Robert Davis (1705 - 1780)

Born 1705 in New Kent County, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Jane (Jopling) Davis — married 1758 in Amherst, Amherst, Virginia

Descendants

Died May 1780 at about age 75 in Near Cumberland Ford, Kentucky

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Biography

Robert was born about 1705 to parents Robert Davis (1676-1771) and Abadiah Lewis (1680-1750).

Robert's grandfather, Nathaniel Davis, was a Welshman and early settler in the region who made a large fortune by having choice river-bottom lands and trading with the Indians.

His father Robert Davis had at least four siblings: Martha Davis who married Abraham Venable; Abadiah (also called Abigail) Davis who married William Floyd; Mary Davis who married Samuel Burks.

Robert is reported to have migrated to Kentucky with his brother in law William Floyd (abt.1720-).

The death of John and Robert Davis of Amhurst was recorded by Colonel Fleming as he traveled the Wilderness Trail in early May of 1780. Fleming recorded the discovery of Robert's body in his journal . Details are included in Robert Kincaid's "The Wilderness Road" on page 156.

Research Notes

• Sometimes mistakenly purported to be the ancestor of Confederate President Jefferson Davis.
• The following sources have been checked for this person. No records were found:
  • Sweeny, William Montgomery, and Lenora Higginbotham Sweeny. 1999. Marriage bonds and other marriage records of Amherst County, Virginia, 1763-1800 / Marriage records of Amherst County, Virginia, 1815-1821 and subscription for building St. Mark's Church, Amherst County, Virginia / by Lenora Higginbotham Sweeny. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub. Co.
  • Davis, Bailey Fulton. 1998. The wills of Amherst County, Virginia, 1761-1865. Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press.
• This profile lacks sources that would support it. He died 7 years before the birth of his last child (!). Can you add sources and vital data?

Sources

• The Life of Daniel Boone by Lyman Copeland Draper; page 559.
• Eason, Dorothy Jopling, Sarah Mosely Fricks, Lucille Jopling Adams. The Jopling-Joplin family : with some of their connections in England and America (FamilySearch Books)

See Also:

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org), entry for this profile (PID https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LCVK-9KW); contributed by various users. Attached will records do not match the names of children attached to profile
• FamilySearch Profile for Jane D Jopling (1738 – 1842) (ID: K2V4-MC5)
• Ancestry Public Member Trees

Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of Beaman Family Tree.ged on 31 Mar 2011.