When Richard Jenkins Davis was born on 3 September 1826, in Ystrad, Glamorgan, Wales, his father, William Davis, was 34 and his mother, Rachel Roberts, was 20. He married Rebecca Morgan on 22 July 1849, in Llantwit Fardre, Glamorgan, Wales. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Willard, Box Elder, Utah, United States in 1880 and Merthyr Dyfan, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom in 1891. He died on 5 October 1892, in Malad, Oneida, Idaho, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Willard City Cemetery, Willard, Box Elder, Utah, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1831: Rock Island, Illinois, United States
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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.
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Possible Related NamesRichard Jenkins Davis Richard Jenkins Davis was born in South Wales, the son of William Jenkins Davis and Gwenllis (sometimes spelled Gwenllia) Thomas on the third of September 1826. He was actua …
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