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Descendants of Thomas Davy

Generation 1
1.	ELIZABETH^1 DAVY ^1 was born on 13 Oct 1765 in Schenectady, New York, USA. She married FREDERICK BAKER. More About Elizabeth Davy: Christening: 27 Oct 1765 in Reformed Dutch Stone Arabia, Schenectady, New York, USA Notes for Elizabeth Davy: Christening Sponsors: Maria Elizabeth & Henrich Saltzmann Elizabeth (Davy) married Frederick Baker between 1784 and 1788. The date and place is unknown. Their son Henry, however, was baptized at Bath, Ernestown, Lennox Addington, Ontario, Canada, in April 1789. The Davy's are well known Loyalist families. Memorial windows in loving memory of several of their family are to be found in St. John's Anglican Church at Bath, Ernestown, Lennox Addington, Ontario, Canada. One of the Davy's lived in Herkimer, New York, USA Elizabeth was a devoted wife and mother of a large family. The will of her husband, who predeceased her, indicates the esteem in which she was held. The date of her death and place of burial are unknown. Burial was likely in the old Lutheran Cemetery, north of Ernestown or at St. John's, Bath. This is a matter for further research. Elizabeth successfully petitioned for land at Kingston on 16 June 1790 [10]: The Memorial of Elizabeth Baker alias Davy Daughter of Peter Davy, late a private in the 2nd Battn Humbly Sheweth That your Lordship's Memorialist Being Married [to] Frederick Baker claims the Portion of land under the order of Council 9th of November 1789 And Humbly prays that two hundred acres of land may be assigned to her, as the Daughter of a Loyalist in the 8th Township. When the Mecklenburgh District Land Board met on 16 June 1790 they granted her petition and awarded Elizabeth 200 acres [30, pg166]. However, there is no further record of Elizabeth receiving land. Elizabeth's petition was one of four submitted by the Davy's on the same day and in the same hand. The others were from Peter Davy, John Davy and John's wife Sophia (Huffnail) [16]. On 2 April 1827 Elizabeth tried for title to a modest 50 acres: The petition of Elizabeth Baker, wife to Frederick Baker of the Township of Ernest Town (a U. E. Loyalist) Farmer Humbly sheweth that your petitioner is the daughter of Peter Davy late of Ernest Town, deceased, a U. E. Loyalist; that at the first settlement of this Province fifty acres being the North East quarter of Lot number twenty nine in the third Concession of the Township of Ernest Town was allotted to her as family land on account of her said father as by reference to the map of said township will appear; and your petitioner being desirous to obtain a patent therefor from the Crown, prays that your Excellency will cause the same to be made out to her and permit Andrew Mercer of the Town of York to be her agent to take out the same when completed. The petition was signed with 'her mark' and witnessed by Abraham Amey at Ernestown [13]. There is no indication that this second petition met with success and indeed, in the 20 Jan 1790 report of John Collins of the Surveyor General's office all 200 acres of Lot 29 Con 3 was in the name of Lewis Hicks [14]. The deeds from the Crown were only issued in 1845 and then it was to Isaac Asselstine (150 ac. ) and Joseph Chatterson (50 ac. ) [15]. In 1844, writing about the settlers on the Bath Road, John Collins Clark said: Mr. Frederick Baker settled on the farm next above Mr. [Jacob] Miller. His wife was a Davy. He died many years ago. His widow is still living with her son George, who owns the old farm. [7] Her death is probably recorded in the John C. Clark diary [2] which notes on 28 June 1848 that: Old Mrs. Baker, relict of the late Frederick Baker, died at night. The sponsors at the baptism of Elizabeth Davis were Maria Elizabeth and Henrich Saltzmann. Elizabeth was a sponsor of her nephew George Davy's baptism (son of Peter) in 1783. On 16 June 1790, Elizabeth identified herself as being married to Frederick Baker and petitioned for 200 acres in Sidney Township as the daughter of a loyalist, namely Peter Davy, a private in the 2nd Battalion. Her petition was granted, but she was never given the land. In 1827 she tried to get a patent for 50 acres being the north-east quarter of Lot 29, Con 3 of Ernestown which had been allotted to her at the first settlement of the province as the daughter of Peter Davy, a Loyalist. Again, she apparently was not successful. LAND: UCLP 1788-1832, B Misc/19 (1790). Ontario Archives reel C-1634. UCLP 1793-1840, B Misc/162 (1827). Ontario Archives reel C-1636. DEATH: J. C. Clark Diary; 'Baker' File; H. C. Burleigh Papers; Queen's Archives; Kingston, Ontario http://freepages. genealogy. rootsweb. com/~russmcgillivray/davy/page1. html#12
	Frederick Baker and Elizabeth Davy had the following children:
		i.	CATHERINE^2 BAKER. She married JOSPEH AMEY.
		ii.	ELIZABETH BAKER was born in 1793. She married JOSPEH AMEY in 1814 in Ernestown, Lennox Addington, Ontario, Canada. Notes for Elizabeth Baker: My Kids Mom [mailto:deedee( at )acoin. com] Sent: August 12, 2006 8:06 PM Subject: Peter Davy Family Hi Sandi I'm a descendent of Peter Davy, born about May 1724 in Schenectady, NY. One of his daughters was Elizabeth Davy who married Frederick Baker. She was born Oct. 13, 1765. Her daughter Elizabeth Baker, born about 1793, married my ancestor, Jospeh Amey in Ernestown Township in 1814. Do you have any information that would show a connection to your family? Thank you! respectfully Deborah Amey Anderson Utah Oh your web site is amazing!!!! I just found dozens of my ancestors and relatives in the documents! And the personal details and degree of documentation is astounding! I grew up with the Davy's, and Aseltines, and Amey's all around me. Elizabeth Davy, born Oct. 13, 1765 had two daughters, Elizabeth Baker and Catherine Baker who married my many times great grandfather, Joseph. Two of her other children married unrelated children of Jospeh! Thank you so very much!!!!!! I'm so excited to have found this. I've passed your web site address along to a cousin, Russ McGilvary, who has spent many years researching the various related families.
		iii.	WILLIAM BAKER^1 was born about 1810.
		iv.	JOHN FREDERICK BAKER^1 was born on 10 Sep 1810.
Sources
1	Russ McGillivray http://freepages. genealogy. rootsweb. com/~russmcgillivray/.

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