1724 Griffith Davis and Elizabeth Coate declared, to the Buckingham Women's Meeting, their intention to marry. Dated 3 of month 1 [March], 1723/24 and 7 of month 2 [April], 1724. [1] [2]
1724 The marriage of Griffith Davis was reported accomplished. Dated 7 of month 2 [April]. [3]
1737 Griffith Davis purchased 300 acres on Dec. 22, 1737 in Philadelphia for land on Tohickon Creek in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It was surveyed on Apr. 1, 1738 and was bounded on three sides by vacant land and the fourth by Wm. Graham. It was returned Aug. 12, 1745. The final date on the paperwork for this land was Mar 10, 1757. He was deeded this property by the Governors in Chief, John, Thomas and Richard Penn, Esq.'s. [4]
1743 Griffith Davis requested a certificate for his wife and children to move to Richland MM on 1 of 6 mo [August], 1743. Griffith Davis was amongst the first eleven families to inhabit Haycock, Pennsylvania in 1743. [5]
[1] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Buckingham Monthly Meeting, Pennsylvania, Minutes, 1722-1763, 3, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[2] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Buckingham Monthly Meeting, Pennsylvania, Minutes, 1720-1763, 15, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[3] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Buckingham Monthly Meeting, Pennsylvania, Minutes, 1720-1763, 17, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[4] William W. H. Davis, with Warren S. Ely and John W. Jordan, ed., History of Bucks County Pennsylvania, 2nd ed., Vol. III (1905), 532, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].
[5] William W. H. Davis, with Warren S. Ely and John W. Jordan, ed., History of Bucks County Pennsylvania, 2nd ed., Vol. III (1905), 640, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].