----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] You wouldn't have any more information on the John Davis' Acquango would you?  _____________________________ Its my believe, though without any hard evidence, that John Davis (Mill), or John Davis of Acquango as you call him (though there were at least three John Davises in Acquango on the 1783 Worcester Tax List), is the John who married Martha (Givans?) Reed. Circumstantial evidence: The John Davis who married Martha Reed was dead by 1784, based on Wor. Orphans Ct. JW19:143 which you shared with the list. 3May1783 - John Davis (son of John deceased) sold to James Dale (son of John Dale Inspector) 138 acres of Hog Quarter granted 30Sep1770 to John Davis father of the above John Davis near Maple Swamp [Wor. K:525]. As John Lyon mentioned earlier in his excellent synopsis of the Givan-Reed family, James Dale was married to Margaret, one of the two daughters of John & Martha Reed Sr. If, as I suspect, this deceased John was the husband of Martha, then the John in this deed is the son of John Davis & Martha. In the 1784 Wor. Tax List, Jacob Reed is recorded with 6 acres of End of Dispute, along with other tracts. Jacob, who d. in 1773, was the son of John Reed Sr. & Martha. In 1790, William Rownd buys 143 acres of Hogs Den from Benjamin Davis of Ishmael [Wor. N:307]. Hogs Den was adjacent to part of End of Dispute. In later years, Rownd buys parts of End of Dispute. William Rownd had married Martha, John Reed Sr.'s other daughter, c1765. Certainly not conclusive, but all three of Martha's children by John Reed Sr. having property from or adjacent to their half brother John Davis seems compelling. George

Would anyone know if Wo Cty Court records were transcribed anywhere for the period about 1810-1812? I had an email crash while transferring info to my files a number of years ago (which someone unknown sent me) and all I have is this tantalizing bit of information: Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} 1812 Estate of John Davis mentions Selby, John Sarah and Eli as children of deceased daughter Rebecca Claywell. John Claywell is my direct ancestor. There is nothing like this in Orphans Court so I am assuming it may come from the Wo Cty Court records and may have been in a magazine like Maryland genealogy Magazine or some other similar magazine There are two land causes for different John Davis' in this time period. One has wife Mary. He died intestate and owned Williams Conclusion (his son James was allowed to buy and sell the land as eldest son and pay full assessed value per Wo Cty Deeds. I assume the proceeds were split with other heirs) and the other is John Davis who owned Pleasant Grove and Tribulation. Thanks in advance to anyone who can tell me where to look! Liz