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James Davis was born about the year 1736 US11. According to a copy of a marriage record for his son (Jessee
Davis) in the records of the Center Monthly Meeting in Guilford County, North
Carolina, James Davis married Patience Miller and was the father of Jessee
Davis US11. The records of the Holy Trinity Old
Swedes Church in Wilmington, Delaware, state that James Davis married
Patience Bishop on May 30, 1754 BU8.
James Davis of Randolph County, North Carolina wrote his will on August 16,
1800 NO16:
Whereas
I James Davis of the County of Randolph State of N. Carolina being weak of body
but of sound mind do think proper this sixteenth day of August in the Year 1800
to make the follow distribution of what property I am blessd with -
and
first my Will is that all my Just debts be paid
2ly: I give to my Loving wife during her widowhood Eighty acres
including the plantation & joining [the previous word is uncertain] the old
line to the West of the tract for her support & my Daughter Hannahs &
Also all the moveable property Except the Stud Horse which I desire may be
sold: & Equally divided between my wife & three daughters) & my
will is that at the death of my loving wife both Land & moveables Shall be
the property of my daughter Hannah & in case of Either marring [marrying]
An Eaqual division of the moveables to be made
3ly: I Give to my sons Jesse Amor & Job the remainder of Land
to be Eaqually divided between them respect being had to Quallity more than
quantity on their paying thirty pounds to each of my three daughters Rebeckah
Eve & Hannah to them & their Heirs for Ever
and
Lastly I do hereby appoint my friends Samuel Millikan Robert M Crackan my
Excuter declaring this & no other to be my last will & testament in
Witness where of I have here unto set my hand & Seal the day & year
above writin
Also
beit Rimembered that my Will is further that my sons Jesse & Amos pay ten
pounds apiece to my grandson Job Renolds when he comes [the previous word is
uncertain] To the age of twenty one
Signd
Seald & Declard
By
the sd James Davis to be his
Last
Will & testament in presence of
Elijah
Powell
Jacob
Jackson
William
Thornbrough
James
Davis died at about age sixty-nine years on March 15, 1805; the records of the
Center Monthly Meeting in Guilford County, North Carolina state “James Davis
one of the early setlers in Randolph County North Carolina Died the 15th of the 3rd
month 1805 and was buried on his own premises aged about 69 years” US11.
Patience Miller (Robert, Ruth), the
daughter of Robert and Ruth Miller of East Caln, was born on the 20th day of the 1st
month, 1730/31, according to the records of the Bradford Monthly Meeting in
Chester County, Pennsylvania US11. Patience,
the wife of James Davis, was called a child of Robert Miller in a record of the
inventory of Robert’s estate dated August 11, 1761 PE7. Patience Miller was called the granddaughter of Joseph Haines
in his will, which was dated October 27, 1762 and in which she was given “the
Sum of Ten Pounds Currant Money of Pensylvania to her and her heirs for ever” PE24. Patience, the wife of James Davis, was mentioned in the will
of her mother, Ruth Miller, on May 18, 1785 PE7.
With
Charles Bishop, Patience was the mother of Ruth Bishop, and with James Davis,
she was the mother of Rebekah, Eve, Rachel, Jesse, and probably of Hannah,
Amor, and Job Davis. Petitions to the Chester County, Pennsylvania Orphan’s
Court demonstrate that Patience married Charles Bishop, with whom she was the
mother of Ruth Bishop, and that Patience later was called Patiance Davis, the
mother of Ruth Bishop PE7.
