William Bolton "Bottom Billy" DAVIS - I255 - Individual Information

William Bolton "Bottom Billy" DAVIS ‎(I255)‎

Name:
William Bolton "Bottom Billy" DAVIS

Gender: Male Male

Birth: 11 March 1754

33 Middletown Township, Monmouth, New Jersey
Death: 1834 ‎(Age 79)‎ Pike Township, Clark County, Ohio

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Birth	11 March 1754 34 33 Middletown Township, Monmouth, New Jersey
Marriage	Elizabeth Anna HAVENS - 1773 ‎(Age 18)‎ Monmouth, New Jersey
Comment 1	Ref. 25, 40*
Occupation I	sailor, ship's carpenter
Fact 8	Monmouth county NJ, Clark county OH
Death	1834 ‎(Age 79)‎ Pike Township, Clark County, Ohio
Reference Number	64

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Parents Family (F214)
Father	James DAVIS Sr. 1720 - 1777
Mother	Judith MAXSON 1720 - 1773
	William Bolton "Bottom Billy" DAVIS 1754 - 1834
Sister	Hannah Davis 1760 -
Brother	Thomas Davis 1762 -
Brother	James Davis Jr 1742 - 1803
Brother	Jacob Davis 1748 - 1793
Sister	Content Havens Davis 1758 - 1840

Immediate Family (F188)
Wife	Elizabeth Anna HAVENS 1754 - 1834
Son	James David Davis 1774 - 1851
Son	John Sutton William Davis 1775 -
Son	Jonathan Davis 1776 - 1846
Son	Joel Davis 1779 - 1798
Son	David Davis 1781 -
Son	George I. DAVIS 1783 - 1863
Daughter	Anna Davis 1785 - 1852
Son	Asa Davis 1790 - 1851
Son	Phineas Davis 1794 - 1845
Son	Jesse Davis 1788 - 1823
Son	William F. "Flint Billy" Davis 1791 - 1865

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Served in the British Army during the Revolutionary War. He ran the first British gunboat through Long Island Sound to New York. After a freak lightning strike out of a single cloud, which ignited the ship's magazine and blew up the vessel, William decided he was on the wrong side and deserted the British. Ref. 40 ‎(p. 100)‎.
He served several monthly tours as a private in the New Jersey militia, acting as a guide and guardian of the coastline. He participated in the Battle of Somerset Court House, being wounded by a musket ball in the chest. On his way to serve General George Washington in Pennsylvania, he was captured by the British near Monmouth Court House and was detained as a prisoner of war for 22 months. Ref. 40 ‎(p. 100-01)‎.
He moved to Washington county PA about 1790, and then moved to Harrison county WVA, where other members of his family had previously settled. Ref. 40 ‎(p. 101)‎.
He owned all of the bottom land east of Salem WVA, which gave him his nickname "Bottom Billy".
He was sheriff of Harrison county WVA for a time. Ref. 40 ‎(p. 101)‎.
Ref.: 25, 40.

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Family with Parents

Father

James DAVIS Sr.

‎(I297)‎

Birth 1720

40 Chester County, Pennsylvania
Death 3 September 1777 ‎(Age 57)‎ Battle of Brandywine, near Monmouth, New Jersey

9 months

Mother

Judith MAXSON

‎(I298)‎

Birth 17 September 1720 Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, America
Death 14 May 1773 ‎(Age 52)‎ Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey

Marriage: 10 January 1740 -- Shrewsbury, New Jersey

14 years

William Bolton "Bottom Billy" DAVIS

‎(I255)‎

Birth 11 March 1754

33 Middletown Township, Monmouth, New Jersey
Death 1834 ‎(Age 79)‎ Pike Township, Clark County, Ohio

6 years

Sister

Hannah Davis

‎(I1389)‎

Birth 1760

39 Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey

2 years

Brother

Thomas Davis

‎(I1390)‎

Birth 1762

41 Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey

-20 years

Brother

James Davis Jr

‎(I1771)‎

Birth 1742

21 New Jersey
Death after 1803 ‎(Age 61)‎ Harrison, ‎(West)‎ Virginia USA

6 years

Brother

Jacob Davis

‎(I14277)‎

Birth 1748

27 Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, NJ
Death 17 July 1793 ‎(Age 45)‎ Woodbridgetown, Fayette, Pennsylvania

10 years

Sister

Content Havens Davis

‎(I24624)‎

Birth 27 February 1758

37 Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, NJ
Death 27 July 1840 ‎(Age 82)‎ Salem, Harrison, West Virginia, USA

Family with Elizabeth Anna HAVENS

William Bolton "Bottom Billy" DAVIS

‎(I255)‎

Birth 11 March 1754

33 Middletown Township, Monmouth, New Jersey
Death 1834 ‎(Age 79)‎ Pike Township, Clark County, Ohio

-2 months

Wife

Elizabeth Anna HAVENS

‎(I256)‎

Birth 1754

25 Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey
Death 1834 ‎(Age 80)‎ Clark County, Ohio

Marriage: 1773 -- Monmouth, New Jersey

15 months

Son

James David Davis

‎(I1998)‎

Birth 1 April 1774

20 Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey
Death 13 June 1851 ‎(Age 77)‎ Jackson Center, Shelby County, Ohio USA

13 months

Son

John Sutton William Davis

‎(I1414)‎

Birth 1 May 1775

21 Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey

9 months

Son

Jonathan Davis

‎(I1415)‎

Birth 15 January 1776

22 Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, NJ
Death 1846 ‎(Age 69)‎ Mechanicsburg, Champaign, Ohio

4 years

Son

Joel Davis

‎(I1416)‎

Birth 13 August 1779

25 Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, NJ
Death 1 July 1798 ‎(Age 18)‎ New Salem, Harrison county, West Virginia

2 years

Son

David Davis

‎(I1417)‎

Birth 24 June 1781

27 Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, NJ

2 years

Son

George I. DAVIS

‎(I251)‎

Birth 10 May 1783

29 Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey
Death after 6 August 1863 ‎(Age 80)‎ Jackson Center, Shelby County, Ohio USA

2 years

Daughter

Anna Davis

‎(I1418)‎

Birth 16 September 1785

31 Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, NJ
Death 15 January 1852 ‎(Age 66)‎ Ogle, Illinois, USA

5 years

Son

Asa Davis

‎(I1420)‎

Birth 17 June 1790

36 Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, NJ
Death 26 December 1851 ‎(Age 61)‎

4 years

Son

Phineas Davis

‎(I1422)‎

Birth 29 September 1794

40 Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, NJ
Death 1845 ‎(Age 50)‎

-6 years

#10

Son

Jesse Davis

‎(I24629)‎

Birth 18 May 1788

34 Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, NJ
Death 23 December 1823 ‎(Age 35)‎ Harrison, ‎(West)‎ Virginia USA

3 years

#11

Son

William F. "Flint Billy" Davis

‎(I25817)‎

Birth 19 August 1791

37 White Creek, Monongalia, West Virginia
Death 21 January 1865 ‎(Age 73)‎ Salem, Harrison, West Virginia, USA