Isaac Van Norman Davis

Isaac Van Norman Davis was born May 10, 1775, in Massachusetts and reared at Williamstown. On February 13, 1799, he married his first wife, Mercy Rogers, an American. She was born August, 1782 and died July 10, 1818. They lived in Lower Canada, Quebec, settling sixty miles south of Montreal. Here Isaac ran a lumber camp for forty winters. In the spring he would raft the lumber to Quebec, buidling his raft on ice and floating it down stream when the ice went out.

After Mercy Rogers death in 1818, Isaac married Marguerite Robidoux February 19, 1920. (Marguerite is frequently referred to as Margaret, the English version of Marguerite) Marguerite was a French lady who was not able of speak English when she became Isaac's bride. Marguerite was born September 23, 1798 and died October 18, 1862 at Pike County, Illinois. Marguerite was reared in the Catholic faith and her children were christened in the Catholic Church. In 1846 Isaac Davis moved his family to Illinois, where he bought land in Pike County and lived there until his death on October 23, 1853.

Children of Isaac Van Norman Davis and Mercy Rogers, all born in Canada:

1. Orange Runnels, born December 10, 1800, died March 19, 1882

2. Sidney William, born November 7, 1803

3. Catherine, born August 19, 1805

4. Clark Parker, born May 13, 1807

5. Isaac Van Norman, born August 31, 1809

6. Ebenezer Rogers, born October 7, 1811

7. Benjamin Barzillia, born August 29, 1813, died May 19, 1879

8. Mercy Rachel, born January 15, 1816, died February 19, 1888

Children of Isaac Van Norman Davis and Marguerite Robidoux, all born in Canada:

1. Mary Ann (Polly) born June 8, 1820

2. Stephen Moses, born February 18, 1823

3. Elisabeth Flanders, born January 14, 1825

4. George Washington, born December 25, 1826

5. Andrew Jackson, born February 18, 1829

6. Rebecca Pierce, born June 10, 1831

7. Matilda Ann, born December 27, 1834

8. Margaret /Marguerite Jane, born March 27, 1838

According to data supplied by Alice Yelliott Flinn; the father of Isaac Van Norman Davis immigrated to the colonies from Wales. He fought in the Revolutionary War with the Colonists and spent a memorable winter at Valley Forge. After the war he was awarded for his services and received land in New York on which the town of Lansing now stands.  The manner of his death and the cause thereof are unknown, as he disappeared from his home and was never heard from again. There were five sons in this family.
From Cordelia Davis Roger's records: Isaac V. Davis 's father died in the year of 1832, the month of February.

The above data was originated by Marjorie McGrath Haesecke and Alice Yelliott Flinn and was sent to me by Donna Ott. Thank you Donna...