Mary ( Polly) Davis

Female1793–1864

Brief Life History of Mary ( Polly)

Mary ( Polly) Davis was born in 1793, in Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States. She married Jonathan Pursel on 9 July 1808, in Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850. She died in 1864, in Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Hollenback Cemetery, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jonathan Pursel
1788–1854
Mary ( Polly) Davis
1793–1864
Marriage: 9 July 1808
John Pursel
1817–1885
Oliver Hazzard Perry Purcell
1818–1877
Andrew John Purcel
1826–1906
Rachel Davis Pursel
1831–1898
Charlotte Purcell
1836–

Sources (9)

  • Mary Pursel in household of Jonathan Pursel, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Polly Davis, "New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956"
  • findagrave.com

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    9 July 1808Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States

    • Children (5)

    World Events (8)

    1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

    Age 1

    The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

    1804

    Age 11

    Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr had been political enemies with intense personal differences for quite some time. Burr accused Hamilton of publicly disparaging his character during the elections of 1800 and 1804. On the morning of July 11, the two politicians went to Weehawken, New Jersey to resolve the disputes with an official duel. Both men were armed with a pistol. Hamilton missed, but Burr's shot fatally wounded Hamilton, who would die by the following day. The duel custom had been outlawed in New York by 1804, resulting in Burr fleeing the state due to an arrest warrant. He would later be accused of treason, but ultimately be acquitted.

    1812

    Age 19

    War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

    Name Meaning

    English and Welsh: patronymic meaning ‘Dafydd's (son)’, equivalent to Welsh ap Dafydd, the Welsh form of David . The spelling Davis is more typical in southwestern England northwards as far as Lancashire, where the frequency of the surname largely reflects Welsh migration, but may sometimes represent a native English surname based on Davy (compare Davies ). Davis (including in the sense 2 below) is the eighth most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans.

    Irish and Scottish: adopted for Gaelic Mac Daibhéid ‘son of David’; see McDevitt . Compare Davies .

    History: John Davis or Davys (c. 1550–1605) was an English navigator who searched for the Northwest Passage. — By the 18th century there were numerous persons named Davis in America, including the jurist John Davis, born in 1761 in Plymouth, MA, and Henry Davis, a clergyman and college president, who was born in 1771 in East Hampton, NY. — Jefferson Davis, born in 1808 in KY, was president of the Confederate States of America from 1861 to 1865.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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