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- - See book The Descendents of Capt. Thomas Carter of 'Barford' 1652 - 1912 by Dr. Joseph Lyon Miller, M.D.
- on 12/25/1738 married Mary Elizabeth Carter 12/2/1721 - 1787
son John Fielding Davis 1/1/1740 - aft 1782 in VA
- married Martha ???
son James C Davis 3/5/1741 - 1790 or 1792 Spotsylvania
son Benjamin Davis 1/10/1743 - 1787 or 1791
dau Elizabeth Davis 2/22/1745
son Snead Davis 5/16/1748 - died in infancy
son William Dale Davis 8/26/1750
dau Mary Davis 5/24/1753 -- was unmarried in 1792
son Felix Davis 4/27/1755 - died in infancy
son Charles Edwin Davis 10/22/1758 -- living in Spotsylvania in 1794
son Thomas Davis 11/30/1761 - 11/8/1839 in Woodford Co, KY
- on 5/1/1783 married Susannah Hiatt/Hyatt abt 1763 - d. 3/8/1847
dau Elizabeth Davis 10/16/1784 - 7/24/1831
- married Beverly Allen and had sons, Beverly and Lewis
dau Mary Davis 12/22/1786
- married James Baker
son Fielding Davis 5/9/1789 KY - 1871
- married 1st, Susan Overstreet, and had Thomas, Eliza, Susan, and Dr. Allen Fielding
- married 3rd, Sarah Brandenberg, in 1854, who died at birth of daughter Anne
son Larkin Davis 9/27/1791
- married Griselda Scott
son Thomas Davis 2/3/1794 - 10/1794
son Thomas Davis 8/26/1795 - 5/1817
son William Davis 4/7/1798
- on 3/17/1825 married Nancey Tillery and had two children
son John Davis 6/9/1800 - 8/9/1800
dau Susannah Davis 8/13/1801 - 1867
- on 10/7/1819 married James Jelf 1/28/1794 - 1861
dau Finetta Jelf married Thos.Kirby
dau Elizabeth Jelf married Jos. Lyon
dau Susannah Jelf married Richard Lancaster
son Benjamin Jelf
son Fielding
dau Eliza Jane Jelf married James Wilson
dau Clemency Jelf married Robert White
son Thomas Jelf married Eliza White and Sallie Stephens
son James Davis 4/17/1804
dau Dianna Davis 1/17/1806
son Benjamin Davis 3/1/1809
dau Sarah Davis 4/26/1811
- married ??? Stephens
dau Susan Davis 1813
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found at https://archive.org/stream/virginiamagazine12bruc#page/n545/mode/2up
Above is a link to The Virginia Magazine of History and biography (book also downloaded as PDF)
Below is an excerpt:
FIELDING AND DAVIS NOTES.
The Fielding Family of Northumbeland County.
Contributed by Dr. J. L. Miller, Thomas, W. Va.
James C. (probably Conway) Davis, second son of Thomas and Sarah, married, December 25, 1738, Mary
Elizabeth Carter, probably of Spotsylvania county, as they settled in
that county, and had the following children: Fielding, born January 1,
1740 ; James, born March 5, 1741, died 1790 ; Benjamin, born January
'10, 1743, died 1787 ; Elizabeth, born February 22, 1745 ; Snead, born
May 16, 1748: William, born August 26, 1750; Mary, born May 24,
T 753 ! Felix, born April 27, 1755 ; Charles Edwin, born October 22,
1758 ; Thomas, born November 30, 1761, died November 8, 1839, in
Woodford county, Ky.
James C. Davis died in Spotsylvania county sometime between February
and October, 1765. In his will he gives the home plantation of ****
330 acres to his wife and son James, and leaves the remainder of his
land (amount not stated) to son Benjamin. Gives Elizabeth, John, and
James certain personal property, and leaves to his "four youngest children,
William, Mary, Charles, and Thomas," all his negroes and the
remainder of his personal property in equal shares. It was valued at
^202.i9s.iod.
Thomas Davis (born 1761), enlisted April 25, 1779, in Capt. Alex. ****
Parker's company, Col. Richard Parker's regiment, for eighteen months'
service in the Revolutionary war. He was in the battle of Waxhaws,
and was present at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, as shown
by papers filed at the Pension Office. May 1, 1783, he married Susannah
Hiatt (born February 26, 1765, died November , 1847), of Welsh descent.
Sometime prior to May 9, 1789, they moved to Kentucky and
settled in Woodford county, about twenty miles from Lexington.
Thomas Davis was a surveyor, and in the next decade he appears in the
Woodford records frequently ; he also seems to have bought and sold
large quantities of land in the same county in the same period. Thomas
and Susannah Davis had the following children : Elizabeth, born October
16, 1784 ; Mary, born December 22, 1786 ; Fielding, born May 9,
1789, in Kentucky ; Larkin, born September 27, 1791 ; Thomas, born
February 3, 1794, died October, 1794 ; Thomas, born August 26, 1795,
died May, 1817 ; William, born April 7, 1798 ; John, born June 9, 1800,
died August 9, 1800 ; Susannah, born August 13, 1801, died 1867 ; James,
born April 17, 1804; Dianna, born January 17, 1806; Benjamin, born
March 1, 1S09; Sarah Stephens, April 26, 1811 ; Susan, born 1813.
