Individual Details
Capt Benjamin Massey
(14 Aug 1775 - 15 Jul 1846)
Events
| Birth | 14 Aug 1775 | Lancaster County, South Carolina, British America |  | ||
| Census | 1800 | ||||
| Census | 1810 | Lancaster, South Carolina | | ||
| Residence | 1846 | member of the Legislature having served the people both as their Senator and representative - near Lancaster Court House, Lancaster, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Death | 15 Jul 1846 | at his residence, near Lancaster C.H. - Lancaster, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Obit | 16 Jul 1846 | Lancaster, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Marriage | Mildred Chew Robinson | |
Families
| Spouse | Mildred Chew Robinson (1766 - ) |
| Child | Elizabeth Rives Massey (1807 - 1862) |
| Child | Dr. Benjamin 'Franklin' Massey (1812 - 1843) |
| Child | Samuel Buckner Massey (1815 - 1866) |
| Child | George Washington Massey (1822 - 1834) |
| Child | John Massey ( - ) |
| Child | Robinson Massey ( - ) |
| Child | Joseph Massey ( - ) |
| Child | Jane Downs Massey ( - ) |
| Child | William Massey ( - ) |
| Child | Thomas Massey ( - ) |
| Child | James Madison Massey ( - ) |
| Child | Henry Downs Massey ( - ) |
| Child | Frances Amanda Massey ( - ) |
| Child | Living |
| Father | William Massey Lt Col (1732 - 1810) |
| Mother | * Elizabeth Rives (1745 - 1786) |
| Sibling | Rev William Andrew Massey (1765 - 1804) |
| Sibling | George Massey (1771 - 1815) |
| Sibling | *poss son Joseph Massey (1773 - 1836) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth "Betsey" Massey (1774 - 1807) |
| Sibling | Polly Massey (1776 - ) |
| Sibling | Jane Massey (1783 - ) |
| Sibling | Temperance Massey (1786 - 1854) |
| Sibling | Robert Massey ( - ) |
Endnotes
1. Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com : 7 October 2016), Steele Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Charlotte, NC, memorial # 103166561, photo by “t. stephens”, grave maker of James Greer, 11 Sept 1828., Elizabeth Rives Massey-lancaster county, SC.
2. 1810 U.S. census, Lancaster Co., SC, population schedule, , p. 376, line 10, Benj'm Massey; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 May 2023); citing FHL microfilm 0181420, roll 61.
3. "Newspaper Archives," digital images, GenealogyBank (www.genealogybank.com: accessed 28 August 2014), Death of Capt Benj. Massey, 7/24/1846, Southern patriot (Charleston, SC); citing State (Columbia, SC), 4 Jan 1892, "Leap Year in Lancaster", p.2.
4. Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com : 7 October 2016), Steele Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Charlotte, NC, memorial # 103166561, photo by “t. stephens”, grave maker of James Greer, 11 Sept 1828., elizabeth rives Massey.
5. "Newspaper Archives," digital images, GenealogyBank (www.genealogybank.com: accessed 28 August 2014), Death of Capt Benj. Massey, 7/24/1846, Southern patriot (Charleston, SC); citing State (Columbia, SC), 4 Jan 1892, "Leap Year in Lancaster", p.2.
6. "Newspaper Archives," digital images, GenealogyBank (www.genealogybank.com: accessed 28 August 2014), Death of Capt Benj. Massey, 7/24/1846, Southern patriot (Charleston, SC); citing State (Columbia, SC), 4 Jan 1892, "Leap Year in Lancaster", p.2.
7. 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.