The Davis family : a history of the descendants of William Davis and his wife, Mary Means .. . stice of the Peace in1761 for a term of three years. He was married toElizabeth Williams, May 11, 1762. After serving inhis new office a little over one year, his death occurredwhen he was about thirty years of age. The inventoryof his belongings, which is still in existence in the Officeat Doylestown, Pa., indicates that he was prospering inthe world and well able to provide for a wife and family. Capt. Patrick Davis was a capable and forceful charac-ter; and had not his career been cut short, as we
The Davis family : a history of the descendants of William Davis and his wife, Mary Means .. . stice of the Peace in1761 for a term of three years. He was married toElizabeth Williams, May 11, 1762. After serving inhis new office a little over one year, his death occurredwhen he was about thirty years of age. The inventoryof his belongings, which is still in existence in the Officeat Doylestown, Pa., indicates that he was prospering inthe world and well able to provide for a wife and family. Capt. Patrick Davis was a capable and forceful charac-ter; and had not his career been cut short, as we haveevery reason to believe, by his strenuous life and expo-sures in the army, his history might have furnished aninteresting chapter in our book. WILLIAM AND MARY WILLIAM DAVIS, the eldest child of the largefamily of James (the first), was born in Ireland,near Drumquin, County Tyrone, May 15, 1730. He andPatrick were brought by their parents to America in theyear 1735. He grew up on the farm in Tinicum, receiv- 1 Pa. Arch., Ser. 2, Vol. 2, pp. 461, 462, 468, 478, 521, 649. 652, 655, WILLIAM AND MARY 11 ing such an education as was attainable at that earlyday, and being carefully instructed and trained, relig-ously and morally, by intelligent and loving parents. Hewas at the same time acquiring habits of industry, fru-gality, and thrift under their watchful care. He inherited a patriotic and military spirit, and in 1747-1748, when he was not more than eighteen years of age,we find him serving as ensign in the regiment commandedby Col. Alexander Gray don. This was during the Frenchand Indian War.^ Among the Presbyterian families of that part of thecountry was that of Mr. and Mrs. William Means. Itwas a prominent family of the Deep Run daughter Mary was a bright, attractive, and capablegirl. William Davis, having reached his twenty-seventhyear, and having saved money towards buying a farmand going to housekeeping, wooed and won the charminglass, and we s
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