Mary (Sowards) Massie (abt. 1750 - abt. 1822)

Born about 1750 in Greenbriar County, Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of Jeptha Massie — married 1767 in Virginia Colony

Descendants

Died about 1822 at about age 72 in Lawrence County, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Mary Sowards was the daughter of William and Mary (Vanderford) Sowards. She was born around 1750 in Virginia. She married Jeptha Massie in Virginia in around 1767. They are said to have had 17 children:^[1]

1. Robert "Robin" Massie, b: 1767 in Virginia
2. Henry Massie, b: 1768; m. 1) Helen Scott; 2) Nancy Dixon
3. Hannah Massie, b: 1774; m. Jonathan Matthews
4. Moses Massie, b: 1775 in Virginia; m. Rebecca Lewis
5. Margaret Massie, b: 1778; m. Isaac Jarret
6. Jeptha "Little Jep" Massie, b. 1779; m. Anna Meadows on 27 Feb 1806 ^[2]; d. 1853
7. John Massie, b. 1781 in Virginia; m. Nancy Scott
8. Thomas Massie, b: 22 Apr 1782; m. Nancy McDaniel
9. Miriam Massie, b: 1783; m. Jacob Fluke
10. Alexander Massie, b: 1784; m. Rebecca Lafferty
11. Reuben Massey, b. abt 1785; m. Margaret Brown
12. William Massie, b: ca. 1786, in Virginia
13. Jonathan Massie, b. 13 Mar 1787; m. 1) Sarah Meadows; 2) Mary Gore; d. 1876
14. Abigail Massie, b. 25 Sep 1788; m. William Null; d. 1862
15. Navagal Massie, b: abt 1789, in Virginia; a daughter
16. Lana or "Laney" Massie, b: abt. 1790; m. James Walker
17. Elizabeth Massie, b: Abt. 1792; m. Bentley Jarret

From History of Summers County from the Earliest Settlement to the Present, By James H. Miller 1908, p 263

The land on the opposite side of Greenbrier River at Talcott, the Chatting and Bacon farms, was owned by Jeptha Massy, the patent bearing date August 15, 1794.... Jeptha Massy and his wife moved from the eastern shore of Maryland to Keezletown, Virginia, and from there to Greenbrier County, and from thence to lands above mentioned, and raised the following named children : Reuben, Moses, Jeptha, Henry, John and Jonathan, and Hanna, Lana and Navagal, girls.

Sources

1. ↑ Hoke Genealogy on RootsWeb: Jeptha Massie
2. ↑ "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F18K-FVS : 27 February 2018), Jeptha Massey and Anne Medows, 27 Feb 1806; citing Monroe, West Virginia, p 18, county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,710,516.

• Massey and Dixon
• Source: S26 Pedigree Resource File. Record ID Number: MH:SC221. (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/SYXL-CNC : accessed 2013-01-25). Name: Mary /Sowards/; gender: female; death: ? Marriages (1) spouse: Jeptha /Massie/; child 1: Thomas /Massie/ (AFN: ZNH3-C7); gender: male; birth: 22 April 1782, Greenbrier,Virginia; death: 27 August 1851, Knox, Illinois; burial: Hermon Methodist Cemetery, Hermon, Knox, Illinois. The Pedigree Resource File is a collection of lineage-linked names submitted by users of FamilySearch.
• John gave information
• Massey Family Genealogy on RootsWeb: Jonathan Massey Cites: 1840, 1850 US Census records.

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to D C for creating WikiTree profile Sowards-85 through the import of Crumpgedcom.ged on May 29, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by D and others.
• Source: S3 Ancestry.com Public Member Trees Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;