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Our Davis Family Comes to America
My sixth great
grandfather Charles Davis (or possibly Davies) was
born in Wales, U.K. about 1706 and immigrated to the
U.S. in about 1725, landing in
Philadelphia. Charles was a Quaker and practiced
this religion as did many of his descendants and
their families.
Charles married Hannah Matson also, a
Quaker, in 1732 in Philadelphia. They had eight
children the first two being sons, Thomas and
John. These two Davises are responsible for all
of our U.S. ancestors named Davis. My families are
descendants of John. All of Charles and Hannah’s
daughters married and their children therefore had
different last names.
We are quite fortunate that two of John’s
descendants have published books tracing our
ancestry. The first book, “Charles and Hannah
(Matson) Davis and their descendants” written by
Earl H. Davis, (now deceased, my first
cousin seventh removed*), was published in 1956
with some updates added in 1962. This book is out
of print, however, Jesse Raye Smitherman, my first
cousin twice removed, has a copy which she
generously loaned me. This book is well researched
and documents our ancestry using a variety of
sources especially U.S. Quaker’s sources. There is
also copied in this book many letters and other
communications about Charles Davis’ descendants
claiming a supposed Charles Davis estate from his
family in the U.K. for which seemingly no claim was
successful. This book does not attempt to pursue
Charles genealogy in the U.K. so that is something
that might yet be done by one or more of our Davis
Family members.
*Earl provided a family tree chart at the back of
his book connecting his paternal grandparents
ancestry lineage from himself back to Charles Davis
and 1706 and several other ancestry families,
including the Hobsons (George Hobson from England in
the 1600’s who married an Elizabeth, and five other
families dating from various 1600’s). It is not
comprehensive however it is a valuable road map for
future genealogy research.
Here is Earl’s description of himself in his book:
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EARL HARRISON DAVIS (whose third great
grandfather is my fifth great grandfather,
John) is the son of Thomas V. and Catherine
M. (Colvin) Davis, born July 23, 1888, near
Murray, Nebr.; married January 5, 1928 at
Long Beach, Calif., Floy Dunham, born
January 6, 1895, daughter of Edward Bryon
and Martha Mindwell (Wheaton) Dunham.
Earl graduated University of Nebraska in
1912. Attended Library School at the
University of Wisconsin 1913-1914 and the
New York State Library School at Albany, New
York 1915-1916. Worked in the St. Louis
Public Library, the Long Beach Public
Library, and finally at the Los Angeles
County Law Library. At present in charge of
the Long Beach of the Los Angeles County Law
Library.
Military Service: Enlisted June 9, 1917
in the 2d Engineers at St. Louis, Mo., the
unit name was later changed to the
12thEngineers Light Railway. Left for France
July 28th, 1917, discharged at Camp Funston,
Kans. May 16, 1919. Address: 3743 Elm Ave.,
Long Beach 7, Calif.
Their children: Martha Jane, born
December 24, 1928 & Ruth Ann, born November
11, 1931.
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My brief attempt to contact any of Earl’s family to
learn if there are copies of the book available or,
more importantly, if there are any digitized copies
of the book somewhere on the Internet was not
fruitful. The book is not available through Google
Books or the Internet Archive, although Google
Books does list libraries which might have copies of
the book. Importantly, also is that the author
stated in this book that he was working on
establishing the genealogy of the Hobson family,
which would have included my grandmother Mary
(Hobson) Davis. In the future, I will pursue
contacting Earl’s family to learn more about his
work, acquiring a copy of this book and learning
anything he had on the Hobson family.
I have copied several pages/sections from Earl
Davis’ book, and posted them below, as much of his
book will probably soon be completely lost to our
family and some of this information, should be
preserved.
The second book, also out of print, is “Davis: A
Quaker Family”, written by Eleanor M. Davis, my
first cousin seventh removed, who is also deceased.
This book was published in 1985 and was digitized
on the Internet Archive by The Boston Public Library
in 2015. This book is also available on Google
Books. It can be accessed without charge using the
links below. This book which was recognized by a
leading genealogy organization for its excellent
research and documentation, is a wonderful source of
information on our Davis Family, and includes some
information on Charles Davis (Davies) U.K.
ancestors.
