I wrote: <<I have seen no sources that discuss the family of William and Fannie after they were married - where they lived, when they died, etc. Some of the accounts in the possession of descendants of William (5) Massey and and Sarah Freeman show (without citing sources) this William (4) Massey and Fannie Goodrich as the parents of: -William (5) [called William III] b. c1785, NC, d. c1815, Smith Co., TN m. Sarah Temperance of Franklin Co., NC -Samuel (5) b. c1790, d. 1836/7, Smith Co., TN; m. Nancy ---- I cannot find any original sources that support William (5) and Samuel (5) being sons of William (4) Massey and Fannie Goodrich. Can anyone shed any light on proving or disproving this connection?>> I am a little embarressed! Obviously since William and Fannie were married 25 Feb 1796, we can conclude that they were NOT parents of William(5) b. c1785 and Samuel (5) b. c1790! Note however that one account placed the marriage as 1784 which, if correct, would not exclude the possibility of William and Samuel being their children. But the 1784 date is an obvious transcription error on someone's part. I noticed this fact while reviewing Betty's tabulation of Masseys in the 1790 and 1800 census of Wake Co., NC. I hope to post an analysis of this later with Franklin Co. Masseys added to the list. (The Freemans of interest were in Franklin Co.) Unfortunately, there are no surviving 1790 or 1800 Greenville Co., VA census records (only tax substitutes.) Actually, I think the William who m. Fannie in 1796 may be the one in an 1810 Greenville, VA census with a woman of his mother's age the only other one in the household. Good chance Fannie died young and that they had no children. Cheers, Theron Smith.
The census information I sent on the Wake Co. NC Masseys was incomplete. I was interrupted and never finished the e-mail. While it was in my "waiting to be sent" box, it accidentally got sent the way it was. The complete tabulation is below: 1790 census: Hezekiah 1-0-1-0-0 Nathan 1-2-1-0-0 William 1-0-5-0-0 Burwell 1-0-1-0-0 Frederick 1-4-4-0-0 Herze 1-2-5-0-0 1800 census (trailing columns with 0s are omitted): p. 747: Richard 3001-101 p. 747: Demsey 101-101 p. 749: Henry 02001-4211 p. 749: Richard Senr 00101-00001 p. 750: Samuel 2001-201 p. 750: Joseph (Masse) 11001-13001 p. 751: Josiah 0001-001 p. 751: Nathan 3001-2001 p. 751: Hezekiah 1111-2111 p. 751: Frederick 20201-00301 p. 751: Thomas 2001-001 p. 751: John 1001-3001 p. 751: William 00001-0 The 1810 and 1820 census for Wake Co are lost 1830 All except Dempsey B. are in Little River Twp. Dempsey is in unknown twp. p. 426: Azel 000001-00000011 p. 426: Jeptha 00000001-00002002 p. 426: Elijah 13001-211 p. 426: Lydia 0-00001011 p. 426: Mathew Sr. 10001-0131101 p. 427: Josiah 00011001-0131101 p. 428: Hezekiah 0000101-00001001 p. 477: Dempsey B. 230001-200001 1840 p. 138: Asial 0001101-00000011 p. 138: Craton 200001-110001 p. 139: Josiah 000000001-00013001 p. 140: Lydia 0-00000002 p. 141: Jeptha 000000001-000011001 p. 185: Dempsey B. 0123001-1120011 Hope this is of more help than previous posting. Betty ----- Original Message ----- From: "Theron L.Smith" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 12:13 PM Subject: [MASSEY-L] Re: William Massey (4) and Fannie Goodrich > I wrote: > <<I have seen no sources that discuss the family of William and Fannie after > they were married - where they lived, when they died, etc. Some of the > accounts in the possession of descendants of William (5) Massey and and > Sarah Freeman show (without citing sources) this William (4) Massey and > Fannie Goodrich as the parents of: > -William (5) [called William III] b. c1785, NC, d. c1815, Smith Co., TN m. > Sarah Temperance of Franklin Co., NC > -Samuel (5) b. c1790, d. 1836/7, Smith Co., TN; m. Nancy ---- > I cannot find any original sources that support William (5) and Samuel (5) > being sons of William (4) Massey and Fannie Goodrich. Can anyone shed any > light on proving or disproving this connection?>> > > I am a little embarressed! Obviously since William and Fannie were married > 25 Feb 1796, we can conclude that they were NOT parents of William(5) b. > c1785 and Samuel (5) b. c1790! > > Note however that one account placed the marriage as 1784 which, if correct, > would not exclude the possibility of William and Samuel being their > children. But the 1784 date is an obvious transcription error on someone's > part. > > I noticed this fact while reviewing Betty's tabulation of Masseys in the > 1790 and 1800 census of Wake Co., NC. I hope to post an analysis of this > later with Franklin Co. Masseys added to the list. (The Freemans of interest > were in Franklin Co.) Unfortunately, there are no surviving 1790 or 1800 > Greenville Co., VA census records (only tax substitutes.) Actually, I think > the William who m. Fannie in 1796 may be the one in an 1810 Greenville, VA > census with a woman of his mother's age the only other one in the household. > Good chance Fannie died young and that they had no children. > > Cheers, > Theron Smith. > >