James ROBARDS & Mary MASSIE

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James ROBARDS
Mary MASSIE

Warning: Please note that most of this page is supported only by secondary sources, which, among other things, disagree as to whether the Mary ROBARDS who married Edmund TAYLOR is their daughter. Caveat emptor.

Husband: James ROBARDS
Birth: ca. 1751, Goochland Co., VA
Death: 1803, Williamsboro, Granville Co., NC
Father: William ROBARDS, Sr.
Mother: Sarah HUBB/HILL

Marriage: 2 Dec 1774

Wife: Mary "Polly" MASSIE
Birth: 1 Jan 1755, New Kent Co., VA
Father: Nathaniel MASSIE (1727-1802)
Mother: Elizabeth "Betsy" WATKINS

Children:

1. Jeanie ROBARDS, b. 17 Dec 1775
2? Mary "Polly" ROBARDS, b. ca. 1779; d. Cannon Co., TN; m. 10 Sep 1798, Granville Co., NC, Edmund TAYLOR
3. William ROBARDS; m. Ann SATTERWHITE

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Sources:

1. W. Mac Jones. 1927. "Index to Goochland County Wills, Etc., L to W." Pages 133-143 in (1993) Virginia Will Records... Genealogical Publ. Co., Baltimore, MD (Broderbund CD-174):

p. 80 Will of Nathaniel Massie, of Goochland, sons Nathaniel and Thomas all his lands in Kentucky; daughter Mary Robards has had her proportion of my estate; daughter Elizabeth Massie has had her proportion

p. 81 of my estate; Constance Miller [probably a daughter] has had her proportion of my estate; son Gideon the land I live on, reserving to my six youngest children a home; also 2 negroes; bequests to six youngest daughters "I had by may last wife": Rebecky, Nancy, Sarah, Patsy, Charlotte and Ginney Massie. Dated Dec 16, 1801, proved in Goochland July 19, 1802.

2. Anon. 1898/1899. "Marriage Bonds in Goochland County..." Pages 185-203 in (1984) Virginia Vital Records... Genealogical Publ. Co., Baltimore, MD (Broderbund CD-174):

p. 201 December 20, '84. Archibald Riddle to Frances Massie; sec., James Robards.

3. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: AF - Ancestral File (online at FamilySearch.org).

4. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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