Margery Maggie Johnson

(6G) Margery Massie (daughter of (7G) George Massie) was born in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent Co. Va., and died date unknown.She married (6G) Benjamin Johnson on Abt. 1728 in Virginia.

Origins

3. George Massie - His daughters were baptised 1705, St. Peter's Parish, New Kent Co., VA, apparently some years after their birth.

Children of George MASSIE:

1. Ann; and
2. Margaret married Benjamin JOHNSTON (close kin of John JOHNSON, who married Elizabeth MASSIE).

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See the linked discussion for the question of her parents.

Margaret (Margery) Massie was born to George Massie and Unknown at New Kent, Virginia in 1705. [1] Magery's baptism was recorded in the parish register of St. Peter's church. Margery, baptised Apr 6, 1705 [2]

Massie is the spelling that was used in the majority of documents, sources and the spelling used by her father, George and grandfather Peter Massie.

https://christiancomogenealogy.org/index.php/family-histories-2/ite...

Benjamin Johnson and Margery Massie

By 1710 in New Kent Co., Benjamin (around 1680-after 1743) married Margery Massie, the granddaughter or daughter of Peter and Penelope, although no marriage record exists in the Anglican parishes that served as official recorders of vital statistics for the area.

Most researchers assign her as the daughter of George Massie, the son of Peter. George presented two daughters for parish christening in 1705, one named Margery. However, to fit into the puzzle, this child would have married within five years to Benjamin Johnson. Researchers have attempted to solve the quandary by saying George delayed the christening for several years after her birth, but waiting a decade until she was almost a teenager seems odd.

Margery’s age could fit within the range of younger children for Peter and Penelope Massie.

Margery and Benjamin originally settled alongside his brother John in the portion of New Kent Co. that became Hanover Co. in 1721. St. Paul’s Parish vestry records in 1712 show John and Benjamin owned property in the same vicinity with George Lovell, William McGehee, John Duffield, Hugh Case, Thomas Stanley and John Harris. (Anglican Church parishes were in charge of “processioning,” or the periodic verification of property lines in their jurisdictions.)

In the next few years, both John and Benjamin and their wives became active Quakers in the Henrico Monthly Meeting. John is first mentioned in the extensive records in 1719 and became the “overseer” of the Quaker meeting at White Oak Swamp, Henrico Co. the following year. In 1720, Benjamin appears in the records. While some researchers concluded that they did not associate with Quakers until 1719, the positions of authority they were given in these records suggest they established themselves as persons of trust in the meetings over time. Wives Elizabeth and Margery also were charged with such tasks as examining the fitness of women for marriage.

Some researchers assert that Benjamin died by 1739, but St. Paul’s Parish land records from Hanover Co. of 1743 show Benjamin living near William Allen, whose daughter married Benjamin’s son.

Virtually all official colonial records of New Kent and Hanover counties were destroyed by fire, so no will of Benjamin or Margery survived. Benjamin accumulated about 1,000 acres in Hanover Co. by the mid-1730s, some of it in partnership with John Moody, on the South Anna River and “Machunk” Creek. As a man who lived at least into his early 60s – or well past the norm for the time -- Benjamin almost surely would have provided for the division of his estate.

Benjamin and Margery had presumed sons David, Gideon and Squire or James, all born between 1711 and 1719.

Sources

• https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/s/w/a/Dean-Swann/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-105...
• Wikitree: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Massey-358 cites
• The parish register of St. Peter's, New Kent, Virginia, page 197
• The parish register of St. Peter's, New Kent, Virginia, page 25
• Hanover County, Virginia Historical Society, "History of Hanover County, Virginia"
• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Oct 29 2016, 22:08:51 UTC

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• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Nov 7 2019, 12:58:37 UTC
• http://www.wargs.com/political/welch.html
• A Genealogy Of The Wives Of The American Presidents And Their First Two Generations Of Descent (Google eBook) Craig Hart McFarland, Jan 1, 2004 - History - 303 pages. Page 46. "Laura Bush. Benjamin Johnson, b. 1701; d. 1739, m. Marjorie Massie (2,3) GoogleBooks