Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Davis (and variant spellings) families who came mainly from England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Some settled in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia in the 1600's. In the 1700's, some settled in Quebec (Canada), and to Connecticut, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North and South Carolina, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont, and West Virginia....

"George Gray (1725-1800) m[arried] 1752 Martha Ibbetson (1734-1781). George Gray, believed to have been the fourth of the name in direct descent from father to son, was born in Germantown, Pa., 26 October, 1725. He was the son of George Gray 3rd (1693-1748/9) and his wife Mary (maiden name unknown) who was the widow of Joseph Ewen of Germantown. The Grays lived near Kingsessing, in Blockey Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, and were the...

William Biddle (d.1712), a Quaker, immigrated about 1681 from London, England to land near Kinkora, New Jersey. Descendants and relatives lived in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and elsewhere.

Adam Patterson, of Scottish lineage, married Isabel Thurston, and the family immigrated in 1729 from northern Ireland to Pelham, Massachusetts. Descendants and relatives lived in New England, New York, Maryland, North Carolina, Iowa and elsewhere. Includes some descendants and relatives in Canada. Includes ancestry in Scotland, Ireland and elsewhere.

The Wideners appear to have been German Baptists and Lutherans and were no doubt persecuted in the fatherland as many of the followers of Luther were 26. The emigration to this country appears to have commenced about 1730, when Penn's Colony was made a retreat for religious toleration. Weidners have continued to emigrate to the present time. The old families whose descendants appear hereafter came at or about the same time, landed at Philadelphia...