Born in Patrick, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Stephen Martin
and Elizabeth (Dobyns) Martin
Sister of
Sarah (Martin) Chewning and Elizabeth (Martin) Dobyns
Wife of
James Addison Massey
— married
27 May 1832 in Henry Co.,VA
Descendants 
Mother of
Susan A. (Massey) West, Mary Bassett (Massey) Pendleton, Sarah Jane (Massey) Scott, James W Massey, Nancy Elizabeth (Massey) Boyd, Temperance Louise (Massey) Reynolds, William Taylor Massey, John Tyler Massey, Ruth Mahala (Massey) Foley and Elcaney Yates Massey
Died
at age 47
in Patrick, Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Oct 2012
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Biography
Daughter of Stephen Martin and Elizabeth Dobyns, Susanna Jane was born on March 4, 1811, in Patrick, Virginia. She married James Adison Massey on 27 May 1832 in Henry, Virginia.[1]They had ten children in 22 years.
In the 1850 census Susanna (age 40) was in Northern District, Patrick, Virginia, United States.[2]
| Name | Sex | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
| James A Massey | M | 39 | Farmer | Virginia |
| Susan J Massey | F | 40 | Virginia | |
| Mary B Massey | F | 17 | Virginia | |
| Susan A Massey | F | 14 | Virginia | |
| Sarah Massey | F | 12 | Virginia | |
| James W Massey | M | 11 | Virginia | |
| Nancy Massey | F | 7 | Virginia | |
| Temperance Massey | F | 4 | Virginia | |
| Crawford S Massey | M | 3 | Virginia | |
| Jno S Massey | M | 0 | Virginia |
Susanna died on 17 May 1858 and was buried in Massey Cemetery in Patrick County, Virginia
, Patrick County, Virginia, United States.[3]
On Susanna Jane Massey's grave are the following words: I love my blessed savior, I feel I am in his favor, And I am his forever If I but faithful prove. And now I'm round forearm, I feel my sins forgiven. And soon shall yet to be, To sing redeeming love.
Sources
- ↑
Marriage:
"Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940"
Original data: Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013; FHL Film Number: 31990
Ancestry Record 60214 #5546729 (accessed 28 February 2024)
Jane Martin marriage to James Adison Massey on 27 May 1832 in Henry, Virginia. - ↑
1850 Census:
"1850 United States Federal Census"
The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Northern District, Patrick, Virginia; Roll: 967; Page: 410b; Line Number: 24
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8054 #16059924 (accessed 28 February 2024)
Susan J Massey (40) in Northern District, Patrick, Virginia, USA. Born in Virginia. - ↑
Burial:
"U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current"
Find A Grave: Memorial #187703661
Ancestry Record 60525 #151692248 (accessed 28 February 2024)
Susanna Jane Massey burial (died on 17 May 1858) in Massey-Via-Martin Cemetery, Dodson, Patrick County, Virginia, United States of America. Born in Apr 1810.
- Marriage of daughter Sarah J Massey: "Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940"
Original data: Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013
Ancestry Record 60214 #5728509 (accessed 29 February 2024)
Jane's daughter Sarah J Massey marriage to Jno. W. Scott on 2 Mar 1868 in Patrick, Virginia.
- "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRH2-R3K : 29 January 2020), Jane Martin in entry for James Adison Massey, 1832.
- "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q21B-CYYG : 9 March 2021), Jane Mapey in entry for William T Mapey and Wilmoth O Lewis, Nov 1869; citing Rockingham, Richmond, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm .
- "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR4C-S3B : 29 January 2020), Jane in entry for Jno. W. Scott, 1868.
- "Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5T4-Y9F : 6 August 2020), Jane Massey, 1858.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Susanna by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Susanna:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Susanna by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Susanna:
-
~6.25%
~25.00%
Scott McClure 
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #442102
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Wayne Mullings :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A504476 [compare], Ancestry member waynejanemullings
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~3.12%
Anne Massey :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch TE503449 [compare], Ancestry member abmassey66
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch TE503449 [compare], FTDNA kit #B732013
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Jane Mountcastle :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch KH8348147 [compare], Ancestry member Jcmountcastle
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch AY3150444 [compare], FTDNA kit #MK84391
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Lisa Mullings :
23andMe, GEDmatch M974965 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch PM974965M [compare], Ancestry member Lisa_Mullings
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #552607
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~1.56%
J Richardson :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Clara (Richardson) Carlton :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch PK7368505 [compare], Ancestry member clarabelle48
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~0.78%
Joe Richardson :
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch AA3945288 [compare]
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Martin-10359 and Martin-30496 appear to represent the same person because: These two people appear to be the same. Parents, siblings, spouse
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by Anne Massey
Karen Lowe
Scott, please expand place names from VA to Virginia, USA, to help out the global membership. Thanks!
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by Karen Lowe
Rejected matches › Susan Martin (1814-) › Susan (Martin) Curtiss (1816-1895) › Jane E (Martin) Powell (1815-1890) › Sarah Martin (1815-) › Jane (Martin) Gardiner (1813-) › Jane Martin (1811-)
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