Silas Stillman Davis

Male12 January 1793–

Brief Life History of Silas Stillman

Silas Stillman Davis was born on 12 January 1793, in Rensselaer, Rensselaer, New York, United States. He married Lucretia Wells on 21 January 1846, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. He lived in Ward, Allegany, New York, United States in 1875 and Lincklaen, Chenango, New York, United States in 1880.

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Family Time Line

Silas Stillman Davis
1793–
Lucretia Wells
1796–
Marriage: 21 January 1846

Sources (2)

  • Silas S Davis in household of Lillie Halbert, "New York State Census, 1875"
  • Silas S Davis in household of Silas Davis, "United States Census, 1880"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    21 January 1846Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
  • World Events (8)

    1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

    Age 1

    The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

    1823

    Age 30

    Established in 1823.

    1825 · The Crimes Act

    Age 32

    The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

    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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