Person:Mary Massey (27)

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Mary "Polly" Massey
 
m. Bef 1796
  1. Mary "Polly" MasseyAbt 1790 -
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Name[1] Mary "Polly" Massey
Gender Female
Birth? Abt 1790 Prince Edward, Virginia, United States
Other[1] 16 Aug 1796 Prince Edward, Virginia, United Statesnamed in court case concerning distribution of the estate of father William Hall
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To fix:Born more than 1 year after father died
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Polly Massay, in Headley, Robert K. Genealogical Abstracts from 18th-century Virginia Newspapers. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, c1987).

    p147 – HALL Family, Pr. Edw. Co., Quarterly Ct., 16 Aug 1796: Samuel HALL and Thomas HALL against James HALL, Happy CHANDLER, Jemima HALL, George CHANDLER and Susanna his wife late Susanna HALL, and Polly MASSAY an infant under 21 by Elizabeth MASSAY her gdn. Specially appointed to defend her interest, upon a petition that the interest of the several parties aforesaid in the lands in the sd. Petition, should in place of a division to be preserved to them by an entire sale of the same... It appearing to the court that William HALL late of this co., father of the sd. Samuel HALL, Thomas HALL, James HALL, Happy CHANDLER, Jemima HALL, Susanna CHANDLER wife of George CHANDLER, and Polly MASSAY, departed this life intestate [entitled] at the time of his death to 120 ac. Of land lying in this co. subject to distribution among the parties aforesaid, that each distributor's share in sd. Lands will not exceed $100, and it further appearing that the sd. James HALL and Happy CHANDLER are not inhabitants of this state (VGGA, 1 Mar 97)


    [VGGA = Virginia Gazette and General Advertiser]
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    [Identifies her as a child of William Hall.]