Mary Ann Davis

Brief Life History of Mary Ann

When Mary Ann Davis was born in October 1816, in Warren, New York, United States, her father, William Lawrence Davis, was 30 and her mother, Rebecca Scott, was 20. She had at least 1 son and 3 daughters with Paulinus Potter Jr. She lived in Watervliet, Albany, New York, United States in 1855. She died on 4 May 1908, in Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Paulinus Potter Jr
1800–1865
Mary Ann Davis
1816–1908
Abigail B Potter
1844–1916
Rebecca S Potter
1844–
William P. Potter
1846–1906
Charlotte Elizabeth Potter
1854–1944

Sources (11)

  • Mary A Potter in household of William P Potter, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Mary Ann Davis - Memory of Someone: birth: October 1816; Warren, New York, United States
  • Obituary - Buffalo Morning Express Newspaper - Mary A Potter

World Events (7)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1821

Historical Boundaries: 1821: Erie, New York, United States

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

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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