Eleanor states in the preamble to her work “One
often finds discrepancies among dates recorded by
different persons at different times. These
discrepancies have been resolved (in her book) by
using the date closest to the event.” This is
glaringly evident in the variance between these two
books of the dates of birth of Charles and Hannah’s
eight children, as shown below:
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Name |
Earl Davis' Book |
Eleanor Davis' Book |
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John |
9/28/1733 |
4/28/1735 |
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Thomas |
1/18/1734 |
3/18/1734 |
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Sarah |
~1739 |
~1739 |
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Elizabeth |
12/12/1737 |
12/12/1737 |
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Hannah |
5/14/1744 |
5/14/1744 |
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Thamar |
4/11/1749 |
4/11/1749 |
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Mary |
? |
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Abigail |
5/14/1751 |
5/14/1751 |
I suspect that Eleanor’s
birth dates are more accurate as she had Earl’s book
as one of her primary references and she would have
resolved to her satisfaction the birthdates of
Charles and Hannah’s children as well as other
discrepancies she might have identified. As
discussed in both books historic dates are written
in several formats making it confusing to even
record the date one wants to record and certainly
when documenting events 300 years old.
Eleanor’s book can be accessed using either of the
following links:
>>On
Internet Archive
>>On
Google Books
(Please note that the Google Books reference is a
better presentation with no time limit. The
Internet Archive web-page opens as double pages;
however, the screen can be changed to single page
which makes the document much more legible-although
some of the time when opening this book in a single
page window, some pages are not visible or
skipped. This book is only available for one hour
at a time, however, there is very little current
demand for the book and one can renew almost
continuously. Regardless, using the Google Books
resource is more convenient.)
There are extensive records of the U.S. Quakers in
the various documents of the Friends Society Monthly
Meetings. These “Meetings” were organized pretty
much throughout the U.S. Additionally, there are
numerous books written about the Quakers in the
U.S., including extensive writings by William Wade
Hinshaw, whose Encyclopedia of American Quaker
Genealogy was published in 1969 as well as his
other publications rich with Quaker members’
genealogy. Many of these publications are
available on Internet Archive and Google Books.
(As a side note, specifically to my immediate
family, both my paternal and maternal ancestry were
Quakers. I believe that all four of my grandparents
were from Quaker Families – we know that the Davis,
Hobson and Ware families were for sure and quite
probably my maternal grandmother, who was a
Pemberton however, I haven’t researched
this. Additionally, since some of the Davises from
Charles Davis lineage moved from North Carolina to
Indiana where my grandfather Ware was born, he might
have also been related to Charles Davis somehow. I
do not yet know where my maternal grandmother and
her family were born. I need to research all of
this however, there is only one reference to a Ware
and none to a Pemberton in Eleanor and Earl’s
books!)
Eleanor’s book also has an interesting prelude,
particularly with respect to others doing follow on
genealogy research on our family, which I copy
verbatim here:
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“Years ago,
someone told me “Davis” was the fifth most
common surname in the United States. As I
recall, Smith, Jones, Williams and Johnson
outranked it. Decades of population growth
may have displaced Davis from the top five,
but certainly it is still common. Davises
are everywhere!
The Davis family of this history is
distinguishable from the rest in that it
began as a Quaker family. It was not the
only Quaker Davis family by any means, or
the most prominent, but it does appear to
have been either the most prolific, or the
most loyal to the faith across
the generations.
While many present-day members of the family
belong to other faiths and may know little
of Quaker ways, they share the same heritage
as the many who still belong to the Society
of Friends. They had Quaker ancestors.
I have spent years poring over a jigsaw
puzzle of Davises trying to find and fit the
pieces together. I am not finished. There
are still missing pieces, and no doubt some
ill-fitting ones as well. Nonetheless, with
limited resources nearly exhausted, it is
time to make the results of my efforts
available so they will not be lost. In (the)
future maybe someone else will carry on.
Toward that end, I have tried to indicate
precisely which records that I have
consulted and where I found each fact so
that users of this volume may retrace
my steps without the travail associated
with turning up the information in the first
place. I recommend that those interested in
a particular line of descent check my
sources. If they have information I lacked,
they may find things that I missed, read
correctly a poorly written name that I
misread, or spot a faulty conclusion I
leaped to about relationships. Be advised
that where I have given information based
solely on census records, or where I have
placed individuals geographically based on
locations of Quaker meetings, a healthy dose
of skepticism is in order.” |
I have included herein
and in the genealogy document following ONLY those
members with direct lineage from Charles Davis (my
sixth great grandfather) to our immediate family,
although I have listed all of the siblings and their
spouses of each of these members but not the
children of these siblings or other descendants in
this lineage. I have also extracted comments,
particularly from Earl’s book, about each member of
this lineage to prevent the loss of this info – as
Eleanor’s comments will be preserved by having a
copy of her book on Internet Archive and Google
Books.
