I was hoping you were connected to my line! I have not had great luck with William and wife Frances Adams. I read somewhere that she may have been the widow so Adams not her maiden name? Have not found much to go on. Patti ----- Original Message ----- From: <gemass@bellsouth.net> To: <massey@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 6:55 PM Subject: Re: [MASSEY] Massey,Massie > Patti, > The spelling of Massey and Massie, started with the Census Taker's. > Some people didn't know how to spell. > > George W Massey > -------------- Original message from "Patti Waitman-Ingebretsen" > <pattitwirler@comcast.net>: -------------- > > >> Here is my line: >> >> Sarah Elizabeth MASSIE b 1846 Adams Co, OH- m. Reuben W. BARTRAM >> >> David Lovejoy MASSIE b 1811 Brown Co, OH- m. Sarah FENTON >> >> Benjamin MASSIE b 1768 Goochland Co, VA- m. Elizabeth LOVEJOY >> >> William MASSIE b 1745 Goochland Co, VA- m. Frances >> ADAMS >> >> Family stories say that some Massey cousins changed spelling (Massie) >> because their mail got mixed up. I have found the name spelled both ways. >> >> Patti >> >> >> ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send >> an email to MASSEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in >> the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MASSEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >