Richard Davis (1790 - 1863)

Born 18 Jan 1790 in Dorset, England

Husband of Mary (Crocker) Davis — married 10 Feb 1812 in Lydlinch, Dorset, England

Husband of Anna (Ives) Davis — married 18 Sep 1838 in Keri Keri,New Zealand

Husband of Jane Holloway (King) Davis — married 1856 in New Zealand

Descendants

Died 28 May 1863 at age 73 in Bay of Islands, New Zealand

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BIOGRAPHY

A Memoir of the Rev. Richard Davis for Thirty Nine Years a Missionary in New Zealand by the Rev. John Noble Coleman M.A. in which "Mr. Davis is his own biographer" Click here for a downloadable version [1]

Richard Davis ordained on Trinity Sunday June 11th 1843 to be Deacon for the District of Kaikohe [2]

Sources

MARRIAGE - "England, Dorset, Parish Registers, 1538-1936," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDH-W32D : accessed 13 June 2015), Richard Davis and Mary Crocker, 10 Feb 1812; Marriage, citing Lydlinch, Lydlinch, Dorset, England, Record Office, Dorchester; FHL microfilm 2,427,517.

Research Notes

for the interest of those researching the ancestry of this family -

from an obituary written for his son, James Davis (1823-1906) [3] “Mr. Davis was a direct lineal descendant of the O'Donnells, of Ulster, who, together with the O'Neills, were expatriated for their rebellion soon after James I. came to the throne. The O'Donnells took refuge first in Rome, but subsequently removed to Wales where the family changed their name to that of Davis, finally settled in Devonshire, England, from whence they emigrated to New Zealand.“

Richard DAVIS was appointed by the Church Missionary Society of the Church of England to the New Zealand Mission as a Missionary Agriculturalist. He departed England with his wife and young family in 1823 arriving in Australia in May 1824. After three months in Parramatta with members of the Church Missionary Society, the family travelled to New Zealand, arriving at "Marsden's Vale" Paihia in the Bay of Islands. His wife died in 1837 leaving him with 9 children ranging from 7 to 25 years old. Richard married in 1838 to Anne Ives (b1818-1854), who was buried in his plot but unmarked on his headstone. A year after her death he married again in 1855. Find A Grave Index" site. Pioneering missionary Richard Davis brought acorns with him by ship from England that he planted at the Paihia Mission Station, Located at Wimate North. http://www2.nzherald.co.nz/northland-age/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503402&objectid=12124346 Find A Grave Index. https://www.geni.com/people/Rev-Richard-Davis/6000000028051695497 Source ; Rev Richard Davis' Profile on Family Search (NZ).