52 Cousins~The Marriage of Joshua David

Joshua David was born abt 1745, a son of Evan David, Jr. and Mary Haughey. At the time of his birth the family was living in Pencader Hundred, Newcastle County, Delaware. 

Joshua David and Sidney Ellis were married on 1 February 1798 in the Pencader Presbyterian Church, Glasgow, Delaware. 

We know that the 1800 Census for Pencader Hundred, New Castle, Delaware show the family composition thusly:

1 Male, age 26-44 [Joshua] 

1 Female, age 26-44 [Sidney]

2 males under age 10

1 male, age 10-15 

1 female, under age 10

2 female, age 10-15

However, It is believed that Joshua and Sidney had no children or they all perished very young. Joshua in his undated Last Will and Testament named his wife, Sidney; several brothers, Evan, Elisha & Hugh; niece, Sarah Ellis and nephew, Hugh David; but, NO CHILDREN. Sarah in her last Will only named her niece, Sarah Ellis. 

Transcription:

February 1, 1798 = Was married 

Joshua David and Sidney Ellis 

Both of Pencader Hundred N. Castle County State of Delaware 

                                              by Mr. Wm. Chealy

U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970 for Joshua David

Pencader Presbyterian Church (Glasgow); Presbyterian Church  

https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61048/images/47104_3421606200_1127-00094?pId=535202

Joshua David died 31 October 1819, Newcastle County, Delaware.

Sidney (Ellis) David died  21 February 1827.

Both are buried in Pencader Cemetery, Glasgow, New Castle County, Delaware. 

Joshua David is my 1st Cousin 5X Removed. 

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1. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61048/images/47104_3421606200_1127-00094?pId=535202 

2. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 6 January 2023); Memorial page for Joshua David; (Unk-31 Oct. 1819); Find a Grave memorial # 14462243, Citing Pencader Cemetery; Glasgow, New Castle County, Delaware, USA.

3. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 6 January 2023); Memorial page for Sidney Ellis David; (1759–21 February 1826); Find a Grave memorial # 14462249, Citing Pencader Cemetery; Glasgow, New Castle County, Delaware, USA.

The Last Will and Testament of Sarah Haughey

 The Last Will of Sarah Haughey

Sarah Haughey was the Mother-in Law of my 5th great grand uncle Evan David. Jr.  Evan David, Jr. married Mary Haughey, b. 1726, daughter of William and Sarah Haughey about 1740.  Sarah Haughey’s husband William, had already passed away when she wrote her Will on 4 May 1787 in Pencader Hundred, in the County of New Castle and State of Delaware.  

Her estate was equally divided between her son, William and her three daughters, Eleanor Calvert Pricillah Cowin & Ann Haughey. 

She also left legacies to her Son-in-law, Evan David, Jr., husand of her daughter Mary, his wife and 3 of their 6 known children. She also left lagacies to her other Grandsons and Grandaughters.

Its obvious that Mary Haughey, wife of Evan David, Jr. was deceased  since she was not mentioned within the Will. Mary Haughey, Evan David’s wife, died about 1780, her estate administered in 1780. (Adms., Lib. N1, fol. 356.) Evan was living in 1787 and died sometime before 1796-7. Davis Book page 31. 

MEMO: that letters of administration on the estate of Mary Davis late of Pencader hundred and county of newcastle, deceased, were granted unto William Davis next of kin and proper administrator, an Inventory to be exhibited on or before the first day of April next, and under an account on or before the first day of october, A. D. 1794. Given under the Seal of the Register, this first day of October, A. D. 1793.  (Bond in £150 Joseph Thomas Jun. Surety.)

Jas.. Booth, Reg’t.

