Brief Life History of Joseph
When Joseph Davis was born in 1736, in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Daniel Davis, was 29 and his mother, Mary Gale, was 28.
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Family Time Line
Sources (3)
- Joseph, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Joseph Davis, "England, Wiltshire, Church Records, 1518-1990"
Parents and Siblings
1708–1758 Male
1708– Female
Siblings (5)
1732– Female
1732–
1734–1740 Male
1736– Male
1738– Male
World Events (8)
1752 · Gregorian Calendar is Adopted
Age 16
1754 · Seven Years' War
Age 18
1770 · Boston Tea Party
Age 34
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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