There are at a minimum two Davis lines in Delaware County from an early date. >From what I have been able to locate, my Davis line descends from Hezikiah Davis, a Revolutionary War Veteran, who is said to have immigrated to (now) Delaware County in 1794, and died in Bovina, 1798. The first few generations look something like this (corrections and additions welcome): Descendant List - Hezekiah Davis * - 16 Oct 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-Hezekiah Davis * d: 1798 in Bovina, Delaware, NY sp-Rachel Smith ~* . 2-Frederick Davis ~ d: bef 1781 (unclear, possibly Hezekiah's brother?) . 2-John S. Davis * b: 28 Aug 1783 in Westchester Co., NY d: 28 Feb 1866 in Andes, Delaware, NY . sp-Eunice Northrup * b: 1787 in Dutchess Co., NY m: abt 1807 d: 20 Jul 1861 in Andes, Delaware, NY . . 3-Harriet Davis b: 1808 d: 1883 . . 3-Pathena Davis b: 28 Oct 1809 d: 2 Feb 1893 . . 3-Eliza Ann Davis b: 1813 in Andes, Delaware, NY d: 1883 in Cortland, , NY . . sp-William Dickinson b: 20 Sep 1802 in Roxbury, Delaware, NY d: 25 Jan 1878 in Cortland, , NY . . 3-John N. Davis b: 1814 . . sp-Emeline Dunn b: abt 1816 m: 1844 . . . 4-John P. Davis b: 1848 d: 1860 . . . 4-Moses N. Davis b: abt 1850 in Andes, Delaware, NY . . . 4-Charlotte H.? E.? Davis b: 15 May 1853 d: 3 Jul 1862 . . . 4-Henry N. Davis b: Sep 1856 . . . sp-Cora B. Holt b: Mar 1867 m: 1892 . . . . 5-Carson A. Davis b: Aug 1892 in Andes, Delaware, NY . . . . 5-Byrson E. Davis b: Jun 1895 in Andes, Delaware, NY d: Jun 1972 in Saint James, Suffolk, NY . . 3-William T. Davis b: 24 Jan 1817 in Roxbury, Delaware, NY d: 21 Mar 1874 in Andes, Delaware, NY . . sp-Elizabeth M. [Davis] b: 8 Dec 1824 m: abt 1845 d: 15 Jan 1893 in Andes, Delaware, NY . . . 4-John W. Davis . . . 4-Catharina L. Davis b: 1850 in Delaware County, New York d: 1922 in Andes, Delaware, NY . . . 4-Mary E. Davis b: abt 1844 in Andes, Delaware, NY . . . sp-[Husb of Mary E Davis] Boyes m: bef 21 Mar 1874 . . . 4-Almaritta Davis . . . 4-Joel O. Davis b: Aug 1853 in Andes, Delaware, NY d: 27 Feb 1926 in Andes, Delaware, NY . . . sp-Susan H. Davis b: 1859 in Andes, Delaware, NY d: 30 Dec 1938 in Andes, Delaware, NY . . . . 5-John B. Davis b: 1893 d: 1895 . . . . 5-William S. Davis b: abt 1896 in Andes, Delaware, NY . . . . 5-Harold V. Davis b: abt 1898 in Andes, Delaware, NY . . . . 5-Mary B. Davis b: abt 1903 . . . 4-Lydia P. Davis . . . 4-Henry S. Davis b: abt 1856 in Andes, Delaware, NY . . . 4-Hezekiah S. Davis b: 3 Oct 1861 in Andes, Delaware, NY d: 18 Jun 1864 in Andes, Delaware, NY . . . 4-George A. Davis b: 1861 in Andes, Delaware, NY . . . sp-Etta A. Shaver b: 1869 m: abt 1885 d: 1897 in Andes, Delaware, NY . . . . 5-Leroy W. Davis b: 1886 . . . . 5-Carrie H. Davis b: 1888 . . . . 5-Ralph Eugene Davis b: 1891 . . . . 5-Emma E. Davis b: abt 1896 . . . 4-William H Davis b: 1862 in Andes, Delaware, NY . . . 4-Edgar E. Davis b: 18 Oct 1866 d: 26 Dec 1888 in Andes, Delaware, NY . . 3-Henry W. Davis b: 24 Mar 1821 d: 19 Jan 1855 . . sp-Ellen Jane Ladd b: 20 Nov 1825 in NY, US m: bef 1846 d: 25 Jan 1885 . . . 4-Henry Earl Davis . . . sp-Mary E. Slater b: 8 Mar 1846 . . . . 