I have a William Davis b abt. 1790 -1797? ( just a guess) He mar to Cassandra French b 1796, ( she used Keziah sometimes as may been a nick name) in 1811 Unk just where but they were in Dearborn Co. Ind. in 1812 and 1813 when 2 son's born. John b Dec. 1813 and Joshua b in June or Jul. 1812 In Dearborn Co. Ind. Parents of both unk. their birth places unk. But have Cassandra's, John and Joshua's birth dates as Cassandra wrote them the same in the Brannon family bible in the 1800's. She d in Tama Co. Iowa in 1890 at 95 yr's of age and I have a picture of her before she died minus hair and teeth. She remar. to a Moses Brannon(an) in 1818 in Franklin Co. Ind. adjoining Dearborn Co. Ind. but lived in Dearborn Cop. They are on the 1820 census Dearborn Co. Ind minus the 2 Davis boys. Unk where they are but suspect Father took them and left Cassandra before 1818. Will welcome any info on these Davis's, William, John and Joshua and either of the parents of Wm, and Cassandra French , from any relative or other person. Maxine Wilton willma@sprynet.com Maxine ----- Original Message ----- From: <levoidcdavis@yahoo.com> To: <DAVIS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2006 9:36 AM Subject: Re: [DAVIS] David Davis research > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SNR.2ACEB/17240.1.1.1.3.3.1.1 > > Message Board Post: > > It is hard to trace surnames back to Wales prior to 1500 because they did not > use them. Morgan ap David simply means Morgan son of David. As far back as I > have gone this section of the Davis family was David maybe named after David, > Patron Saint of Wales From research Morgan David was christened in 1622 in > Llandwitt-Fardre, Glamorganshire, Wales (LDS Research) > It was common for people to change their names to fit the community they lived > in. It was the 3rd generation of Morgan David who changed to Davis and that was > in Carolina. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DAVIS-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of > the message >