Descent from Virginia Colonist Capt. James Davis
Descendants Eligible for Virginia Lineage Society Membership
Apr 15, 2009
Capt. Davis and at least two brothers came to America. They were sons of Sir Thomas Davis. Considerable biographical data is available on James and other family members at a website titled “Who We Are”. That material is well documented and cites numerous sources. Sir Thomas, the father, came to America in 1619 aboard the ship Margaret and settled in Jamestown.
Descendants of James Davis and Rachel Keyes
James Davis, born in England sometime between 1575 and 1587, married Rachel Keyes, probably in the year preceding his arrival in Virginia. They had sons John, Nathaniel and Thomas, all born in Virginia. James died in 1623.
The following line of descent was received by the author from Betty Pond of Foster City, California, in 1988. It begins in the second generation with Major Thomas Davis, the son of Capt. James and Rachel (Keyes) Davis.
Davis Line of Descent
2. Thomas Davis was born in Virginia in 1613 and died before 1683 in Nansemond Co., VA. He married 1) Rebecca or Elizabeth Christian ca. 1635 and they had children James, Thomas, Richard, William and Mary Davis; he wed 2) Mary Bowers. (One account says James was the son of Mary Bowers.)
3. James Davis was born ca.1642 in Virginia and died after 1688. He married Margaret Jordan, daughter of Thomas Jordan, owner of a neighboring plantation. She was born at Warrasquicke, VA, and died after 1688.
4. Thomas Davis was born in 1668 in Somerset Co., MD, and died in 1749 in Anne Arundel Co., MD. In 1696, he married Mary Elizabeth Pierpont, who was born ca. 1677 in Maryland to Henry Pierpont and Elizabeth Larkin.
5. Robert Davis (1719-1789) lived in Anne Arundel Co. A Revolutionary War soldier, Robert first married Mary Toogood Collins. His second wife was Ruth (Gaither) Warfield, born in 1721 in Maryland and died after 1789.
6. Robert Davis was born in Maryland and died ca. 1830 in Columbiana Co., OH.
7. Eli Davis was born in Maryland. He wed 1) Hannah Stevens in 1806, and 2) _(?)_ Huston.
8. Robert Davis (1806-1872) was born in Columbiana Co., Ohio, and died in Mercer Co., OH. He married in 1828 in Columbiana Co., Anna Shively, who was born there in 1806.
9. Matilda Davis was born at Ashland, OH in 1838 and died at Rockford, OH in 1912. She married Levi Robinson in 1859 in Mercer Co., OH. He was born at Ashland, OH, in 1834, a son of Ezekial J. and Jane (Vantilburg) Robinson.
10. Julia Ann Robinson (1867-1922) was born in Mercer Co., OH, and died at Rockford, OH. She was married in 1885 in Mercer Co. to Marion Pond, son of George Washington Pond Sr. and his wife, Priscilla. Priscilla (Scott) Eaton was the widow of Will Eaton.
11. Marion Leroy Pond (1887-1921) was born in Mercer Co., OH, and died at Rockford, OH. In 1910 he married Frona M. Denman (1888-1972), daughter of Samuel and Roseltha (Frisinger) Denman.
12. Betty Rose Pond was born in 1920 and in 1940 married Clyde Wilbur Snyder. He was born in 1920 at Vaughnsville, OH, son of Clyde V. and Celeste A. (Hawk) Snyder. (It is Betty who furnished this lineage.)
Virginia Lineage Society
Descendants of Capt. James Davis are eligible for membership in The Order of Descendants of Ancient Planters of Virginia.
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