| NICHOLAS MASSEY D. 1726 Section I: Masseys who did not migrate from Maryland |
One Maryland Massey Family by George
Langford, Jr. 1901-1996 ©Cullen G. Langford and George Langford, III, 2010 |
| The earliest clearly identified
member of my line to have settled in America is: 1.Nicholas Massey, who, in 1702
patented 90 acres, "Massey's Hazard" in Queen Annes County, Maryland,
wrote his will in 1724, and died in 1726 in Queen Annes County. |
| While 1.Nicholas Massey, d. 1726, may actually be our immigrant ancestor, it is also possible that he could be second generation or even third generation from a still earlier Massey immigrant. |
| We are diligently exploring a number of family traditions and recently available early land records in the hope that all genealogists have, of extending our line as far back as possible. |
| We would have liked to reserve the number one designation for the earliest established immigrant Massey ancestor, but we may not succeed in identifying him before this book goes to the printer, and meanwhile we must continue our on-going work of identifying each descendant of our Massey Line by the assignment of Massey numbers with ancestral trails leading back in time to 1.Nicholas Massey. |
| All genealogists trace family
lines back to the earliest known member, and all genealogists never
lose hope that they may be successful in further extending their lines
back in time, so, in effect, every family line remains forever
open-ended. |
| I have not found that the genealogical art has found a comfortable method of handling this open-end problem. Perhaps, if we are lucky enough to extend our Massey Line back earlier than 1.Nicholas Massey, a system will come to my attention, and I will use it. If no such system is available and we are so fortunate as to extend our line a generation or two, I will cross that bridge then. |
| Meanwhile, 1.Nicholas Massey, retains his number one assignment as our earliest identified Massey Line ancestor. |