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Descendents of Aaron Dorcas (ca 1774 - Sep 1853)
and Jane "Unknown" (ca 1774 - 15 Apr 1855)

Third Immigrant Generation
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15. Elizabeth Dorcas . Daughter of Andrew Dorcas & Isobella Wishart. Born 26 Jun 1843.

    No further information.

16. Jane Dorcas . Daughter of Andrew Dorcas & Isobella Wishart. Born 26 Jun 1843.

    No further information.

17. Catherine Dorcas . Daughter of Andrew Dorcas & Mary   Virtue. Born 27 Oct 1845. Christen 27 Jun 1847 in Harvey By Rev. Daniel McCurdy. Died 24 Apr 1915. Buried in Acton Cemetery.

    Death date 18 Apr 1915 in the Daily Gleaner.

    She married Samuel Davis, son of Richard Davis & Jane Rhoades, 11 May 1865 in Harvey Presbyterian Church By Rev. Samuel Johnson . Born 3 Dec 1839. Died 1916. Buried in Acton Cemetery.

    From York Co NB Marriage Register C 1850-1866 (PANB): Witnesses to marriage were Thomas Davis and Margaret Dorcas.

    They had the following children:

  46   i.   Mary "Jane" Davis

  47   ii.   Frederick Allan Davis

  48   iii.   Andrew Davis

18. Margaret Dorcas . Daughter of Andrew Dorcas & Mary   Virtue. Born 10 May 1848 in Harvey. Christen 26 Jun 1848 in Harvey By Rev. Daniel McCurdy. Died 26 Dec 1935 in Kingsclear. Buried in Acton Cemetery.

    Copied from newspaper obituary (1935):

    Died at Kingsclear

    Mrs Margaret Davis, Aged 87, Was well Known Woman--Buried at Acton.

    Harvey Station, N.B., Jan 2 -- The death of Margaret Davis, wife of the late Thomas Davis, occurred at her home at Kingsclear on Thursday afternoon in her 87th year.   The funeral service was conducted by Rev. R. J. Kirkland of the Presbyterian Church, Acton, of which she was a member since her marriage over 60 years ago.   Favorite hymns were sung which included What a Friend We Have in Jesus and Lead Kingly Light.   Her four sons were the pall bearers and burial was in Acton Cemetery. Mrs Davis leaves to mourn three daughters, Mrs Richard MacDonald, Oak Bay, Washington; Mrs Martin George, Millinocket, Me.; Miss Estella, at home and four sons, Lewis, Millinocket, Me.; Robert, Presque Isle, Me.; Charles, Sherman, Me. and Samuel on the homestead; 13 grandchildren and five great grandchildren.   The late Mrs Davis was a true Christian and was well known in the Harvey district.

    She married Thomas Davis, son of Richard Davis & Jane Rhoades, 26 Jul 1870 in St. Paul's Church Records, Fredericton . Born 15 Jan 1843. Died 3 Mar 1929. Buried in Acton Cemetery.

    From New Brunswick Reporter, 29 Jul 1870: "Married Manse of St. Paul's, 26th inst., by Rev. Dr. Brooke, Thomas Davis and Miss Margaret Dareas both of Manners Sutton."

 

    Witnesses to marriage were Samuel Davis and Rebecca Dorcas.

 

    They had the following children:

  49   i.   Eliza Ann "Lizzie" Davis

  50   ii.   Richard "Lewis" Davis

  51   iii.   Charles Alfred Davis

  52   iv.   Robert Sewell Davis

  53   v.   Alice Maud Davis

  54   vi.   Samuel Wilmot Davis

  55   vii.   Bertina C. Davis

  56   viii.   Estella Jane "Stella" Davis

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