Part I: Nine generations of the Davis Family

Beget, Begat, Begotten

Nine generations of the Davis Family

William Davis (married 1782)

Begat

John Davis (c. 1784)

Begat

Edward Davis (1829-1862 ?)

Begat

Andrew Russell Davis (1857-1942)

Begat

Isaac Luther Davis, Sr. (1885- 1963)

Begat

John Cronin Russell Davis, Sr. (1915-1985)

Begat

Ronald Evan Davis (1944-

Begat

Isaac Samuel Davis (1980-

Begat

Braylon Evan Davis (2006-

Our grandson Braylon Evan Davis has 2 parents

4 grandparents

8 great grandparents

16 great, great grandparents

32 great, great, great grandparents

64 great, great, great, great grandparents

124 great, great, great, great, great grandparents

256 great, great, great, great, great, great grandparents.

One of those great, great, great, great, great, great grandparents was probably William Davis (married 1782). William Davis was at the top of the nine generations of “begetting.” If one adds Braylon’s parents and his 256 (6 greats) grandparents plus all the grandparents in between, he has a total of 512 from whom he is descended. Add all of the aunts, uncles and cousins from these families and you have “one heap of people.”

The next entry will begin a pieced together story of some of our grandson’s ancestors as discovered in the book entitled “A Cloud of Witnesses” by Herman Floyd Johnston which was published in 1973. Other sources of information will be from what I remember my parents (Cronin and Evelyn Davis) telling me as well as some information from a cassette recording of an interview I had with Mary Lucille Davis Woodliff during a visit to Oklahoma on April 8 of 1997. The interview mostly concerned Mary Lucille Davis Woodliff’s father and mother and her siblings.

Until next time…

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