Transcription: 

Last Will and Testament Sarah Haughey

In the name of God Amen. I Sarah Haughey of Pencader Hundred in the County of New Castle Delaware State being sick in body but thro' Divine mercy enjoying sound & disposing mind & memory do Constitute appoint and ordain this my last Will and Testament as follows Viz. Imp. I will that all my Just debts and funeral expenses be forth with paid out of my estate with all Convienent speed. To my Daughter in law Rosanah Haughey I give and bequeath two Shillings and Six pence  to my Grandson Levi Haughey I gave and bequeth two Shillings and six pence to my Grandaughter Pricillah Haughey I give and bequeath two shillings and six pence to my Daughter Pricillah Cowin I give & bequeath one feather Bed & furniture to my Son William Haughey I give and bequeath the sum of two shillings and six pence & half a cart a handsaw & drawing knife the same Articles now in his pofsefsion  To my Daughter Ann Haughey I give and bequeath her Choise <sic> of my fether Beds and furniture & one pided Cow one Iron pot on teakittle one Large pewter dish to my Daughter Elinor Colvert I give and bequeath two shillings and six pence to my Son in law Evin David I give and bequeath two Shillings and six pence to my Granson Nathaniel David I give and bequeath the sum of twenty Shillings to my Granson Joshua David I give and bequeath the sum of twenty Shillings to my Granson Hugh David I give and bequeath the sum of twenty Shillings. Lastly I Constitute and apoint my son William Haughey & my Daughter Ann Haughey Executors of this my last Will and  Testament hereby Revoking all former wills by me made Ratifying and Confirming this and none Else for my last will and testament and after the above mentioned Legacies is paid the residue of my Estate to be equally divided between my son William Haughey Elinor Colvert Pricillah Cowin & Ann Haughey. In Witnefs whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this fourth day of May Anno Dommo One Thousand seven hundred and eighty seven. 

Sined Sealed and promised and declared  

in the presence of us.                                                    Sarah (C her mark) Haughey{Seal}

Nathan Boldin

Samuel McIntyre

Nancy (X her mark) Cowin

Personally appeared Nathan Boldin and Samuel McIntyre two of the subscribing witnesses to the within and forgoing Will who being duly sworn say that they did see and hear Sarah Haughey sign seal publish pronounce and declare the within and foregoing Instrument of Writing as her last Will and Testament, that at the time of so doing and saying she was (to the best of their belief) of sound and disposing mind and memory that they did sign their names as evidences thereunto at her request in her presence and in the presence of Nancy Cowin whom they see sign as one other evidence at the same time. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand at New Castle this 11th day of May A. D. 1787. ---

Sion Bedford Reg. 

Evan David/Davis, Jr. and Sarah Haughey are my 5th Great Grand Uncle and Aunt. 

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1. Memo: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BM-R3ST-6?i=602&cat=37876

2. Will of Sarah Haughley >WILL BOOK M, page 266, New Castle County, Delaware

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BM-R3QT-J?i=365&cat=37876

It’s Family Time~The Evan Davis, Jr. & Mary Haughey Family

Evan Davis, Jr., was born about 1722 in Merion Township, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, British America. He was a son of Evan David, Sr, and Jane Rees. About 1740, he married Mary Haughey, daughter of William and Sarah Haughey, of Pencader Hundred.

This marriage strongly opposed by his father, Evan David, Sr., caused an estrangement never reconciled.

Nevertheless, the marriage did take place and the couple raised a family of 6 Children; all sons, no known daughters.

On 4 May 1787, Sarah Haughey, mother of Mary (Haughey) David wrote her Last Will shortly before her death. The Will was probated on 10 May 1787, just days after it was executed. ^{2 3} 

Named within the Will is her Son-in Law, Evan David and 3 grandsons, Nathaniel, Joshua and Hugh David. Why the other three were omitted is a mystery.

I give and bequeath two shillings and six pence to my Son in law Evin David I give and bequeath two Shillings and six pence to my Granson Nathaniel David I give and bequeath the sum of twenty Shillings to my Granson Joshua David I give and bequeath the sum of twenty Shillings to my Granson Hugh David.

