[WED]DAVEY family

[Tim Curtin]

Dear Don

I have found some extra information on your Davey family from the Wedmore PR
baptisms (1813-1900) as transcribed by my cousin John Hayward.

John Davey snr (1782- ) was living in Theale, about 4 miles east of Wedmore,
in 1817-1821; in 1817 he is said to be a farmer there when Hester M. Davey
was baptised (on 3 April 1817). Two years later and subsequently he is
listed as shopkeeper when David (bap. 18 July 1819) and Maria Millard Davey
(bap. 30 Sept 1821) arrived on the scene.

Theale was originally part of Wedmore parish, but around 1825 became a
parish in its own right. That could explain lack of mention of Elizabeth and
George.

But I wonder where your Walter ancestors came from? - my great-grandmother
was Ann Walter of Wedmore, daughter of Joseph Walter of Glastonbury, and
wife of Timothy Curtin I; her brother Joseph Walter II emigrated to USA
about 1880-90, and Ann's daughter Mary Ellen Curtin joined him in Farley,
Iowa, about 1895, where she married Robert Lee Pitman (also descended from
families from in and around Wedmore).


Best wishes

Tim Curtin




----- Original Message -----
From: Don and Erdine Walter <don_erdine@yahoo.com>
To: <wedmore@lists.tutton.org>
Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 11:27 AM
Subject: [WED]DAVEY family


> I'm trying to locate more information on the John
> Davey  family.  I had a poor copy of a picture of
> their home with a hand written notation that it was in
> Wedmore Parish, Theal, Somersetshire.
>
> John Davey Sr. (Born 1782) married Elizabeth Millard
> (1874), but when and where.  In the on-line Wedmore
> Parish baptismal records I find John and Elizabeth
> Davey the parent of Hannah Davey (1809), John Jr.
> (1810) and Edward (1812).  This Edward died in 1813.
> Since this record ends in 1812, I can't find anything
> for Edward (born 1814), David (1819), Hester (1817),
> Maria (1821), Elizabeth (1823), and George (1826).  US
> census lists them as all being born in England.
>
> John Davey Jr. immigrated to Auburn, New York in 1828,
> and stayed with his uncle Edward Davey.  Then he moved
>  to Skaneateles, New York.  The rest of the family
> immigrated to Skaneateles in 1830.  I can find no
> record of daughter Hannah in the US, an since she
> would have been 21 in 1830, I'm guessing she was
> already married and stayed in England, but her
> marriage or death isn't in the Parish records.
>
> The Wedmore Parish records also doesn't list a
> marriage for John and Elizabeth, or their baptisms.
> There are a lot of Millards listed but not Elizabeth.
>
> I would appreciate any information of this family and
> their relatives in England.  I've located information
> on most of the US descendants, and by the way my
> mother was a Davey, and I'm a sixth generation
> descendant of John Sr..
>
> Don Walter
>
>
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