Eleanor’s comments about
Charles Davies (Davis) begin on page 11 of her book.
Here are the
introductory comments on Charles Davis from Earl
Davis’ book (copied directly with typos and
misspellings):
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Charles Davis (or Davies) the founder of
this family in America was born about 1706
in Wales, England. One authority states that
Charles Davies came to America when 18 years
of age, in the year 1724/5, from Wales Road,
Blockley, London, England. (1). The names of
his parents are not known, except that his
father was either Charles or Joseph
(brothers) one location of Charles Davies
home in England is found in the statement
made by the descendants of Charles Davis in
their claim to an estate in England. The
descendants of Charles Davis claim their
grandfather often spoke o the estate to
which would become heir to, but the records
which would establish his relationship and
right to the estate were said to have been
lost by Charles Davis from his saddle when
he crossing a stream. (Another party claims
the records were destroyed by his wife as
she feared that if he returned to England to
claim the estate he would drafted into the
Army.).
Such records as we do have of Charles
Davis clearly indicate that he was a man of
considerable integrity, and it does not seem
probable that he would have such a claim
unless there had been some basis for such a
claim. As a result of the feeling that this
estate existed, the heirs of t Charles Davis
have made several attempts to lay claim to
the estate which they felt was due them. I
have copies of many pages of correspondence
written by the alleged heirs, written in an
endeavor to lay claim to this estate. Quite
a number of years ago I tried to get in
touch with an attorney in Ohio who handled
at least one such an attempt, but was unable
to get any reply from him. The last attempt
made to collect this estate, so far as I am
aware was in 1915, when this group stated
the number of the estate is 21709 on the
record book of unclaimed estates in England.
The heirs claimed that the reason they could
not prove their right to the estate was
because they could not prove his mother's
name.
So many fraudulent estate have been
claimed to be due families living in America
that all we can truefully say is that
Charles Davis's immediate descendants
believed this was true, and Charles himself
had apparently claimed it as a fact. Perhaps
it is well to leave the idea of the
existence of such an estate rest unanswered
- at least from the standpoint of expecting
to secure any money. It is to be regretted
that to date noone has been able to trace
our English ancestry. I hope some one can
take up this search.
(1) Davis, Evington E Genealogy of
Charles Davis and descendants from 1706 to
1908. 5 page pamphlet.
According to a record found written in
the back of one of the Cane Creek Monthly
Meeting Books of Minutes, Charles Davis, as
was the custom of the time, was bound out as
an apprentice, by his mother. The
apprenticeship was at the weavers trade,
which was not to the liking of Charles. He
secured passage to America without his
mother's knowledge. He landed at
Philadelphia. Pa., in 1725, and his services
were sold to pay his passage, as was
frequently done at this time by those who
could not pay their expense of the ocean
voyage.(2)
The first definite record which we find
of Charles Davis (or Davies) in this country
was in 1732, seven years later. In a book of
Miscellaneous Certificates, birth and Burial
Records, page 463, Radnor Monthly Meeting
1680-1773, appears the marriage record of
Charles Davies, of Blockley in the County of
Philadelphia & Province of Pennsylvania and
Hannah Matson, (daughter of John Matson of
Merion, in the same county & province) dated
12th month 9th day 1732/3/ (Old style).
"PURSUANT to a law of Pennsylvania to
prevent Clandestine Marriages: Charles
Davies of Blockley in the County of
Philadelphia & Province of Pennsylvania
aforesaid and Hannah Matson (daughter of
John Matson of Merion in the same County &
Province Aforesaid) with the consent of her
father; having published their intentions of
marriage with each other according to law,
Now these may Certify whom in may
concern that on the ninth day of the Twelfth
month in the Year of our Lord One thousand
Seven hundred & thirty two. They the sd
Charles Davies & Hannah Matson met at the
house of Charles Read, Esqr. one of his
Majesties Justices for the County & City of
Philada. Before whom the sd Charles Davies
took the sd Hannah by the hand & did in a
Solemn manner openly declare that to took ye
sd Hannah Matson to be his wife promising
with Gods Assistance to be unto her a loving
& faithful husband until death should
Separate them, and then and there the sd
Hannah Matson did likewise openly declare
that she took the sd Charles Davies to be
her husband, promising with Gods Assistance
to be unto him a faithful and loving wire
until death should separate then.
