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William Gabriel Davey (1700 - 1760)

William Gabriel Davey aka Davie, Davy
Born in Gloucestershire, Englandmap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 1748 (to 1757) in Washington City, Virginiamap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 60 in Caswell Co, NCmap
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Biography

Note: http:/trees.ancestry.com/tree/26713404/person5047263799.

One, Gabriel Davy, a miller by trade prior to the year 1747 immigrated from Wales with this sweetheart, Lady Mary Ashburn, a daughter of his employer, and was married in the colonies of America. They settled on the Potomac River where Washington City was subsequently located, and remained there until awhile before the Revolution in the Colonies. Then fearing the English might find out their locality, they leased their lands to some person for 99 years (the Colonists under the law could not sell their holdings), and moved South to the Colony of the Carolinas, thinking no doubt they would be safer there than on the Potomac from the capture of the irate family Asheburnes. The Davys raised a large family of sons and daughters, among them John, Sam, William, Gabriel Davie and others, whose names I have forgotten. William and Sam Davy, two of the sons remained in Person Co, NC, and some of the others moved to the gold fields of Georgia and were in the Revolution. William, taking sides with the Colonies, was a soldier in NC line and fought under General Green in the battles in the South, Guilford Court House and York Town.

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See FamilySearch # KCMJ-XJS for additional information, especially the attached sources.
posted by G.k. Bradford
edited by G.k. Bradford

Rejected matches › Ashburn Davey (1700-)

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