Ancestry of
Joseph J. Jeffrey

(1855–1936)

William Davis

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• • Great-grandfather of Joseph J. Jeffrey — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 10 
  • Father:
  • Thomas William Davis 
  • Mother:
  • Tacy Crandall   
  • Birth Date:
  • 21 Mar 1758 
  • Birth Location:
  • Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 6 Jan 1845 
  • Death Location:
  • Salem, Harrison, West Virginia 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Seventh-Day Baptist Church Cemetery, Salem, Harrison, West Virginia 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Elizabeth Johnson
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1780 
  • Marriage Location:
  • prob. New Jersey 
  • Child:

  Tacy Davis (Ahnentafel No:5 )

  • Notes: 

  • Revolutionary War veteran

    of Green Brier Run, West Virginia

    aka “Green Brier Billy”

• Sources for William Davis

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A030724 and #A030723.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 03/11/2020).
  • ³ West Virginia, U.S., Deaths Index, 1853-1973, Death record for daughter Tacy Jeffrey.
  • ⁴ West Virginia, U.S., Marriages Index, 1785-1971, Marriage record for Joseph Jeffreys and daughter Tacy Davis.
  • ⁵ Crandall, John Cortland, Elder John Crandall of Rhode Island and his Descendants, Woodstock, New York: Unknown (1949), 24.
  • ⁶ Fitz Randolph, Corliss, A History of the Seventh Day Baptists in West Virginia: Including the Woodbridgetown and Salemville Churches . . ., Plainfield, New Jersey: The American Sabbath Tract Society (1905), 401-402.