Re: Henry Davis, Isaac Davis, Evan Davis
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Re: Henry Davis, Isaac Davis, Evan Davis
Jacquilyn Fenn 12/16/08
There are some sources on the MDgenweb that confirm a Henry Davis married Mary Morris with the date.Also found Isaac married to Elizabeth Fort(e) and a Thomas' marriage in the same timeframe - but no idea if these are children of Henry.
There are some references to books with migrations from MD to KY at that time.Might be interesting to try to locate them in a library and see what you can find.They seem to list names - examples below.
Included the references below also.Like you said the LDS site is a good place to "start" looking for confirming docs.
http://usgwarchives.net/md/princegeorge/http://usgwarchives.net/md/princegeorge/
Marriages, Prince Georges County, Maryland, 1777 to 1886, Part 02
1777 to 1886
Indexed under his & her family names
http://files.usgwarchives.net/md/princegeorge/vitals/marriages/mariag02.txthttp://files.usgwarchives.net/md/princegeorge/vitals/marriages/mariag02.txt
DAVIS
Henry & Mary Norman Morris 10-23-1790
MORRIS
Mary Norman & Henry Davis 10-23-1790
http://usgwarchives.net/md/princegeorge/http://usgwarchives.net/md/princegeorge/
MD Catholics to KY 1784-1800
Excerps from "Sketches of the Early Catholic Missions of Kentucky"
and "The Centenary of Catholicity in Kentucky"
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In "Sketches of the Early Catholic Missions of Kentucky" by M.J. Spalding (1810-1872), he writes "The Catholics of the infant colonies received him [Rev. Mr. Whelan, Irish Franciscan Priest provided to the KY families] with open arms.Many of them had not seen a priest for two years.They were poor, scattered over an extensive territory, and had no church in which the divine mysteries might be offered up.They were in too destitute a condition to be able to erect ever a temporary place of worship."He goes on to state that there were only 50 Catholic families in KY by 1786.He further states that the Catholic population of KY emigrated almost entirely from St. Mary's and Prince George's Co, MD.William Coomes (Combs/Coombes)and his 16 yr old son, Walter A., were the first known Catholics to emigrate to KY in 1774-1775.The Haydons and Lancasters led the first Catholic Colony in KY, mostly around Pottinger's Creek, abt 1785. (One of the Haydons lost 7, and another lost 3, family members from hardship and sickness while
on the way to Kentucky.)The next spring, 1786, a larger colony of
Catholics was led by Capt. James Rapier.In 1787, another colony led by Phillip Miles and Thomes Hill, then another in 1788 led by Robert Abel. Benedict Spalding led a group in 1790.
"The Centenary of Catholicity in Kentucky, by Hon. Ben. J. Webb,
publ. Charles A. Rogers, Louisville, KY; 1884; 594 pg. including index.
He notes on pg. 27 of the Pottinger's Cr. settlement: In the yr. 1785, a league of 60 families was formed in MD, all Catholics, and mostly residents of St. Mary's county each of who was pledged to emigrate to KY within a specified time. (footnote on this page; The United States Catholic Miscellany of Wednesday, Dec 1st, 1824, mentions the fact that about twenty Catholic families reached KY in the year 1785.)
pg. 28 principal among them was Basil Hayden; other families listed Philip Lee, William Bald, Bernard Cissell, Charles Payne, Wm. Brewer, Leonard Johnson, Henry McAtee, Joseph Clark, Stephen Elliott, James Mollihorne (surname has been spelled Mollahorne/Mollohorn), Henry Norris, Ignatius Cissell, Ignatius Byrne, Randal Hagan, Ignatius Hagan, Jeremiah Brown, Robert Cissell, Ignatius Bowles., Hezekiah Luckett, Stanislaus Melton, Thomas Bowlin, John Baptist Dant, Philip Miles, Harry Hill, John Hutchins, Isaac Thawles, John Spalding, Willim Mahony, Henry Lucas, William Bowles, John Bowles, James Queen, Bernard Nally, James Stevens, Ignatius French, Washington Boone, Francis Bryan, Jeremiah Wathen, Thomas Mudd, Raphael R. Mudd, Walter Burch, Philip Mattingly, Joseph Spalding, James Dant, Joseph Dant, Urban Speaks, Joseph Edelen, Joseph Howe, Joseph Mills, Harry Miles, Monica Hagan, Rodolphus Norris, Francis Peak.
pg. 30 states; Ignatius Cissell was accompanied to KY by his four sons,
Rody, Ignatius, Joseph and James.The entire family was conspicuous for its sterling worth and its strong adherence to Catholic truth.
http://www.westernkyhistory.org/christian/marriage/groom.htmlhttp://www.westernkyhistory.org/christian/marriage/groom.html
DAVIS ISAAC & FORT ELIZABETH 1-7-1811
DAVIS JEREMIAH & DAVIS STACY 1-15-1804
DAVIS JOSEPH & TAIT MARY4-10-1816
DAVIS ROBERT & BLYTHE JANE 6-17-1808 6-21-1808
DAVIS THOMAS & LAMBKIN AMY 6-15-1814 ??? same family or not
DAVIS WILLIAM & JENNINGS SARAH 10-3-1803
DAVIS WILLIAM C. & NORTH ANNE M. 5-27-1813 6-1-1813
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Re: Henry Davis, Isaac Davis, Evan Davis
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