This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MUZZEY, MUSSEY, PROUTY, GILES, RUSSELL, CLARK, DRAKE, REEDE, CHAMBERLAIN, PALMERLEE, FREEMAN Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IGB.2ACI/576 Message Board Post: Descendants of ELI MUSSEY (MUZZEY) & PERSIS PROUTY Generation No. 1 1. ELI6 MUZZEY (JOHN5, JOHN4, JOHN3, BENJAMIN2, BENJAMIN1) was born 1780 in Massachusetts, and died August 18, 1868 in Romeo, Macomb County, Michigan. He married PERSIS PROUTY. She was born October 25, 1779 in Spencer, Worcester County, Massachusetts, and died June 20, 1864 in Romeo, Macomb County, Michigan. Children of ELI MUZZEY and PERSIS PROUTY are: 2. i. DEXTER7 MUSSEY, b. Abt. 1811, Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts; d. Abt. 1890, Michigan. ii. JOEL PROUTY MUSSEY, b. 1817, Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts. iii. ROXANA MUSSEY, b. February 10, 1806, Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts. iv. LIBERTY MUSSEY, b. April 24, 1807, Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts. v. JOHN MUSSEY, b. December 02, 1809, Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts. vi. LUCINDA MUSSEY, b. September 30, 1812, Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts. 3. vii. ALMIRA MUSSEY, b. September 14, 1814, Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts. viii. JOEL PROUTY MUSSEY, b. August 27, 1816, Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts; d. November 22, 1891, Spencer, Worcester County, Massachusetts; m. MARY TORREY REEDE; b. September 04, 1820, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Generation No. 2 2. DEXTER7 MUSSEY (ELI6 MUZZEY, JOHN5, JOHN4, JOHN3, BENJAMIN2, BENJAMIN1) was born Abt. 1811 in Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts, and died Abt. 1890 in Michigan. He married LYDIA RUSSELL October 04, 1836, daughter of JACOB RUSSELL and SUSANNA GILES. She was born March 08, 1812 in Carlisle, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Children of DEXTER MUSSEY and LYDIA RUSSELL are: 4. i. NATHAN D.8 MUSSEY, b. March 21, 1838, Michigan. 5. ii. GEORGE D. MUSSEY, b. December 02, 1841, Romeo, Macomb County, Michigan. 6. iii. MARYETTE MUSSEY, b. March 25, 1840, Michigan; d. 1923. iv. MARTHA MUSSEY, b. November 02, 1845. v. JOSEPHINE P. MUSSEY, b. September 30, 1851, Michigan. vi. HARVEY E. MUSSEY, b. March 18, 1849. 3. ALMIRA7 MUSSEY (ELI6 MUZZEY, JOHN5, JOHN4, JOHN3, BENJAMIN2, BENJAMIN1) was born September 14, 1814 in Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts. She married MAJOR CLARK. He was born Abt. 1815 in Vermont. Children of ALMIRA MUSSEY and MAJOR CLARK are: i. MARY8 CLARK, b. Abt. 1842, Michigan. ii. EDWARD CLARK, b. Abt. 1844, Michigan. iii. LAURENCIA CLARK, b. Abt. 1846, Ohio. iv. GEORGE CLARK, b. Abt. 1848, Ohio. Generation No. 3 4. NATHAN D.8 MUSSEY (DEXTER7, ELI6 MUZZEY, JOHN5, JOHN4, JOHN3, BENJAMIN2, BENJAMIN1) was born March 21, 1838 in Michigan. He married MARY DRAKE April 07, 1871 in Michigan. She was born March 1837 in Michigan. Child of NATHAN MUSSEY and MARY DRAKE is: i. LULU L.9 MUSSEY, b. December 18, 1872, Nevada; d. March 06, 1958, Los Angeles County, California; m. JESSE BERRY; b. July 1867, Michigan. 5. GEORGE D.8 MUSSEY (DEXTER7, ELI6 MUZZEY, JOHN5, JOHN4, JOHN3, BENJAMIN2, BENJAMIN1) was born December 02, 1841 in Romeo, Macomb County, Michigan. He married AMELIA A. CHAMBERLAIN January 29, 1862. She was born Abt. 1836 in New York. Children of GEORGE MUSSEY and AMELIA CHAMBERLIN are: i. NELLIE E.9 MUSSEY, b. January 1869, Michigan. ii. CHARLES MUSSEY, b. January 1869, Michigan. iii. LENA MUSSEY. 6. MARYETTE8 MUSSEY (DEXTER7, ELI6 MUZZEY, JOHN5, JOHN4, JOHN3, BENJAMIN2, BENJAMIN1) was born March 25, 1840 in Michigan, and died 1923. She married ALMAGRO PALMERLEE November 05, 1862, son of FABIUS PALMERLEE and LUCY FREEMAN. He was born January 1840 in Michigan, and died 1918 in Michigan. Child of MARYETTE MUSSEY and ALMAGRO PALMERLEE is: i. JOSEPH D.9 PALMERLEE, b. Abt. 1868; m. ANNA; b. April 1871, Michigan.