I was pleased to get your note, Rupert. It's nice to know your posts
are being read. My Davis line is through my mother, and I've traced
it to the immigrant who worked for Lion Gardiner who had come first
to CT to build Fort Saybrook. I do not know where he came from
originally, but probably Wales. As you know, there is a large
collection of Davis' in the south - Jefferson Davis being one of
those more well known - and I'm reasonably certain they immigrated to
southern ports - Charleston, etc.
If I ever find my Chapman connection I'll be able to say "from your
cousin Stu", but for now it has to be...
Regards, from Stu
Interesting that you have a Chapman+Davis connection in New York. My
Grandmother, Carrie Frances Davis, married Rupert Leander Chapman Sr
in Bruce, MS.
This Davis line goes back to Virginia, though, with no detectable New York
connection.
Rupert L. Chapman III