Comments for Henry Davis of Romulus NY Origins

Comment on Henry’s daughter Sarah Jane - Life in Seneca County NY by Sharon

Sharon — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 20:52:32 +0000

I also notice that a son of Sarah and Jonathan Ogden married Eleanor Brown, maybe this is another connection to the same Brown Family. Many times several members of one family married into another family thereby making their children doubly related. It happened inthe Davis/Allmacher marriages, two brothers married two sisters.

Comment on Henry’s daughter Sarah Jane - Life in Seneca County NY by Martin

Martin — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 21:29:29 +0000

The other child of Sarah Jane and Jonathan could either be Henry or Samuel. Henry was born about 1821 and Samuel 1825. I am placing my bets on Henry as Sarah Jane’s other son Charles named his second child Henry also.

Comment on Father Henry Davis’ migration to Romulus, NY from NJ about 1812 by Sharon

Sharon — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 22:31:59 +0000

I wonder if we can find any records of the Browns in New Brunswick prior to 1740?

Comment on Father Henry Davis’ migration to Romulus, NY from NJ about 1812 by martinld

martinld — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 02:20:01 +0000

I do wonder if there could be a common connection between the Henry Davis and Phebe that moved to Romulus NY and the Princeton NJ area (where Henry is purportedly to have come from circa 1812), between Cranberry NJ (where “a” Henry Davis was born 1719 from Henry Davis and Hope FitzRandolph, and New Brunswick NJ (where the Henry born 1719, of Henry and Hope FitzRandolph, married a Margaret Brown in New Brunswick, July 14, 1746).

I also find it intriguing that our Henry Davis’ son Charles’s first wife Phebe was a Brown (daughter of John and Lydia Brown) of New Brunswick, and Charles left Romulus to raise his family in New Brunswick NJ seem to me that they just might have had family connections in New Brunswick. This opens up a number of questions:
1. Could Charles’ wife Phebe Brown (Henry’s daughter-in-law) be related to Margaret Brown who married Henry, son of Henry Davis and Hope FitzRandolph. Source: New Jersey Marriage Records 1665-1800, Genealogical Publishing Company, 1967, page 102; quote: Davis, Henry, New Brunswick, and Margaret Brown, New Brunswick, 1746, July 14. endquote.
2. Since Henry can’t be found in Seneca County in 1830, is it possible he also returned to New Brunswick.
3. There is a Pheobe Davis 91 wid. living with sister Kate 86 both born in NJ (Year: 1880; Census Place: New Brunswick, Middlesex, New Jersey; Roll: T9_790; Family History Film: 1254790; Page: 87B; Enumeration District: 123 ). Could this be Henry’s widow.
4. All these places mentioned are concentrated in a very small area of NJ; Cranberry is only about 8 miles from both Princeton and New Brunswick. Princeton is probably little more than 10 miles from New Brunswick.

I will add more questions here as I think of them.