Concerning Mafsey: My understanding was that the spelling of MAFSEY came about due to the presses of the time when the name was written, substituted an f for an s, thus that spelling. Then when our people saw that in print, wrote accordingly BUT they all knew their correct spelling was MASSEY. J. Troy Massey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donald Massey" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2001 3:39 PM Subject: Re: [MASSEY-L] Spellings of Massey > I can see no reason why Mafey is not a variation of Massey: Mafsey was the > normal way of writing Massey in the early 1800s. > > By the same token, Macey may also well be a variation, although also a name > in its own right. > > For more info, see my web page > > http://www.geocities.com/donaldmasseyuk/masseymore.html > > Donald Massey > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > ...and found some "Mafey"...or some such name...on page 238. A cross > > check with Ancestry.com indicated that their researcher felt these were > > Masseys....I have seen all kinds of Massey spellings, but never this far > > from what I expect. >