Mary (Haughey) David, his wife,  passed away about 1780, her estate administered in 1780. (Adms., Lib. N1, fol. 356.) Evan was living in 1787 and died sometime before 1796-7. (Davis Book page 31)

I’m sure that with some search time in the Pencader Hundred, Delaware Probate Records their death dates can be found or narrowed to a shorter time period.

No Last Will has been found for Evan David, Jr. or his wife, Mary Haughey. No Obit, death notice or tombstones have been found for this couple.

Known children of Evan David and Mary Haughey are:

 i. Nathaniel Elisha David, born 1743; married Ann Evans, 1779; died bef 12 Jan 1832, New Castle County, Delaware, United States.

 ii. Joshua David, born 1744–45; married Sidney Ellis, 1 Feb 1798; died 31 Oct 1819, Newcastle County, Delaware, United States.

 iii. David David, born 1747; married Mary, 1770; died 14 Aug 1780.

iv. James David was born about 1750. He died without issue about 1831 at the age of 81.

v. Hugh Eleazer David, born 1758, New Castle County, Delaware, British America; married Isabella Keith, 1 Feb 1779; married Mary Johnson; died 1 Sep 1818, New Castle County, Delaware.

vi. Evan David III was born in 1758–9.

Evan David, Jr. is my 5th Great GrandUncle. 

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1. Harry Alexander Davis, The Davis Family (Davies and David) in Wales and America: genealogy of Morgan David of Pennsylvania (Washington, D.C.: H. A. Davis, 1927), pages 30, 31.

2. The Historical Research Committee of the Colonial Dames of Delaware, A Calendar of Delaware Wills New Castle County: 1682-1800 (Camden, Wilcox County, Alabama: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1969), Page 113.

3. Last Will and Testament Sarah Haughey (1787), WILL BOOK: "M"; page 266; Probate Office, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware.

Treasure Chest Tuesday~The Marriage of Benjamin Davis and Rachel Port

Those who do research in South Carolina know that early marriage and death notices are a true treasure. My treasure for today is the 1748 Marriage of my 3rd Great GrandUncle William Davis, Sr. and Rachel Port.

I have only found the marriage document in "The Register Book for the Parish Prince Frederick Winyaw ANN: DOM: 1713".

This book was published by the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, 1916, Williams & Wilkins Company, Baltimore, Maryland.

The Davis ~ Port marriage is mid-page

Transcription:

1748/9

Febry 21st Benjamin Davis & Rachel Port

Benjamin Davis, Sr. was born 17 Jul 1719 to Evan David, Sr. and Jane Rees in Merion Township, Pennsylvania. Married in South Carolina, Benjamin and Rachel resided in the Georgetown and Marion County area of the State.

Benjamin and Rachel are my 3rd Great Grand Uncle and Aunt.

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[1] National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, The Register Book of Parish Prince Frederick Winyaw (Baltimore, Maryland: William & Wilkins Company, 1916), page 56.

scription:

Reported Strife Between Evan David, Jr. and His Father

Evan David, Jr. was born in 1722, Merion Township Pennsylvania. He was a son of Evan David, Sr. and Jane Rees.

In 1723, Evan David, Sr. and his wife Jane moved the family from Pennsylvania to Pencader Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware. There Evan Jr. met and married Mary Haughey about 1740. Mary was the daughter of William and Sarah Haughey.

