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.