Great Valley is near King of Prussia. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anna B" <elijahf1@earthlink.net> To: "sandra ferguson" <ferg@ntelos.net> Cc: <PA-Old-Chester-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2006 7:09 PM Subject: [PaOldC] David/Davis/Davies > Sandra, > I found this message quoted below very interesting as I have found very > similar info in my own Davies/Davis/David line. > > One question which arises for me is this: Where in Cardigan did Hugh Davis > come from? My Jenkin Davies in his 1747 Will left land in Cilcennin > Parish, Cardigan to a brother Evan who had returned to Wales. > A second question is simpler: where is the Great Valley? > Anna > Message: 6 > Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 11:16:01 -0500 > From: "Sandra Ferguson" <ferg@ntelos.net> > Subject: [PaOldC] David/Davis/Davies > To: "Mary Arnett" <mhfarnett@hotmail.com>, > <PA-Old-Chester-L@rootsweb.com> > > One thing to keep in mind, when researching these Welsh names.....in the > case of the surname David, you need also to extend your search to include > Davis and Davies. They are often used interchangeably... > In 1710, Hugh Davis , an ordained minister, arrived and settled in the > Great Valley.....Hugh was chosen, in 1711, as minister of the newly formed > Great Valley Baptist Church...they met in the home of Richard Miles, in > Radnor, till 1722 when they built a log structure in Tredyffrin. Hugh > Davis > was born in 1665, in Cardiganshire, baptized and ordained in Rydwilim. He > served the Great Valley Church till his death, Oct 13, 1753. > (This is an interesting tidbit I came across....St Peters Lutheran church > was erected in around 1770, and built on a couple of acres of land, on a > road called then Griffith Evans' Road.) > Sandra > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PA-OLD-CHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >