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Sarah Fitz (Randolph) Davis (1795 - 1868)

Sarah Fitz Davis formerly Randolph aka Fitz Randolph, Fitz-Randolph
Born in Piscataway, New Jersey, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and
Sister of , , , , , , [half], [half], [half], [half] and [half]
Wife of — married 11 Jan 1843 (to 24 Jan 1868) in Harrison, Virginia, United Statesmap
Died at age 72 in Doddridge, West Virginia, United Statesmap
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Contents

Biography

Sarah was born in 1795 in Piscataway, New Jersey, the daughter of Jesse Fitz Randolph and Delilah LaForge. Soon after her birth, her family moved to join other members of the New Jersey Seventh Day Baptist community that had moved west and settled in New Salem, Virginia (present day West Virginia). She grew up there and continued to live with her parents as an adult. She married late in life when she was 48 years old to the recently widowed Rev. Peter Davis in 1843. She joined him at his home nearby in Greenbrier, Doddridge County. She never had children. She died there in 1868 and is buried with her husband in the Greenbrier Seventh Day Baptist Cemetery in Doddridge County, WV.

  1. Rev. Peter Davis and Sarah Fitz Randoph married on January 11, 1843 in Harrison County, Virginia.[1] The marriage bond was dated January 1, 1843.[2].

Surname note

In this Fitz Randolph family, Fitz appears to have been used by all family members as part of their surname: the Oris H.F. Randolph genealogy (referenced below) assumes this to be the case when listing the children in both the family in which Sarah is a child. The current consensus is therefore to use the surname Fitz Randolph. (Need to confirm how Fitz Randolph was used in legal documents and when births were recorded documents.) Please don't hesitate to contact the profile manager if you think this decision should be reviewed!

Geography Note

Sarah lived her childhood in Harrison County which at the time was part of the State of Virginia. After marrying, she lived with her husband in Doddridge County which had just been carved out of Harrison. These counties were in the part of Virginia that in 1863 became the State of West Virginia a few years before her death.

Sources

  1. ↑ http://images.wvculture.org/847273/00587.jpg
  2. ↑ http://archive.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view2.aspx?FilmNumber=847277&ImageNumber=42

Louise Aymar Christian and Howard Stelle Fitz Randolph. (1950). Fitz Randolph Genealogy: The Descendants of Edward Fitz Randolph and Elizabeth Blossom: 1630-1950. 222 pp. Entry 172, p. 48.

Name: Jesse Fitz Randolph
Birth: 2 May 1768, N.J.
Death: 30 Jun 1863, New Salem, WV
Spouse1: Delilah LaForge

Children with Delilah:

4. Sarah, no further record
  • (1955). Supplement to the Fitz Randolph Genealogy with addition and corrections. Edward Brothers Inc.: Ann Arbor, MI, 44 pp. Entry 172:

Oris H. F. Randolph. (1976). Edward Fitz Randolph Branch Lines, Allied Families and English and Norman Ancestry: A Family Genealogy, 860-1976. Edwards Brothers Inc.: Ann Arbor, MI. 694 pp. Entry 19, p. 7. Same information. Children with Delilah:

4. Sarah

Alfred Sun (Alfred, NY), 21 Nov 1946, no page number; accessed at FultonHistory.com, 18 Jul 2018.

Davis Genealogy (continued) [This was part of a long series of articles listed out the whole Seventh Day Baptist-related Davis genealogy, which appears well researched and supported by intimate knowledge within the SDB community]
Children of Jesse and Delila (LaForge) Fitz-Randolph:
1. Sarah Fitz-Randolph, 6 (generation), b. 12-16-1795; d. 1-24-1868; m. 1-11-1843, Rev. Peter Davis as his 3rd wife, (See No. 95).

Corliss Fitz Randolph. (1905). A History of the Seventh Day Baptists in West Virginia including the Woodbridgetown and Salemville churches in Pennsylvania and the Shrewsbury church in New Jersey. The American Sabbath Tract Society, Planfield, NJ. This book can be viewed online or downloaded at Archive.org, accessed 30 Oct 2014.

Biographical sketch of Rev. Peter Davis: "His wife, Sarah, died January 24, 1898" (p. 403)
Tombstone Inscriptions: Greenbrier
"Sarah, wife of Rev. Peter Davis, died Jan. 24, 1868, aged 72 Ys, 1 Mo, 8Ds." (p. 443)

Marriage

"West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FR6Z-BYH : 11 February 2018), Peter Davis and Sarah F. Randolph, 10 Jan 1843; citing Harrison, West Virginia, v 7 p 6, county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 847,277.

Name: Peter Davis
Spouse's Name: Sarah F. Randolph
Event Type: Marriage Bond
Event Date: 10 Jan 1843
Signatories: F. T. Harrison, Peter Davis
Event Place: Harrison, West Virginia
Affiliate Repository Type: County Records
  • Similar record: "West Virginia Marriages, 1854-1932," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR8M-ZBZ : 10 February 2018), Peter Davis and Sarah F. Randolph, 10 Jan 1843; citing Harrison, West Virginia, United States, reference ; FHL microfilm 163,844.
  • Similar record: "West Virginia Marriages, 1854-1932," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR46-BNB : 10 February 2018), Peter Davis and Sarah F. Randolph, 10 Jan 1843; citing Harrison, West Virginia, reference ; FHL microfilm 163,844.