Charles Bishop died sometime before March 12, 1753 CH21. The administration of the
estate of Charles Bishop was dated April 13, 1753, in which Patience Bishop,
Robert Miller, and Thomas Coates, all of Chester County in Pennsylvania, were
bound for the sum of six hundred pounds and the adminstration of the estate was
granted to Patience Bishop PE7. The inventory of Charles Bishop’s estate was conducted on
March 22, 1753 by William Darlinton and Joseph Bishop, Jr. and was valued at
over ₤155 PE7. “Patiens Bishope” was called a “relect and Wido of Charlas
Bishope Desed” in a receipt dated March 12, 1753 for payment of twenty pounds
“for the Remainder or Resedeu of Rent” which was due to Jeremiah Ponsel (this
surname is uncertain) from Charles Bishop for the use of his mill and cow CH21. Another account of charges regarding the estate of the late
Charles Bishop, of which Patience (Bishop) Davis was the administratrix,
included dates ranging from April 13, 1753 (the date the administration was
granted to Patience Bishop) until September 15, 1753 CH21. This document indicated that Patience had remarried; while the
document itself was undated, the accomptants were James Davis and his wife,
Patience Davis, who was called “late Patience Bishop” CH21.
Ruth
Bishop was born sometime in or after 1748. A petition by Warrick (or
Warwick) Miller (who called himself the son of Robert Miller) dated September
15, 1761 to the Orphan’s Court held at Chester for Chester County, Pennsylvania
on behalf of Ruth Bishop, the minor daughter of the late Charles Bishop of West
Nantmel (West Nantmeal Township) who was then under the age of fourteen, stated
that Charles Bishop died intestate and Ruth required a guardian PE7. Another petition from Warrick Miller to the Chester County Orphan’s
Court dated December 15, 1761 stated that George Carter had been appointed as
Ruth Bishop’s guardian but that he refused guardianship; thus, Warrick Miller
requested a replacement guardian PE7.
Another petition from Joseph Pierce dated June 15, 1762 to the Chester County
Orphan's Court stated that Joseph Pierce had been appointed as Ruth’s guardian,
and “at ye. Particular Request of Patiance Davis, Mother of ye. Said Ruth Bishop”, Joseph Pierce requested that John Townsend
also be appointed as a guardian for Ruth PE7.
The
records of the Center Monthly Meeting in Guilford County, North Carolina state
that Rebekah Davis of Randolph County, North Carolina, the daughter of
James and Patience Davis, married William Hiatt of Guilford County, the son of
John and Mary Hiatt (Mary Hiatt was called deceased) on the 4th day of the 4th
month, 1793 (April 4, 1793); this ceremony was witnessed by Joseph Hiatt, Isaac
Reynolds, Job Davis, Fracis [sic] Reynolds, Susanna Reynolds, Jeremiah
Reynolds, Anthony Reynolds, Ann Davis, Hannah Davis, John Beard, Jonathan
Stalker, Amer Davis, Alce Davis, and Elizabeth Hiatt US11, HI4. This wedding took place on the same
day as the wedding of her sister, Rachel Davis. Rebeckah was mentioned in her
father’s will, dated August 16, 1800 NO16. She
may have been the mother of Hannah and William Hiatt. The records of the Deep
River Monthly Meeting in Guilford County, North Carolina state that Rebecca and
William Hiatt were the parents of Hannah, who was born in 1805 in Guilford
County and died in the 4th or
the 9th month in 1854 at Deep River, and William, who was born on the
20th day of the 11th
month, 1819 in Guilford County and died on the 9th day of the 4th
month, 1891 US11.
The records of the Center Monthly Meeting in Guilford County,
North Carolina state that Eve Davis, the daughter of James and Patience
Davis of Randolph County, North Carolina married Thomas Stalker of Guilford
County, the son of George and Sarah Stalker (deceased) on the 12th day of the 7th month, 1792 (July 12, 1792); this
ceremony was witnessed by Jonathan Stalker, Matthew
Ozbun, John Fraizer, Grace Stalker, Martha Thornbrough, Mary Ozbun, Mary
Thornbrough, Alce Davis, Rachel Davis, Rebeccah Davis, George Stalker, John
Stalker, Job Davis, Jesse Davis, Amer Davis, Elizabeth Davis, and others US11, HI4. The
records of the Marlboro Monthly Meeting in Randolph County, North Carolina
state that Eve and Thomas Stalker were the parents of Jonathan Stalker, who was
born on the 26th day of the 9th month, 1795 US11. The
records of the Springfield Monthly Meeting in Guilford County, North Carolina
state that Eve and Thomas of Randolph County were the parents of George
Stalker, who married Hannah Millkan on the 14th day of the 3rd
month, 1827, and of Thomas Stalker, who married Sally Millikan on the 14th day of the 3rd
month, 1832 US11. Eve was
mentioned in her father’s will, dated August 16, 1800 NO16. The records of the Marlboro Monthly Meeting in Randolph
County, North Carolina state that Eve Stalker, the wife of Thomas, died on the
24th day of the 9th
month, 1829 and that Thomas Stalker died on the 18th day of the 1st
month, 1841 US11.
