James Davis and Patience Miller

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		James Davis	{	No parents conclusively identified
Jessee Davis	{	&
		Patience Miller	{	Robert Miller & Ruth Haines

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

2^ly: 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

3^ly: 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 s^d 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 15^th of the 3^rd 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 20^th day of the 1^st 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 y^e. Particular Request of Patiance Davis, Mother of y^e. 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 4^th day of the 4^th 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 4^th or the 9^th month in 1854 at Deep River, and William, who was born on the 20^th day of the 11^th month, 1819 in Guilford County and died on the 9^th day of the 4^th 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 12^th day of the 7^th 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 26^th day of the 9^th 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 14^th day of the 3^rd month, 1827, and of Thomas Stalker, who married Sally Millikan on the 14^th day of the 3^rd 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 24^th day of the 9^th month, 1829 and that Thomas Stalker died on the 18^th day of the 1^st 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 24^th day of the 1^st 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 4^th day of the 4^th 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 14^th day of the 5^th month, 1794, but that Rachel died one week later on the 21^st day of the 5^th 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 17^th day of the 2^nd 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 7^th day of the 2^nd month, 1785 and during the following meeting held on the 7^th day of the 3^rd 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 10^th day of the 5^th 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 23^rd day of the 9^th month, 1829 and that Amor Davis died on the 5^th day of the 10^th 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 4^th day of the 7^th 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 6^th of the 6^th month 1813 aged about 82 years, and was buried by the side of her Husband” ^US11.