How are you related to Sarah Avent?

Connect to the World Family Tree to find out

Share your family tree and photos with the people you know and love

  • Build your family tree online
  • Share photos and videos
  • Smart Matching™ technology
  • Free!

Sarah Avent (Massie)

Also Known As: "Aveniti", "Massey"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Sussex County, Province of Virginia
Death: 1785 (70-79)
Northampton County, Virginia, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Joseph Massey, I and 1st wife of Joseph Massey
Wife of William Avent
Mother of Joseph Avent; John Robert Avent; Sarah Ragland; Thomas Avent; Ann Silvester and 4 others
Sister of John Massey; Rebeckah Wise; Amy Avent; Hezekiah Massey; Agnes Richardson / Meek and 1 other
Half sister of Joseph W. Marsee, II; Thomas Massey; James Massey, Sr.; John Massey; Lt. Col. William Massey and 4 others

Managed by: Marsha Gail Veazey
Last Updated:

About Sarah Avent

Children of Joseph Massey with his unnamed first wife (b c 1690 - d bef abt 1730) m abt 1710

8. Sarah Massey, b. Bef 1730, Sussex Co., VA d. Aft 1760 (Age ~ 31 years). Wife of William Avent, b. ABT. 1706, Sussex Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 1760-1761, Northampton Co., NC

References

  • "Notes and Queries." The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 28, no. 2 (1920): 161-75. Accessed September 7, 2021. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243767. Page 162. Notes from the records of Brunswick County.
    • Will of Joseph Massie, dated August 19, 1760, proved May 26, 1761. Wife Elizabeth.
  • Massey genealogy 2000 by William M. Massey, Jr, Tennessee Valley Publishing; Knoxville, Tenn; page 81 FamilySearch Richard Massey of Charles City County. Three sons: Hezekiah, Joseph, and Richard. Joseph Massey was born about 1686 to 1691 and died 1761. He married twice, first about 1710 to unknown, second about 1730 to Elizabeth, who survived him.
  • http://www.aventfamily.org/TNG/getperson.php?personID=I0053&tree=av...
view all 12

Sarah Avent's Timeline

1710
1710
Sussex County, Province of Virginia
1734
January 12, 1734
Northampton, North Carolina, United States
January 12, 1734
Northampton, North Carolina, United States
1736
1736
Northampton County, NC
1736
Sussex County, Province of Virginia
1740
April 15, 1740
Cumberland, Cumberland, North Carolina, United States
1740
Granville County, Province of North Carolina
1742
1742
Northampton County, North Carolina
1752
1752
North Hampton Co, NC