Display Patriot - P-145044 - Thomas/William DAVIS Sr
Thomas/William DAVIS Sr
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P-145044
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Author: Jerry Ray Sayre
Thomas William Davis was born in 1719 on the family Farm near Westerly, RI. He was the 1st son of Rev. John and Elizabeth (Maxson) Davis. Thomas William was the grandson of Rev. William Davis who was a noted man of God, an early author, and outspoken advocate in the Seventh Day Baptist Church, helping to found that church in Westerly, and later in Shrewsbury, NJ.
Thomas William was 28 years old when he married Tacy Crandall the daughter of John and Mary (Yeomans) Crandall on 8 Dec 1737 in Westerly, RI.
The Davis family moved to Monmouth County, NJ in the early 1750’s.
The Davis family owned a shipyard at the beginning of the Revolution and were loyalists, but after the British burned it, they became supporters of the Patriot Cause. Thomas William Davis was made Captain of the Monmouth County Militia during the Revolution, (Adjunct Gen. Office, Trenton, NJ).
Thomas William had 7 children, 3 sons and 4 daughters. 3 of the 4 daughters were married before or during the Revolution and all 3 sons-in-law served in the Monmouth County Militia; Rev Jacob Davis (P-144574), Ephraim Maxson (P-243359), and Thomas Babcock Jr. (P-106207). All were members of the Seventh Day Baptist Church of Shrewsbury, NJ.
In 1789 the Seventh Day Baptist Church in Shrewsbury, NJ voted to sell their building and put the money in the treasury, which they did. In September that year, they embarked on their journey through Pennsylvania, and eventually settled in New Salem, Virginia, (now West Virginia),. (Source: “DAVIS, The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia” by Suzie Davis Nicholson, 1992)
Thomas William Davis died 15 July 1791 at White Day Creek during their journey to what is now, West Virginia. He was 72 years old. (Source: “DAVIS, The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia” by Suzie Davis Nicholson, 1992). No marker or headstone has been found.
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DAR NOTES -MOB - WIFE OF JESSE MAXSON IS SARAH SUTTON, NOT MARY SUTTON - Mar 2017