Individual Details
William Massey Lt Col
(1732 - 1737 - Bet Poss 1810 and 1820)
Events
| Birth | 1732 - 1737 | Brunswick, Virginia |  | ||
| Miscellaneous | Bef 1732 | Espiscopalians - France | | ||
| Birth | 1738 | | |||
| Birth | 1740 | South Carolina | | ||
| Birth | 1743 | Virginia | | ||
| Residence | 1760 | 280 acres - Brunswick, Virginia | | ||
| Marriage | Aft 1763 | * Elizabeth Rives | | ||
| Property | 29 Apr 1768 | Brunswick, Virginia | | ||
| Property | 1770 | given grants of land by the King of England - Waxhaw, South Carolina | | ||
| Property | 20 Nov 1772 | sold land on Cattale Creek - Brunswick, Virginia | | ||
| Property | 19 Mar 1773 | exec for selling George Rives property - Brunswick, Virginia | | ||
| Property | 24 Jul 1773 | Brunswick, Virginia | | ||
| Move | Abt 1774 | near the Red House in the Waxhaws, Lancaster Co., South Carolina, British America | | ||
| Military | 1776 | Revolutionary War | | ||
| Military | 20 Oct 1777 | Lt. Colonel Deputy Mustermaster-General - South Carolina | | ||
| Census | 1790 | Lancaster, South Carolina | | ||
| Property | 5 Nov 1790 | Lancaster, South Carolina | | ||
| Census | 1800 | Lancaster, South Carolina | | ||
| Property | 11 Jan 1806 | sold land on waters of Cain Creek from William Hood, wit: Allen Hood & Joseph Massey - Lancaster, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Census | 1810 | Lancaster, South Carolina | | ||
| Death | Bet Poss 1810 and 1820 | not found in 1810 or 1820 census, Lancaster, South Carolina | |||
| Burial | Massey Cureton Family Cemetery, Lancaster, South Carolina, United States | | |||
| Burial | Old Waxhaws Cemetery, Lancaster, South Carolina, United States | | |||
| Miscellaneous | Massey Family | | |||
| Occupation | | ||||
| Religion | Episcopalians | |
Families
| Spouse | * Elizabeth Rives (1745 - 1786) |
| Child | Rev William Andrew Massey (1765 - 1804) |
| Child | George Massey (1771 - 1815) |
| Child | *poss son Joseph Massey (1773 - 1836) |
| Child | Elizabeth "Betsey" Massey (1774 - 1807) |
| Child | Capt Benjamin Massey (1775 - 1846) |
| Child | Polly Massey (1776 - ) |
| Child | Jane Massey (1783 - ) |
| Child | Temperance Massey (1786 - 1854) |
| Child | Robert Massey ( - ) |
| Father | *? Joseph W Massey (1686 - 1760) |
| Mother | *? Elizabeth Lee? (1712 - 1761) |
| Sibling | Thomas Massey (1740 - 1817) |
| Sibling | James Massey (1740 - 1763) |
| Sibling | Winnifred Massey (1747 - ) |
| Sibling | Lucy Massey (1749 - ) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth 'Betty' Massey (1750 - ) |
| Sibling | Frances Massey (1752 - ) |
Endnotes
1. unknown, Roddey Chronology Given to Ria Lobato by Sissi Jones (kin) c/o Hohner, Inc/Hss, 1000 Technology park Drive, Glen Allen, VA 23059.
2. , Joseph Horace Simpson, III, Natl: 98796, State of SC:1276, Descendant of William Massey; Sons of the American Revolution, Ancestry.com, .
3. William W. Massey Jr, Massey Genealogy 2000 (Knoxville, Tennessee: Tennessee Valley Publishing, 2000), 85, im 95.
4. Find A Grave, photo of gravestone (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 7 October 2016), memorial page for William Massey, Find A Grave Memorial # 51027310, citing Massey Cureton Family Cemetery (Lancaster, South Carolina), photograph by Martha Malinowski.
5. "Newspaper Article, Manuscript, and Church History Database," database, YCHISTORY.ORG York County Library Digital Collections (wwww.ychistory.org: downloaded 27 August 2014), Our Heritage: The Massey Family of the Waxhaws. The Monroe Enquirer, 11/6/1959.
6. Mrs CP McGuire, Sr, Records of Pickens County, Alabama: Volume III (Tuscaloosa, Alabama: Willo Publishing Co, not dated - inside mentions "now (1960)"), 41.
7. "American Genealogical Biographical Index (AGBI)," database, ancestry.com (: accessed 2 April 2013), William Massey.
8. US and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 ancestry.com, search William Massey & Elizabeth Rives.
9. "Newspaper Article, Manuscript, and Church History Database," database, YCHISTORY.ORG York County Library Digital Collections (wwww.ychistory.org: downloaded 27 August 2014), Our Heritage: The Massey Family of the Waxhaws. The Monroe Enquirer, 11/6/1959.
10. William Boyce White, Jr, "Massey," (2001); Binder: "Massey Family," William Boyce White, Jr. Papers, Acc. 1488; Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections, Rock Hill, SC.
11. "Will books (Brunswick County, Virginia), v. 2-3, 1739-1785," digital images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org: accessed 1 July 2022), im 498, will of Joseph Masie, 19 Aug 1760; citing FHL microfilm 7736612.
12. , Joseph Horace Simpson, III, Natl: 98796, State of SC:1276, Descendant of William Massey; Sons of the American Revolution, Ancestry.com, .
