Parents of Thomas Davis (1807?-1843-07-25).

Question

Family tradition (always unreliable) says he was a ship captain who died in bed at home in New Haven, Connecticut.  He married Harriet Newell Rich on 1832-07-25 and they were the father of Theodore Rich Davis, for whom I was named.   I have considerable evidence that he was a man of some substance, so it is particularly odd that I nhave not been able to find a specific birth date nor either of his parents.

(I thought I asked this question several days ago, but it has never shown up, so I am trying again.)

Answer 1

Name: Thomas Davis 1

1. Title: Families of Ancient New Haven, Donald Lines Jacobus
   Page: 1508

I have not seen the Jacobus article, possibility this site has him mixed with another Thomas Davis (another site says this Thomas according to Jacobus is Deaf)

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=michelotti&id=I591382

 

"Connecticut, Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," Thomas Davis, 1843

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F7ZC-8MF

His son must see:

http://books.google.com/books?id=4Q6D1iE6hH4C&pg=PA344&dq=%22Theodore+Rich+Davis%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qQbMT4mgIIWg2gX445naCw&ved=0CEAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Theodore%20Rich%20Davis%22&f=false

and his wife:

http://books.google.com/books?id=ejRZAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA282&dq=%22Theodore+Rich+Davis%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qQbMT4mgIIWg2gX445naCw&ved=0CEYQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Theodore%20Rich%20Davis%22&f=false

Census image at pay site

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MH5R-JLN

Census with free image

mother and grand mother of Theodore R Davis

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M68R-X71

Sorry only documentation for one parent, which you already new about.