During April 1782 Daves married Mary Haynes Long Daves (1751-11 Apr. 1822),twice a widow previously. They had two daughters and two sons. Sally Eaton Daves wed, in New Bern, Morgan Jones of Maryland, but died 17 Feb. 1802 at the age of nineteen. Ann Rebecca Daves was married in New Bern to Josiah Collins of Edenton in Dec. 1803. Thomas Haynes Daves, who married Harriet Hatch on 11 Mar.1812, was a Craven County sheriff but moved in 1836 to Alabama where he died in 1839. John Pugh Daves (23 July 1789-21 Mar. 1838), the older son, was a planter. He married three times: on 4 Feb. 1813 to Mary Bryan Hatch, who died the next Feb; on Feb. 1 1816 to Jane Reid Henry (1793-1827), sister of Louis D. Henry; and on 14 Jan. 1830 to Elizabeth Batchelor Graham (3Aug. 1804-9 May 1885), the daughter of Edward Graham (18 Feb. 1764-22 Mar. 1833 and Elizabeth Batchelor (1772-26 Apr. 1850), who were married 16 June 1795 at New Bern.