prob Jr.
The sheet on Jopseph and Sarah Smallwood is for Jospeh Jr. who died in Yellow Creek region c. 1814; there is a father re Lee county, Va. records of petition to form the county and Middleton will named Joseph Sr. who would be older than thisChildren
Elizabeth Marsee b: 1789 in VA
William O. Massey b: 1795 in SC
Joseph Marsee b: 9 DEC 1800 in Lee Co., VA
Polly Marsee b: 1801 in VA
John Jackson Marsee b: 5 APR 1803 in VA
Peggy Marsee b: 1806 in KY
Thomas Marsee b: 1812 in Knox Co., KY
also spelled MASSEY or MARSEE
wifes name may be Sarah
In early documents the name Massey was spelled with an "fs" for the double s, like Mafsey, Mafsy, etc. The first appearance it makes spelled like Marsee is on an 1809 Knox Co. tax list of Joseph & Thomas "Marsey." Variations were made on other documents such as deeds and marriage records for example: Robert George's 1877 marriage certificate says R.G. "Massey", but his 1927 death certificate says George Marsee. In the 1850 Knox Co. census records you can find our relatives listed as "Marsee", in 1860 listed as Massey and in 1870 they returned again to Marsee. In 1810 a land grant was made out to Joseph Mafsey, in 1858 when his son, Thomas, sold his share of the land he states that this is the same land of his father, Joseph Marsee, deceased. Again, this provides the proof that the change did take place in early Knox Co., KY.
Though not proven yet, it is widely accepted that Joseph, Jr. and Thomas were brothers and both sons of Joseph, Sr.
Note from David S. Rains, Charlotte, NC. He is an author of his family history and a knowledgeable researcher of these families in Knox/Bell Co.s KY.
Dear Donna:
The bulk of my research has been in the Rains, Turner, Whitaker and Sykes lines, which are my direct lines. I have not concentrated on the Massey/Marsee lines since Trecia Northrup and several others had written books about them. However, I have seen research that indicates Joseph Massey to be the son of Joseph Massey and Elizabeth Lee. I have always accepted that to be the truth as far as we can establish it. There are written records of Joseph Massey in TN and Knox, KY, of course. My ancestor, Henry Rains, appraised Joseph Massey's estate, I believe about 1810, so Joseph was an old
man by then. I think he was born in VA about 1728. I base part of my conjecture on the way he named his children. It appears he named many after his siblings. He had siblings named John, 1719; Sarah, 1721; Amey, 1722; Thomas, 1730; Agnes, 1731; Lucy, 1736; Frances, 1738; Rebeccah, 1725. I also believe that because his mother was a Lee, he may have had a blood connection to Henry Rains, 1767-1838. Henry Rains was half brother to eight Lee siblings from the marriage of his mother, after his father John Rains died, to Captain Thomas Lee. Elizabeth Lee may have been part of the Thomas Lee and Mary
Ingram Rains family, or connected some way to John Lee, Esquire, Captain Thomas Lee's father. My book is called "Henry Rains, Esquire." 1700-1786. "Some of his descendants." I am attaching, as a Word document, a copy of the rough draft for you to look at. Let me know what you think, and give me any suggestions you want to. I hope you buy my book "Kentucky Bad Boy," which is available on Amazon.com It is a book of short stories about growing up in the Appalachian mountains, written from the perspective of an 8 year old boy. It was published by Barnes & Noble. It has gotten some good reviews, but wont be available in book stores until 2002. Go to Amazon.com and look it over. Tell me what you think if you get it. Thanks!
David
1
Benjamin Franklin Berry Turner
Children
Jesse TURNER b: Abt 1808 in Knox Co., Kentucky
William N. TURNER b: Abt 1811 in Knox Co., Kentucky
John TURNER b: Abt 1812 in Knox County, KY
Benjamin TURNER b: Abt 1819 in Knox Co., Kentucky
David TURNER b: Abt 1821 in Knox Co., Kentucky
Nancy TURNER b: Abt 1827 in Knox Co., Kentucky
Sidney TURNER b: Abt 1829 in Knox Co., Kentucky
Elizabeth TURNER b: Abt 1831 in Kentucky
Judith TURNER b: Jul 1833 in Kentucky
Sarah TURNER b: 1818 in Knox Co., Kentucky
Shelby Ia info has this aa John Peter Mueller and born Luxembourg vs Ia.
name in 1880 census spelled Miller in Westphalia Ia.