THOMAS

ELSIE THOMAS LINE: 

Elsie's Parents:
Isaac Thomas
   b.1735?  Virginia?
   d. Dec. 13, 1818 Sevier Co., Tennessee
   m.  Elizabeth Massengill 
       b. 1761 N.C.
       m.-1  A. Timothy (Timothy was killed by Indians on the Little Tennessee River
                          near the end of the Revolutionary War.)
       m.-2 Isaac Thomas (above)
       d. About 1829, in Tennessee
   
   


 
MASSENGILL

MASSENGALE-COBB-THOMAS FAMILIES:

Note:  This Thomas family is not known to be related to the Dudley Thomas branch of the 
Eppler-Miles-Thomas family.

  The Massengale (or Massengill - variant spelling) family traces back to Gilbert 
Morsengill, of Whitby, Yorkshire, England, whose WILL was dated 1564.  His wife, 
Elizabeth's WILL was dated 1599.  Gilbert's son, Anthony, had a son named Gilbert, 
who was the father of Daniel Massengill I, who came to America in 1645, settling in 
Charles City Colony in 1653.

  The next three generations were, respectively, Daniel Massengill II, James Massengill I 
and James Massengill II. There was probably still another generation before we come to 
Henry Massengill who,according to "Tennessee Cousins", was a descendant of 
Daniel Massengill.  The direct line of descent of Henry from Daniel has not been 
established.

  The known record indicates that Henry Massengill was born and reared in North Carolina; 
that he married Mary Cobb, sister of William Cobb; and that the family moved to the 
Watauga River settlement in Tennessee in 1769.  All three of their sons are said to 
have served in the American Armies during the Revolutionary War.  In one account, 
Henry is listed as Henry Massengill, Sr., although none of the sons is shown to be 
Henry, Jr.  It is likely that HAL was Henry, Jr.

  The following data from pension rolls show positively that two of the three sons 
definitely had military service in the Revolution.  The 1832 List of Pensioners shows 
Michael Massengill, age 78, who had served in the "Virginia Line", drawing his pension 
in Grainger County, Tennessee.

Henry Massengill
   b. North Carolina
   m. Mary Cobb
      b. North Carolina
      d. Tennessee
   d. Tennessee
      i. 3 sons, 3 daughters
         Michael Massengill
           b. 1754 N.C.
           d. After 1832, Tenn.
         Hal (Henry, Jr.?) M.
           b. North Carolina
           m. Elizabeth Emmett
           d. After 1840, in Tenn.
         Solomon Massengill
           b. North Carolina
           d. Alabama?
              (This is probably the Solomon Massengale who later lived,
               and died, in Madison County, Alabama)
         Ailsey Massengill
           b. North Carolina
           m.     Boothe
           d.
         Elizabeth Massengale
           (See Elizabeth above)

         Mary Massengale
           (No Information)
        

Return to Elizabeth