Good Morning Everyone, I have recently discovered that I need to be looking at the Massey surname. I am descended from a Jacob IVESTER and his wife Nancy E. who appear in the 1850 census of Walker Co., Georgia. In 1860 they are in Craighead Co., Arkansas and by 1870 they are in Stoddard Co., Missouri. Thanks to some funeral records in Missouri it now appears that Nancy E.'s maiden name was MASSEY(Massy). In one census record she says she was born in South Carolina and in another census record she says she was born in North Carolina. Nancy E. MASSEY was born about 1828. She married Jacob IVESTER but I do not yet know where or when. However, their children were: John A. - 1843 Asa Monroe - 1846 Reuben - 1849 Elizabeth - 1849 Joseph H. - 1857 William R. - 1859 Jacob Foster - 1860 George W. - 1864 Benjamin Franklin - 1870 I am hoping that one of has a missing Nancy Massey that might match up in some way with this Nancy. I have been hunting for her maiden name since 1968 and am so excited that I finally have a direction to go in. I really would appreciate any help and advise anyone might have. Thanks so very much - Emma