Elizabeth married Beverly Allen and had sons, Beverly and Lewis.
Mary married James Baker. Fielding married, 1st, Susan Overstreet,
and had Thomas, Eliza, Susan, and Dr. Allen Fielding ; 3rd, Sarah
Brandenberg, in 1854, who died at birth of daughter Anne. Fielding
Davis was very wealthy, and owned a large number of darkies. Larkin
married Griselda Scott. William married Nancey Tillery, March 17,
1825, and had two children. Susannah married, October 7, 1819, James
Jelf (born January 28, 1794, died 1861), and had : Finetta married Thos.
Kirby; Elizabeth married Jos. Lyon (my grandparents); Susannah married ** Dr J L Lyons grandparents
Richard Lancaster; Benjamin, Fielding; Eliza Jane married James
Wilson; Clemency married Robert White; Thomas married Eliza White;
and Sallie Stephens.
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Found at DAR.org on 7/4/2019
DAVIS, THOMAS W Ancestor #: A030703
Notice: PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED WITH AT LEAST ONE PREVIOUSLY VERIFIED PAPER - SEE ANCESTORS FULL RECORD (WHY?)
Service: VIRGINIA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE, SERGEANT
Birth: 11-30-1761 SPOTSYLVANIA CO VIRGINIA
Death: 11-8-1839 WOODFORD CO KENTUCKY
Pension Number: S*W8651
Service Source: S*W8651
Service Description: 1) ALSO PVT; CAPTS ALEXANDER PARKER, WILLIAM EPPES, WILLIAM MILLS, MCCAULEY,
2) COLS RICHARD PARKER, WILLIAM HETH, ABRAHAM BUFORD, MATHEWS; PRISONER
Comments
(Overview)
1) EL-PATRIOT'S SON JAMES MARRIED ELIZA JEFFERIES, NOT ELIZABETH
2) BATES. SEE DATACF 9/2014.
Residence
1) County: SPOTSYLVANIA CO - State: VIRGINIA
Spouse
Number Name
1) SUSANNAH HYATT
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Associated Applications and Supplementals
Natl Add Docs Child [Spouse #] Spouse
Num Vol.
103202 LARKIN [1] GRISELDA SCOTT Purchase
174437 LARKIN [1] GRISELDA SCOTT Purchase
286602 ELIZABETH [1] BEVERLY ALLEN Purchase
335607 FIELDING [1] SUSAN OVERSTREET Purchase
361086 MARY CARTER [1] JAMES BAKER Purchase
361087 MARY CARTER [1] JAMES BAKER Purchase
382080 LARKIN [1] GRISELDA SCOTT Purchase
390358 ELIZABETH [1] BEVERLY ALLEN Purchase
402805 MARY CARTER [1] JAMES BAKER Purchase
408992 ELIZABETH [1] BEVERLY ALLEN Purchase
411972 LARKIN [1] GRISELDA SCOTT Purchase
415843 MARY CARTER [1] JAMES BAKER Purchase
437917 ELIZABETH [1] BEVERLY ALLEN Purchase
437918 ELIZABETH [1] BEVERLY ALLEN Purchase
458260 ELIZABETH [1] BEVERLY ALLEN Purchase
538427 EL JAMES [1] ELIZABETH BATES Purchase
571172 EL JAMES [1] ELIZABETH BATES Purchase
586302 ELIZABETH [1] BEVERLY ALLEN Purchase
612573 MARY CARTER [1] JAMES BAKER Purchase
628164 S ELIZABETH [1] BEVERLY ALLEN Purchase
630835 S MARY CARTER [1] JAMES BAKER Purchase
659244 S ELIZABETH [1] BEVERLY ALLEN Purchase
672387 S LARKIN [1] GRISELDA SCOTT Purchase
643181 599 JAMES [1] ELIZA JEFFERIES Purchase
659352 623 S JAMES [1] ELIZA JEFFERIES Purchase
661919 623 S JAMES [1] ELIZA JEFFERIES Purchase
705419 MARY CARTER [1] JAMES BAKER Purchase
711827 S MARY CARTER [1] JAMES BAKER Purchase
715642 S MARY CARTER [1] JAMES BAKER Purchase
715643 S MARY CARTER [1] JAMES BAKER Purchase
726006 S MARY CARTER [1] JAMES BAKER Purchase
784381 MARY CARTER [1] JAMES BAKER Purchase
812523 S FIELDING [1] SUSAN OVERSTREET Purchase
833132 S ELIZABETH [1] BEVERLY ALLEN Purchase
684236 894 JAMES [1] ELIZA JEFFERIES Purchase
936369 LARKIN [1] GRISELDA SCOTT Purchase
958035 LARKIN [1] GRISELDA SCOTT Purchase
958036 LARKIN [1] GRISELDA SCOTT Purchase
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