Phillip Massey, II

Phillip Massey (son of Phillip Massey and Elinor Williams)386 was born 1688 in Manor House Easton, Talbot Co., Maryland, and died 1739 in Charleston Cheraw District, Talbot Co., 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).

Children of Phillip Massey and Jane Hopkins are:

1. Fairfax Massey, d. date unknown.
2. +Arthur Massey, b. 1736, Pb. Brunswick Co. Virginia, d. Aft. 28 Nov 1801, Kershaw Co. SC.

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Maryland Eastern Shore Land Transactions in which Individual Masseys are Named < link >

Phillip Massey, father of Fairfax Massey and another Phillip Massey, whose mother is Elinor.

• Talbot County: Phillip Massey, planter of Talbot County in Maryland buys for "4,000 pounds of good merchantable tobacco" from Richard Chance, also planter of Talbot County, a 50-acre portion of the tract called Tilghman's Fortune, lying in Talbot County at the head of one of the branches of Tredhaven Creek. RF:9:75 1700/09/17
• Talbot County: Phillip Massey, planter of Talbot County in Maryland, buys for 20,000 pounds of tobacco from William Edmondson, merchant of Dorchester County, a 278 acre portion of the tract called Tilghman's Fortune lying in Talbot County on the North side of the head of Tredhaven Creek; see image and transcription here.RF:9:75 1701/08/26
• Talbot County: Phillip Massey, planter of Talbot County in Maryland, sells for 350 pounds of tobacco to Jane Cross, spinster, also of Talbot County, a 50 acre portion of the tract called Tilghman's Fortune lying in Talbot County on the North side of the head of Tredhaven Creek ... RF:9:138 1702/08/20
• Talbot County: Phillip Massey, planter of Talbot County in Maryland, and his wife Elinor sell for 5,000 pounds of tobacco to William Arnett, also planter of Talbot County, a 63 acre portion of the tract called Tilghman's Fortune, lying in Talbot County on the North side of Tredhaven Creek, being rough and uncultivated land and part of a tract sold by William Edmondson, late of Dorchester County, to the aforesaid Phillip Massey ... RF:9:161 1702/11/17
• Talbot County: William Arnett of Talboy County in Maryland sells for 6,000 pounds of tobacco paid to him by William Cowly, also of Talbot County, on the behalf of Fairfax Massey and Phillip Massey, sons of the Phillip Massey, late of Talbot County, a portion of the tract called Tilghman's Fortune lying inTalbot County on the North side of Tredhaven Creek ... containing an estimated sixty three acres, formerly sold to William Arnett by the aforesaid Phillip Massey and his wife Elinor in 1702. RF:12:81 1711/03/20

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Fairfax Massey in Talbot County, brother of Phillip, sons of Phillip Massey

• Talbot County: William Arnett of Talboy County in Maryland sells for 6,000 pounds of tobacco paid to him by William Cowly, also of Talbot County, on the behalf of Fairfax Massey and Phillip Massey, sons of the Phillip Massey, late of Talbot County, a portion of the tract called Tilghman's Fortune lying inTalbot County on the North side of Tredhaven Creek contained within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at the end of Jane Crosses lines and running North West one hundred and sixty perches, and from the end of the North West line, South West sixty perches to a marked sweetgum standing in Bookers Branch, and with Bookers land to Crosses land, and with Crosses land South to the first tree, containing an estimated sixty three acres, formerly sold to William Arnett by the Aforesaid Phillip Massey and his wife Elinor in one thousand seven hundred and two. RF:12:81 1711/03/20

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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.findagrave.com/memorial/5080502/phillip-massey