Descendants of William Davis Generation No. 1 1. REV. WILLIAM1 DAVIS was born 1663 in Radnor, Bianstephen, Wales, and died 1745 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co, NJ. He married (1) ELIZABETH BRISLEY 1685. She was born 1670 in Of, Westerley, Washington, RI, and died June 30, 1700 in Philadelphia, , PA. He married (2) ELIZABETH PAVIOR 1702. She died 1760. Notes for REV. WILLIAM DAVIS: William Davis b:1663 . Attended Oxford and became a Quaker and a public speaker. Settled in PA under the direction of William Penn and preached at Penneck near Philadelphia. Later became a SDB and was ordained at Westerly in 1710. Established a church at Shrewsbury, NJ where he preached until his death. For the descendants of William DAVIS see the Alfred Sun, 1946-1947. Also see BROWN-HAKES and Allied Families, pp 77-80. Another voice which challenged the hold of Quakerism in Pennsylvania was that of William Davis, sometimes called the "Erratic Missionary ' because of his tendency to stir up controversy He was born in 1663 in Wales and attended Oxford University intending to go into the ministry In Oxford he became interested in the doctrines of the Quakers and left the University before graduating. In 1684 he came with other Quakers to Pennsylvania where he became a public speaker on doctrinal issues. In 1691 he joined George Keith in his separation from the Quakers but soon had a falling out with Keith on doctrinal issues. About 1696 he, like Abel Noble, came in contact with Reverend T'homas Killings- worth and accepted many of the positions of the Baptists. He joined the Pennepek Baptist Church where he was chosen as pastor, but in less than two years he was banished from that church for expressing a heretical view of the person of Christ. Davis's contacts with Abel Noble during the Keithian dispute convinced him of the supremacy of the Moral Law and the necessity of man to observe the seventh day of the week as the Sabbath. He became a Seventh Day Baptist and pastored the church gathered in Pennepek before moving to Rhode Island and later to Shrewsbury, New Jersey His loy- alty to the denomination has never been questioned al- though both his temperament and certain unorthodox views caused considerable controversy not only among the Pennsylvania churches but in Rhode Island and New Jersey as well. Some of his descendants provided the nucleus, nearly a century later, for a migration into what is now West Virginia. Children of WILLIAM DAVIS and ELIZABETH BRISLEY are: i. MARTHA2 DAVIS, b. 1697, Westerly, Washington, R.I.. ii. WILLIAM DAVIS, b. 1699, Westerly, Washington, RI; d. Infant. iii. MARY DAVIS, b. 1700, Westerly, Washington, RI. iv. REV. JOHN DAVIS, b. May 05, 1692, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; d. August 14, 1750, Shrewsbury, Monmouth, Nj, (Squam); m. ELIZABETH MAXSON, August 25, 1715, Westerly, Washington Co, RI; b. November 07, 1695, Westerly, Washington, RI; d. April 18, 1751, Shrewsbury, Monmouth, Nj, (Squam). Notes for REV. JOHN DAVIS: Was chosen Elder July 19, 1746 and preached at Shrewsbury, NJ. Notes for ELIZABETH MAXSON: TMF #13. Children of WILLIAM DAVIS and ELIZABETH PAVIOR are: v. THOMAS2 DAVIS, m. BETHIA MAXSON, January 05, 1736/37, New Jersey; b. October 19, 1716, <Rhode Island>. Notes for BETHIA MAXSON: TMF #45. vi. JAMES DAVIS, b. 1720, Philadelphia, , PA; d. January 26, 1778, Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co, NJ; m. JUDITH MAXSON, January 10, 1739/40, Rhode Island; b. September 17, 1720, Westerly, Washington Co, RI; d. May 14, 1773, Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co, NJ. Notes for JAMES DAVIS: Of Shrewsbury, NJ. Notes for JUDITH MAXSON: TMF #47. See BROWN-HAKES and Allied Families, p 77. vii. JOSEPH DAVIS, b. 1726; m. (1) ANNA BABCOCK; b. 1729; d. 1759; m. (2) MARY BABCOCK; b. 1730. -----Original Message----- From: GDianalynn@aol.com <GDianalynn@aol.com> To: NJMONMOU-L@rootsweb.com <NJMONMOU-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, May 14, 2000 7:56 AM Subject: Re: [NJMONMOU] BOOK OF THE DEAD OF MON. CO. >Thanks for the offer. I notice you are researching Havens, if they are the >same ones I am doing I would be happy to share what information I have. I am >looking for a a lot of people, if this is too many I will understand: > >John Havens died 1788 >Daniel Havens died about 1745 >John Platt died March 26, 1808 >Frances Letts died 1799 >John Davis died August 18, 1754 >William Davis died 1745 >Charles Dennis died April 14, 1698 >John Dennis died about 1756 >James Davis died June 26, 1778 >Nehemiah Spragg died about 1745 > >Diana Guiler >Cape Coral, Florida > >