James
Davis
Born in Augusta, Virginia
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Hannah (Ramsey) Davis
— married
21 Nov 1764 in Augusta (now Wythe) County, VA
Descendants 
Father of
Isaac Davis, Joseph Davis, Phoebe (Davis) Adams, Sarah (Davis) Hicks, Mary Davis and Hannah H (Davis) Murphy
Died
at age 78
in Randolph, Howard, Missouri, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Jun 2011
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Biography
When Capt. James Davis Jr. was born on 4 June 1744, in Augusta, Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, Capt. James Conway Davis, was 24 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Carter, was 22. He married Elizabeth Benson about 1759. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Pendleton, South Carolina, United States in 1790. He died on 6 October 1822, in Howard Township, Bates, Missouri, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Fayette, Howard, Missouri, United States.
Sources
- WikiTree profile Davis-5547 created through the import of Young Family Tree.ged on Jun 3, 2011 by James Troy Young. See the Changes page for the details of edits by James Troy and others.
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DNA Connections
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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~1.56%
Bill Huitt
:
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member bill_huitt
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~1.56%
Shelby Marcum :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A758603 [compare], Ancestry member shelbymarcum
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~0.39%
Anonymous Critchfield :
23andMe, GEDmatch KB5427568 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A918403 [compare], Ancestry member ksc77004
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T090339 [compare], FTDNA kit #B370213
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~0.39%
Ellen Einarsson :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Karen Ferrero :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T238549 [compare], FTDNA kit #244996
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~0.39%
Henry Ferrero :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T480964 [compare], FTDNA kit #47633
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Bill Huitt
Karen Ferrero
Bill Huitt
Davis-99831 and Davis-5547 appear to represent the same person because: same wife
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by Bill Huitt
Karen Ferrero
This line [though missing a few generations] has been linked via DNA to the Davis family of origin in England. You can visit the website of Diana Gale Matthiesen here to see the details. http://dgmweb.net/FGS/Davis/DavisJames-HannahRamsey.html
posted
by Karen Ferrero
Rejected matches › James Davis Jr (1742-abt.1803) › James Davis (1744-1824) › James Davis (abt.1742-)
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