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From: "Mary D" <>
Subject: Re: [PaOldC] Israel Davis' Identity and his Will
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 09:47:07 -0400
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Could the Arnott be a variation of the Arnold last name? It sure sounds like
it to me...


> Samuel Phillips interests me. I have a Lydia Arnott who married Nicholas
> Phillips in 1783. They had at least one son Samuel whose apprentice paper
I
> have. Lydia Arnott Phillips then married John Cooling. I believe that
> Nicholas' father was Samuel Phillips. My interest in the Arnott family,
of
> which I can find no information. I am working on her son William Cooling
> who lived and died in Cecil Co.
>
> Cathy
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Wilma Fleming Haynes" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 12:09 PM
> Subject: [PaOldC] Israel Davis' Identity and his Will
>
>
> > Hello Kay - and any one else interested -
> >
> > The names the same, but not sure about the families - Here
> > are my JAMES DAVIS'
> >
> > 1. James DAVIS born abt 1761 md bef 1785 Fayette co., PA
> > TO: Keziah PHILLIPS the d/o Samuel PHILLIPS of Chester
> > county, PA and Keziah ABRAHAM d 26 July 1782 in
> > Chester county, PA - Kazia PHILLIPS died unknown both
> > she and her husband JAMES died near Chadsville, Fayette,
> > PA - James died on 10 Sep 1850. I have no idea who this
> > James belongs to - I have no issue for them -
> >
> > 2. JAMES DAVIS born abt 1730 at Charlestown, Chester, PA .
> > d unknown - he was the d/o David Davis [dead end for me]
> > and Lettice TREVILLIAM - He married, but I don't know who
to.
> > James DAVIS and his unknown wife had 2 children that I know
> > of - both born Charlestown, Chester, PA - I don't know his
> > death date.
> >
> > i. Mordecai DAVIS [no date of birth]
> > ii. Rebecca DAVIS born abt 1784
> > died no date, at Charlestown.
> > Rebecca married
> > Davis ADAMS the s/o John 5) ADAMS and
> > Mary DAVIS [sister to #2 JAMES DAVIS]
> > born: 20 Jan 1780 Charlestown, Chester, PA
> > died: 14 Sep 1862 "
> >
> > 3. JAMES DAVIS born abt 1809 at Aurelius, Cayuga, NY he d 1877
> > don't know when or where - he was the s/o JOSHUA and Hannah 6)
> > ADAMS born 13 Nov 1877 Charlestown, Chester, PA. Hannah 6)
> > ADAMS was the d/o John 5) ADAMS & Mary DAVIS [above] I don't know
> > if he married.
> >
> > 4. James 1) DAVIS ap DAVID emigrant along with 5 brothers to Chester
> > county., PA he was born 1672 Caemorthern, South Wales - he died
> > 31 Aug 1743 Charlestown, Chester, PA - he married 1693 in Wales -
> > TO: Elizabeth PARRY/PERRY she died 7 Apr 1722 at Charlestown,
> > Chester, PA- JAMES 1) married 2nd after 1722 to Bridget Ann 2) JONES
> > the widow of his elder brother LLEWELLYN 1) DAVIS ap DAVID.
> > Children all born in Chester county, except the 1st child Moses/Morris.
> >
> > i. Moses or Morris 2) DAVIS was born 1694 in Wales - he
> > was the only child of his parents when they came to
> > Chester county, PA - Moses died 1724 at Chester co., PA.
> > He married 1715 there TO: Mary Evans JONES she was
> > born 13 Aug 1687 don't know where, nor do I know her parents.
> >
> > ii. Margaret DAVIS was born abt 1696 at Tredyffrin, Chester, PA
> > don't know when she died, she married JAMES ABRAHAM -
> > in Chester county, PA - they were parents of 5 children all
> > born in Upper Merion, Montgomery, PA-
> >
> > a. Keziah ABRAHAM
> > b. Isaac ABRAHAM born 28 Apr 1717 he died
> > 25 Mar 1782 Upper Merion, Montgomery, PA
> >
> > c. Ezekiel ABRAHAM died after 1749 Chester co., PA
> > d. Elizabeth ABRAHAM
> > e. Meiriam ABRAHAM
> >
> >
> > iii. Jane DAVIS died 1736 she married in either Bucks or Chester co., PA
> > on 15 May 1722 - TO: Thomas JAMES - know nothing of him - I
> only
> > have
> > one child for them
> >
> > a. Elizabeth JAMES married no date TO: John THOMAS
> > John THOMAS was
> > murdered 1 Aug 1752 along with Eleanor
> > DAVIS his wife's
> > sister - his daughter Rachel was seriously
> > hurt - by 3
white
> > thugs, 2 of them were caught and hung- the
> > 3rd was never
> > caught - the motive for the murders was robbery.