And
more(over) the sd Charles Davies & Hannah
who according to the custom of Marriage
assuming the name of her husband as a
further confirmation thereof did then &
there to those Presents set their hands, and
we whose names are also hereunder Suscribed
being Present at the Solemnization of the sd
Marriage' suscription have as witnesses
thereunto set our hands the day & year above
written.
12mo. 9.
1742/3
Charles
Davies
Hannah
Davies
James Jones
Enoch Lewis
Evan
George Cha: Road,
Justice
Thos
Evan John
Matson, Jr.
Chris:
Andeson Daniel
Matson
Richd.
George Mary
Andrew
Thos.
George Jane
George
Danl.
Williams Ellin
Jones
Edwd.
Williams Sarah
William
Thos. Winson Sarah
Road
Jonathan
Taylor
Ledowick
Gowgar
Records of
Radnor Monthly Meeting, 1680-1733, from a
Book Miscellaneous Certificates, Birth and
Burial Records, page 463. (Collections
Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania)
Charles
Davies was received as a member at the
Goshen Monthly Meeting, Chester county,
Pennsylvania (4 mi. N.E. of West Chester) on
11th mo 21 day 1739. On 10th mo. 20
day 1742 they requested a certificate from
the Newton Monthly Meeting, and on the
11th mo. 17th day 1742/3 a certificate was
signed at the Goshen MM to Hopewell MM in
Virginia.
Hopewell MM.
VA. “1742/3 11,17 Charles (Davies) & w.
Hannah, get Hopewell, VA., by Goshen MM,PA.
(Hinshaws Encyclopedia of Am Quaker
Genealogy, , v.6 p.382)
Fairfax MM
VA. 1750,25,6 Charles & w. Hannah, & ch. got
Carver’s Creek MM,N.C. (Carver’s Creek MM.
in Bladen co., N.C. Record books of this
meeting lost). Hinshaws Encyclopedia of
American Quaker Genealogy, v.6, p.485-6.
“Charles and
Hannah & ch. were evidently transferred from
Barver’s Creek MM to Cane Creek MM. N.C. in
10th mo 1751 when Cane Creek was
established, since they were charter members
of Cane Creek MM., Cane Creek records show
that Charles & Hannah had several ch.
Including John, b.28,9,1735 in Chester Co.,
Pa, & Thomas,b.18,1,1734; John m. Mary
Chamness; Thomas m. Elizabeth Knox”.
They may
have left Virginia several years before
these certificates were issued, as the birth
of one of their children in 1748 is given as
Orange county, N.C.
The Cane
Creek MM minutes state on the 7th month
4th day 1761 “The Preparative meeting
informs thus that they think it expedient to
recommend Charles Davis as minister. In 1761
8th mo. 1stday he was appointed as a
minister. Five years later, 1788 12 mo.
6th day he complained that the women’s
minutes “of being mixed with an untruth and
after repeated labor with him to show the
inconsistency of his so rash an assertion
but to no purpose now this meeting disowns.”
No further mention of Charles Davis occurs
in the records of the Friends church. He
probably never withdrew his charges, and was
not reinstated in membership in the church.
His wife Hannah however was granted a
certificate 5th mo. 6th day 1775 to Center
MM. from Center dated 1777 1st mo.
18th day. After Charles disownment, in 1788
4th mo. 5th day Hannah (with h.) & children
granted a certificate to Deep River MM.
Charles
Davis died May 13, 1801, and Hannah his wife
died October 25, 1812.
The
children of Charles and Hannah (Matson)
Davis:
John, born September
28, 1733; married Mary Chamness.
Thomas, born January
18, 1734; married Elizabeth Knox.
Elizabeth, born
December 12, 1737; married Thomas Vestal.
Sarah, born in 1739;
married Thomas Cox.
Hannah, born May 14,
1744; married Hugh Moffitt.
Thamar, born October
11, 1748; married Thomas Cox.
Mary, (birthdate
not found); married William Moffitt.
Abigail, born May
14, 1751; married Abraham Osborn
Married
2nd Owen
Williams.
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We continue by copying from Earl Davis’ book, the
following description of John Davis, my fifth great
grandfather: (Copied verbatim spelling & punctuation
errors all.)
