South West to the aforesaid street and place of beginning. Acting for the Crown: James Harris and Justices of the Peace for Kent County, Charles Hynson and B. Hands. Witnesses: Mssrs. Calder and Nicols.
307	1744	Samuel Massey and wife Sarah	John Milbourne	Lot No. 44		JS:25:214	Deed	January 29, 1744: Samuel Massey sells, for the sum of ten thousand pounds of tobacco, Lot No.44, fronting on Cross Street in Chestertown, Kent County, Maryland, and bounded on the westward by the alley leading from Cross Street to Club Lane, on the northward by the line of the Free School land, on the eastward by the easternmost bounds of the said Lot No. 44 and to the southward by Cross Street. Acting for the Crown and as witnesses: Justices of the Peace, B. Hands and John Williamson; James Smith is Kent County clerk.
306	1744	William Stevenson	Samuel Massey	Lot No.67		JS:25:210	Deed	March 8, 1744: Samuel Massey, hatter of Chestertown in Kent County, buys for £40, 18/-, 7p. from William Stevenson, heir and brother of the late John Stevenson, weaver, of Chestertown, the two-thirds parts of Lott 67 in Chestertown in three equal parts to be divided, being the northmost two thirds parts of the lot and all that remains therof over and above the third part thereof heretofore sold and conveyed by the same William to William Crane and divided therefrom by a line running North East for the length of the same lot. Acting for the Crown and as witnesess: Justices of the Peace Charles Hynson and B. Hands; James Smith is Kent County clerk.
307B	1745	Mary Clay	Samuel Massey	Lot No.18		JS:25:338	Deed	December 8, 1745: Samuel Massey of Chestertown in Kent County, Maryland, buys for £60 from Mary Clay, widow, also of Kent County, Lot No.18 in Chestertown that she inherited from her father. Acting for the Crown: Witnesses, Justices of the Peace John Brown and Jno. Williamson; George Garnett; and James Smith as Kent County clerk.
307B	1749	Samuel Massey and wife Sarah	Thomas Ringgold, Esq.	Lot No. 18		JS:26:282	Deed	February 6, 1749: Samuel Massey, merchant, of Chestertown in Maryland, sells Lott No.18 for £500GB to Thomas Ringgold, Esquire, also of Chestertown in Kent County. Lot No.18 (formerly devised to Mary Clay (formerly Maryll Wilmer) by her father Simon Wilmer) lies next to High Street and the Main Wharf (called the Town Wharf) on the South West side of High Street. Acting for the Crown: George Garnett and Justices of the Peace B. Hands and W. Hynson; James Smith is Kent County clerk.
289	1751	Samuel Massey	Daniel Clark	town lot		JS:27:66	Deed	October 29, 1751 (recorded November 11, 1751): Samuel Massey, inholder, of Queen Anne's County in Maryland for 90 pounds buys a quarter part of Plot 40 in Chestertown, said plot being the part sold to Daniel Clark (the seller, working as a hatter) and wife Elizabeth by his father George Clark. Witness: Charles Scott, [illegible] Hands and Lycos. Skirven. Acting for the Crown: George Garnett; James Smith, Kent County Clerk.
307B	1752	Samuel Massey and wife Sarah	Hugh Morrison	Lot No. 67		JS:27:175	Deed	June 4, 1752: Samuel Massey, hatter, of Chestertown in Kent County Maryland sells for £30 to Hugh Morrison, taylor of Kent County, the two-thirds parts of Lott 67 in Chestertown in three equal parts to be divided, being the northernmost two thirds parts of the lot and all that remains thereof over and above the third part thereof heretofore sold and conveyed by William Stevenson to William Crane and divided therefrom by a line running North East for the length of the same lot. Acting for the Crown: George Garnett and Justices of the Peace B. Hands and T. Bordley; James Smith is Kent County clerk.
