Brief Life History of Jane Bartholomew
When Jane Bartholomew Davis was born about 1752, in Montgomeryville, Montgomery Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Benjamin Davis, was 37 and her mother, Rachel Bartholomew, was 31. She married Colonel John Patton on 7 March 1777, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 1 May 1832, in Huntingdon, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Riverview Cemetery, Huntingdon, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Jane Davis, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"
- Jane Bartholomew Davis Patton, "Find A Grave Index"
- Jane Davis in entry for Colonl John Patton, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1777
Oldest grave seen in memorials list
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
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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