Benjamin Davis (b 1769 Winterbourne Earls Wiltshire, m Ann Yates 1791
Winterbourne Earls, d 1856 Winterbourne)
m Sarah Pearcey 1805 Winterbourne Earls)
Ann Yates (b 1768 Winterbourne Earls, d 1805 Winterbourne Earls)
Ann Davis (b 1791 Winterbourne Earls)
Hannah Davis (b 1793 Winterbourne Earls)
Joshua Davis (b 1801
Salsbury Wiltshire, m Pamela Bowles 1823 St
Edmunds Salisbury Wiltshire, d 1888 Braidwood NSW) Thirza Davis (b 1824 Winterbourne Dauntsey
Wiltshire, m John Josiah
Marshall 1845 Winterbourne Dauntsey, d 1890) Emily
Christina Virginia Marshall (b 1858 Winterbourne Dauntsey, m
Thomas Henry Smalley 1876
West
Melb
Vic, d 1923
Preston Vic) Herbert
Oscar
Smalley (b1878 Brunswick, Vic, m Annie
Tippett 1908 North Fitzror,
Vic,
d 1960 Preston Vic)
1841 Census
Parish of Winterbourne Earls, all born in the county
Benjamin DAVIS
70 Ag
Lab (abt 1770)
Sarah
DAVIS
60
(abt 1780)
Elizabeth DAVIS
15
(abt 1825)
George DAVIS
15
(abt
1825)
Charles DAVIS
10
(abt 1830)
This could be our Benjamin and sister Sarah at a stretch, with some
grandchildren. His wife Ann had died.
Interestingly, a few houses awat are a couple of Hayter families.
Benjamin's mother was Elizabeth Hayter
Peter (b abt 1775), and John (b abt 1785) could be Elizabeth's brothers
Notes for
Benjamin Davis from FTM
James Lawrence was a witness at the wedding. Sarah was a widow when she
married Benjamin.
1841 census. Benjamin 70 and Sarah 60 living in Winterbourne Earls with
twins Elizabeth and George aged 15 and their grand son Charles aged 10,
the son of Jerimiah and Sarah Player.
1851 census. Benjamin 83 and Sarah 71 are both classed as paupers
living in Winterbourne Earls with their son George 20 a farm labourer
and his wife Jane 22 with their daughter Emily aged 1. Also grand son
Charles 20 a farm labourer is still living with them.
(Source Yvonne Bean)
Acknowledgemnts
The extensive Davis genealogy back to the sixteenth century has
been obtained from LDS, complemented by data from Robyn
Lanham, Dave
Lawrence, Yvonne Bean
and Louise Cunningham
Research Notes
Genes Reunited checked for Benjamin and Ann
1851 Census Parish of Winterbourne Earls should be able to find
Benjamin
LDS checked, but test Elizabeth's brother thesis (Winterbourn Earls
site)
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