Arms : The Massiani can carry coat of arms ancient of Marquis of Massa; of which they are descended, as the Malaspina and the Marchesi.

The Massiani family of Novella would be descended to the XIV° century of Idaldo of Massa, cadet of Marquis of San Colombano, which would be established to the castle of Poretto to Lama, after his marriage with a Cortinchi of Bozio. His descendants occupied a distinguished rank during the occupation of Corsica by Genoese, as three Massiani were Podestats of Bastia : Marcantonio Massiani in 1577-78 ; Simon'Giovanni Massiani in 1598-99 ; another Massiani in 1660-61. The second Podestat must be the same person that the Captain Simon'Giovanni Massiani of Bastia, that was proxy of Istria Lords, at the time of a litigation with their vassals in 1602 (Origin e discendenza della famiglia Cotonna d'Istria). He was also bachelor in Law since he is mentioned like lawyer registers to the bar of Bastia in 1586.
The Reverendo D. Giovanni Stefano Massiani of Poretto, of Lama, was accommodated Doctor in Law, in Rome, in October 15, 1728.
The filiation is uninterrupted to Novella since the Captain Giovan'Tomaso, which follows :

I - Giovan'Tomaso Massiani, Captain, son of Laurentio, died to Novella May 17, 1726, aged of 60 years about. II let a son

II - Laurentio Massiani, been born in 1694, deceased to Novella May 21, 1741, father of :

III - Don Joseph Massiani, Podestat of Novella, been born in 1718 (or 1720), deceased October 6, 1775, married Maria-Orsola (unknown patronymic), of which he had two sons:

1) Jean-Louis, which follows;
2) Antoine, Laurent (or Leonard), Mayor of Novella, been born November 6, 1755, deceased March 21, 1816, single.

IV - Jean-Louis Massiani, Podestat-major of the piève of Ostriconi, been born July 18, 1750, deceased September 10, 1804, married toward 1770, Jeanne Malaspina, of Palasca, deceased to Novella October 18, 1818 to 64 years, of which he had ten children
1) to 6) Six girls and boys, deaths to the cradle;
7) Don Félix, which follows;
8) Marie-Ursule, married to Antoine, Louis Antonelli of Farinole ;
9) Paul, Mathieu, death young ;
10) Mathieu, clergyman, been born September 18, 1791, deceased in August 1829.

V - Don Felix Massiani, Associate municipal, then Mayor of Novella, decorated of the Lily Flower in 1815 ; been born in October 25, 1785, deceased to Novella in February 16, 1848, he married June 4 1808 Rose Orabona, been born June 4, 1786, deceased June 30, 1851, daughter of Joseph, Antoine Orabona and Angela, Santa Bonavita, of which he had nine children :

1) Julie-Marie, dead in low age ;
2) Marie-Françoise, been born in 1812, deceased in 1845, married in 1838 to François Marchesi, Clerk of the Justice of peace of Belgodere ;
3) Jean-Louis, which follows ;
4) Antoine, Leonard, Doctor, Mayor of Novella, been born to Novella in September 8, 1816, deceased February 24, 1888, single ;
5) Don Joseph, Doctor-major of French armies, been born to Novella in October 16, 1818, deceased to Melun (Seine-and-Marne) in September 11, 1868, married in 1859 to Eugénie, Marie-Camille Boutros, of which three children ; one of girls, married to Albert Pujol, Lawyer to the appeal court of Paris, had a progeny ;
6) Julie, Marie-Jeanne, deceased at the age of 21 years, married to Noel Marchesi, notary, Mayor-deputy of Belgodere ;
7) Paul, Mathieu, young death ;
8) Joseph, Antoine, young death ;
9) Jean-Marie, Guard on foot in the Guard of Paris, then Mayor of Novella, been born January 14, 1827, deceased July 23, 1897, single.

VI - Jean-Louis Massiani, owner, been born to Novella in January 14, 1814, deceased February 22, 1885, he is married two times :

1) to Palasca in 1839 with Anne, Félicité Emanuelli, been born in 1820, deceased in 1847, of which four children ; 2) in 1857, to her sister-in-law Madeleine Emanuelli, been born in 1822, deceased in 1889, of which three children :
1) Don Félix, Doctor to Perthes (Seine-and-Marne), been born to Novella in December 7, 1840, deceased to Ajaccio, to the month of October 1897, single ;
2) Mathieu, death in low age
3) César, Joseph, which follows ;
4) Marie-Jeanne, dead at the age of 3 years;
5) Anne, Félicité, dead young;
6) Paul. Mathieu, Camille, been born June 25, 1860, deceased June 1°, 1896, single ;
7) Jeanne, Rose, Catherine, been born July 25, 1863, married October 8, 1882 to François Orticoni, main conductor of Bridges and Pavements to Aiaccio.