Harry Alexander Davis in his book on the David/Davis family reported that “This marriage strongly opposed by his father caused an estrangement never reconciled..” Evan Jr. may have never reconciled with his Father but by Sarah Haughey Will it's obvious that he maintained a  congenial family relationship with his wife’s parents. ¹

Sarah Haughey, Mother of Mary (Haughey) David, died about 1787. In her will, Sarah Haughey, left the following legacies to her Son-in-law and grandchildren. Mary, her daughter, is not mentioned; she had passed away in 1780 and her estate was probated that year. ² 

Partial Will Transcription:

“…I give and bequeath two shillings and six pence to my Son in law Evin David I give and bequeath two Shillings and six pence to my Granson Nathaniel David I give and bequeath the sum of twenty Shillings to my Granson Joshua David I give and bequeath the sum of twenty Shillings to my Granson Hugh David I give and bequeath the sum of twenty Shillings. Lastly, I Constitute and appoint my son William Hughey & my Daughter Ann Haughey Executors of this my last Will and…”

If there was strife between Evan Sr. and Evan Jr. I found no evidence of it in my research. Evan Sr. died in 1748; eight years after his son’s marriage to Mary Haughey.

Evan David, Jr. passed away sometime in the years 1796/1797.

Evan David, Jr. is my 5th Great Grand Uncle. 






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[1] Harry Alexander Davis, The Davis Family (Davies and David) in Wales and America: genealogy of Morgan David of Pennsylvania (Washington, D.C.: H. A. Davis, 1927), pages 30, 31.
[2] Last Will and Testament Sarah Haughey (1787), WILL BOOK: "M"; page 266; Probate Office, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware.

Amanuensis Monday~Land Deed Jane, and her Son John David to Nathaniel and Joshua David, 1764.

Amanuensis Monday is a genealogy blogging theme. It was started by John Newmark who writes the TransylvanianDutch blog.

His definition of Amanuensis is:
Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another.

Today’s subject is a Delaware Land Deed Jane, and her Son John David to Nathaniel and Joshua David, 1764.¹

 

Transcription:

