John Davis

Brief Life History of John

When John Davis was christened on 17 March 1782, in Stratton, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Davis, was 39 and his mother, Mary Ann Bevill, was 26. He died on 28 April 1782, at the age of 0.

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Family Time Line

John Davis
1743–1810
Mary Ann Bevill
1755–1822
Morris John Davis
1777–
John Floyd Davis
1778–1826
Catherine Ellen Davis
1779–
John Davis
1782–1782
Thomas Davis
1782–
Jane Davies
1783–
George Davis
1784–
Mary Davis
1784–
Jacob Davies
1788–
Elizabeth Davis
1788–
Ann Davis
1792–

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  • John Daves, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"

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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