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William Hay Davis

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Biography

Resident slave-owner in Jamaica, dead by 1801. Father of Anthony Davis (q.v.).

Associated Estates (3)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1797 [EA] - 1800 [LA] → Guardian
Lancaster [ Jamaica | St Elizabeth ]

Shown as 'under the care and direction of': possibly attorney rather than guardian. Charles Foster was the brother-in-law of William Hay Davis

1798 [EA] - 1799 [LA] → Owner
Petherton [ Jamaica | Westmoreland ]
1801 [EA] - 1807 [LA] → Previous owner
Petherton [ Jamaica | Westmoreland ]

Relationships (4)

William Hay Davis
Father → Son
Anthony Davis
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William Hay Davis
Husband → Wife
Mary Capon formerly Davis (née Foster)
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Notes→
Wiliiam Hay Davis was the first husband of Mary Foster (later...
William Hay Davis
Son-in-law → Father-in-law
Samuel Warren Foster
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William Hay Davis
Brother-in-laws
Charles Foster
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