Richard Survey Davis

Brief Life History of Richard Survey

When Richard Survey Davis was born on 21 February 1823, in Woodstock, Oxford, Maine, United States, his father, Benjamin Davis, was 26 and his mother, Ruhamah Cutler Chase, was 21. He died on 23 May 1832, in his hometown, at the age of 9.

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Family Time Line

Benjamin Davis
1797–
Ruhamah Cutler Chase
1801–1870
Richard Survey Davis
1823–1832
Chase Davis
Seth Davis
Emeline Davis
1824–1900
Herrick Chase Davis
1825–1910
Benjamin Davis
1827–1909
Stephen Chase Davis
1829–1893
Ruhamah C. Davis
1831–1893
Nehemiah Davis
1833–1859
Cyrus Chase Davis
1835–1862
Henry Davis
1838–1912
Emma Jane Davis
1840–1913

Sources (2)

  • Richard Survey Davis, "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
  • Richard Survey Davis, "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"

World Events (3)

1825 · The Crimes Act

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.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1832 · Calais Branch is Chartered

The State of Maine chartered the Calais Railway in 1832, one of the first railway charters to be granted by the state. Construction was very long, as the project was reorganized, abandoned, transferred to other companies, and extended several times. It was finally completed in 1898.

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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