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Name Robert Davis
Birth abt 1685, Barbadoes
Death aft 1722, FL
Father Nathaniel Davis (~1660-)
Mother Elizabeth Hughes (~1664-)
Spouses
1 Anna Atkins
Marriage abt 1700
2 Abadiah Lewis
Birth abt 1687, Barbadoes
Father Captain Hugh Lewis (~1652-)
Mother Elizabeth X
Marriage abt 1701, VA
Notes for Robert Davis
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.
Last Modified 15 Feb 2001 Created 4 Sep 2001 by Reunion for Macintosh

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