Nathaniel Davis was born about 1650 and passed away about 1740.
One source says he was born about 1650 in Devon, England or Wales [1]
Some say Nathaniel was born 1655 by St Michael's Parish, Devonshire, England.[citation needed] Other say he came to Virginia from Wales, and was a Quaker.[citation needed] He is sometimes noted as Quaker Davis...[citation needed]
Nathaniel Davis was an Indian trader, an early settler in the region, and made a large fortune by having choice river-bottom lands and trading with the Indians.[2]
Nathanial was married to a woman whose name is not known, but tradition says was Mary or Elizabeth Hughes, daughter of Nicketti, an "Indian Princess." [1] See Research Notes below.)
Nathaniel and Elizabeth had four established children: [3][2]
Lorene Martens in The Complete Book of Immigrants, 1607-1776 [page #?] suggests that Nathaniel was reprieved for transportation for Barbados June 1671, London. She recalls seeing somewhere that he was jailed and transported for stealing tobacco. On 8 June 1671 Newgate prisoners reprieved to be transported to Barbados: London. (found in Ancestry,.com)[citation needed]
Research Notes
Oral/family tradition claims that Nathaniel's wife, Mary, was the daughter of Nicketti, an Indian Princess of the Powatan tribe. John Floyd (1783-1837), great-great grandson of Robert Davis (1676-1771), named his daughter Nicketti Buchanan Floyd, some say in honor of his Indian ancestor; see Comments below for evidence against this. We have yet to find proof of the existence of Nicketti or her supposed mate, trader John Hughes. — Some also believe that Nicketti was a daughter of Chief Opechancanough.[1]
Excerpts from Floyd Biographical Genealogies 1912 by N.J. Floyd were sent in 1964 to Broaddus and Pauline Burks from Clyde Campbell of San Antonio, Texas. He was a descendant of Samuel and Mary Davis Burks.
The oft-quoted 1895 book, "The Cabells and Their Kin", has a few lines noting kinship of the Burks, Cabells, Venables, Floyds, and a branch of the Davises due to their Indian blood.[1]
↑ 2.02.1 Floyd, N.J. Biographical Genealogies of the Virginia-Kentucky Floyds, William and Wilkins Company, Baltimore (1912), pages 11-13; lacks source citations.
↑ Kegley, F.B., Kegley's Virginia Frontier, Genealogical Publishing Company, 1938, pp 23-24, citing Brown, Cabells and their Kin and Floyd, Biographical Genealogies of the Virginia-Kentucky Floyds
↑ Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls. SAR #90720
Thanks to Jenny Strother, Walker_YoungPedigree(2).ged, Dulaney, Kelley Family Tree.ged, Lane Family Tree.ged
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nathaniel 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 Nathaniel:
Davis-105512 and Davis-1446 appear to represent the same person because: There was no Robert Davis. This profile should be Nathaniel Davis. He had a son named Robert.
Don't know how I missed him but I agree. I had revisited the children only!
This would bring in Susannah again but likely she needs disconnected as per previous comments-- 3 children with known children whose descendants have done research
hello we share ancestor Nathaniel Davis, there is a mix up over on his profile. can you take a look and confirm I am seeing this right please?
he shows up in 2 profiles that I have seen,
profile Davis-4322 shows him with the same person as his wife and his mother. that would be this profile Hughes-381.
this version of him says his son John was killed by Indians
then there is another profile for him here
Davis-1446 again showing his wife as Hughes-381. Elizabeth Hughes who was born 20 plus years before he was.
Davis-4322 is his son. Someone has connected Hughes-381 (his mother) as his wife. I tried to remove Hughes-381 as a spouse of Davis-4322, but the idiot project protection didn't allow me to do so.
There was no Nathaniel Robert Davis. Ancestry users invent middle names which seem to pop up everywhere. Davis-1446 should be Nathaniel Davis (with no Robert). The preferred name of Davis-4322 should be Robert Davis.
Four years later (almost to the day): Thanks, Bill. This has come up again as a duplicate of Hughes has been made, and attached as spouse to a Robert Davis (not Nathaniel). Merges have been proposed.
According to the "20th Century Cabells and their Kin," Nathaniel and his unknown wife had at least four children: daughters Mary (married Samuel Burks), Martha (married Abraham Venable), and one who married a Floyd, and a son Robert Davis, Sr.
A recent update of the 1895 "Cabells and their Kin", called "20th Century Cabells and their Kin" by Randolph Cabell says, "Mary Davis was the daughter of Nathaniel Davis and an unknown wife... Nathaniel Davis is said to have come from England or Wales to America. It is estimated he was born about 1658. It is not known who his wife was...
Davis-54974 and Davis-1446 appear to represent the same person because: despite some differences I believe these two profiles are meant to be the same man, husband of Mary Elizabeth Hughes.
4 children included in biography, Robert, Martha, Abadiah (Abigail) and Mary but 6 children in profile. Please research and remove extraneous children. Thank you!
Davis-22779 and Davis-1446 appear to represent the same person because: Both say born in Devonshire. Both died in Virginia. Both married the same person. They are the same person. You will not lose anything, all information will be saved in the new profile and both managers will be on the profile.
This profile is for Nathaniel Davis of VIRGINIA. Please do not confuse him with the Nathaniel Davis of Massachusetts. The trees on Ancestry are hopelessly tangled and should be ignored.
Davis-22779 and Davis-1446 do not represent the same person because: Nathaniel Davis of Virginia and Nathaniel Davis of Massachusetts have been confused.
This would bring in Susannah again but likely she needs disconnected as per previous comments-- 3 children with known children whose descendants have done research
Thank you for the PP
They need cleaned up because he has been conflated
he shows up in 2 profiles that I have seen, profile Davis-4322 shows him with the same person as his wife and his mother. that would be this profile Hughes-381. this version of him says his son John was killed by Indians
then there is another profile for him here Davis-1446 again showing his wife as Hughes-381. Elizabeth Hughes who was born 20 plus years before he was.
There was no Nathaniel Robert Davis. Ancestry users invent middle names which seem to pop up everywhere. Davis-1446 should be Nathaniel Davis (with no Robert). The preferred name of Davis-4322 should be Robert Davis.
edited by Bill Vincent Ph.D.