The
records of the Center Monthly Meeting in Guilford County, North Carolina state
that Rachel Reynolds, the wife of Francis Reynolds, was born on the 24th day of the 1st
month, 1772 (January 24, 1772 and that Rachel Davis, the daughter of
James and Patience Davis of Randolph County, North Carolina, married Francis
Reynolds of Chester County, Pennsylvania, the son of John and Edith Reynolds (both
then deceased) on the 4th day
of the 4th month, 1793 (April 4, 1793) US11, HI4. Their
marriage ceremony was witnessed by Marth Reynolds, Hannah Davis, Jeremiah
Reynolds, Susanna Reynolds, Anthony Reynolds, William Hiatt, Isaac Reynolds,
Amer Davis, Ann Davis, and others US11. This
wedding took place on the same day as the wedding of her sister, Rebekah Davis.
The records of the Center Monthly Meeting in Guilford County, North Carolina
state that Rachel and Francis Reynolds were the parents of Job Reynolds, who
was born on the 14th day
of the 5th month, 1794, but that Rachel died one week later on the 21st day of the 5th
month, 1794 and was buried at Center the following day US11.
Jesse
Davis was the son of James and Patience (Miller) Davis US11 and was mentioned in his father’s will, dated August 16, 1800 NO16. Hanah Davis was mentioned in her father’s will, dated
August 16, 1800 NO16.
The
records of the Deep River Monthly Meeting in Guilford County, North Carolina
state that Amor Davis of Randolph County, North Carolina married Alice
Stalker of Guilford County on the 17th day
of the 2nd month, 1785 (February 17, 1785) in a ceremony witnessed by Job
Davis, Rebecca Davis, George Stalker, Sarah Stalker, Hannah Mills, and others US11. Their second marriage intention had been declared to the Deep
River meeting on the 7th day
of the 2nd month, 1785 and during the following meeting held on the 7th day of the 3rd
month, 1785, they were reported married US11.
Amor was mentioned in his father’s will, dated August 16, 1800 NO16. Amor Davis of Randolph County, North Carolina wrote his will
on the 10th day of the 5th
month, 1834 (May 10, 1834) in which he named his sons, George and Jonathan
Davis, and his daughters, Sarah Rich, Juli Smith, and Miriam Robbins NO16. He appointed David Davis and Aaron Stalker as the executors of
his will, which was witnessed by John Stalker and Thomas Stalker, and was
proved at court in Randolph County, North Carolina in November 1834 NO16. This will was filed under the name “Amos” Davis, which is
incorrect, as demonstrated by the signature of Amor Davis on his will NO16. The records of the Marlboro Monthly Meeting in Randolph
County, North Carolina state that Alice Davis, the wife of Amor, died on the 23rd day of the 9th
month, 1829 and that Amor Davis died on the 5th day of the 10th
month, 1834 US11.
Job
Davis was mentioned in his father’s will, dated August 16, 1800 NO16. He may have been the Job Davis who was married to Ann Davis,
who was called the widow of Job when she died on the 4th day of the 7th
month, 1837, according to the records of the Marlboro Monthly Meeting in
Randolph County, North Carolina US11.
Patience
Davis died on June 6, 1813; the records of the Center Monthly Meeting in
Guilford County, North Carolina recorded her death just after that of her the
death record of her husband, James, and stated “Patience Davis his wife Died
the 6th of the 6th
month 1813 aged about 82 years, and was buried by the side of her Husband” US11.