Jemima Davies

1786 - Bef 1806  (19 years)

• Name	Jemima Davies  [1]
  Born	1786	Davies Hollow, Linchfiled, Connecticut
  Gender	Female
  Died	Bef 1806	Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I9411	Brownlow
  Last Modified	20 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Walter Davies,   b. 22 Jun 1747, Kingston, Hereford, Herfordshire, England ,   d. 14 Nov 1817, Elgin, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada  (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Jemima Ann Ripley,   b. 21 Jul 1746, Crosby, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Apr 1827, Crosby, Leeds, Ontario  (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F3053	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Unk Hall
  Last Modified	16 Mar 2022
  Family ID	F3056	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Stephen Merrick,   b. 2 Feb 1759, Vermont, USA ( according to DAR documents, but other syblings both before and after were born in Pawlings, Oblong, NY) ,   d. 8 Jul 1841, Dearborn, Indiana, USA  (Age 82 years)
  Married	1801	South Crosby, Leeds and Grenville Union Counties, Ontario, Canada
  Children	+ 1. Col Dorchester Hedger Mirick,   b. 19 Mar 1802, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Dec 1874, Rabbit Hash, Boone, Kentucky, USA  (Age 72 years)
  Last Modified	23 Jul 2023
  Family ID	F2799	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		Jemima Davies History of Leeds Grenville Union Counties, Ontario, Canada
  		Jemima Davies Loyalist Sons and Daughters Page 83
  		Walter Davies 1806 Statement of Oath regarding Dorchester Hedger Merrick's claim to his mother's 200 acres in South Crosby, Leeds and Greenville Union Counties, Ontario, Canada
  		Walter Davies 1807 Statement of Claim by Walter Davies for Dorchester Hedger Merrick regarding 200 acres of land owned by his mother Jemima Davies
  		Walter Davies 1808 Land Claim for Dorchester Hedger Merrick by Walter Davies in regards to 200 Acres owned by his mother Jemima Davies, father Stephen Hedger Merrick
  		Dorchester Mirick Jemima and Dorchester Merrick land in South Crosby, Leeds, Johnston District, Ontario, Canada map
  		Walter Davies 1790 US Census, Connecticut
  		Col Dorchester Hedger Mirick 1808 Land Grant to Dorchester Hedger Merrick for Lot#8 Consession 2, 200 acres that was his mothers and became his uponher death

  
  

• Notes

  At Walter's decease, He was a resident of South Crosby, Ontario, Canada, and died intestate; he left lands owned in Litchfield, CT.Named survivors were: JEMIMA DAVIS - his widow children (not named) of his deceased daughter, JEMIMA MERRICK 2 married daughters: ANNE BISSELL MARY RIPLEY son, WALTER DAVIS The estate was probated by PETER POWELL, who was connected by marriage to the family and he ordered the sale and distribution of the property.(Source:Probate Court, Litchfield, CT) Walter Davis is listed in Reid's Son's and Daughters of the Loyalists: WALTER DAVIES of Elizabethtown and Wolford ANNA m BISSELL MARY JOHN H WALTER JEMIMA m 1)Hall 2)Merrick of South Crosby(provided by M. Hunter) Davies children in Canada: 1.ANNA DAVIS, daughter, bc 1781 d 30 Oct 1809 Augusta Canada, married 31 October 1799 in Augusta to JEHIEL BISSELL b 13 October 1767 Litchfield, CT, d 23 October 1848 in Augusta.He was the son of David Bissell and Anna Goodrich. Ch: MARY ANN BISSELL b 20 Aug 1802 in Augusta Township d 7 Dec. 1876 S. Crosby, Ontario age 74 yrs 4 mos 8 days URI BISSELL b May 1803 HENRY BISSELL b 1 May 1807 Augusta After Anna's death, Jehiel married for his second wife on 10 October 1814 to: ELEANOR DERICK WICKWIRE b 22 Sept 1773 d 9 Feb 1854 ch: LYDIA ELIZA BISSELL bc June 1826 2.MARY DAVIS (1783-1861) married THOMAS RIPLEY (1789 - 1870) There is a suggestion that Walter Davies adopted Thomas Ripley; however his name does not appear in the probation proceedings as being an heir, whereas Walter's daughter, Mary is included. Thomas Ripley had brothers and a sister: JOEL RIPLEY (1784 - 1872) MARY RIPLEY married CALVIN THROOP SAMUEL b 1772 STEPHEN b 1774 JOHN b 1782 3. WALTER DAVIS JR. (1789 - 1830) married LYDIA SWEET (bc 1793) of JOHN and A. SWEET 4. JEMIMA DAVIS deceased by 1806 married probably JOHN MERRICK ch: In 1806, grandfather, Walter, swore he was heir at law of JEMIMA HALL, then deceased. In January of 1807, Walter claimed Lot 8, 4th Concession of South Crosby for 200 acres for his grandson, DORCHESTER HEDGER MERRICK, as a United Empire Loyalist.(Source: Surrogate Ct of Ontario) (NOTE: In 1806, Walter states he is an heir of Jemima Hall, then deceased.However, his estate refers to widow, Jemima Davis and daughter Jemima Merrick.) Walter Davis, Sr. had a brother WILLIAM DAVIES, who died about 1815, and had also come to Wolford, (Easton's Corners) Ontario.The Memorial stated that he had one daughter and three sons; however the daughter died shortly after arriving in Canada.The surviving children are William, Powell b 1770 and John Henry.In the Probate Court at Litchfield, CT, 7 Dec. 1779, the estate of WILLIAM DAVIES was forfeited to Connecticut, as a Loyalist sympathizer, and at that time he was of Washington, Litchfield County, CTThe 1802 census of Wolford listed: DAVIS , William age 62 (born c 1740) DAVIS, William Jr. age 33 DAVIS, Margaret 50 (bc 1752) DAVIS, Powell30 DAVIS, John Henderson 10

  
  

• Sources

  [S52] Loyalist of Ontario Canada, Page 172 (Reliability: 4).