Thomas Davis was the son of Charles Davis and Hanna Matson[1][2][3]
Birth
Birth Estimate 16 JAN 1734, Goshen, Chester, Pennsylvania[2]
Thomas' birth is recorded, long after the fact, in the Cane Creek (NC) Monthly Meeting minutes as as 16 Third 1734 (16 May 1734) without location given. This is record of Thomas' children which begins with his own birth as the son of Charles and Hannah Davis.[1]
Marriage
Marriage Estimate 15 Jul 1758 Perquimans County, Monthly Meeting (MM), North Carolina
Thomas and [Knox-1221|Elizabeth Knox]] married on 15 July 1758 in Perquimans, North Carolina, United States (daughter of Thomas Knox and Mary Reynolds) born November 30, 1738 in Rich Square MM, Perquimans Co., NC.[2]
Death
Death Estimate 10 OCT 1789, Chestnut Creek, Montgomery, Virginia[4]
Children
Reportedly 15 Children Birth Estimates 1758-1783 (not all proven some may be duplicate or multiple marriages)
The entry for the family at "New River Notes" [2] gives the names of 12 children. It does not include a second Mary, a second William, or a third William.
"Notes for THOMAS DAVIS: "Generation No. 2 [citation needed]
Born in Pennsylvania, Thomas moved with his parents to Orange (now Chatham) Co., NC, arriving about 1750. In 1758 Thomas was given a certificate to Perquimans MM to marry, and returned to Orange Co. with his bride. Elizabeth Knox had come from Nansemond Co., VA, to Northampton Co., NC, with her father about 1753 and belonged to Perquimans MM. Sometime before 1771 the family moved to the Chestnut Creek area of southwest Virginia, which became Carroll Co. in 1842. This area is just west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, beautiful country, but land that must have been hard to pioneer and farm.
Thomas was part of the Regulator’s in Guilford Co. NC 1767 to 1771. He signed petitions to the British government and may have been part of the group that burned the British powder wagon near Guilford. The British hung 6 people, mostly Quakers which caused the Quakers to move across the line back into Wythe ,Montgomery and Grayson Va. Area. Some moved to the Carter Co Tn area at the same time so the people in Va. Already had some family ties back to Carter Co. Tn."
Sources
↑ 1.01.1 Guilford College; Greensboro, North Carolina; Marriages, Vol 01, 1756-1840; Collection: North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes
'U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900. Yates Publishing. (online: Ancestry.com) 2004.
U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. (online: Ancestry.com. ) 211
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