William Davies was born on 11 February 1781, in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom. He married Jane Jones in 1803, in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. In 1813, at the age of 32, his occupation is listed as father's profession: miner (@ plymouth works - merthyr tydfil, glamorganshire, wales) {thomas davies (son of william & ann davies), in the glamorganshire, wales, anglican baptisms, marriages and burials, 1570-1994} in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom.
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Welsh and English: variant of Davis , a patronymic equivalent to Welsh ap Dafydd ‘Dafydd's son’. The name is especially numerous in south Wales. This form of the name probably shows the influence of Davy , the common English form of the personal name David in the late medieval and early modern periods (see Davey ).
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