DEED BOOK W1, Page 400-402
This Indenture made the Twentyth <sic> Day of January in the First Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the third of Great Britain and Ireland Defender of the Faith, Anno Dom: 1764 BETWEEN Jane David and her son John David of Pencader Hundred and County of New Castle of the one part & Nathaniel David and Joshua David of the Hundred and County aforesaid Carpenters of the other part That whereas the honorable William Penn, Efquire governor and Commandeer Chief of the province of Pennfylvania and Counties in Delaware being also proper of the said Province and County, af'sd did grant as appears by his warrant bearing date the 15th Day of October An Dom: 1701 unto William Davis David Evans William Willis and Company and whereas a certain John Morgan obtained the proprietaries (Pg 401) ) warrant for One Thousand and thirty Acres of Land part of the Thirty Thousand Acres obtained by virtue of the warrant aforesaid commonly called the Welch Tract bearing date the seventeenth Day of June 1714 in pursuance thereof the said John Morgan sold part thereof unto his son Watkins Morgan as appears by his Deed bearing Date the Twenty third day of July One Thousand Seven hundred and sixteen and when the said John Morgan discovered that the said One Thousand & thirty acres of Land was part of the said thirty Thousand Acres he then purchased of the said William Davis & David Evans as their Deed bearing date the eight Day of December One Thousand Seven hundred and nineteen doth more fully appear and the said Watkins Morgan died Invested and Seized of three hundred and twenty Acres of Land part of the above described Land which he held by virtue of and in pursuance to the Deed af'sd leaving one only Daughter [Jane] and sole heir of all his Eftate both Real and Personal and being intermarried with a certain Evan David who in pursuance of the said Intermarriage was purswaded <sic> that he had a Right in Fee Simple of in and unto the af'sd Land therefore devised unto his son John David his heirs and assigns ck as by his Will and last testament lodged in the Registers Office at Newcastle may more fully appear and the said Jane David being Willing to obey her said husband Orders also to satisfy her children and to comply with her late husband will hath agreed to Confirm the Right of the said One hundred and fifty acres as far as any Right is vested in her by being party to these presents NOW THIS INDENTURE Witnefseth that the said Jane David & the said John for and in Consideration of the sum of Sixty Pounds Current Lawfully money of Pennsylvania to them in hand paid by the said Nathaniel David and Joshua David before the ensealing and Delivery of these presents the Receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged they the said Jane Davis & John David therewith fully satisfied Contented and paid therefore & thereof do acquit exonerate and forever Discharge them the said Nathaniel David and Joshua David their heirs Executors Administrators or Afsigns have granted bargained & Sold Aliened Released and Confirmed and by these presents doth grant Bargain sell alien Release and Confirm unto the said Nathaniel David & Joshua David their heirs and afsigns forever all that Tract of Land Plantation & Premifes with every the appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any waise <sic> appertaining Sitiuate lying and being in Pencader Hundred and County af'sd. Beginning at a Spanish [oak] in Doctor Peer Peer's land thence therewith South East One hundred & Twenty six perches to a stake in the marsh thence North East thirty three perches to another stake in said Marsh thence North Eighteen Degrees West thirty perches to a Corner hickory thence North fifty eight Degrees west twenty perches to a corner or Black Oak on the North side of the Road thence North Twenty seven Degrees East twenty two perches thence North seventy eight Degrees East seventy three perched to a corner Spanish Oak by the bridge thence North ten Degrees East twenty perches to a hickory saplin thence North forty degrees West twenty perched thence North thirty degrees West seventy one perches to a popular thence North twenty perches to a post thence a New division line North eighty three Degrees and a half West one hundred & twenty two perches to a post in the line of William M. Mchins? Land thence with the same and with the aforesaid Rees Rees's line South One hundred and forty perches to the beginning within said bounds One hundred and fifty acres of Land together with all and Singular Edifies Buildings ways water water courses woods underwoods Timber and Trees gardens Orchids marshed meadows Swamps Cripples Savannahs and all mines minerals hawkings huntings Fishing and Trawling with the Remainder and Remainders (Illegible word) and Provisions rents Issues and Profits thereof and all the Eftate Rights Title Interest property claim and Demand whatsoever of them the sd Jane David and John David of in or unto the sd One hundred and fifty acres (pg 402) of land to have and to hold the said one hundred and fifty acres unto the said Nathaniel David & Joshua David and to their heirs and assigns to the only purpose and behoof <sic> of them the said Nathaniel David & Joshua David their heirs and assigns forever under the Yearly Quit rents due and to become due to the chief Lord of Lords of Fee thereof and the said Jane David and John David do by these presents Covenant and agree to and with the said Nathaniel David and Joshua David their heirs and afsigns in manner following (viz) that the said Jane David and John David and their heirs the said one hundred and Fifty acres of Land and premises's and every part thereof unto the said Nathaniel David and Jofhua David their heirs and Afsigns from and against the Lawfull Claim of them of them <sic> the said Jane David and John David and their heirs & from and against the Lawfull Claim of all and every other person or persons whatsoever now claiming or that shall or may Lawfully Claim hereafter by from or under them or either of them shall and will warrant and forever Defend by these presents. In witnefs whereof the said Jane David and John David have hereunto set their hand and seal the Day and Year first above written.
Sealed & Delivered}                             Jane (J her mark) David {Seal}
In the presence of}                               John David {Seal}
Thomas Brown
Thomas David
Received of the above named Nathaniel David the said sum of Sixty Pounds, the consideration above mentioned in full by us.
                                                            Jane (J her mark) David
??? Thomas Brown
Newcastle County Js.
{S} Acknowledged in the Court of common Pleas held at Newcastle for the County of Newcastle in February Term 1764. In Teftimony <sic> whereof I have hereunto affixed the Publick <sic>Seal of the s'd County.

Recorded July 3rd 1764 Theodore Maurice, Atty Prob.


In the Deed above, Jane Morgan David and her Son John [Morgan] David are conveying One hundred and fifty acres (150 acres) unto Nathaniel David & Joshua David and their heirs. 


Jane Morgan David is the 2nd Wife of my 6th Great Grand Father Evan David, Sr. 
 





