Winifred Davis

Brief Life History of Winifred

When Winifred Davis was born about 1782, in Warren, North Carolina, United States, her father, Peter Davis, was 56 and her mother, Hannah Turner, was 23. She died after about 22 April 1848, in her hometown.

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Family Time Line

Peter Davis
1727–1804
Hannah Turner
1760–1826
Thomas Davis
1781–
Winifred Davis
1782–1848
Jacob Davis
1784–1859
Temperance Dawson Davis
1790–1860
John Davis
1791–1810

Sources (8)

  • Winifred Davis estate - 1848, Warren County, North Carolina
  • Winifred Davis will - 1848
  • Jacob and Winifred Davis tax list - 1835, Warren County, North Carolina

World Events (8)

1783 · A Free America

The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.

1789 · Becomes 12th State

On November 21, 1789, North Carolina became the 12th state in the Union.

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

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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