Noel Posey Massey

Noel Posey Massey

• BIRTH 1755 Wake County, North Carolina, USA
• DEATH 26 Apr 1828 (aged 72–73) Honea Path, Anderson County, South Carolina, USA
• BURIAL Massey Family Cemetery Honea Path, Anderson County, South Carolina, USA MEMORIAL ID 134018685 · View Source

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Biography

Noel Massey married Lucinda Freeman in Franklin County NC in 1775. They are shown on the 1787 Abbeville District SC census and on the 1790,1810 and 1820 Pendleton District census. Pendleton District later became Anderson County SC.

His burial place is about a mile and half from Barkers Creek Church on Barkers Creek Road on the left. It is uncertain whether Lucinda was buried there or not. She died in 1826 and he in 1828.

Children of Noel and Lucinda:

1. Silas Shaw Massey b.6 Mar. 1776,
2. Labon Massey b. 1777; d. 1856,
3. Zanie Massey b. 1785,
4. Lion Massey b. 1786,
5. Clarrisa Massey b. ?,
6. Emilia Massey b. ?,
7. Sion Massey b. 1789,
8. Nancy Massey b. 1790,
9. Simeon Massey b. 1793,
10. Kindred Gibson Massey, Sr b. 1795,
11. Susan Massey b. ?,
12. Anderson Massey b. 1800,
13. Ansel Massey b. 1805 and
14. william Massey b. ?.

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Issues and Disclaimers

Identity of Wife

The identity of Noel's wife is a contentious issue among Massey researchers. No evidence seems to be cited in online trees for "Lucinda" or "Lucinda Freeman" other than other people's trees. (Still, it's worth noting as a possibility; we need to know why it was suggested in the first place.)

Unfortunately, theories sometimes try to masquerade as facts, which is the case with the "obituary" presented on the FindaGrave memorial for Noel's daughter Nancy. After the start of the obituary, it reads "Daughter of Noel Posey Massey 1755-1828 & Lucinda Freeman 1756-1826. Both parents died in Anderson County, South Carolina." The formatting makes it look like her parents' names were printed as part of the obituary. However, this is not the case. Below are links to Newspaper.com (subscription site) images of the original printings as well as a transcription (free site):

• Page 3 of the 21 September 1876 issue of The Intelligencer (Anderson County, South Carolina)
• Page 3 of the 5 October 1876 issue of The Intelligencer (Anderson County, South Carolina) (same as FindaGrave obituary except without mention of parents)
• Transcribed versions of the above from a 12 September 2006 post by Joy King on the SC-GENEALOGY list at Rootsweb.

Nancy's brother Silas' obituary ran the week before (14 September 1876, page 3) in the same paper, also without mentioning parents.

Given the number of Noel Massey descendants who have taken autosomal DNA tests, through segment triangulation we may eventually have a stronger theory as to the identity of his wife.

Date of Death

Anderson County Cemeteries says that Noel died in 1834, not 1828. However, the information in that book was written after the cemetery disappeared, and its ultimate source is also unknown. Furthermore, researcher Cari M. has located a transcript of an 1828 land transfer (linked below) in which Noel is listed as deceased. His death date here has been adjusted here to be before the date on the transfer.

Name

Noel is often given "Posey" as a nickname or middle name in online family trees. The source for this sobriquet is unknown.

Quality of Citations

Note that many of the sources in the various items of biographical data below are compilation databases and that in some cases the information in them comes from similar databases (sometimes including those already cited), and that in all of these cases, the actual source for the information is unknown.

The specificity of some of the information in these databases, such as exact dates, suggests validity, but it should be keep in mind that nuances like "before" and "after" are often lost as information is copied, and what may seem like a specific date for a birth/marriage/death is actually an estimate or narrowing-down based on a completely different record (deed, administration, etc.) with that date.

