Grace (Adams) Davey (1720 - aft. 1758)

Born 6 Aug 1720 in Penwith, Cornwall, England

Ancestors

Wife of Edmond Davy — married 30 Mar 1744 in Madron, Cornwall, England

Descendants

Died after 1758 after age 37 in Penzance, Cornwall, England [uncertain]

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Biography

Birth and Parents

Grace (Adams) Davey was born in Penwith, Cornwall, England.

Grace, the first daughter, second and youngest child of William Adams and Sybilla Usticke was born in 1720 and baptized on 6 August of that year at St Just in Penwith, Cornwall.^[1][2]

Marriage and Children

Grace married Edmond Davey (alias Davy) the son of Robert and Joan (Marrack) Davy on 23 April 1744 at Madron, Cornwall.^[3] FamilySearch indicates that they had numerous children; however, several of the children's names and birth years are duplicates [see Research Note]. Evidence for children of these parents are (bp. = baptized):

1. Richard Davy (bp. 1745),^[4]m. 1769 at Breage, Cornwall, Alice Spry
2. Robert Davy (bp. 30 Oct 1746),^[5]m. 16 Sep 1776 at Madron, Cornwall, Grace Millett (1752-1820)
3. William Davy (bp. 16 Jan 1749),^[6]m. 27 Oct 1774 at Madron, Cornwall, Maryanne Dunkin
4. Edmond Davy (bp. 3 Jan 1751),^[7]
5. Henry Davy (bp. 23 May 1752),^[8]m. 2 Jul 1778 at Falmouth, Cornwall, Elizabeth Reath
6. John Davy (bp. 20 May 1756),^[9]
7. Grace Davy (bp. 18 Apr 1758; d. 22 Apr 1759, Penzance),^[10]

Death and Burial

The death date and burial location for Grace (Adams) Davey/Davy are not certain. She died after the birth of their youngest child in 1758, likely at Penzance, Cornwall.

Research Note

• There appear to be two Davy/Davey men married to women both with the first name Grace (one Grace Cox, the other Grace Adams). Their marriages and several of their children are conflated. For this profile, only the children of Edmond and Grace (Adams) Davey/Davy are listed who were baptized in Penzance. The other Edmund [sic] and Grace (Cox) Davey/Davy children were baptized at Crediton, Devon, England.

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NRMS-GYS : 20 September 2020), Grace Adams, 1720.
2. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NRMS-GYS : 11 February 2018, Grace Adams, 06 Aug 1720); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 226,217, 226,218, 962,681.
3. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N22Y-98M : 13 March 2020), Edmond Davy, 1744.
4. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JW73-Y4B : 19 September 2020), Edmond Davy in entry for Richard Davy, 1745.
5. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NLVQ-9HQ : 19 September 2020), Edmond Davy in entry for Robert Davy, 1746.
6. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NLV3-L9M : 19 September 2020), Edmond Davy in entry for William Davy, 1749.
7. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NLV3-52N : 19 September 2020), Edmond Davy in entry for Edmond Davy, 1751.
8. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JQ25-FJB : 19 September 2020), Edmond Davy in entry for Henry Davy, 1752.
9. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JQ25-NXZ : 19 September 2020), Edmond Davy in entry for John Davy, 1756.
10. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JW73-T9S : 19 September 2020), Edmond Davy in entry for Grace Davy, 1758.

Acknowledgements

• Biography rewritten with inline sourcing following additional research by Carol Baldwin on 13 April 2022.