Marjorie Fast

   Another name for Marjorie was Margery Fast.¹

  General Notes:

There has been some confusion in the given name: either Margaret, Margery, Marjorie, or even Mary Ellen. According to the names used in the Will of John Adam Fast, a daughter called "Margaret" was from his first wife, Ann Catharine Weaver. He also had a daughter called "Margery" (or Marjorie) from his second wife, Elizabeth Rex. There was a third daughter that the father called "Polly" but researchers claim her true given name was Mary Ellen. (Brian L. Lightfoot)
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1840 US Census in East Monongalia, VA on June 1840. ⁴

1840 US Census
Page 68, Roll 567
East Monongalia, Monongalia County, Virginia
Reason Malott..
Females (20-30): 1 = (Margery Fast, age 32)
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• She appeared on the 1850 US Census in , Monongalia County, VA on 14 September 1850. ⁵

1850 US Census
Page 277A, Family 793
Eastern District, Monongalia County, Virginia
Elizabeth Fast..59..Maryland
Marjorium Malott..33..Virginia
Rufus Malott..9..Virginia

NOTE - Although the name is not exactly "Margery", the fact that there was a child named Rufus Malott leads me to believe that this could have been Margery Fast who was either still married, divorced, or living separately from Rezin Malott who was enumerated at the same time in Pennsylvania with a wife named "Mary", probably Mary Ellen Fast, the sister of Margery, whom he eventually married in 1853. I am unable to determine who Elizabeth Fast was. It was not her mother as the age is far too young and the birth location is not correct.

If her birth date was in 1808, then her age should have been 42 instead of 33. Is this the correct Margery Fast?
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Marjorie married Rezin Malott, son of Rezin Malott and Ruth Manspeaker, on 20 February 1830 in , Monongalia County, VA.¹ (Rezin Malott was born in 1810 in Pennsylvania ^{4 6 7 8} and died on 28 November 1862 in , Marion County, VA ⁸.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1840 US Census in East Monongalia, VA on June 1840. ⁴

1840 US Census
Page 68, Roll 567
East Monongalia, Monongalia County, Virginia
Reason Malott..
Males under 5: 3 total = (Malden, age 4; 2 others possibly Milton, age 2; Rufus, age 0)
Males 20-30: 1 total = Rezin, age 30
Females under 5: 2 total (appears very faint) = (Clarissa, age 4; Elanor, age 4)
Females 5-10: 2 total (strangely written, appears to look like a number 9 but that would be excessive) = (Hulda, age 7; Matilda, age 6)
Females 20-30: 1 = (Margery Fast, age 32)

Missing from the list would be daughter Elizabeth Malott, born 1832.
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  Marriage Notes:

Name: Reason Malott
Sex: Male
Spouse's Name: Margery Fast
Spouse's Sex: Female
Spouse's Father's Name: Adam Fast
Spouse's Father's Sex: Male
Marriage Date: 20 Feb 1830
Marriage Place: Monongalia, West Virginia, United States
Marriage Place (Original): West Virginia, United States

Citing this Record
West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970, database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZF-N6DC : 12 September 2020), Reason Malott and Margery Fast, 20 Feb 1830; citing Marriage, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States, county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm .
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