307B	1752	Samuel Massey and wife Sarah	Jonathan Leatherberry	Lot No. 60		JS:27:87	Deed	January 18, 1752: Samuel Massey, inholder, of Queen Anne's County in Maryland sells for £100 a quarter part of Lott No.60 (formerly sold by George Clark to his son Daniel Clark) to Jonathan Leatherberry, bricklayer, of Kent County. Acting for the Crown: George Garnett and Justices of the Peace Jacob Jones and Charles Scott; James Smith is Kent County Clerk.
478	1762	Ephraim Vansant and wife Elizabeth	Milcah Massey	Lot 46 in Georgetown		DD:1:68	Deed	May 26, 1762: Milcah Massey, spinster daughter of Daniel Massey, both of Kent County in Maryland, buys for £23 from Ephraim Vansant, also of Kent County, Lott 46 in a tract called Tolchester in Georgetown, Kent County, Maryland, upon the Sassafras River at Ferry Point. Acting for the Crown: Justices of the Peace Giles Cooke and James Pearce; Dennis Dulany is Kent County clerk.
534	1763	Thomas Witherspoon	Robert Dullis	Lot No. 95		DD:1:457	Deed	January 17, 1764: Thomas Witherspoon, son of Thomas Witherspoon, deceased, and executor of the estate of David Witherspoon, also deceased, and Flora Witherspoon, widow of the deceased Thomas, of the Territories of Pennsylvania and Newcastle County, sell for £18 to Robert Dullis, Lott No.95 in Georgetown which the late Thomas Witherspoon bought from Gideon Pearce, also deceased, and where Robert Dullis now lives. Acting for the Crown: Justices of the Peace Jno. Eccleston and J.S. Spencer; Dennis Dulany is Kent County clerk.
534	1770	Thomas Witherspoon and wife Susanna	Charles McClain	Lot No.12	0.5	DD:3:379	Deed	December 29, 1770:Thomas Witherspoon of New Castle County on Delaware sells, for £44, Lott Number 12 in Georgetown (laid out by David Witherspoon and purchased from Solomon Jarvis), Kent County, Maryland, on the Sassafras River to Charles McClain of Kent County, Maryland. Acting for the Crown: J.W. Hall and Justices of the Peace J. Maxwell and Samuel Thompson; Dennis Dulany is Kent County clerk.
282	1775	Thomas Smith and wife Hannah	Samuel Davis, Jr.	[no name given]	[not stated]	DD:5:66	Deed	June 9, 1775: Thomas Smith, cordnainer of Kent County in Maryland sells for £10 a lot located on the Sassafras River to Samuel Davis, Junior. Courses: Beginning at a corner post standing by the main road, twenty feet Southerly from a corner post of a lot lately in the possession of Thomas Gilpin and running thence Westerly parallel with the said Gilpin's line for eight perches, then Southerly upon a square with the first line until it intersects the first line of the land purchased by Benjamin Davis of Simon Wilmer, Esquire, then with said line to the aforesaid road, then by and with the said road to the first beginning post. Acting for the Crown: Thomas Smyth and Justices of the Peace James Anderson and James Porter; Dennis Dulany is Kent County clerk.
