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Will of Evan DAVIS, Sr., Signed 1743, Proved 1747, Philadelphia
Source: Kirk Bentley Barb. 1971. "Extract from Genealogy of
Jefferson Davis." Pp. 488-508, Appendix III, in Haskell M.
Monroe, Jr. & James T. McIntosh, eds. Papers of Jefferson
Davis, Volume 1, 1808-1840. Louisiana State Univ. Press, Baton
Rouge.
Genealogical Summary
Testator: Evan Davis (Sr.) [great-grandfather of Jefferson
Davis]
Wife: Mary
Children: Benjamin, William, Samuel, Hannah, Joseph, Evan (Jr.)
Date signed: 17 Mar 1743
Date proved: 14 May 1747
Witnesses: Joseph Harmer, Samuel Young, Jno Green
Recorded: Register of Wills, Book H, 256 ff. (Philadelphia City
Hall, Philadelphia Co., PA.
Note: text was broken into paragraphs for improved readabilty.
Some punctuation was added for the same reason. Boldface added.
In the name of God Amen, I Evan Davis of the City of
Philadelphia in the province of Pennsylvania, Carter, being
infirm and weak of Body but of Sound and perfect mind and Memory
therefore knowing the uncertainty of this Life do make and
Ordain this my last Will and Testament in the following manner
and form.
Imprimis, my Will and Desire is that my just Debts and funeral
Expences be fully Satisfyed and paid.
Item I. Give and bequeath unto Mary, my beloved wife, all my
Estate whereof I shall die possessed as well moveable as
Immoveable Real & personal by her freely to be possessed for &
during her natural life, She only paying unto my two Sons
hereafter named such Sums of money as I shall bequeath to them
at the time prefixed.
Viz., to my Son Joseph the Sum of ten pounds Current money of
Pennsylvania when he Shall Arrive at the full age of Twenty one
Years, and to my Son Evan whom I desire may be put Apprentice to
a Blacksmith as soon as he shall become fit the Sum of Twenty
pounds Current money of Pennsylvania when he Shall arrive at the
full age of Twenty one Years likewise.
But if it so happen that Mary my Aforesaid wife should die
before my Above mentioned Sons Joseph and Evan or Either of them
shall arrive at the full age of Twenty one Years as aforesaid
then my Will and Desire is my Estate may be kept entire until my
Above said Son Evan Attain to the full age of of Twenty one
Years and then to be Equally divided amongst all my Children
hereafter named, viz., Benjamin, William, Samuel, Hannah, Joseph
& Evan, Except the two last mentioned Joseph & Evan, for my will
& Desire is that Joseph Shall have twenty pounds more & Evan
Thirty pounds4 [more] than Either Benjamin, William, Samuel, or
Hannah.
Also5 [it] is my Will and Desire that if my Above said wife Mary
should live till my two Sons Joseph & Evan Attain to the full
age of Twenty one Years as aforesaid and that my two Sons Joseph
& Evan receive from her the Sums before mentioned to be paid by
her to them, Yet Notwithstanding after her Decease that my two
Sons Joseph and Evan Each receive ten pounds more than Equal
Dividend with the rest of my Children before named.
And my will and desire is that if Any of my above named Children
should die before that my Aforesaid Son Evan shall attain to the
full age of Twenty one Years that then his or hers their or
their parts or part Shares or Share Dividends or Dividend be
Equally divided amongst the Surviving part of my Children his or
hers their or theirs heir or heirs by them to be fully possessed
and Enjoyed.
Item. I Constitute my beloved Wife Aforesaid my whole and Sole
Executrix of this my last Will & Testament and I do hereby
utterly disallow Revoke and Disannul all and Every other former
Testaments Wills Legacies and Bequests & Executors by me in any
ways before named Willed and Bequeathed. Ratifying and
Confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testament in
witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal this
Seventeenth day of March in the Year of our Lord on Thousand
Seven hundred forty & Three.
Evan his
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mark Davis
Sign'd Seal'd Publish'd pronounced & Declared by the Said Evan
Davis as his last Will and Testament in the presence of us the
Subscribers
Joseph Harmer
Samuel Young
Jno Green
7. UNTRUE: That four brothers, Samuel, William, Micajah, and
Evan, sons of John Davis of Shropshire, came to Philadelphia in
1742. That the older brothers went to Virginia (Alexandria Co.,
then Louisa Co., near Lynchburg) while Evan, the youngest, went
to Oglethorpe's colony in Georgia, settling near Savannah.
(T.H. Davis. 1898. The Davis Family of Bedford County,
Virginia.)
8. UNTRUE: That Evan Davis came to America from Cardiff,
Wales, with two brothers, Samuel and Joseph. Joseph was lost
at sea and Samuel settled in the one of the "middle" states
while Evan settled in Philadelphia ca. 1760, then later moved to
Richmond Co., GA and married Mrs. Emory Williams.
