I am sending this pretty much as it was. The Carmen mentioned is Carmen MATTESON of FL who is researching the family of James NEVILLS. She believes he is related to my MD NEVILL line. My ancestor Moses NEVILL of Harford Co., MD married Elizabeth MITCHELL a daughter of Thomas MITCHELL of Harford Co. and Hannah OSBORN. Richard MITCHELL (a brother of my Thomas MITCHELL) and his wife Elizabeth WILLIAMS had a grandson John MITCHELL s/o Thomas MITCHELL and Anne PRESTON, who married Hannah DAVIS d/o Joseph DAVIS and Susannah CRAWFORD. Hannah DAVIS had a sister Cassandra DAVIS who married William NEVILLE and lived near Dublin MD. l would very much like to find out if this Davis family is related to any or all of the Davises mentioned below. I sent the following to Jan a while ago and asked her if she thought I should post it to the list and/or Shirley. She suggusted that it was worth posting to the list so here it is: Paddy ----------------------------------------------------------------------- After talking to Carmen on the weekend, I was gathering together some Davis information I have to send to her. She is a descendant of Thaddeus DAVIS. I started looking at what I had and it got me to wondering about something so I thought I'd run it past you and see if you think it is worth posting to the list or sending to Shirley. It's all very airy fairy but see what you think. I will try to explain it as best I can: Carmen descends from Eve DeShired and James NEVILLS of N.J. | through *Abraham NEVILLS = Deborah OSTRANDER Deborah OSTRANDER's parents were *Andrew OSTRANDER and Jane DAVIS Jane DAVIS was a daughter of Thaddeus DAVIS below. DAVIS, Thaddeus m ? Children: Phoebe m. Wm. LEE *Jane m Andrew OSTRANDER Note: At this point I do not Lydia m Peter OSTRANDER know where Thaddeus Loyal DAVIS came from before Thaddeus settling here as a **Hall United Empire Loyalist Wright Richard William Deborah m. Simeon Relyea Lois m Cornelius Van Volkenburg So there is a DAVIS/NEVILLS connection here. Also hold the thought that they named a son Hall. There was another Davis family who arrived as Loyalists about the same time. They were from MD and Orange Co. N.C. DAVIS, Thomas m 1)**Deborah HALL d/o James & Mary Hall of Orange Co. N.C. Children: Jane m. Wm Potts Mary m Wm. Vail Fanny m Usual WILSON Thomas Anne m. James STEWART Elizabeth m Caleb WOOD Margaret m. Joseph Brant ROUSSEAUX Robert William Alexander John Susan m Michael BURKHOLDER [NB- Burkholders intermarry with VOLLICKS aka James Van Valkenburgh] David m. 2)Margaret WILLIAMS Children: Pamelia m William Pew NEVILLS (from Carmen's Nevills line) Louisa m Samuel PEW David James NB Thomas DAVIS was born in 1764 at Forresters Creek, Orange Co. N.C. He was the son of Robert DAVIS (probable son of Thomas & Mary DAVIS) who it is believed was born in Baltimore, MD c1735. So, we have another Nevills connection here. There was another Davis family that was UEL and also came here from MD, a William DAVIS and wife Hannah PHILLIPS. William is believed to be another son of Thomas and Mary Davis and uncle of Thomas DAVIS who married Deborah HALL. I believe that Thaddeus DAVIS is in some way related to this second group from MD and NC but cannot prove it. I would love to find out if these Davis families are in any way connected to the the family of Jane and Cassandra DAVIS. I know this is all very convoluted but I see connections. I also do Moore research and can tell you that Moores who settled here had connections to the families that married into these Davis families. Sources for the above: The Loyalists in Ontario: Sons and Daughters of the American Loyalists of Upper Canada and The Davis Family of Norfolk County by James Stengel.