...	1790	Heirs of Thomas Gilpin	Lewis Inry and Elizabeth Inry Massey	Rich Leville	0.5	EF:7:527	Deed	January 4, 1790: Lewis Inry and Elizabeth (nee Massey) Inry of Kent County in Maryland buy for an additional 16 pounds, 2 shillings and 6 pence (over 68 pounds, 5 shillings, 6 pence already paid) for a 0.5 acre parcel called Rich Leville (which Simon Wilmer once sold to Benjamin Dawes) from the heirs of Thomas Gilpin (Sarah Massey had sold the land to Thomas Gilpin, who died before the transaction could be completed; afterwards Sarah Massey also died intestate, having born John Massey, who was lost at sea, and the aforesaid Elizabeth Massey, sole surviving heir) i.e., Lydia Gilpin, Thomas Fisher, Samuel Rowland Fisher, Miers Fisher, and Joshua Gilpin, collectively represented by William Tilghman, Esquire. Courses: Beginning at a locust post standing on the West side of the main road which passes or goes from Simon Willman Mill on the Herring Branch or run to Robert Lewis's mill at the head of Sassafras River and from the said post running on a range or parallel line with the front walk of the house wherein the said Benjamin Dawes now lives to wit: Nor sixty eight degrees West and nine perches, thence North two degrees East nine perches, thence South sixty eight degrees East nine perches, thence with the direct line to the place of beginning, containing and now laid out for half an acre. Witnesses: Samuel Crosby, Joseph Pryon, John Thomas, John Woodland, John Scott, and [illegible] Nicols. Ben Chambers is Kent County Clerk.
305B	1796	William Maxwell	Rachel Moody and Harry Massey	Tobins Lot	1.0	BC:4:442	Deed	August 15, 1796: Rachel Moody and Harry Masey, free Negroes of Kent County in Maryland purchase as tenants in common the parcel called Tobins Lot, lying in Kent County, for £3 from William Maxwell, also of Kent County. Courses: Beginning at a marked white oak standing on the South side of a road leading from Masseys Cross Roads to William Dotsons and running South sixty for degrees East twelve perches, then South twenty eight degrees West thirteen perches sand [illegible] feet, then North sixty four degrees West twelve perches, then with a straight line to the beginning. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace J. Maxwell and John Comegys; Ben Chambers is Kent County clerk.
...	1800	John Comegys and wife Elizabeth	Daniel Massey and wife Susanna	town lot		STW:5:173	Deed	January 14, 1800: Daniel Massey and wife Susanna of Queen Anne's County in Maryland buys for 375 pounds from John Comegys and wife Elizabeth a 0.25 acre tract of land adjoining land owned by William Moss. Courses: Beginning at the northeast corner of the said brick messuage and running from thence north forty five degrees west thirteen perches, thence south forty five degrees west to a lot of ground formerly belonging to a certain William Moss, since deceased, then with said lot south forty five degrees east to the main road leading from the head of Chester to Church Hill and said county then by and with the said road to the beginning aforesaid, containing by estimation one quarter of an acre. Witnesses: Ia. Parker, John Hurtt.
508	1801	William Massey	John Wright	town lot	0.5	TW:2:50	Deed	December 18, 1801: William Massy (Massey) of the City of Baltimore in the State of Maryland sells for £18 15/-to John Wright of Georgetown in Kent County a 1/2 acre lot bequeathed to him by Milcah Massey. The lot is bounded on one side by the property of James Pearce and on another side by the parcel owned by John Rumsey. John Wright satisfied this deed with a payment of $50, [thereby establishing a contemporary exchange rate of $2.67 per £ - GL,III,ed.] Witnesses: Justices of the Peace John Comegys and James Parker; Thomas Worrell is Kent County clerk.
293B	1815	Ann Sturgis and Rachel Sturgis	Joshua Massey	Lots No.27 -29 in Georgetown		BC:8:520	Deed	March 25, 1815: Joshua Massey of Kent County in the State of Maryland buys for $800.00 from Ann Sturgis and Rachel Sturgis three town lots in Georgetown, No's 27 through 29, that they inherited from Joseph Sturgis, deceased, and that Joseph Sturgis had bought from Nathaniel Tilghman. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Jo. Mann and Edward Eubanks; William Scott is Kent County clerk.
