Edie, According to Futhey and Cope's 1881 History of Chester County, the Welsh started a Baptist settlement in 1701 and 1702 called Great Valley. Its association was with Philadelphia. James Davis (who was a Baptist in Rydwilim, in Carmarthenshire in Wales) and Richard Miles starting meeting with their 2 families and it continued to grow until they built a meeting house in 1722 in Tredyffrin in Chester Co. 92 families belonged to the church, surnames were Davis, Jones, Williams, Thomas, Nicholas, Goerge, Powell, Cornog, Griffeths, Edwards, Morgan, Jones, Adams, Grono, Morris, Gordon, Jenkins, Lewis, Philips, John, Wells, Evans, Walters, Pugh, Stevens, Mather, Roberts, James, Lloyd, Martin, Vaughn, Smith, Bartholomew. There was a Thomas Davis, as well as a Rev. Thomas Davis included in these families. In the notes of Brandywine Baptist meeting start up there is also a reference to Jos. Eaton coming from the Welsh-tract (New Castle, Del) on June 14, 1715 to help organize the church. If you need any of the first names of the above 92 families, send me a separate email and I'll be glad to pass them on. Wendy > > If you see the birth of a Thomas to a Davis family in a Welsh community, I > would love to follow the thread! > > > ==== PAMONTGO Mailing List ==== > List owner ndwilson@swbell.net > > ============================== > RootsWeb.com now offers UNLIMITED Web space for FREE! > Sign up today for RootsWeb's Freepages program: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi >