Brief Life History of Ann
When Ann Davis was born on 31 January 1779, in Llandeilo-talybont, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, her father, William David, was 19 and her mother, Ann David, was 15. She married Thomas Davies in 1795, in Llangyfelach, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters.
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Family Time Line
Sources (5)
- Legacy NFS Source: Ann David - Church record: birth-name: Ann David
- Anne in entry for Mary Davies, "Wales, Glamorgan Parish Registers, 1558-1900"
- Ann David, "Wales, Glamorgan Parish Registers, 1558-1900"
Spouse and Children
1776–1828 Male
1779– Female
Children (9)
1795–1796 Female
1795– Male
1797–1797 Female
1803– Female
1805– Male
+4 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1760– Male
1764– Female
Siblings (4)
1779– Female
1787– Male
1789– Female
1808– Female
World Events (6)
1815
Age 36
1831 · Merthyr Uprising
Age 52
1843
Age 64
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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