294	1819	Henry Wallis and wife Rebecca	Josiah Massey	House & lot	[not stated]	WS:2:443	Deed	June 24, 1819: Josiah Massey of Kent County in the State of Maryland buys for $100.00 a house and lot at Georgetown Cross Roads next to his shop from Henry Wallis and his wife Rebecca, also of Kent County. Courses: Beginning at a stone marked "W" standing on the North side of ther public road leading from Georgetown Cross Roads to Chestertown, Maryland, and running from said stone North seven degrees West thirty two feet nine inches to the North East course of said Josiah Massey's shop, thence by and with the North end of said shop South eighty three degrees West until it comes to Christopher Fields' kitchen, thence South seven degrees East fifteen feet six inches to the South East corner of said kitchen, thence North eighty three degrees East three feet nine inches to said shop, thence South seven degrees East seventeen feet to a stone, thence with a straight line to the beginning. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace James Salisbury and John Hayes; William Scott is Kent County clerk.
283	1833	John B. Eccleston	Ebenezer T. Massey	[not stated]	2	JNG:3:189	Deed of forced sale in probate to satisfy liens	August 6, 1833: John B. Eccleston, acting as Trustee for Chancery Court, sells for $5.00 a 2 acre parcel of land formerly owned by Thomas Numberg, deceased, late of Kent County, along with debts owed by Mr. Numberg, to Ebenezer T. Massey of Kent County. The land is located at Massey's Cross Roads in Kent County, being a lot formerly owned by Mary Newnam, deceased. Thomas Numberg had bought the Newnam property under a commission from Kent County Court but had failed to satisfy several bonds given to the heirs of Mary Neenam; hence this forced sale, wherein Mr. Massey becomes obliged to settle the debt and discharge the liens instead. Certified by: Justices of the Peace William T. Lysell and Carl L. Thandberg
284	1839	Ebenezer T. Massey and wife Emily Ann Massey	Joseph Dodson	[not stated]	2	JNG:6:67	Deed to settle a debt	January 4, 1839: Ebenezer T. Massey of Kent County in the State of Maryland sells for $600.00 to Joseph Dodson of Cecil County a two acre tract located near Massey's Cross Roads that was sold to Ebenezer T. Massey by decree of the Chancery Court of Maryland by John B. Eccleston as trustee for the disposal of the real estate of Thomas Numbus, deceased, for the payment of his debts. The land was formerly owned by Mary Newman; and after her death it was purchased by Thomas Numbus. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace C.W. Hackett and Samuel E. [illegible surname]; Joseph N. Gordon is Kent County clerk.
312B	1842	Thomas O.D. Massey	Josiah Massey	town lot	[not stated]	JNG:8:218	Deed	June 18, 1842: Josiah Massey of Kent County in the State of Maryland buys for $600.00 from Thomas O.D. Massey, also of Kent County, a half share of a house and lot in Chesterville, Kent County, which had been deeded to Thomas O.D. Massey and Josiah Massey by Nathan Mansfield, subject to a $600.00 mortgage in favor of Frances E. Forman. The lot and house are situated in Chesterville in the North West fork or angle made by the crossing of the roads in the Village of Chesterville and bounded on the North by a lot purchased of William and John Spencer, trustees of Isaac Spencer, deceased. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Richard Moffatt and George McLaughlin; Joseph N. Gordon is Kent County clerk.
520	1842	Thomas Gilpin	Nicholas L. Wood	town lot	[not stated]	JNG:8:247	Deed	July 27, 1842: Thomas Gilpin of the City of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania sells for $300.00 to Nicholas L. Wood of the city of Baltimore in the State of Maryland, a house and lot in the Village of Millington in Kent County, now in the tenure of John McDaniel, bounded on the North side by a lot that is the property of Samuel Chase, on the East side by Sassafras Street over a frontal distance of sixty feet, on the South by property formerly of the said Thomas Gilpin, but sold by him by indenture, dated November 9, 1839, to Michael Smith of the Village of Millington, and on the West by property of Thomas Walker, being a lot which Thomas Gilpin did by agreement dated May 14, 1828 agree to sell to Nicholas L Wood upon payment of the consideration money. Witnesses: Charles Gilpin and Charles B. Barry; Joseph N. Gordon is Kent County clerk.