Biographical Summary

When Noel Massey and his twin brother Henry were born on October 25, 1755, their father, William, was 25, and their mother, Judith, was 30. Noel married Lucinda Freeman in 1775. They had 13 children in 24 years. He died on April 26, 1828, in Pendleton, South Carolina, at the age of 72, and was buried in Honea Path, South Carolina.[1][2][3][4]

Birth

Noel Massey is allegedto have been born 25 Oct 1755 in Wake County, North Carolina, but the source for this information is unknown. [1][3][4]

Marriage

Noel Massey is alleged to have married Lucinda Freeman in Franklin County, North Carolina, in 1775, but the source for this information is unknown. [1]

Census

Noel Massey is shown on the 1787 Abbeville District SC census and on the 1790, 1810, and 1820 Pendleton District censuses. Pendleton District later became Anderson County, South Carolina.

Date: 1787
Place: Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA. [5]
Date: 1790
Place: Pendleton, South Carolina[6]
Date: 1810
Place: Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, USA. [7]
Date: 1820
Place: Pendleton, South Carolina[8][9]
Death

Noel Massey died BEFORE 26 Apr 1828, when his heirs were referenced in a land document. His location of death is assumed to be Anderson County, South Carolina, based on the location of his grave. [2][3]

Burial

Noel Massey's burial place is about a mile and half from Barkers Creek Church on Barkers Creek Road on the left. It is unknown whether his wife was buried there or not. [3]

From the Find A Grave site: note, per above, that no information on this site comes from the place of burial, such as a headstone

Birth: 1755, Wake County, North Carolina, USA
Death: Apr. 26, 1828
Burial: Massey Family Cemetery, Honea Path, Anderson County, South Carolina, USA

Children

1. Silas Shaw Massey b. 6 Mar. 1776
2. Labon Massey b. 1777; d. 1856
3. Zaney Massey Hunt (1785 - 1854)*
4. Lion Massey b. 1786,
5. Clarrisa Massey b. ?
6. Emilia Massey b. ?
7. Sion Massey b. 1789
8. Nancy Massey Braswell b. 1790[10]
9. Simon Massey b. 1793
10. Kindred Gibson Massey, Sr b. 1795
11. Susan Massey b. ?
12. Anderson Posey Massey (____ - 1863)*
13. Ansel Massey b. 1805
14. William Massey b. ?.

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References

1. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134018685/noel_posey-massey: accessed April 25, 2024), memorial page for Noel Posey Massey (25 Oct 1755–26 Apr 1828), Find a Grave Memorial ID 134018685, citing Massey Family Cemetery, Honea Path, Anderson County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by Jason Dunn (contributor 48486854).
2. A special thanks to D Rowley FAG contributor #48030544 for the following information: Nancy Massey Braswell 1790-1876 was another child of Noel and Lucinda She is my GGG Grandmother. Nancy's granddaughter Minnie Mae Thompson Rogers) was in the 1893 Oklahoma Land Run
3. Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Oct 6 2022, 15:55:00 UTC
4. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Massey-3874 cites
   1. Family Data Collection - Births. Edmund West, comp. Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Birth year: 1755; Birth city: Wake Co; Birth state: NC.
   2. Family Data Collection - Deaths. Edmund West, comp. Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc,.
   3. Find A Grave: Memorial #134018685
   4. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI). Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc. (Note that this is an index and the origin and nature of the actual content being indexed is unknown.)
   5. South Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890. Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
   6. "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKF-BCS : accessed 7 March 2018), Noel Massa, Pendleton, South Carolina, United States; citing p. 7, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 11; FHL microfilm 568,151.
   7. 1810 United States Federal Census. Ancestry.com. Year: 1810; Census Place: Pendleton, South Carolina; Roll: 61; Page: 265; Image: 00275; Family History Library Film: 0181420
   8. "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHG6-33X : accessed 7 March 2018), Noel Massey, Pendleton, South Carolina, United States; citing p. 186, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 120; FHL microfilm 162,023.
   9. 1820 United States Federal Census. Ancestry.com. Census Place: Pendleton, South Carolina; Page: 186; NARA Roll: M33_120; Image: 250.