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- At Walter's decease, He was a resident of South Crosby, Ontario, Canada, and died intestate; he left lands owned in Litchfield, CT.Named survivors were:
JEMIMA DAVIS - his widow
children (not named) of his deceased daughter, JEMIMA MERRICK
2 married daughters:
ANNE BISSELL
MARY RIPLEY
son, WALTER DAVIS
The estate was probated by PETER POWELL, who was connected by marriage to the family and he ordered the sale and distribution of the property.(Source:Probate Court, Litchfield, CT)
Walter Davis is listed in Reid's Son's and Daughters of the Loyalists:
WALTER DAVIES of Elizabethtown and Wolford
ANNA m BISSELL
MARY
JOHN H
WALTER
JEMIMA m 1)Hall 2)Merrick of South Crosby(provided by M. Hunter)
Davies children in Canada:
1.ANNA DAVIS, daughter, bc 1781 d 30 Oct 1809 Augusta Canada, married 31 October 1799 in Augusta to JEHIEL BISSELL b 13 October 1767 Litchfield, CT, d 23 October 1848 in Augusta.He was the son of David Bissell and Anna Goodrich.
Ch:
MARY ANN BISSELL b 20 Aug 1802 in Augusta Township d 7 Dec. 1876 S. Crosby, Ontario
age 74 yrs 4 mos 8 days
URI BISSELL b May 1803
HENRY BISSELL b 1 May 1807 Augusta
After Anna's death, Jehiel married for his second wife on 10 October 1814 to:
ELEANOR DERICK WICKWIRE b 22 Sept 1773 d 9 Feb 1854
ch:
LYDIA ELIZA BISSELL bc June 1826
2.MARY DAVIS (1783-1861) married THOMAS RIPLEY (1789 - 1870)
There is a suggestion that Walter Davies adopted Thomas Ripley; however his name does
not appear in the probation proceedings as being an heir, whereas Walter's daughter, Mary is
included.
Thomas Ripley had brothers and a sister:
JOEL RIPLEY (1784 - 1872)
MARY RIPLEY married CALVIN THROOP
SAMUEL b 1772
STEPHEN b 1774
JOHN b 1782
3. WALTER DAVIS JR. (1789 - 1830) married LYDIA SWEET (bc 1793) of JOHN and A. SWEET
4. JEMIMA DAVIS deceased by 1806 married probably JOHN MERRICK
ch:
In 1806, grandfather, Walter, swore he was heir at law of JEMIMA HALL, then deceased.
In January of 1807, Walter claimed Lot 8, 4th Concession of South Crosby for 200 acres for his grandson, DORCHESTER HEDGER MERRICK, as a United Empire Loyalist.(Source: Surrogate Ct of Ontario) (NOTE: In 1806, Walter states he is an heir of Jemima Hall, then deceased.However, his estate refers to widow, Jemima Davis and daughter Jemima Merrick.)
Walter Davis, Sr. had a brother WILLIAM DAVIES, who died about 1815, and had also come to Wolford, (Easton's Corners) Ontario.The Memorial stated that he had one daughter and three sons; however the daughter died shortly after arriving in Canada.The surviving children are William, Powell b 1770 and John Henry.In the Probate Court at Litchfield, CT, 7 Dec. 1779, the estate of WILLIAM DAVIES was forfeited to Connecticut, as a Loyalist sympathizer, and at that time he was of Washington, Litchfield County, CTThe 1802 census of Wolford listed:
DAVIS , William age 62 (born c 1740)
DAVIS, William Jr. age 33
DAVIS, Margaret 50 (bc 1752)
DAVIS, Powell30
DAVIS, John Henderson 10
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1786 - Bef 1806 (19 years)
