Supplemental Material - Interviewees
DAVIS, Abraham Abraham Davis was a son of David Davis (Davids) and Jane Hatfield, and was the husband of interviewee Zipporan Miller Davis. He told John Macdonald that he was 80 years old at the time of his interview on November 21, 1846. He is listed as an 84-yearold resident of the Town of White Plains, New York, in the 1850 United States Census. His tombstone in White Plains Rural Cemetery in White Plains indicates that he died on November 12, 1854, aged 89 years (WCHS Book #38, p.29). See Granville Mackenzie, "Families of the Colonial Town of Philipsburgh," Typescript in WCHS Library, p. 181- 182.
DAVIS, Harrison John Macdonald indicated that Harrison Davis resided in Old Well, the neighborhood now known as South Norwalk in Norwalk, Connecticut.
DAVIS, Isaac John Macdonald indicated that Isaac Davis was 78 years old at the time of his interview on November 23, 1849. He is listed as a 79-year-old resident of the Town of Greenwich, Connecticut, in the 1850 United States Census.
DAVIS, Silas Silas Davis told John Macdonald that he was 78 years old at the time of his interview on October 21, 1850. He is listed as a 77-year-old miller in the Town of Greenwich, Connecticut, in the 1850 United States Census. His tombstone in Christ Church Cemetery in Greenwich indicates that he was born on October 20, 1772, and died on September 17, 1868. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/162617489/silas-davis
DAVIS, Zipporan Zipporan Miller Davis was a daughter of Elijah Miller and Ann Fisher, and was the wife of interviewee Abraham Davis. She is listed as an 82-year-old resident of the Town of White Plains, New York, in the 1850 United States Census. Her tombstone in White Plains Rural Cemetery indicates that she died on November 1, 1850, aged 82 years, 1 month, and 10 days (WCHS Book #38, p.29).