In a message dated 8/5/02 2:51:31 PM Pacific Daylight Time, artislelo@pe.net writes: Artis: Thank you for writing. I'm looking for a Garad (Garrard) Davis who owned land in Frederick County, MD in 1745. My 4th great-grandfather, Benjamin Davis was born in May 1776 in MD the son of a Garrard Davies. I don't know if the father, Garrard was indeed the same man who owned the land in Frederick County in 1745. He may well have been the grandfather. Garrard Davis, the father of Benjamin, moved to Mason County, KY in c1796 and died there in 1802 or 1804. My Benjamin married Estella (Stella) Phillips dau of George Phillips and his wife Mary (Bell). Both Benjamin and Stella moved to Camden, Schuyler County, IL in 1832 and died there. Benjamin had a brother named Garrard who married an Elizabeth McDermott or McDermod in Frederick County in 1795. I believe her father's name was Francis. He also moved to Mason County, KY. At one time, I read in a book "Monacoy?" (spelling is off) of a Welsh section in Frederick County. One of the names was Mathias Davis who was a Quaker. I don't think my Davis' were Quakers because they were slaveowners. However, there were a group of Quakers that did own slaves. I understand from someone on this list that Mathias is a German name; it can also be a Welsh name. The name of Mathias, as a surname, shows up all over Wales. I expect that the original spelling of this name of Davis was DAVIES which is pronounced the same as Davis in Wales. They don't pronounce the "e" there. Hope someone can help me. Thanks, Annie > Re: [MDFred] Research > Date:8/5/02 2:51:31 PM Pacific Daylight Time > From: artislelo@pe.net (Artis) > To: MD-FRED-GEN-L@rootsweb.com > CC: cardi2@aol.com > > > > > Annie: > > If you share with us your family name, dates, location, etc., someone out > there in www land might just have the info you need. > >