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| He Came first with his wife and daughters. He lost his wife in America Captain Hugh Lewis, father-in-law of Robert Davis returned to America with Robert Davis, who came away without the consent of his parents, and served four years in VA, King and Queen, for his passage, and married Abadiah Davis, with whom he had immigrated. See: Venables of VA, p.9 From the records of Gnosall parish, Staffordshire, England: Thomas, son of Hugh and Elizabeth ap Lewis, bapt. 21 Nov 1642. We know that Capt Hugh Lewis, father-in-law, of our Abraham Venables, I (84), was in Barbadoes in 1679. Capt.of James City Co. !REF: The Conpendium of Amer. Gen. He of Hanover Co., VA. He was the ancestor of the "Black Davises" of KY from whom Jefferson Davis, the President of the Confedercy is descended. The Venable Letter,Vol.V, I 2, Winter 1996, pub. by Darrell L. McGraw, P.O. Box 211, Hixson, TN 37343-0211. | ||||||||||
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