Mary (Murray) Davies (1754 - 1823)

Born 22 Feb 1754 in Bristol Parish, Prince George County, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of William O. Davies — married 13 Oct 1774 in Virginia, British Colonial America (1607-1776)

Descendants

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Biography

Mary (Murray) Davies is a descendant of Pocahontas. Here is the trail.

This profile is part of the Murray Name Study.

Married twice. Second husband was Colonel William Davis who was the son of Reverend Samuael Davis, President of Princeton College.

Name

Name: Mary /Murray/^[1]

Research Notes

Notes from - Internet archive:Genealogy of the Baskerville family and some allied families including the English descent from 1266 A.D.: As previously stated, MARGARET MURRAY married THOMAS GORDON, SON OF REV. ALEXANDER GORDON.

ALSO, MARY MURRAY, sister of Margaret, b. 22 FEb. 1754, d. 1823, m 1st Alexander Gordon, native of Kirkudbright Scotland. m 2nd Coln. Wm Davies.

Again Alexander Gordon, native of Scotland, m. Susanna, daughter of Rev. Mingo and Lucy Mary (Marye) 10th, 1729. He a native of France.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: Marriages of Mary Murray

• Mentioned in the will of her mother, Anne (Bolling) Murray.

• Morenus, David. The Real Pocahontas website, "Pocahontas Descendants" chart, 5fe.

• Slaughter, Rev. Philip. History of Bristol Parish, 2nd edn, p. 201.

• Robertson, Wyndham, and R. A. Brock. Pocahontas, Alias Matoaka, and Her Descendants: at Jamestown, Virginia, in April, 1614, with John Rolfe, Gentleman: Including the Names of Alfriend, Archer, Bentley, Bernard, Bland, Bolling, Branch, Cabell, Catlett, Cary, Dandridge, Dixon, Douglas, Duval, Eldridge, Ellett, Ferguson, Field, Fleming, Gay, Gordon, Griffin, Grayson, Harrison, Hubard, Lewis, Logan, Markham, Meade, McRae, Murray, Page, Poythress, Randolph, Robertson, Skipwith, Stanard, Tazewell, Walke, West, Whittle, and Others: with Biographical Sketches. J.W. Randolph & English, 1887 (see Space: Pocahontas and her Descendants), p. 35 (gen 5), p. 40 (children), p. 64 (sketch).

Found on Family Search- accessed July 7, 2023: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR5Y-2VR "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR5Y-2VR : 28 January 2020), Mary Murray, 1754.

Found on Family Search- accessed July 7, 2023: https://archive.org/details/genealogyofbaske00inbask/page/n343/mode/2up?q=Thomas+Gordon Internet archive:Genealogy of the Baskerville family and some allied families including the English descent from 1266 A.D. by Baskervill, P. Hamilton (Patrick Hamilton), 1848-1925, page 123-124