Re: DICK in Germany?>NJ>PA>MD>OH
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In reply to:
DICK in Germany?>NJ>PA>MD>OH
Allen Lewis 2/09/98
I ALSO HAVE A DICK CONNX. WILLIAM DAVIS MARRIED (MARTHA JANE) DICK IN PA. WE BELIEVE THAT FOR A TIME THEY LIVED MARRIED AT RADNOR, CHESTER COUNTY. AT LEAST 3 CHILDREN OF THIS UNION WERE BORN IN PA. SOMEWHERE. ONE WAS MY GT.GT. GRANDMOTHER BORN IN 1812.THE FAMILY INCLUDING "MOTHER DICK" LEFT PA. TRAVELLING FIRST TO TUSCUMBIA, AL. WHERE THEY STAYED FOR A SPELL. FROM THERE, THEY MADE IT TO THE CHICKASAW BLUFF BECOMING SOME OF THE FIRST RESIDENTS OF PRESENT DAY MEMPHIS. MY GT.GT. GRANDMOTHERS NAME WAS ELIZA ANNE WHO MARRIED A PENDLETON FIRST, BORE HIM A SON, APPARENTLY WAS WIDOWED, MARRIED SECOND HUSBAND DR. MARK BROWN SAPPINGTON OF MEMPHIS. SHE HAD A CHILD EVERY YEAR OF THIER MARRIAGE EXCEPT FOR 2 YEARS WHEN TO DR. HAD GONE TO TEXAS. THE DR. DIED IN 1851. THE DOCTORSBROTHER HAD MARRIED A SISTER OF MY GT.GT. GRANDMOTHER AND HAD REMOVED TO SAN ANTONIO, TX. IN 1842. UPON BEING WIDOWED, ELIZA ANN LOADED UP SEVEN DAUGHTERS AND ALSO MOVED TO SAN ANTONIO TO BE NEAR HER SISTER AND BROTHER IN LAW. THE OLDEST DAUGHTER MARRIED MY GT. GRANDFATHER ARTHUR ALEXANDER MUNCEY IN 1854. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND ANY RECORD OF THE DICK OR THE DAVIS FAMILY IN PA. THAT I CAN IDENTIFY WITH. FAMILY LEDGEND RECORDS THAT ONE OR THE OTHER WERE QUAKERS. SINCE THE PA. AND MARYLAND BORDER WAS SO CONFUSED AT THAT TIME IN HISTORY, YOURPA. MD. NOT STRUCK AN ACCORD. CAN YOU IDENTIFY WITH THE DICK LSDY IN ANY PROVABLE WAY?