Nathan Davis (1740 - 1814)

Born 9 May 1740 in Westerly, Kings, Rhode Island

Ancestors

Husband of Ann (Gifford) Davis — married 20 Jan 1761 (to 17 Oct 1814) in Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey, Colonial America

Descendants

Died 17 Oct 1814 at age 74 in Salem, Harrison, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Nathan was part of a close-knit Seventh Day Baptist Church community in Shrewsbury, NJ. In the early 1790's, he moved with his family first through Pennsylvania to western Virginia (now West Virginia), where they eventually settled lots of frontier land purchased from Samuel and Margaret Fitz Randolph and helped to establish the town of New Salem (today Salem, WV) with a number of other SDB families from Shrewsbury, NJ and elsewhere (see Samuel Fitz Randolph's biography for more details). Nathan was one of the original deed owners in New Salem.^[1]

Birth

Rev. Nathan Davis, Sr. was born on May 9, 1740 in either Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island or King, Rhode Island to Rev T. William Davis and Tacy (Crandall) Davis.^[2]

Marriage

Rev. Nathan Davis, Sr. and Anna (Gifford) Davis were married on January 20, 1761, in Monmouth, New Jersey.^{[2] [3]} (Type in Groom David Nathan Bride Gifford Anney)

Children

1. William G. "Jarsey Billy" Davis 1762 NJ
2. Joshua G. Davis 1764 NJ
3. Joseph Davis 1770, NJ
4. Nathan Davis, Jr., 1772 NJ
5. Tacy Davis 1774 NJ
6. Ann Davis 1778 NJ
7. Mary Davis 1779 NJ
8. Stephen C Davis 1781 NJ
9. Ananias Davis 1784 NJ
10. John Davis 1784 NJ LWJG-XFL

• Still researching children

Property

Rev. Nathan Davis, Sr. purchased land.

1. "Three brothers, Nathan, Joseph, and William Davis, purchased a tract of twenty thousand acres of land of the original patentee at the rate of twenty-three cents an acre. It was on a part of this purchase that the present town of West Union in Doddridge County was laid out."^[4]
2. " "In lot" number 27, had been conveyed to Nathan Davis, Sr., by Samuel Fitz Randolph, by a deed bearing date, February 13, 1796.."^[5]

Death

Rev. Nathan Davis, Sr. passed away on October 14, 1814, at New Salem, Harrison, Virginia (now West Virginia). He was buried in the Seventh-Day Baptist Church Cemetery, Salem, Harrison County, Virginia (now West Virginia).^[6]

Marriage

"New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKM6-FPF : accessed 8 June 2016), Nathan Davis and Anney Gifford, 20 Jan 1761; citing Monmouth, New Jersey, United States, New Jersey State Archives, Trenton; FHL microfilm 802,937. Name: Nathan Davis; Event Type: Marriage; Event Date: 20 Jan 1761; Event Place: Monmouth, New Jersey, United States; Spouse's Name: Anney Gifford

DNA confirmation

Nathan is confirmed as the child of either Thomas William Davis or Tacy Crandall by two triangulated groups. The first group consists of Thomas Fitz Randolph (GED kit M011134), Eileen Garrett (23andme) and Robert Lee Carson (GEDmatch kit M085143) sharing a 4.4 cM segment on chromosome 22 from 18,188,769 to 20,658,391 (GEDmatch analysis), and the second group consists of Thomas Fitz Randolph (GED kit M011134), Lucy Hansen (23andme) and Robert Lee Carson (GEDmatch kit M085143) sharing an approximate 18.4 cM segment on chromosome 22 from 21,335,259 to 28,015,752 (combined 23andme AFI and GEDmatch comparisons). These two discontiguous segments are both contained in a longer segment shared by Tom Randolph and Robert Lee Carson (18,180,154 28,015,752, 23.8 cM), suggesting the two triangulated segments come from the same ancestors common to all four people, and those common ancestors are identified as Thomas William Davis (1719-1795) and Tacy Crandall (1721-1795). As noted above, this joint triangulation confirms that Nathan is their son. It also confirms that one or more of their three children Martha, Elizabeth or Mary is their child, and possibly William G. ‘Greenbrier Billy’, but determining which will require additional triangulation.

To follow up and add more, I am descended from Elizabeth Davis through her son, Jesse Maxson and her step-daughter, Sarah Sutton. I match two of Nathan's descendants in the right column - Robert Fitz Randolph (19cM) and William Randolph (10cM) who both descend from Nathan Davis. Thomas and Tacy (Crandall) Davis are my 6th great grandparents, so the matching for me will be sporatic as these are 6th-7th cousins. - Shonda Sayers Feather -

Research Notes

• Check out History of Davis Family move to West Virginia
• Need additional original sources for birth, death, marriage, military records. Confirm consistency with census records.
• Some of the authors of references do not yet have wikitree pages established.
• FamilySearch Person: L663-R83

Sources

1. ↑ Corliss Fitz Randolph. (1905). A History of the Seventh Day Baptists in West Virginia including the Woodbridgetown and Salemville churches in Pennsylvania and the Shrewsbury church in New Jersey. The American Sabbath Tract Society, Planfield, NJ. This book can be viewed online or downloaded at https://archive.org/details/historyofseven00rand. (accessed 30 Oct 2014).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Rev Peter Davis, published in "A history of the Seventh day Baptists in West Virginia including the Woodbridgetown and Salemville churches in Pennsylvania and the Shrewsbury church in New Jersey" by Randolph, Corliss Fitz, 1863-1954; Publication date 1905; Publisher Plainfield, N.J., Printed for the author by the American Sabbath tract society; Digitizing sponsor MSN; Contributor Columbia University Libraries; Language English; 504 pages; Available online at Archive.org, (https://archive.org/details/historyofseventh00rand/page/404/mode/2up) Page 402
3. ↑ https://wwwnet-dos.state.nj.us/DOS_ArchivesDBPortal/ColonialMarriages.aspx
4. ↑ https://archive.org/details/historyofseven00rand/page/61/
5. ↑ https://archive.org/details/historyofseven00rand/page/105/
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71969423/nathan-davis: accessed 12 August 2023), memorial page for Rev Nathan Davis Sr. (9 May 1740–17 Oct 1814), Find a Grave Memorial ID 71969423, citing Seventh-Day Baptist Church Cemetery, Salem, Harrison County, West Virginia, USA; Maintained by Steve Peters (contributor 47307300).

See also:

• Source: Repository: #R950324212 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=106057681&pid=291