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).

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DERBYSHIRE, William William Derbyshire told John Macdonald that he was born in 1770. He is listed as "William Doubshire," an 82-year-old laborer in the Town of White Plains, New York, in the 1850 United States Census. Although Derbyshire told John Macdonald that he was born in White Plains, the census indicates that he was born in England.

DEVEAU, Daniel Daniel is listed as "Daniel Devoe," a 63-year-old shoemaker in the Town of Yonkers, New York, in the 1850 United States Census. The tombstone of that Joseph Coles in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Yonkers indicates that he was born in 1787 and died in 1857 (WCHS Book #86, p. 35).

DEVOE, Hannah Hannah Devoe was the wife of interviewee Joshua Devoe. John Macdonald indicated that she turned 90 years old in May 1847. Her husband, Joshua Devoe, is listed as a head of household in the Town of Greenburgh, New York, in the 1840 United States Census. The one free white female aged 80-89 in this household was presumably the interviewee.