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John
Davis, son of Charles and Hannah (Matson)
Davis, born September 28, 1733, in Chester
county, Pennsylvania (1); died November 21,
1806; married October 25, 1759 (1) Mary
Chamness, born September 11, 1743 in
Fredrick county, Maryland, daughter of
Anthony and Sarah (Cole) Chamness (1). She
died June 22, 1819, and was buried in the
Cane Creek MM cemetery. They lived in
Orange (now Chatham) county, N.C.
It has been
claimed that John Davis served as a private
in the Revolutionary War in Captain William
Earl’s Company of the 181 North Carolina
Regiment of the militia, commanded by Samuel
Jarvis (6) But recently the D.A.R. refused
to accept any further memberships under this
claim, apparently feeling in doubt that this
service related to this John
Davis. However old family letters refer to
his serving in this war.
Anthony
Chamness, was a son of John and Anna
Chamness. He was born in East Smithfield,
London, February 5, 1713. Sarah Cole, was
a daughter of Joseph and Susanna Cole, of
Baltimore county, Maryland. She was born
May 1, 1718. Anthony and Sarh Chamness were
married probably in the fall of 1736. They
had 13 children. See History of the
Chamness family, by Zimri Hanson. They
moved to North Carolina about 1747-48, and
were members of the Cane Creek Monthly
Meeting. After Sarah’s death at age 55
Anthony married at Deep Creek MM., September
1, 1766 Rachel Haworth, daughter of
Stephanus Haworth. She died March 19, 1775
(Deep River, MM.). He married 3r May 9,
1776 Margaret Williams, born in 1721 in Pa.,
the widow of William Williams. (4)
Fairfax MM.
VAT. Anthony Chamness & w Sarah ^ 6 ch. Elizabeth,
Susannah, Joseph, Sarah, Mary & Martha got
Cot Carver’s Creek MM, Bladen co. N.C.
6-6-1749. (Note: When Cane Creek MM was
established 7-10-1751 this family was
transferred to Cane Creek MM. (Hinshaw’s
Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy,
v. 6 pl 481
The children
of John and Mary (Chamness) Davis:
Joseph,
born January 12, 1761; married Hannah Doane.
William, born
October 24, 1863; married Ann
Marshall
Sarah, born February
28, 1766; married Joshua Piggott
John, born
March 4, 1768; married Hannah Bills; m.2
Elizabeth Jarvis; married 3d. Rebecca
(Thompson) Hutchins.
Charles,
born February 4, 1771; married Hannah Pigott.
Hannah, born January 11, 1773; married
Isaac Barker.
Mary, born
June 7, 1775; married George Shugart.
Thomas, born
March 2, 1778; married Hannah Horney.
Tamer, born
August 3, 1780; married Job Ratliff.
Elizabeth,
born December 26, 1782; married Enoch
Barker.
Rachel, born
September 19, 1785; married William Pike.
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Eleanor’s book has a bit more info on John Davis
(Davies) including a copy of his will and the
disposition of his assets, which can be found
beginning on page 23 of her book.
The comments on Joseph Davis, my fourth great
grandfather in Earl’s book are meager, reciting
basically his genealogy and some limited comments
from several different Quaker Monthly Meetings of
which he or his family were members. Copied
verbatim:
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Joseph Davis
son of John and Mary (Chamness) Davis, born
January 12, 1761 in Orange County, N.C.;
married (Cane Creek MM) June 14, 1781 Hannah
Doane, born March 6,1764 in Orange county,
N.C., daughter of John and Ruth (Dixon)
Doane, of Chatham county, N.C. (Skipping
the references to the three MM comments
w/r/t locations they lived within N.C.)
Their
children:
Ruth, born April 26,
1782; married Benjamin Piggott.
John, born June 1,
1784; married Sarah Wheeler.
William, born
December 19, 1786; married Mary Hutchins.
Rebecca, born
September 7, 1789; married Mahon Cox.
Thomas, born June 7,
1791; married Elizabeth Hutchins.
Dinah B. born June
25, 1793; married John Hickman.
Charles, born July
3, 1795; married Bridget Hadley.
Mary, born August
18, 1797; married Zachariah Reece.
George born July 26,
1799; died October 12, 1805.
Hannah, born
September 22, 1801.
Joseph, born August
29, 1804.
Ann, born October
22, 1808.
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Elanor’s book contains considerable information on
Joseph including his children, land holdings and
will. All of which is developed primarily from
detailed cited references. It is interesting
reading and can be found on page 50 of her book.
