Massey ‘Mapsey’ Purser

Seen as daughter of Mourning White

She has her Name written on marriage certificate as Mapey Arnet (White) Purser.

Moses2 Purser (John1), b. 1785, in Mecklinburg Co., NC, d. about 1862, in Marion Co., Al. Married Mapey Arnet 15 Feb 1816, in Wilson Co., Tenn. Mapey Arnet was b. 1787, in North Carolina, d. in Marion Co., Al, bur. in New Hope Bapt Ch, Hamilton, Marion Co., Al.

https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/p/u/r/Fred-O-Purser-jr/GENE2-0006.htm...

Moses4 Purser (John3, Moses2, Robert1) was born 1785 in NC, and died 1864 in Alabama.He married Mapsey Arnet February 15, 1816 in Wilson Co., TN.She was born Abt. 1781 in NC.

Notes for Moses Purser:

Moses served in the Second Regiment from Mecklenburg County in the War of 1812. He was in Marion County, Alabama for the 1850 census aged 65.

Children of Moses Purser and Mapsey Arnet are:

• 73 i. David C.5 Purser, born Abt. 1823 in Alabama.
• 74 ii. Rebecca Purser, born Abt. 1827 in Alabama.
• 75 iii. John A. Purser, born Abt. 1828 in Alabama.

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/197544184/mapey-arnet-purser

Massey's parents were: John "Patriot" Arnett*1760–1840Ann | Sletyan | Celita Ann Arnett1760–1833 Not Mourning Mancill. An article after the civil war, the writer said Morning Dove was Massey's sister, but, that was a mistake. They were friends.

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https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/White-7956

"William Mansell had a friend Moses Purser who had moved to Marion County, Alabama with his new wife Maphy Arnett White and her daughter, Mourning White, William and Mourning were never married, because William was already married. William and Mourning had 3 and maybe 4 children. William had 2 sets of children in Marion County, Alabama at the same time. William and Mourning are the parents of John B. Mansell..."

References

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/197544184/mapey-arnet-purser (May have errors)
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/family/G3DG-WR4 not listed as a child of John Arnett & Sleytan