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league. who married Amy, daughter of John Benson, and had a son, Col. Hugh Massy, of Duntrilague, County Limerick, who married Elizabeth, daughter of the Right Hon. George Evans, and had a son, Hugh Massy, first Baron Massy, born in 1700. Having represented County Limerick in sev- eral Parliaments, he was elevated to the peerage of Ireland, August 4, 1776, as BA- RON MASSY.” Mr. Massy, the subject of this sketch, is a great grandson of the first Baron. As the object of the aforementioned work is to preserve records of families, which otherwise might be lost to the de- scendants, it is not necessary in this instance to go further into the detailed genealogical record. On the maternal side, the subject's great-grandfather was a United Empire Loyalist, being a captain of rangers who acted as scouts in the Revolutionary war in America, carrying dispatches from British headquarters to outlying troops and other isolated points, one trip being made by him on foot, from New York city to Montreal, in mid-winter. This ancestor was given a grant of land in Prince Edward Island and there made his home during the remainder of his life, dying there about 1858, at the remarkable age of one hundred years.

The subject’s father, Hugh James Mas- sy, was born in Tipperary. Ireland. and came to Prince Edward Island about 1851. Be- ing a man of some means, he purchased a farm, and settled in Bedeque, where he re- sided until about 1860, when he sold out and went to London, Ontario. There he en~ gaged in commercial pursuits until I870. Then, having met with business reverses, he returned to Prince Edward Island, and here he died. He married Miss Mary Jane, only daughter of the late Isaac Darby, of St. Eleanor’s, this Island, and of their children

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the subject of this sketch is the eldest son. He passed his school days in Ontario, re- turning to this Island with his parents in 1870. The following two years he spent in Omaha, Nebraska, and then entered St. Dunstan’s College, Charlottetown. Upon the completion of his education he became clerk of the county court for the fifth circuit of Prince county, holding the position some ten years, or until it was abolished. He then became general agent for the Confederation Life Insurance Company, with which he re- mained seven years, at the end of that period accepting the position of town clerk of Sum- merside, which office he now holds. Thor- oughly capable in the discharge of his ofli- cial duties, and courteous and obliging to all with whom he has dealings, Mr. Massy en- joys the respect and good will of all who know him. He is a justice of the peace for Prince county, and a commissioner for tak- ing affidavits, etc. He is a member of the Church of England, while his fraternal rela- tions are with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

In October, 1881, Mr. Massy married Miss Isabella R. Hope, daughter of the late Horatio N. Hope (a godson of Admiral Lord Nelson) of St. Eleanor’s, and to them have been born two children: Muriel Alex- ander, now a student of the Royal Victoria College, McGill University, Montreal. and Dolores Garay Hope.

Of Mrs. Massy's ancestors it may be re- lated that John de Hope came to Scotland in 1537, being a servitor in the train of Magdalen of France, the fair young Queen of James V. After her too early death, he did not return to France, but remained in Scotland, settling in Edinburgh, where he became a successful merchant. He married Elizabeth Cumming and they were the