> >
> > iv. Eleanor DAVIS was murdered along with her niece Elizabeth JAMES'
> > husband -
> > John THOMAS on 1 Aug 1752 - her niece Rachel was seriously
> hurt.
> > Eleanor
> > never married, they were all living in the family homestead
> > [farm] which Eleanor
> > had inherited
> >
> >
> > ISRAEL DAVIS - ONLY HAVE ONE
> >
> > 1. Israel 3) DAVIS was born 1760 at Charlestown, Chester,
PA -
> he
> > died 1832 at Tredyffrin, Chester
> > co., PA he married there TO: Nancy ......... she was born
> 1771
> > and died 1836 at Chester co., PA
> > Israel was the s/o Isaac 2) DAVIS and Sophia NORTH
> >
> > Children all born Charlestown, Chester, PA
> >
> > i. Mary DAVIS was born 1803 - she died as a child 24 June 1805.
> >
> > JOSHUA DAVIS I only have 1 the other JOSHUA DAVIS was of the Barnstable,
> MA
> > group.
> >
> > 1. Joshua 3) DAVIS was born 4 May 1764 Charlestown, Chester, PA -
> he
> > died 27 Jan 1847
> > at Vernon Twp., Trumbull, Ohio he married first a Miss
ANDERSON
> > [dead end] they
> > Joshua married 2nd HANNAH 6) ADAMS the d/o John 5) ADAMS and
> Mary
> > DAVIS [above]
> > Hannah was born 13 Nov 1777 at Charlestown, Chester, PA - she
> > died 18 Sep 1836 at
> > Vernon Twp., Trumbull, Ohio -
> >
> > Child by 1st wife -
> >
> > i. Llewellyn 4) DAVIS was born abt 1790 at Charlestown, Chester, PA
> > he died no date at Bristolville, Ohio - that is all I now of him
> >
> > Children by 2nd wife [my line] all born Aurelius, Cayuga,
New
> > York
> >
> > ii. John 4) Adams DAVIS born 31 Jan 1802 - died 17 Sep 1869
> > Franklin county, Ohio
> > John married 7 June 1823 at Springport, Cayuga, NY TO: Jane Reed
THOMPSON
> > born 2 Sep 1802 - she died 27 oct 1865 at Chapin, Iowa
> >
> > iii. Joshua 4) DAVIS [my line] was born 22 Sep 1806 died 26 Aug
> 1897
> > he married
> > 1834 at Trumbull county, Ohio TO: Sophia 6) WILLIAMS born 10 Aug 1810
> > Brookfield, Fairfield, Connecticut she died 25 Dec 1871 at Wheatland,
> > Hillsdale,
> > Michigan, Joshua 4) DAVIS died there on 26 Aug 1897 - they were parents
of
> > 8 children -
> >
> > a. Emma 5) DAVIS 1835 md Silas ALLEN
> > b. Stanley Williams
> DAVIS
> > 1837 [civil war]
> > c. Charles Williams DAVIS 1839 [Civil war] killed 1863
> > d. Ursula Adelaide DAVIS [my line] 10 June 1842
> > e. Maxwell DAVIS 1844
> > f. Francis called Frank DAVIS 1846
> > g. Manning J. DAVIS 1846
> > h. Arthur DAVIS Jan 1851
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [mailto:]
> > Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 5:49 AM
> > To:
> > Subject: [PaOldC] Israel Davis' Identity and his Will
> >
> > I am trying to identify the following Israel Davis whose name appears in
> the
> > Estate Papers of James B. Davis who died around 1832:
> >
> > The estate papers of James B. Davis, # 8862, contain Account Papers
dated
> 27
> > June 1834 that state:
> >
> > "Said accountant charges himself as follows viz: with the amt. of
> Inventory
> > Deceased's dividend of of (sic) the Estate of Israel David dec'd - he
> having
> > died before the said Israel 3294.87"
> >
> > Later the Account Papers say:
> >
> > "The said accountant craves allowances for the following disbursements
> made
> > out of the estate aforesaid to wit:
> >
> > By cash [???] [Penniah?] Davis to release her right under the will of
> Israel
> > Davis dec'd to the legacy therein to Joshua Davis [?????] dec'd father
of
> > James B. Davis - with part of which legacy the accountant charges
himself
> > 345.41-1/2"
> >
> > If anyone out there recognizes this Israel Davis or the Davis female
whose
> > first name I cannot read but starts with a P and knows his or their
> > relationship
> > to Joshua Davis (the father of James B. Davis), please let me know. I
> have
> > copies of the estate papers of both Joshua and James B. Davis, but I do
> not
> > have a copy of the will or estate papers of Israel Davis because this is
> the
> > first information I have about his existence. I do not know how he is
> > related to
> > the Davis family I am researching.
> >
> > Any help from Davis researchers in Chester County would be appreciated.
> >
> > Kay Torpey
> >
> >
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