Charles Massy (1695–1766) was Dean of Limerick"A New History of Ireland", Moody, T.W; Martin, F.X; Byrne, F.J; Cosgrove, A: Oxford, OUP, 1976 from 1740 until his death.H. Cotton, "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" (Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878), p. 397
He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin."Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860), Burtchaell, G.D/Sadlier, T.U p. 560: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935. He was Chancellor of Emly from 1727 to 1739;"Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae Volume 1", pp. 98–99 and then Precentor."Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: Volume 1", p. 97 His nephew George Massy was Archdeacon of Ardfert from 1772 to 1782."Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: Volume 1" p. 452
Massy’s daughter Grace married William Barton (1723–1792), of Grove House, Fethard, County Tipperary, and was the mother of several children, including Lt. General Charles Barton, General Sir Robert Barton, and Thomas Barton, a member of the Irish House of Commons.Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd, Burke's Irish Family Records (London: Burkes Peerage Ltd, 1976), pp. 79–80
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