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https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3J-CSZD-8?i=210&cat=333475

Documenting the Parents of my 4th Great Grandfather Thomas Davis

Data on the parents of my 4th Great Grandfather – Thomas Davis is very sketchy and limited. A review of data on-line clearly shows that little to no research his been done on Thomas‘s parents and what little information there is mostly secondary information from derivative sources – in other words – it’s junk.  

The parents of  Thomas Davis born 22 March 1760 in Cheraw District, South Carolina are David David, changed to Davis and Jane Miles. 

David [David] Davis was born in Merion Township,  Pennsylvania in Nov. 1717. He was a son of Evan David, Sr. and his wife, Jane Rees.

David moved with his family from the Merion Township,  Pennsylvania  to New Castle, Delaware about 1723.

David  Davis and Jane Miles were married in December 1738, in New Castle, Delaware. Jane is reported to have been born in 1720; there is no documentation for this date and it is my belief to be a “guess” based an assumption of marriage at age 18 (1738) for Jane to David.  

About 1739, David and his family along with his brother Benjamin moved to South Carolina and settled in Craven Co., later Marion District. He served as a member of the militia for many years. 

David Davis and Jane Miles had seven children; their youngest son is my 4th GGFather.  Their children were:

i. John Davis was born in 1741 in Marion,Craven Dist.,South Carolina. He died in May 1778 at the age of 37.
ii. James Francis Davis was born in 1743 in Marion, Cheraw Dist., South Carolina. He died in 1808 or 1809 at the age of 65.
iii. William Davis was born about 1751 in Marion, Cheraw Dist.,South Carolina. He died before 1810 at the age of 59.
iv. Jane Davis was born in 1753 in Marion, Cheraw Dist., South Carolina. She died after 1840. 
v. Samuel Davis was born in Apr 1757 in Marion, Craven Dist., South Carolina. He died between Jan 1836 and Jan 1840 at the age of 78.
vi. David Davis Jr. was born in 1758 in Marion, Craven Dist., South Carolina. He died between in 1831 and 1839.
vii. Thomas Davis, born 22 Mar 1760, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Nancy Rivers, 1787 or 1788, Chesterfield County, South Carolina; died 20 Mar 1845, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.
 
On-line trees reports that Jane Miles Davis died before 1772 and that David David died in 1793. As stated previously, these dates are secondary information from derivative sources. They are not sound factual documentation. 

David Davis left a Will dated 29 Apr 1775. Only two of his known children were named within the WILL. They were sons, Thomas and William. 


“and first of all I allow that all my Lawful debts be paid out of my personal Estate.  Also I will and allow to my son William Davis the plantation or tract of Land I now live on adjoining Crowders Creek Also I will and allow to my son Thomas Davis Twenty pounds proclamation money of North Carolina. To be paid to him by son Wm, at the Expiration”
 
Much work remains to properly document this line. It will take actual research in local archives in Pennsylvania, Delaware and South Carolina to accurately document this family history. I don't believe sufficiency data exist do this at home on-line.








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1. Edmund West, "Family Data Collection - Individual Records," database on-line, Ancestry (http://Ancestry.com : viewed 3 August 2014), David Davis & Jane Miles; Birth-Marriage-Death.
2. Charleston County, South Carolina, SC Court of Ordinary Will Books, WILL of DAVID DAVIS; digital images, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org: copied November 1997); Book TT, page 583, Family History Film: #0023477. Courtesy of S. Tenney.
3. Right Rev. Alexander Gregg D.D., History of the Old Cheraws (Columbia, South Carolina: The State Company, 1925), page 245.
4. West, "Family Data Collection - Individual Records," database on-line, Ancestry, David Davis & Jane Miles.

Amanuensis Monday~Evan David Will, 1748

Amanuensis Monday is a genealogy blogging theme. It was started by John Newmark who writes the TransylvanianDutch blog.
His definition of Amanuensis is:
Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another.

