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Jane Davis (Morgan)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: New Castle, New Castle, Delaware, United States
Death: January 04, 1774 (69-70)
New Castle, New Castle, Delaware, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Watkin Morgan
Wife of Evan Davis, Sr.
Mother of John Morgan Davis; Thomas Davis; Margaret Davis and Evan David, Jr

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About Jane Davis

Evan David married 2nd to Jane Morgan, daughter of Watkin Morgan, and had 4 children: John, Thomas, Joshua, Margaret


Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Morgan-4862

After the unexpected death of his first wife, Jane Rees, Evan (David) Davis, Sr. married second, Jane Morgan in 1724 in New Castle, Delaware.[1]

Jane Morgan was born about 1700. She died on 14 May 1740 at the age of 40 in New Castle, Delaware.[2]

Evan David and Jane Morgan had the following children:

  1. John Morgan David was born about 1725.
  2. Thomas David was born about 1727 in New Castle County, Delaware.
  3. Joshua David was born abt 173? in New Castle County, Delaware.
  4. Margaret David was born abt 173? in New Castle County, Delaware

. Evan Davis left a will dated 21 August 1748 and died before the end of the year. His second wife, Jane Davis, a widow, and son, Thomas Davis, probated his will in 1748 (Wills, Lib. K1, fol. 168). [Will Book K1, page 168].[3]

Here is the abstract of his will: Evan David, Senior. Pen. Hd. Aug. 21, 1748._____, 1748. G. 207. Eldest son, John David; son, Joshua David; daug. Margaret; wife Jane David; son, Thomas. Exc. wife, Jane David; Son, Thomas David.

Sources

  1. ↑ "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900," database, Ancestry, Evan David marriage Jane Morgan; Married 1724.
  2. ↑ Henry G. Welbon, A History of Pencader Presbyterian Church (Welsh in Origin) of Glasgow, Delaware (Newark?, Delaware): Genealogical Publishing Company, 1936), page 51.
  3. ↑ New Castle County, Delaware, LDS FHL microfilm #006539: Will Book "G", page 207-208, EVAN DAVID; Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Jane Davis's Timeline

1704
1704
New Castle, New Castle, Delaware, United States
1718
September 7, 1718
New Castle, DE
1774
January 4, 1774
Age 70
New Castle, New Castle, Delaware, United States
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