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1. William\Wilhelm Messamore1,2,3 was born about 1771 in Pennsylvania.
He appeared in the census in 1830 in Knox County, Tennessee.
p.345, line 11, Knox County, Tennessee, 1830
William Messemore 000020001-1011000101
00-04 0 1 1826-1830
05-09 0 0 1821-1825
10-14 0 1 1816-1820 Anna F. Messamore
15-19 0 1 1811-1815 Malinda Messamore
20-29 2 0 1801-1810 ?? (James and John were already married by 1830)
30-39 0 0 1791-1800
40-49 0 0 1781-1790
50-59 0 1 1771-1780 Margarethe Elizabeth (Peggy) May
60-69 1 0 1761-1770 Wilhelm/William Messamore
70-79 1 1751-1760
He died between 1830 and 1840. William's date of death is estimated
from the fact that he was enumerated in the 1830 census but not the 1840 census.
It's certainly possible that he was missed in the 1840 census and that he lived
beyond 1840. In any case, he certainly died before 1848 because his wife remarried
in 1848. (RGB)
William\Wilhelm Messamore and Margarethe Elizabeth (Peggy) May were married
on 17 Aug 1799 in Rockingham County, Virginia.4
Vogt & Kethely list the marriage date for William & Peggy as 22 Aug
1799.
Margarethe Elizabeth (Peggy) May2,5,6 (daughter of Thomas May Sr and Maria Catherine Emerich)
was born about 23 Jan 1779 in Berks County, Pennsylvania.
She appeared in the census in 1830 in Knox County, Tennessee. Age
50-59, enumerated in the home of her husband William Messemore.
She appeared in the census in 1850 in Knox County, Tennessee. Margaret
E. 64 f w PA cannot R/W, enumerated in the home of her second husband John Dickey.
She appeared in the census in 1860 in Anderson County, Tennessee.
Dickey Margaret 80 f w VA cannot R/W, enumerated in the home of her son James
Messamore.
She died between 1860 and 1870 in [Anderson County, Tennessee].
Her date of death is estimated from the fact that she was enumerated in the
1860 census but not in the 1870 census.
William\Wilhelm Messamore and Margarethe Elizabeth (Peggy) May had the following
children:
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