5-Lena Mae Davis . . . . 5-Homer Henry Davis b: 31 Oct 1877 in Traer, Iowa d: 1 Jan 1965 in Mora, Minnesota . . . . 5-Nellie Davis . . . 4-Smith A. Davis . . 3-Mary Davis b: 1823 . . sp-John Neild ~ m: bef 1853 . . 3-M(oses) Smith Davis * b: 10 Feb 1824 in Andes, Delaware, NY d: 10 Jul 1898 . . sp-Mary D. Vermilya * b: 1 Mar 1823 m: 1846 d: 14 Aug 1892 . . . 4-Marie Emeline Davis * b: 10 Aug 1848 d: 17 Apr 1923 in Andes, Delaware, NY . . . sp-John Dickman * b: 5 Apr 1850 in Delaware County, New York m: 1 Nov 1876 d: 7 Jan 1924 in Andes, Delaware, NY . . . . 5-[girl] Dickman b: abt 1878 d: at birth . . . . 5-John Stanley Dickman b: 8 Jan 1879 in Andes, Delaware, NY d: 20 Jan 1954 in Margaretville, Delaware, NY . . . . 5-Janie Mae Dickman b: 15 Sep 1881 in Andes, Delaware, NY d: 15 Jun 1959 in Andes, Delaware, NY . . . . 5-Robert William Dickman b: 4 Feb 1884 in Andes, Delaware, NY d: 31 May 1958 . . . . 5-Susie Charlotte Dickman b: 3 Oct 1886 in Andes, Delaware, NY d: May 1970 in Andes, Delaware, NY . . . . 5-Smith V Dickman * b: 14 Mar 1891 in Andes, Delaware, NY d: 1 May 1994 in Bradenton, Manatee, FL . . . . 5-Floyd Herbert Dickman b: 1 Jan 1893 in Andes, Delaware, NY d: Sep 1962 . . . . 5-[girl] Dickman b: abt 1895 d: at birth . . . 4-Henry V. Davis b: 28 Aug 1851 in Andes, Delaware, NY d: 3 May 1873 in Andes, Delaware, NY . . . 4-Hezekiah (Ki) T. Davis b: 1856 in Andes, Delaware, NY d: 1917 . . . 4-Susan H. Davis . . . sp-Joel O. Davis . . . . This line shown above . . . 4-Edward William Davis b: 23 Mar 1862 in Andes, Delaware, NY d: 2 May 1930 in Urbana, , IL . . . sp-Ida Keator b: Aug 1862 in Roxbury, Delaware, NY m: bef 7 Jan 1885 in Delhi, Delaware, NY . . . . 5-Bertha Davis b: 13 Mar 1886 in Andes, Delaware, NY d: 6 Dec 1979 in IL, US . . . . 5-Smith Edward Davis b: 16 Jan 1888 in Andes, Delaware, NY d: 19 Mar 1963 in Decatur, Macon, Illinois . . . . 5-Ellis Davis b: Aug 1897 d: 6 Jun 1923 in Champaign, , IL . . 3-Hezekiah N. Davis b: 2 Aug 1826 in Andes, Delaware, NY d: 5 Feb 1892 . . sp-Elizabeth "Betsey" Neild b: abt 1826 in England, UK m: 27 Feb 1851 in Andes, Delaware, NY d: 7 Feb 1892 in Andes, Delaware, NY . . . 4-Mary A. Davis b: Feb 1852 in Andes, Delaware, NY d: 3 Aug 1943 in Andes, Delaware, NY . . . 4-Jane E. Davis b: abt 1856 in Andes, Delaware, NY . . . sp-Tom Leyden . . . 4-Henry A. Davis b: aft 15 Jan 1858 in Andes, Delaware, NY d: 14 Jan 1899 . . . 4-Hezekiah W. Davis b: 31 Oct 1862 in Andes, Delaware, NY d: 4 Dec 1928 in Andes, Delaware, NY . . . sp-Joanna Whitson b: 28 May 1862 in Delaware County, New York m: abt 1885 in Delaware County, New York d: 26 Feb 1922 in Delaware County, New York . . . . 5-Florence Davis b: Aug 1887 in Andes, Delaware, NY . . . . 5-Frank Howard Davis b: 1892 . . . . 5-Helen E. Davis b: abt 1901 . . 3-Thomas Davis ~ . . sp-Elizabeth Washburn . . 3-Sarah Davis ~ b: 26 May 1829 d: 24 Aug 1923 . . sp-William Close . . 3-Peter Davis ~ The asterisks denote my line, the tildes denote (very) poorly documented individuals. I have spouses and children for man of those shown here in the fifth generation. Dave Dickman Long Island, NY