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The Macys of Chilmark, England, Nantucket Macy Ancestors THE NUMEROUS DESCENDANTS of the Macy Family of Nan tucket will be very much interested in a letter recently received by Walter Weston Folger, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, one of our Association's members, which was in response to an inquiry he made to Chilmark, in England. The letter is from Maurice C. Rathbone, County Archivist, and reads as follows: The will of John Macie of Chilmark, made 24 May, 1575, gives the following relatives: 1. Wife Anne. 2. Sons Thomas (who has seven children), Phillipe, William, Richard. 3. Daughter Anstie. 4. Son-in-law Richard Rogers (who has eight children). 5. Daughters Agnes (Roger), Alice (Andrews). 6. 'John Maycie the sonne of Richard Maycie'. 7. 'Agnes Maycie & Helinge (Helen) Maycie' daughters of Thomas Mayeye. 8. 'John Maycie the sonne of Thomas Maycie'. 9. Godsons John Clare, John Snowe. There is nothing here that assists directly with the parentage either of Thomas Macy (c. 1608-82) or his wife, Sarah Hopcott (1612-1706), whose name is unrecorded in our indexes. There are one or two wills of the seventeenth century, however, the details of which you may care to have, and I give them below:
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Richard Macey of Chilmark 1633 Daughters, Elizabeth, Mary. Brothers John, George, William. Son Richard.
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Alice Macie of Broad Chalke 1648 'Kinsman' William Whitemarshe. Brother-in-law William Whitemarshe the elder.
Richard Macy alias Banston of Chilmark 1679 1. Widow Anne. (Inventory taken by John and Richard Macy alias Banston).