Today’s subject is the WILL of Evan David, written in August 1748.¹
In 1927, Harry Alexander Davis wrote a book entitled “The Davis family (Davies and David) in Wales and America : genealogy of Morgan David of Pennsylvania. Morgan David’s  descendants migrated from Pennsylvania to New Castle County, Delaware and eventually the Father and Grandfather of our known ancestors migrated and settled in the Welsh Neck area of South Carolina.²
Our ancestor, Thomas Davis married Nancy Rivers. He was born in the Cheraw District, South Carolina, on 22 March 1760. The DAVID surname was changed to DAVIS the generation after Evan David or the parents of Thomas Davis, David Davis and Jane Miles.³    
Evan David was the Grandfather of Thomas Davis husband of Nancy Rivers Davis. He was twice married. His first wife was Jane Rees whom he married  12 January 1711 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Our Davis line is through their son, David Davis. Jane Rees David died 1 December 1723 in New Castle County, Delaware.⁴ 
Evan Davis next married Jane Morgan in 1724, It is Jane Morgan and their 4 children that is referenced in this Will. The Thomas mention in this will is not Thomas Davis born 1760. There’s another generation between Thomas and Evan David. The parents of Thomas Davis born 22 March 1760 is David Davis and Jane Miles.⁵   


In the Name of God Amen. I Evan David Sen^r of Pencader Hundred in New Castle County being very sick & weak of body but of perfect & sound mind & memory (blefsed be God for the same} do make appoint & constitute this my last will & testament In manner & form following that is to say. IMPR^S. I order all my just debts and funeral Expenses to be paid by my Executor hereafter named.
Item. I give & bequeath to my Eldest Son John David one hundred & fivety <sic> acres of Land adjoining of land of Reas Rees to him his heirs & Afsigns forever. As also I give & Bequeath to him Sd John two Cows & four sheep to be delivered him by my Executors.
Item, I give & bequeath to my Son Joshua David fivety acres of Land that I bought of Thomas John to be pofessed by him when he comes of age of one & twenty years & by his heirs or afsigns afterwards forever, likewise I give him one cow & six sheep to be delivered him by my Executors when he come to of age aforeSd.
Item, I give to my Daughter Margaret three Cows & six sheep to be delivered her by my Executors as above Sd.
Item. I give Bequeath & devise to my Beloved wife Jane David and son Thomas all the remainder of my lands tenements Rights titles Estate goods Chattles & effects whatsoever to be professed by them jointly during the natural life of my said Wife & then to belong unto & be professed by my Sd. son Thomas his heirs & afsigns for ever Appointing & Constituting them & none other to be Executors of this my last will & Testament, ordaining likewise & willing that if my Sd Son Thomas die without issue that all his part belong unto & be professed by my son Joshua above named & his heirs & afsigns forever, AND I do hereby revoke disanull & make void every other & former will by me made constituting this only to be my last will & Testament . In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 21^st day Aug^st 1748.
Sealed signed & declared by Sd Evan Davis Sen.
Simon James} Timothy Griffeth
William Evan}

Evan David is my 6^th Great Grandfather. 

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[1] New Castle County, Delaware, LDS FHL microfilm #006539: Will Book "G", page 207-208, EVAN DAVID; Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
[2] Harry Alexander Davis, The Davis Family (Davies and David) in Wales and America: genealogy of Morgan David of Pennsylvania (Washington, D.C.: H. A. Davis, 1927), page 9.
[3] Thomas DAVIS and W-8655, compiled military record (1779-1783), Rev. War Pension and Land-Bounty Application Files, (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), NARA microfilm publication M804, Roll 766.
[4] Harry Alexander Davis, The Davis Family (Davies and David) in Wales and America: genealogy of Morgan David of Pennsylvania (Washington, D.C.: H. A. Davis, 1927), page 9.
[5] Ibid.