Here are some wills from another lookup...maybe someone else will find some clues. S. > >Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1834 > >DAVIS, DAVID. Uwchlan, yeoman. >March 10, 1738/9. August 9, 1742. B. 111. >To son in law Philip Davis and daughter Elizabeth Davis all estate real >and personal they to provide for wife Margaret and son Thomas Davis >during their lives. To daughters Mary Wadkin and Sarah Phipps £5 each >after wifes decease. Executors: Philip and Elizabeth Davis. >Witnesses: Jonathan Roberts, Awbrey Roberts. > >Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1834 > >DAVIS, MARY, widow. Charlestown. >September 29, 1753. March 9, 1757. D. 76. >To son John Davis 5 shillings. To son Thomas Davis £6. To Jane, wife >of Thomas David of Charlestown (her daughter) £2.7.6 and to her 7 >children, viz., 6 daughters and 1 son £28 to be divided. To grandson >Samson Davis £6. To great grandson Abner Davis £3. To Sarah and Jacob, >children of John Morgan £1. Remainder to son John Davis, also >Executor. Wit: George George, Susanna Oneal, James Davis. > >Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1834 > >DAVIS, THOMAS. Charlestown. >April 3, 1760. April 16, 1760. >Provides for wife Jane. To my 4 daughters already married, viz., Mary, >Catharine, Elizabeth and Sarah £2 to be divided, also their shares of >legacies in the will of their grandmother Mary Davis. To daughter Anne >£50.10 to be paid her at time of her marriage. To youngest daughter >Rachel £50.10 at 18. To son David at 21 all my land and plantation >containing 340 acres. Executors: Wife Jane and friend Sampson Davis. >Witnesses: John Davis, Margaret Davis, James Davis. > >Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1834 > >DAVIS, MARY. Wife of John. Charlestown. >December 24, 1773. May 23, 1774. >Refers to marriage contract dated March 27, 1749 giving right to will >£60. To Rev. Mr. John Davis £4 and to his brother Thomas Davis 20 >shillings. To Mary daughter of David Davis, my stepson, 4 pewter >plates. All remainder of goods and chattels to husband John Davis >during life and then to his son David. Executors: John Davis and son >David. Letters to David, the other being absent. Wit: Nicholas >Pergrin, Benja. Thomas. John Pergrin. > >Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1834 > >DAVIS, THOMAS. Tredyffrin. >November 17, 1773. August 22, 1774. >"Shortly intending a voyage to the Island of Jamaica in the West >Indies." To my mother Elizabeth Davis plantation whereon I now live in >Tredyffrin during life, at her death to my sister Sidney Davis during >her life and then to her male heir with reversion to her other children, >she, he or they paying to my cousin Mary Hubbert £100 and to my cousin >Mary Cambell £100. Executors: Mother Elizabeth Davis and friend Lewis >Gronow. Wit: Saml. Davis, John Maxwell, Cornelius Dempsey. > >Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1834 > >DAVIS, JOHN. Coventry. >August 4, 1788. February 5, 1789. >To Thomas Davis, my son-in-law, plantation I now live upon, containing >70 acres, also lot of woodland. The remainder of plantation Hugh Jones >now lives on to my grandchildren, Benjamin, Thomas, Sarah, Margaret and >John Miller, to be sold when Benjamin is 21, children of Thomas Miller >and my daughter Mary. To Jane, daughter of William West, £3. >Executors: Son-in-law Thomas Davis, Jonathan Pugh. Letters to Davis. >Wit: John Pugh, Hugh Jones, James Jones. > >Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1834 > >DAVIS, THOMAS. Sadsbury. >February 14, 1807: March 3, 1807. >Provides for wife Rachel. Directs sale of land in Little Britain >Township, Lancaster County. To son David, £5. To daughter Dorcas, wife >of George Davies, $50. To daughter Hannah Davies £31 at 18. >To John and Davies Murphy, sons of daughter Debora Murphy, £10 each at >21. To son Thomas 5 s. To sons Samuel and Nathaniel the plantation on >which I live in Sadsbury, containing above 200 acres, and all other >estate. To daughter Hannah, above, half the proceeds of land in Little >Britain. Executors: Rev. Jethro Johnson and David Lightfoot. >Wits.: Thomas Arthur, Joseph Kenison. >Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1834 > >DAVIS, HANNAH. Vincent. >November 17, 1822. April 7, 1823. >Nuncupative Will. To Grace Davis & her 4 children, viz: David, Becky, >John and Elinor, "all the money that belongs to me and to support >Thomas Davis her husband." >All wearing apparel between James Johns family and Owen Evans family. >Wits: Jonah John, Maria Evans. >Lettes c t a to Jonah John. > >Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1834 > >BLACK, REBECCA. Widow. Sadsbury. >August 2, 1822. November 14, 1823. >To the children of Frances, wife of Thomas Davis, one-half of my >personal estate, and remaining half to Rebecca, widow of John >Humphrey. Mentions having given a power of attorney to sons Charles G. >and John N. Black to sell and settle the real estate of her late >husband, James Black. > > > > > > > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Warren Davis <snd@theriver.com> >To: ferg@wvinter.net <ferg@wvinter.net> >Date: Saturday, August 19, 2000 2:36 PM >Subject: Chester County Lookup > > >>A history of Uwchlan Township 1682-1782 >> >>I am looking for any information on Thomas Davis born in Uwchland, PA in >> >>1758 and married to Maglen Krauser. >> >>Thank you for any assistance you can provide. >> >>Warren Davis >> >> >> >> >