(George N. MacKenzie. 1907. Colonial Families of the United
States of America... Grafton Press, New York.)
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Mother: ANNE LUNDIN |
_DUNCAN MACDUFF ______________________________________+
| (1190 - ....)
_MALCOLM MACDUFF 7th Earl of Fife_|
| (1237 - 1266) m 1269 |
| |_ALICE CORBET ________________________________________+
| (1200 - ....)
_COLBAN de FIFE 8th Earl of Fife_|
| (1244 - 1270) |
| | _LLYWELYN ap Iorwerth Fawr "The Great" of North Wales_+
| | | (1173 - 1240)
| |_HELEN (Elen) of North Wales______|
| (1226 - 1291) m 1269 |
| |_TANGWYSTYL ferch Llywarch Goch of Wales______________+
| (1168 - 1205)
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|--DUNCAN de FIFE 9th Earl of Fife
| (1262 - 1288)
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| _ALAN LUNDIN Lundin and Durward___|
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|_ANNE LUNDIN ____________________|
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Mother: Dorothea "Dolly" DANDRIDGE |
_Alexander HENRY __________________+
| (1674 - ....)
_John HENRY "the Immigrant"________|
| (1704 - 1773) m 1734 |
| |_Jean ROBERTSON ___________________
| (1680 - ....)
_Patrick HENRY Gov. of Virginia_|
| (1736 - 1799) m 1777 |
| | _Isaac WINSTON Sr._________________+
| | | (1681 - 1760) m 1706
| |_Sarah Dabney (d'Aubigne) WINSTON _|
| (1709 - 1784) m 1734 |
| |_Mary DABNEY ______________________+
| (1679 - 1760) m 1706
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|--Lafayette HENRY
| (1780 - ....)
| _William DANDRIDGE of Elsing Green_+
| | (1689 - 1744) m 1718
| _Nathaniel West DANDRIDGE Sr.______|
| | (1729 - 1786) m 1747 |
| | |_Unity WEST _______________________+
| | (1703 - 1753) m 1718
|_Dorothea "Dolly" DANDRIDGE ____|
(1757 - 1831) m 1777 |
| _Alexander SPOTTSWOOD Of Virginia__+
| | (1676 - 1740) m 1724
|_Dorothea SPOTSWOOD _______________|
(1733 - 1773) m 1747 |
|_Ann Butler BRAYNE ________________+
(1700 - ....) m 1724
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Mother: Blanche Beatrice FREEMAN |
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_ MATTHEWS ________________|
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|--Freeman Jesse MATTHEWS
| (1900 - 1950)
| _Zachariah Canty FREEMAN _
| | (1816 - 1873) m 1838
| _James Rukins FREEMAN Sr. C.S.A._|
| | (1842 - 1928) m 1866 |
| | |_Sarah Ann JELKS _________+
| | (1799 - 1891) m 1838
|_Blanche Beatrice FREEMAN _|
(1872 - 1927) |
| _David Scott MCCANTS _____+
| | (1781 - 1864) m 1839
|_Valeria Blanche MCCANTS ________|
(1845 - 1939) m 1866 |
|_Maria Young LIVINGSTON __+
(1814 - 1877) m 1839
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Mother: Anne LIGHTFOOT |
"III. Francis Slaughter((3)) (Francis((2)), Robert((1))), son of
Francis Slaughter((2)) and Anne Lightfoot, his wife. Married a
daughter of Robert Coleman, on whose land Culpeper Courthouse
was founded. He moved to Kentucky and settled in Hardin County
about 1785, as did all his children. Issue:"
Children:
I. Francis Slaughter((4)). Married Miss Hollaway. Issue: I. Dr.
Henry Slaughter((5)), who moved South.
_Francis SLAUGHTER Jr.___+
| (1655 - 1718) m 1679
_Robert SLAUGHTER I_____|
| (1680 - 1725) m 1700 |
| |_Margaret HUDSON ________
| (1658 - ....) m 1679
_Francis SLAUGHTER __|
| (1701 - 1766) m 1729|
| | _Cadwalader JONES _______+
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| |_Frances Ann JONES _____|
| (1680 - ....) m 1700 |
| |_Katherine DEBNAM _______+
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|--Francis SLAUGHTER
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| _John LIGHTFOOT III______+
| | (1646 - 1707)
| _Goodrich LIGHTFOOT Sr._|
| | (1685 - 1738) m 1707 |
| | |_Anne GOODRICH __________
| | (1660 - 1686)
|_Anne LIGHTFOOT _____|
(1708 - 1748) m 1729|
| _Thomas CHEW ____________+
| | (1702 - 1782) m 1722
|_Mary CHEW _____________|
(1686 - ....) m 1707 |
|_Martha Thompson TAYLOR _+
(1702 - 1761) m 1722
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