Lydia Davis (abt. 1780 - abt. 1839)

Born about 1780 in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA

Descendants

Died about 1839 at about age 59 in Kingston Center, Delaware, Ohio, United States

Problems/Questions Profile manager: John Tucker [send private message]

Biography

1780 Lydia was born about 1780 in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Her parents were William Davis and Nancy (Davis) Davis (not related).

Lydia's birth, parents, siblings, marriage to James Anway, and death were mentioned in this excerpt from "History and Directory of Yates County" (N.Y.) pages 470, 471: "William Davis, the brother of Malachi Davis jr., born in 1748, married Nancy Davis (not a relative) in Montgomery Co., Pa. They moved to the New Jerusalem in 1792. His name was on the first tax roll. He died in 1818 and his children were Isreal, Nathan, Jesse, Lydia, Anna and William...

Lydia, born in 1780, married James Anway, and died at the age of fifty-nine, in Ohio".^[1] Source scan #529 page 471 top paragraph (starts on previous page) for Lydia: birth , parents, marriage; Extended family, grandparents thru her siblings and their spouses, pages 469- 472

'804 Lydia married James Nanny about 1804. They had 11 children from 1805 to 1834. The first 3 were born in NY, the rest in Ohio (see sources)

1. David (1805 - 1884)
2. Nathan (1807 - 1880)
3. Erastus (1813 - 1868)
4. James Jr. (1814 - 1886)
5. Saphronia (1820- 1886
6. Lydia (1824- 1850)
7. Nancy (1824- 1897)
8. Cynthia Anway (1826 - 1907
9. Nicholas (1829- 1916)
10. William (1830- 1930)
11. Norma (1834- )

Places Lydia Anway lived:

1. 1810 US Census Lydia, not named but mentioned as a female over 25, her husband James Nanny and their family are living in Scipio, Cayuga, New York, USA. The household includes a male and female over 25 and 3 males under 10.. ^[2]His father George Nanny and a brother William Nanny both live nearby in their respective households. They would all change their name to Anway sometime in the next few years.

1. 1820 US Census Lydia, not named but mentioned as a female age 26- 44, her husband James Anway, 26-44, and their 4 sons and 2 daughters, all under 15, are residing in Kingston Township, Delaware, Ohio^[3]

1. 1830 US Census Lydia, not mentioned by name but as a female, age 40- 49, her husband James 50- 59, along with 16 others ages under 5- under 29 are living in Kingston Township, Delaware, Ohio^[4]

1839 Lydia, age 59, passed away in 1839, most likely in Kingston Township, Delaware, Ohio. ^[5]

Her husband James of Kingston, and their 11 children, had survived Lydia at the time of her passing.

Sources

1. ↑ History and directory of Yates County, N.Y.. (1892). United States: D. Mason & Company. Lydia Davis
2. ↑ Ancestry content view James Nanny
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images,[ FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLS-8M7 James Anway], Kingston, Delaware, Ohio, United States; citing p. 227, NARA microfilm publication M33
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch James Anway, Kingston, Delaware, Ohio, United States
5. ↑ "New York, Yates County, Swann Vital Records Collection, 1723-2009," database with images, FamilySearch Lydia Davis, ; citing Death, , , Ohio, United States, Yates County Genealogical and Historical Society.

See also: BURIAL, Unknown. Created by: Ralph Edwards Added: 4 May 2010 Find A Grave: Memorial #51989620