Jane Massey

Not the daughter of Caleb Hopkins, Sr. & Mary Hopkins

PHILLIP MASSEY S was born 1688 in Talbot, MD, and died 1739 in Charleston, Cheraw Dist., SC. He married JANE HOPKINS January 20, 1732/33 in St. Phillips Parish, Charleston, SC. She was born Abt. 1677 in SC, and died November 01, 1785 in Charleston, SC (She came there from the Isle of Barbados.

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From https://www.geni.com/discussions/274680?msg=1677075

Mary Jane Massey (Hopkins) - Mayflower descendancy

How could she have been born in SC, since her parents never left Massachusetts? I question that she is the daughter of Caleb Hopkins and that she is a Mayflower descendant.

Early marriage records of the Hopkins family in the United States : official and authoritative records of Hopkins marriages in < AncestryImage >

South Carolina

• Hopkins, Christopher and Ann Cadell, 13 November 1736. Charles Town, S. Car.
• Hopkins, Jane and Philip Massey, 20 January 1733, Charles Town, S. Car.
• Hopkins, Mary and Edward Scott, 23 January 1723, Charles Town, S. Car.
• Hopkins, Samuel and Mrs. Frances Dandridge, widow, 21 June, 1770, Charleston, S. Car.
• Hopkins, William and Eliza Welch, 12 August, 1770, Charleston, S.C.

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Phillip Massey in the South Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980 < AncestrySharing >

Name Phillip Massey
Gender Male
Residence Date Abt 1739
Residence Place South Carolina
Will Date 28 Jul 1739
Probate Date 28 Jul 1739
Probate Place Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Inferred Death Year 1739
Inferred Death Place South Carolina, USA
Item Description Wills, Vol 3-4, 1731-1740
Individuals Listed (Name) Relationship
Phillip Massey
Jane Mafsey Wife

Jane Massey in the American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)

Name Jane Massey
Maiden Name (Hopkins)
Gender Female
Birth Date 1710-1719
Volume 111
Page number 476
Reference N.c.-S.c. Mar:184

References

1. WikiTree contributors, "Jane (Hopkins) Massey (abt.1678-1785)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hopkins-3190 : accessed 03 October 2024). cites
   1. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/LD2S-XFZ
   2. "South Carolina Marriages, 1709-1913", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2XK-Y1X : 27 January 2020), Jane Hopkins in entry for Philip Massey, 1733.
   3. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27569470?seq=7 death notice.
   4. THERE IS A SOURCE (https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LTLZ-4GS) INDICATING SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF CALEB HOPKINS WHO IS THE SON OF GILES HOPKINS WHO CAME OVER ON THE MAYFLOWER. (She was not,)
2. https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/d/a/w/Carol-W-Dawn/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-1... cites
   1. Descendants of Arthur Massey Cheraws District, South Carolina 1769 with Allied Lines of Thurman and Tucker by Carmae Massey Smith
3. https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/d/a/w/Carol-W-Dawn/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-1... Jane lived to be 107. It is unlikely that she had children at 58 or near there. That is what the resources say. Will continue to check.
4. https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/120810618/person/2... Shows a Jane Hopkins (1678-1785) daughter of William Hopkins (1630-1688) & Hanna (Susannah) Andrews of Roxbury, Massachusetts. Perhaps that’s where the dates come from. No sources.
5. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51251967/jane_hopkins Shows death av 1 November 1785 (no sources).