Born about in Merion Township, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
Wife of
Evan Davis
— married
12 Jan 1711 (to 18 Aug 1723) in Merion Township, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Descendants 
Mother of
Evan David Davis and Benjamin Davis Sr.
Died
at about age 30
in New Castle County, Delaware
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Biography
Harry Alexander Davis in his book “The Davis Family (Davies and David) in Wales and America: Genealogy of Morgan David of Pennsylvania” published a lengthy introduction to the family of Evan Davis on page 9 of his book.[1]
Evan (David) Davis Sr. was first married to Jane Rees on 12 January 1711 in Merion Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.[2]
Jane Rees, daughter of William Rees and Mary Lewis, was born about 1693 in Merion, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Evan David and Jane Rees had the following children:
- John David, born 1714, Merion Township, Pennsylvania; married Mary Tyson, October 1738; died 1779.
- David Davis, born November 1717, Merion Township, Pennsylvania; married Jane Miles, December 1738, New Castle, Delaware; died 1793, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
- Benjamin Davis, born 17 Jul 1719, Merion Township, Pennsylvania; married Rachel Port, 21 February 1748; died 27 September 1797, Queensborough, Craven, South Carolina.
- Evan David Jr., born 1722, Merion Township, Pennsylvania; married Mary Haughey, 1740; died about 1787.
- Child David was born in Nov 1723 in Merion Township, Pennsylvania. He died in December 1723 at the age of 1 month in Merion Township, Pennsylvania.
She died on 1 December 1723 at the age of 30 in New Castle County, Delaware. She left a will dated 4 January 1774.
After the unexpected death of his first wife, Jane Rees, Evan (David) Davis, Sr. married second, Jane Morgan in 1724 in New Castle, Delaware.[3]
Evan Davis left a will dated 21 August 1748 and died before the end of the year. His second wife, Jane Davis, a widow, and son, Thomas Davis, probated his will in 1748 (Wills, Lib. K1, fol. 168). [Will Book K1, page 168].[4]
Here is the abstract of his will: Evan David, Senior. Pen. Hd. Aug. 21, 1748._____, 1748. G. 207. Eldest son, John David; son, Joshua David; daug. Margaret; wife Jane David; son, Thomas. Exc. wife, Jane David; Son, Thomas David.
Sources
- ↑ Harry Alexander Davis, The Davis Family (Davies and David) in Wales and America: genealogy of Morgan David of Pennsylvania (Washington, D.C.: H. A. Davis, 1927), page 9.
- ↑ "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 11 August 2015), Evan David marriage Jane Rees; Married 1711.
- ↑ "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900," database, Ancestry, Evan David marriage Jane Morgan; Married 1724.
- ↑ New Castle County, Delaware, LDS FHL microfilm #006539: Will Book "G", page 207-208, EVAN DAVID; Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Charlie Purvis, “It’s Family Time~6th Great Grandfather-Evan Davis, Sr.,” Blogspot.com, September 6, 2020, https://carolinafamilyroots.blogspot.com/2015/12/its-family-time6th-great-grandfather.html.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jane by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jane:
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Jones-39481 and Rees-477 do not represent the same person because: it was a result of misidentification. Remove the proposal.
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