NSSAR Patriot Grave Record Ancestor #P-144543
[Davis.GED]
(R.W.) p324: Lt. Isaac Davis from Brookhaven. Served in Col. Floyd's Regiment. Possibly he served in Connecticut.
Name signed from Brookhaven the Association in 1775. B. 10-4-1741, D. 4-26-1814. Tombstone at Coram.
An Isaac Davis appears on the 1776 census in Southold, showing his age as under 50 years and his wife over 16. No children are listed.
An Isaac Davis signed as witness to the deed of Eliazer HAWKINS in 1788 (see wills A, p. 260) book D, p 96: Will is dated 27 May 1814 and proved 1 September, 1817. This WILL AND DEATH DATE ARE INCONSISTENT (will is dtd after death). This may be Isaac Davis of another branch of the same Davis family in Suffolk County. Research needed. Shows born abt 1738, but family gravesite says otherwise (Coram, NY)
Sources
↑ "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962", FHL microfilm 962,873. [1]
Revolutionary War Graves Register. Clovis H. Brakebill, compiler. 672pp. SAR. 1993. Also SAR Revolutionary War Graves Register CD. Progeny Publishing Co: Buffalo, NY. 1998
26 Apr 1814 is the date inscribed on his headstone at the Davis Family Cemetery, Coram, NY. The records of Brookhaven's "Alpha List" suggest that Isaac's wife is Hannah Roe, 1748 - .; Roe Family Genealogy, repeated by Sweezey who has added death dates, provides the names of their children as:
Isaac Davis Jr., 20 Mar 1772, Brookhaven - 1786
Hannah Davis , 6 Apr 1774, Brookhaven - 1779
Anselm Davis, 22 Sep 1776- 28 Apr 1867; m. Abigail Overton. Union Cemetery, Middle Island.
Polly Davis, 2 Oct 1778, Brookhaven - 1779
Azel Roe Davis 1784- 13 Sep 1806; Davis Cemetery, Coram: headstone says "son of Israel".
However Long Island Surnames, [6] citing Suffolk County church, family, and Bible records, suggest that their children are:
Shadrack Davis
Isaac Davis
Timothy Davis 25 Feb 1790 - 11 Aug 1840 Setauket. Married Anna Reeve, dau. of Moses Reeve and Susannah Youngs. (Anna b. 20 Apr 1809 Aquebogue - abt.1880 Mt. Sinai). They had: Ann Eliza Davis 25 Oct 1825 Mt. Sinai - 4 Dec 1859 Mt. Sinai, m. Daniel Woodhull Davis; Henrietta Sophia Davis 14 Nov 1835 Mt. Sinai - 16 Jun 1907 Stony Brook; m. Joseph Smith Hawkins. (This profile is currently associated with Timothy Davis and Elizabeth Jayne Davis-65782)
Susannah Smith Davis
Sarah Smith Davis
Find a Grave, citing both Long Island Surnames and apparently other un-named sources, gives Isaac;s children as:
Hannah Davis; m. John Hawkins
Isaac Davis
Polly Davis
Anselm Davis
Shadrach Davis
Timothy Davis
Susannah Smith Davis
Sarah Smith Davis
It appears that researches have conflated and combined the descendants of the two Isaac Davis's known to exist in Suffolk County at the time.
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