Thaddeus Davis UEL (1738 - 1824)

Born 30 Jun 1738 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut

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Died 8 Dec 1824 at age 86 in Thorold, Welland, Upper Canada

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Thaddeus Davis was a United Empire Loyalist.
UEL Status:Proven
Date: Undated

Thaddeus Davis was born 30 June 1738 in Stamford Twp, Connecticut^[1][2][3]. He was the son of Richard T Davis and Martha Woodis.

He is listed on muster rolls of Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and, as a loyal British subject, served in the campaigns of 1756, 1757 and 1758 in the French and Indian Wars^[4].

He married Deborah Hall in Connecticut in about 1759. Together they had 11 children in Connecticut, New York and Vermont:

1. Jane b. 1760
2. Richard b. 1761
3. William b. 1762
4. Deborah b. 1767
5. Wright b. 1769
6. Phoebe b. 1771
7. Lydia b. 1773
8. Loyal b. 1774
9. Thaddeus b. 1777
10. Hall b. 1778
11. Lois b. 1779

He was 43 years old when he formally joined the British cause in 1781 under Captain Hubbell^[5]. Thanks to Governor Jonathan Trumbull, Connecticut was no place to be a Loyalist; Hubbell's base of operations was Lloyd's Neck, New York, on Long Island's north shore, opposite Connecticut.

After six weeks with Captain Hubbell’s company from Connecticut, he was taken prisoner and held until peace prevailed^[5]. He then settled in the town of Watervliet, Albany Co., about 5 miles north of Albany, where he is found on the 1790^[6] and 1800 U.S. censuses^[7].

After the U.S. Revolutionary War, Thaddeus first went to Willoughby Twp., Upper Canada, near Niagara Falls, in about July 1798 and purchased a farm there, according to an Upper Canada land petition^[5]; in 1808, he asked to be added to a list of United Empire Loyalists and his request was approved^[5][8]. Eleven of his children received land grants as sons and daughters of a United Empire Loyalist^[9][10]. Among those petitioning for land were his daughters Jane and Lydia, who married Ostrander brothers^[11].

On 10 February 1803, a road or highway was proposed to be built through Thorold Twp., Lincoln Co. (now Welland Co.), and in a description of the proposal, the land of Thaddeus Davis is mentioned as being on the "north side" of that proposed road^[12]. He also had a son by the same name, so this also could have been his son.

Thaddeus Sr. passed away on 8 December 1824 in Thorold Twp., Upper Canada^[8][13]. He was buried at Allanburg Graveyard in the Niagara Regional Municipality, where his tombstone reads:

In Memory of
THADDEUS DAVIS
who departed this life
December the 8th 1824
Aged 86 years and
Six months^[13]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7H9-SQ1 : 7 January 2020), Thadeus Davis, 1738.
2. ↑ Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Barbour Vital Records: Thaddeus Davis Birth date: 30 Jun 1738 Birth place: Stamford.
3. ↑ Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: American Biographical Index: Thaddeus Davis Birth date: 1738 Birth place: Connecticut
4. ↑ Military Service: Guertin, Iris, Rose, comp. Connecticut Soldiers, French and Indian War, 1755-62 Page #: 178. Fourth Regiment, Hubbell's Company, Co.Command Capt. Samuel Hubbel, Muster Roll. [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} Upper Canada Land Petition: Library and Archives Canada. Land Petitions of Upper Canada, 1763-1865. Thadeus Davis Sr., Petition, Willoughby, 1808, Volume 152, Bundle D-8, Petition 68, RG1 L3, C-1744. Pg. 168. https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/006003-119.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=aqas9av6s5it45clvtrlkaupesrjbvbu3c0tbrjpjb44vqtlrn70&sqn=168&q2=29&q3=2415&tt=1283 Accessed 30 January 2022.
6. ↑ 1790 Census: Ancestry.com Database. 1790 U.S. Federal Census. New York, Albany, Watervliet. Thadeus Davis, 3 males under 16, 2 males over 16, 4 females, 9 household members. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/241009:5058. Accessed 30 January 2022.
7. ↑ 1800 Census: Ancestry.com Database. 1800 U.S. Federal Census. New York, Albany, Watervliet. Thadeus Davis, 2 males 16-25, 1 male over 45, 2 females 16-25, 1 female over 45, 6 household members. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/535188:7590. Accessed 30 January 2022.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} United Empire Loyalists Association of Canada, Thaddeus Davis Sr., Proven, UEL, 1738-1824, father of 11. https://uelac.ca/loyalist-directory/detail/?wpda_search_column_id=2081. Accessed 30 January 2022.
9. ↑ Peabody Troxell, Josephine. Davis-Uline kith and kin in North America. 1968, J.P. Troxell, San Francisco. FHL #6019918.
10. ↑ Research of Laverne and Annie Davis, 156 Victoria Street, Woodstock, Ontario, Canada.
11. ↑ Daughters' Land Petition: Library and Archives Canada. Film C2484; Volume 392; Bundle 03; Petion 20 (image 896/1363).

    Jenny and Liddy Ostrander

    Daughters of Thaduis Davis, who served His Majesty in the R___ at Long Island

    Married to two Ostrander Brothers

    Andrew served in Brants Volunteers during the last was and was twice taken prisoner.

    Jenny has three children born before 1789.

    Ask for land

    Dated: Niagara 23rd January 1797

    Affidavit from James Houghdelan "I do solemnly swear that Andrew Ostrander served in Capt Brants Volunteer Indian Department in the last war with America and was twice taken prisoner - and that he was a very active good soldier."

    Affidavit from Mary Meyers "Home District, County of Lincoln: Personally came and appeared before me, William Duksen, Esquire, one of His Majesty's Justice of the Peace, and of the District aforesaid, Mary Myers now of the Grand River, but formerly of Reading, Connecticut, who being solemnly sworn makes oath, that she well knew Thadius Davies of Lame Plan, to be a Loyalist and that the understood said Davis served under the British Standard on Long Island and says positively that on his return to visit his family he was imprisoned in Fairfield in Connecticut. That subsequently he broke goal, that his two daughters are now in this Country, married. One, Jean Davis to Andrew Ostrander and Lidya to Peter Ostrander, former in the County of Lincoln."

    [http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/006003-119.01-e.php?q2=29&q3=2576&sqn=897&tt=1363&PHPSESSID=h5bt5lp36ejh9mlu7p3tnl5ho7. Accessed 30 January 2022.

12. ↑ Cruiskshank, Ernest. A century of municipal history, 1792-1892; compiled from the municipal records of the County of Welland. Thaddeus Davis, Thorold Twp. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/32787/images/flhcan1900_104914__0001-00020?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=194816. Accessed 30 January 2022.
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1} Burial: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92126672/thadeus-davis : accessed 30 January 2022), memorial page for Thadeus Davis Sr. (30 Jul 1738–8 Dec 1824), Find a Grave Memorial ID 92126672, citing Allanburg Graveyard, Thorold, Niagara Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada ; Maintained by Steven Matthew Hahn (contributor 47164159) .