"West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FR6C-HY7 : 11 February 2018), Peter Davis and Sarah F. Randolph, 11 Jan 1843; citing Harrison, West Virginia, v 3 p 187, county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 847,273.

Name: Peter Davis
Spouse's Name: Sarah F. Randolph
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 11 Jan 1843
Event Place: Harrison, West Virginia
Performed by: Elias Brown
Affiliate Repository Type: County Records
  • Similar record: "West Virginia Marriages, 1854-1932," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR4K-JNR : 27 February 2018), Peter Davis and Sarah H Randolph, 11 Jan 1843; citing Harrison, West Virginia, reference v 3 p 187; FHL microfilm 464,944.
  • Similar record: "West Virginia Marriages, 1854-1932," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRHH-LYK : 10 February 2018), Peter Davis and Sarah M. Randolph, 11 Jan 1843; citing Harrison, West Virginia, reference Book 3 p86; FHL microfilm 250,015.

Residence in Virginia (West Virginia from 1863)

1800 Census?

"United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2Q-JR9 : accessed 1 June 2018), Jesse Fitz Randolph, Harrison, Virginia, United States; citing p. 959, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 69; FHL microfilm 181,429.

Name: Jesse Fitz Randolph
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1810
Event Place: Harrison, Virginia, United States
Page: 959
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 4 [Samuel, John, Jonathan, David?]
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 : 1 [Jesse]
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1 [Sarah]
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1 [Delilah]
Number of Household Members Under 16: 5
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 7
note: Margaret is missing

1820 census?

"United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH54-WFC : 17 August 2017), Jesse Ftzrandolph, Western District, Harrison, Virginia, United States; citing 365, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 190; FHL microfilm 29,669.

Name: Jesse Ftzrandolph
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1830
Event Place: Western District, Harrison, Virginia, United States
Page: 365
Free White Persons - Males - 60 thru 69: 1 [Jesse]
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 2 [Elizabeth, Mary]
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 2 [Eliza, Sarah]
Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 2
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 5
Total Slaves: 1
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 6

"United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHB9-M6S : 20 August 2017), Jesse Fitzrandolph, Harrison, Virginia, United States; citing p. 56, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 562; FHL microfilm 29,687.

Name: Jesse Fitzrandolph
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1840
Event Place: Harrison, Virginia, United States
Page: 56
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1 [Lloyd]
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1 [Alexander?]
Free White Persons - Males - 70 thru 79: 1 [Jesse]
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 2 [Nancy, Mary]
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1[Elizabeth]
Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 2 [Eliza, Sarah]
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1
No. White Persons over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 5
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 8
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 8

"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M881-73J : 12 April 2016), Sarah Davis in household of Peter Davis, Doddridge county, Doddridge, Virginia, United States; citing family 263, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). Name: Sarah Davis Event Type: Census Event Year: 9 Aug 1850 Event Place: Doddridge county, Doddridge, Virginia, United States Gender: Female Age: 55 Race: White Birth Year (Estimated): 1795 Birthplace: New Jersey House Number: 272 Household (Role Sex Age Birthplace): Peter Davis, Male, 66, Farmer, real estate value: 1000; New Jersey; Sarah Davis, Female, 55, New Jersey; Cannot read or write

"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M41V-G5X : 12 December 2017), Sarah Davis in entry for Peter Davis, 1860.

Name: Sarah Davis
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 2 Jul 1860
Event Place: Doddridge, Virginia, United States
Post Office: West Union
Gender: Female
Age: 65
Race: White
Race (Original): [Blank]
Birth Year (Estimated): 1795
Birthplace: New Jersey
Page: 75

Household (Role Sex Age Birthplace):

Peter Davis, Male, 78, Farmer, Real estate value: [blank]; personal estate: 150; New Jersey;
Sarah Davis, Female, 65, New Jersey;

Death

Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 18 July 2018), memorial page for Sarah F Randolph Davis (16 Dec 1795–24 Jan 1868), Find A Grave Memorial no. 80295750, citing Greenbrier Seventh Day Baptist Cemetery, Doddridge County, West Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Barbara Nicholson (contributor 47571351) .

Name: Sarah F Randolph Davis
BIRTH: 16 Dec 1795, New Jersey, USA
DEATH: 24 Jan 1868 (aged 72), West Virginia, USA
BURIAL: Greenbrier Seventh Day Baptist Cemetery, Doddridge County, West Virginia, USA
MEMORIAL ID: 80295750
Note: Age 72 years 1 month 8 days. 2nd wife of Rev. Peter Davis
Family Members
Spouse: Peter Brockaw Davis 1783–1873
Children: Jesse J Davis 1812–1904, Jemima Davis Davis 1831–1910
Photo?: No
  • Roger Randolph Ritter, Brøderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 2, Ed. 1, (Release date: November 29, 1995), "CD-ROM," Tree #0663, Date of Import: May 4, 1998. 1995, Date of Import: Sep 16, 1998.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Homer Hopper for starting this profile.





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