James
De Mitt
Davis
Born about in Pilesgrove, Salem, New Jersey
Son of James Davis
and [mother unknown]
Husband of
Sarah (Van Meter) Davis
— married
after 1730 in Prince George's, Maryland
Descendants 
Father of
William Davis, Robert Davis, John Boyd Davis, Edward Davis, Jacob Davis, Anthony Davis, Christina Davis, Isaac Davis, Joost Davis and Petrus Davis
Died
at about age 52
in Frederick, Virginia
Profile last modified
| Created 2 Sep 2012
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Biography
James was born about 1704.
12 Nov 1735 In the Hopewell Friends History 1734-1934, Frederick County, Virginia, fathers of the colony are the seventy Shenandoah Valley settlers who received land patents on 12 November 1735 from being among those brought in by Alexander Ross and Morgan Bryan. James Davis received 1175 acres on Tullis Run, in what later became Berkeley County, West Virginia.
The will of James Davis of Frederick County, Virginia is dated 4 January 1754 and was proved 7 December 1756.[1] Legacies:
- eldest son James Davis Jr. to have 200 acres on west side of [Talalusas] Branch
- son John Davis to have tract of land lying "between my sons James and my brother Robert Davis's Land"
- son Edward Davis to have 130 acres joining Peter Hedges on the west side of the Branch
- son Jacob to have his home plantation of 200 acres
- wife Sarah Davis to have her living and improvement on said plantation with their son Jacob during her widowhood
Executors were Jonas Hedges and son James Davis.
Sources
- ↑ Frederick Co., Virginia will book vol. 2 pages 213–5
- Hopewell Friends, HOPEWELL FRIENDS HISTORY, John W. Wayland, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1975, 1993, Strasburg, Virginia 1936.
- Ancestry Family Trees. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree 21920874
Acknowledgements
- WikiTree profile Davis-11877 created through the import of davisfamilytree-1.ged on Sep 1, 2012 by Rich Davis.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
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~0.78%
Justin Watkins
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~0.78%
Peggy Duckworth :
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~0.78%
Charles Wells :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
April Rarick :
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B40547
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~0.39%
Donna (Baker) Roginski :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A033938 [compare], Ancestry member donnaroginski
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~0.39%
Kathy (Brown) Lamm :
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~0.39%
Jeff Gilbert :
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~0.39%
Jack Burk :
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~0.39%
David Jolley :
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~0.39%
Evelyn (Frye) Resler :
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~0.39%
Donald Howard :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch KS2232720 [compare], Ancestry member donaldwhiddonhoward
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