Person:John Daves (1)

Watchers
m. Bef 1776
  1. Mary Daves1776 - 1840
  • HMaj. John Daves1748 - 1804
  • WMary Haynes1751 - 1822
m. Apr 1782
  1. Sally Eaton Daves1783 - 1802
  2. Ann Rebecca DavesAbt 1785 -
  3. Thomas Haynes DavesAbt 1787 - 1839
  4. John Pugh Daves1789 - 1838
Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Maj. John Daves
Gender Male
Birth[1][3] 1748 Mecklenburg County, Virginia
Marriage Bef 1776 North Carolina, United Statesto Sarah "Sally" Bryan
Marriage Apr 1782 North Carolinato Mary Haynes
Death[1][3] 12 Oct 1804 New Bern, Craven, North Carolina, United States
Burial[2][3] New Bern, Craven, North Carolina, United StatesCedar Grove Cemetery

Resources

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Recorded, in Browning, Charles H. (ed.). The American Historical Register and Monthly Gazette of the Patriotic-Hereditary Societies of the United States of America. (Philadelphia: The Historical Register Publishing Company)
    1215-1217.

    [one of the original members of the NC Society of the Cincinnati]

    Maj. John Daves
  2. 2.0 2.1 Major John Daves, in Historical Marker Database: Cedar Grove Cemetery, New Bern, North Carolina
    Marker #76965, 7 Sep 2014.

    Major John Daves - captain in NC Continental Line; member of State Society of the Cincinnati; distinguished at Germantown, Stony Point, and Eutaw Springs. First customs collector at Port of New Bern.

  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Maj John Daves, in Find A Grave: Cedar Grove Cemetery, New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina
    Memorial# 24034070, Jan 18, 2008.

    Birth: 1748, Mecklenburg County, Virginia, USA
    Death: Oct. 12, 1804, New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, USA
    Burial: Cedar Grove Cemetery, New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, USA
    Plot: 3 McKinlay

    Major Daves was married twice. His first wife, Sally Bryan, died shortly, leaving an infant, Mary (1776-1840), who became the wife of James McKinlay (1751-1819), a native of Scotland and for 40 years a New Bern merchant and banker. 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 (3 Aug 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.