The comments on Thomas in Earl’s book are very brief
and are copied verbatim below. Elenanor’s comments
are considerably more expansive and can be found on
page 110 of her book. Earl’s comments are:
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Thomas Davis
son of Joseph and Hannah (Doane) Davis born
June 3, 1791; died May 12, 1881: married
(Deep Creek MM) March 29, 1813* Elizabeth
Hutchins, born in 1793; died September 19,
1861, daughter of Jonathan and (Elizabeth)
Hutchins. Jonathan was a private in Col.
Drake’s regiment at the surrender of
Cornwallis.
Their children: (supplemented with info
from Eleanor’s book.)
Mary, born January 31, 1815 in Surry
Col, NC: died August 20, 1891; married
William Jester (in 1832).
Josiah, born
in 1817 in Surry Co., NC; died June 15,
1888; married L Louvina E. Reece In 1840.
Ruth, born
in 1818 in Surry Co., NC; married Joab
Carter in 1844.
Susannah, born in 1822 in Surry Co., NC;
married Robert Fletcher.
Hannah, born
April, 28, 1824 in Surry Co., NC; married
William L. Taylor. Elizabeth, born
October 10, 1826 in Surry Co., NC; married
James M. Fletcher (1st marriage)
in 1846, married Cornelius Angel (2nd
marriage).
Rebecca, born February 23, 1829 in Surry
Co., NC; married William W. Patterson
in 1844.
John Chalmers July, 28, 1833 in Surry
Co., NC; married Joanna M. Truelove in 1850.
Lucinda,
born March 8, 1836 in Surry Co., NC; married
William D. Poindexter (1st marriage)
and Thomas Hall (2nd marriage)
in 1862.
*Disowned marriage out of unity,
no longer member of Deep Creek MM.
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The comments on Josiah Davis, my second great
grandfather, in Earl’s book include a bit more
information. Whereas Eleanor’s comments are more
extensive but there are a number of discrepancies
between these two books. Elanor’s comments can be
found on page 211of her book. Earl’s comments
(supplemented by Eleanor’s) are:
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Josiah Davis
son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Hutchins)
Davis born in 1815; died June 15,1888:
married abt. 1840 “Vina” Louvina Elizabeth
Reece, born in 1821; died May 14, 1878. Both
are buried in the Mt. Pleasant cemetery,
near Boonville, N.C. (Records are from their
monuments in the cemetery.)
Children
(supplemented with info from Eleanor’s
book.)
Lettie Jane, b. in
1843 in Surry Co., NC; m Andy McCollum in
1882.
Thomas, b. in 1843
in Surry Co., NC; m Augusta Poindexter in
1862.
Jesse F., b. October
15, 1844 in Surry Co., NC; m Malinda Willard
in 1870
(1st marriage),
m Sarah M. Hutchens (2nd marriage).
Stephen, b. March
11, 1847 in Surry Co. NC; m Rachel M.
Hobson.
James Columbus, b.
April 27, 1848 in Surry Co., NC; m America
C. Angell*
Mary, b. March 26,
1851, in Yadkin Co., NC**; m Augustus
Poindexter in 1868.
John Wilson, b. June
?, 1852 in Yadkin Co., NC; m Ruth Taylor
Margaret Elizabeth, b.ca 1854 in Yadkin Co., NC; m Frank Jester
Frances Cornelia, b. ca 1857 in Yadkin Co.; m John Patterson*
Tennessee (?Tully),
b. ca 1860 in Yadkin Co.; m Wint Taylor
>>*America C.
Angell was a third cousin of James Columbus
Davis and John Patterson was a first cousin
of Frances Cornelia.
>>**Yadkin Co., NC was the renamed
Surry Co., NC.
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The comments on Jesse Franklin Davis, my first great
grandfather, in Earl’s book are a bit more
comprehensive. Whereas Eleanor’s comments are more
extensive but there are a number of discrepancies
between these two books. Earl’s comments
(supplemented by Eleanor’s which are found on page
334 of her book) are:
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Jesse F.
Davis, son of Josiah and Louvina E. (Reece)
Davis, born Oct. 15, 1844; died May 11,
1900; married Linda “Sophia” Willard, born
June 5, 1850; died Oct. 14,1871 (at time of
child birth). She was a daughter of Joee
and Elizabeth Willard. Jesse F. married
2d. in 1753 Sarah M. Hutchins, born Nov.