13. , Roy Langden Simpson, Nat'l: 98797, SC: 1227, accepted 1969; Sons of the American Revolution, Ancestry.com, .
14. Thomas Kirk Cureton, Jr, The Curetons of Lancaster Co., SC: and Biographies of some revolutionary soldier(s) who served in the North and South Carolina lines. (self published for Massey-Cureton Reunion at Waxhaw Presbyterian Church: online at familysearch.org, 11 September 1949), 18, pdf 20.
15. "Newspaper Article, Manuscript, and Church History Database," database, YCHISTORY.ORG York County Library Digital Collections (wwww.ychistory.org: downloaded 27 August 2014), Our Heritage: The Massey Family of the Waxhaws. The Monroe Enquirer, 11/6/1959.
16. Betty Massey Mingee, Massey of Coddington (self-published: n.p., 1991), n.n, Massey Family Chart.
17. William W. Massey Jr, Massey Genealogy 2000 (Knoxville, Tennessee: Tennessee Valley Publishing, 2000), 85, im 95.
18. William W. Massey Jr, Massey Genealogy 2000 (Knoxville, Tennessee: Tennessee Valley Publishing, 2000), 85, im 95.
19. "Brunswick Co, Virginia Deed book 9, 1767-1770," digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org: accessed 5 October 2025), im 123-4, John Massey to John Doby, 1768; citing FHL microfilm 7893743.
20. Ida Belle Williams, Warriors and Nation Builders Sleep at Waxhaw: Some of NC's most Revered sons Sleep in old Churchyard there (Charlotte, NC: The Charlotte Observer-book at Rock HIll Public Library, 25 May 1930), 3.
21. Thomas Kirk Cureton, Jr, The Curetons of Lancaster Co., SC: and Biographies of some revolutionary soldier(s) who served in the North and South Carolina lines. (self published for Massey-Cureton Reunion at Waxhaw Presbyterian Church: online at familysearch.org, 11 September 1949), 15.
22. "Brunswick Co, VA Deed books, v 10-11 1770-1775," digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org: accessed 5 October 2025), im 268 or 286, William Massey and Elizabeth his wife and others to James Young, 7 Sep 1722; citing FHL microfilm 30645.
23. "Brunswick Co, VA Deed books, v 10-11 1770-1775," digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org: accessed 5 October 2025), im 41 of 302, William Massey executor of George Rives sells to Benjamin Rives, 19 March 1773; citing FHL microfilm 30645.
24. "Brunswick Co, VA Deed books, v 10-11 1770-1775," digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org: accessed 5 October 2025), William Massay and Elizabeth Massay his wife to Benjamin Rives, 23 Sep 1773; citing FHL microfilm 30645.
25. William Boyce White, Jr, "Massey," (2001); Binder: "Massey Family," William Boyce White, Jr. Papers, Acc. 1488; Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections, Rock Hill, SC.
26. "Newspaper Article, Manuscript, and Church History Database," database, YCHISTORY.ORG York County Library Digital Collections (wwww.ychistory.org: downloaded 27 August 2014), Our Heritage: The Massey Family of the Waxhaws. The Monroe Enquirer, 11/6/1959.
27. Betty Massey Mingee, Massey of Coddington (self-published: n.p., 1991), 4.
28. Francis B Heitman (Francis Bernard), Historical register of officers of the Continental Army during the war of the revolution, April 1775, to December, 1783 (Washington, DC,: Rare Book Shop Publishing Company, 1914), 384.
29. Dept of Commerce and Labor, Bureau of the Census, Heads of Families: at the First Census of the United States taken in the year 1790, South Carolina (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1908), 24.
30. "Lancaster Co., SC Conveyance books, v. A-D 1787-1799," digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/: accessed 19 May 2023), im 261, Williams Massey to eldest son James Massey, 13 May 1798; citing FHL microfilm 24054.
31. 1800 U.S, census, Lancaster Co., SC, pop. sch., , p. 13, Will, Massay; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 7/4/22); citing NARA microfilm publication M32, roll 50.
32. Brent Holcomb, Lancaster County, South Carolina: Deeds 1787-1811 (Greenville, SC: Southern Historical Press, Inc, 1982), 183.
33. 1810 U.S. census, Lancaster Co., SC, population schedule, , p. 376, line 11, Wm Massey; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 May 2023); citing FHL microfilm 0181420, roll 61.
34. Find A Grave, photo of gravestone (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 7 October 2016), memorial page for William Massey, Find A Grave Memorial # 51027310, citing Massey Cureton Family Cemetery (Lancaster, South Carolina), photograph by Martha Malinowski.
35. "Abstract of Graves of revolutionary Patriots," database, ancestry.com (: accessed 9 April 2013), William Massey.
36. "Newspaper Article, Manuscript, and Church History Database," database, YCHISTORY.ORG York County Library Digital Collections (wwww.ychistory.org: downloaded 27 August 2014), Our Heritage: The Massey Family of the Waxhaws. The Monroe Enquirer, 11/6/1959.
37. Ida Belle Williams, Warriors and Nation Builders Sleep at Waxhaw: Some of NC's most Revered sons Sleep in old Churchyard there (Charlotte, NC: The Charlotte Observer-book at Rock HIll Public Library, 25 May 1930), 3.
38. Ida Belle Williams, Warriors and Nation Builders Sleep at Waxhaw: Some of NC's most Revered sons Sleep in old Churchyard there (Charlotte, NC: The Charlotte Observer-book at Rock HIll Public Library, 25 May 1930), 3.