VII - César, Joseph Massiani, owner, been born in December 29, 1843, deceased in June 17, 1892 ; he married to Monticello, the November 18, 1884, Marie-victoire Malaspina, been born to Monticello in January 24, 1862, deceased in December 9, 1927, daughter of Antoine-Jean Malaspina and Barbara-Maria Taddei, of which four children :

1) rose-Marie, félicité, been born October 15, 1885, deceased the 27 january 1949, married 1) Luiggi of Pioggiola ; 2) Jean-Marie Franceschi, without posterity ;
2) Barbe-Marie, been born in July 31, 1887, married Jean Luiggi, owner to Pioggiola, of which posterity ;
3) Anne-Félicité, been born in 1889, dead in low aged;
4) Jean-Louis, which follows.

VIII - Jean-Louis Massiani, owner and trader, been born to Novella in September 20, 1890, deceased to the Ile Rousse in February 20, 1976 ; he married to Ville-di-Paraso, in 1920, Anne-Marie, Alice Gautier, been born in December 19, 1900, deceased April 8, 1977. of which eight children :

1) Cesar, death in low age;
2) Antoine, Leonard, which follows ;
3) Cesar, Joseph-Marie, been born to Novella in July 3, 1925. married Marie-Antoinette Fioravante, of which he has two children : Jean-Louis and Virginie ;
4) Félicia, Director of retirement home, Knight of the National order of the Merit, been born to Novella in January 1°, 1927, is widowed of Jean Martelli ;
5) Don Félix, been born to Novella in October 14, 1928, deceased in 1973, married Monique Joly, of which three children : Yvan, Marie-Cécile, Jean-Marie ;
6) Jeanne. Marie-rose, been born to the Ile Rousse in April 8, 1932, married Alain Martel ;
7) Roger, death in low age ;
8) Léon, Roger, Paul, Victor, been born in Ile Rousse in May 14, 1937, married Anne Mattei, of which a Dominique daughter.

IX -Antoin, Leonard, Ambroise Massiani, tradesman and Judge in court of Trade of theIle Rousse, been born to Novella in August 2, 1923, married, in the Ile Rousse in February 15, 1947, Marcelle Acquaviva, been born in October 31, 1924, daughter of the Commanding officer Ferdinand Acquaviva, Commander of the honor Legion, and of Françoise Acquaviva, they have three daughters :

1) Anne-Marie, been born to Bastia in December 2, 1947, married in 1966, Joseph, Charles Orticoni, of which posterity ;
2) Françoise, been born July 9, 1950 ;
3) Fernande, Jeanne, Louise, Doctor es-letters, been born in April 6, 1953, stay in Marseille, single (1989).

The Massiani of Lama, same family that the Massiani of Novella, carry arms of a homonymous house of Tuscany, very old, and that seems nowadays extinct : from azure to the chevron of silver, loaded of three roses of muzzles, and escorted in chief by two flowers of gold lily surmounted of a muzzle lambel.
This branch of the Massiani gave notably Marsilio Massiani, Captain of Genoese militia, in the beginning of the XVIII° century, and Pier Domenico Massiani, Archidiacre of the Sainte-Marie church of Bastia.
The family is represented currently by master Stéphane Massiani, Notary to Ollioules (Var), Lieutenant-colonel (H), Knight of the honor Legion, Officer of the National order of the Merit, Cross of War 1939-45. This last married Miss Claude Sol, daughter of admiral Sol, which ordered the marine in Morocco, filled functions of General Regimental major of the Navy and those of Prefect Maritime of the 3° Region to Toulon, of which four children :
1) Joël-Jehan-Marie, Notary, reserve, married corvette Captain and father of two children;
2) Christine-Marie-Vanina, married to Olivier Roquebert, Notary of which six children ;
3) Thierry, advertising agent, married to Miss Margaret Smill, of English origin, and English professor to Fontainebleau, of which four children ;
4) Yves-Eric-Bernard-Marie-Gabriel, Lawyer to the bar of Toulon, married and father of two children.