Individual Details
James Massey
(Abt 1740 - 23 Jul 1763)
Events
| Birth | Abt 1740 | Virginia |  | ||
| Birth | 1741 | | |||
| Marriage | Prhps 1758 - 9 | * Elizabeth Rives | | ||
| Property | 1760 | 500 acres next to Thomas - Brunswick, Virginia | | ||
| Will | 1763 | Brunswick, Virginia, British America | | ||
| Death | 23 Jul 1763 | Greenville, Virginia, British America | |||
| Property | 25 Jul 1763 | Brunswick, Virginia | |
Families
| Spouse | * Elizabeth Rives (1745 - 1786) |
| Child | Charlotte Massey (1760 - 1812) |
| Child | Rev James Everard Massey (1762 - 1837) |
| Child | * Henry Massey (1763 - 1836) |
| Father | *? Joseph W Massey (1686 - 1760) |
| Mother | *? Elizabeth Lee? (1712 - 1761) |
| Sibling | William Massey Lt Col (1732 - 1810) |
| Sibling | Thomas Massey (1740 - 1817) |
| Sibling | Winnifred Massey (1747 - ) |
| Sibling | Lucy Massey (1749 - ) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth 'Betty' Massey (1750 - ) |
| Sibling | Frances Massey (1752 - ) |
Endnotes
1. 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.
2. Mrs CP McGuire, Sr, Records of Pickens County, Alabama: Volume III (Tuscaloosa, Alabama: Willo Publishing Co, not dated - inside mentions "now (1960)"), 41.
3. 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.
4. "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.
5. 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.
6. "Brunswick Co, Virginia Deed book 9, 1767-1770," digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org: accessed 5 October 2025), im 215-6, James Massey mentions father-in-law George Rives, 25 July 1762; citing FHL microfilm 7893743.