20, 1852; died June 7, 1932, daughter of Wm.
And Mary (Hobson) Hutchins. See Hobson
family history, p. 266.
Child of
Jesse F. and “Sophia” (Willard) Davis:
Luella, b. in
1871; m Monroe Allen. Both died at
Stanford, N.C.
Their
Childrem:
Lestrow
Allen.
Martie
Allen.
May
Allen.
Claud
Allen.
Children
of Jesse F. and Sarah M. (Hutchins) Davis:
Jonah F., b. Oct.
25, 1874; m. Flora Burns.
Martha
Jane,b.Dece.14,1876; m. Ettta Burns.
Mary Lee
“Dovey”,b.Febr.14, 1881;d. Sept.1918. unm.
Louis F., b. Apr.10,
1883; m. Lois Green.
Thomas W.,b.June
5,1885; m. Mary Ann Hobson.
Plutina,b.Febr.9,1887;m.
Jesse Blakey;m. 2. J.T.Smitherman.
Jesse,b.June 9,1889,
died 2,2,1968;m Wilda Lineberry, died
6,17,1967
Wiley H.,b. Feb.
4,1894; m. Susie Hobson, died Mar. 31, 1980
Son:
John W.Davis, See,Hobson family
history.p.125.
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The comments on my grandfather, Thomas W. Davis in
both Earls and Eleanor’s (page 415) books
are
minimal. However, it is covered in the balance of
Jim’s autobiography genealogy section.
Again, we recognize all of the ground-breaking work
accomplished and published by Earl Davis and Eleanor
Davis on our Davis Family ancestry, which has made
it relatively easy to compile our Davis
Family ancestry. If only, it would be that easy to
compile the Hobson, Ware and Pemberton ancestry!
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NORTH CAROLINA DAVIS GENERATION |
GIVEN NAME |
MEMBER/ SPOUSE MAIDEN NAME |
FAMILY NAME |
DAVIS FAMILY PARENT |
BIRTH DATE |
BIRTH County/State |
DEATH DATE |
DEATH County/State |
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Grandmother Mary Hobson Davis |
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David |
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Hobson |
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~1766 |
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>>Hannah |
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Hobson |
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~1776 |
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David |
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Hobson |
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~1790 |
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>>Elizabeth |
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Hobson |
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~1803 |
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James L |
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Hobson |
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17 Jun 1832 |
Yadkin, NC |
17 Mar 1893 |
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>>Mary Jane |
Williams |
Hobson |
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13 Oct
1841 |
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30 Mar 1863 |
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John Henry |
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Hobson |
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23 Dec 1861 |
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17 Dec 1929 |
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>>Virginia Lee |
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Hobson |
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1 Jun 1865 |
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9 Sep 1938 |
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Mary Ann |
Hobson |
Davis |
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17 Jul 1888 |
Yadkin, NC |
6 Jul 1970 |
Marshall, IA |
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Thomas Wilson |
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Davis |
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5 Jun 1885 |
Yadkin, NC |
8 Nov 1961 |
Marshall, IA |
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NORTH CAROLINA DAVIS GENERATION |
GIVEN NAME |
MEMBER/ SPOUSE MAIDEN NAME |
FAMILY NAME |
DAVIS FAMILY PARENT |
BIRTH DATE |
BIRTH County/State |
DEATH DATE |
DEATH County/State |
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Children of Above Listed Maternal
Grandfathers |
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John Henry |
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Hobson |
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23 Dec 1861 |
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17 Dec 1929 |
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>>Nannie Elizabeth |
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Hobson |
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7 Jul 1883 |
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01 May 1917 |
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>>John Edgar |
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Hobson |
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21 Sep 1885 |
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24 Jan 1971 |
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>>Mary Anne |
Hobson |
Davis |
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17 Jul 1888 |
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06 Jul 1970 |
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Earl Ethelbert |
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Hobson |
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15 Aug 1891 |
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11 May 1966 |
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>>Charlie Blake |
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Hobson |
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26 Aug
1894 |
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?? |
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>>>>Rosa ?? |
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>>Susie Margaret
Victoria |
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Hobson |
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15 Apr 1897 |
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?? |
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>>Nora Lee |
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Hobson |
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8 Sep 1899 |
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06 Jun 1900 |
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>>Laura May |
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Hobson |
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22 May ? |
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?? |
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>>Roy Joshua |
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Hobson |
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18 Oc 1904 |
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?? |
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