Descendants – the tree of life

I have traced the lives of countless numbers of Davis offspring into the hills of Kentucky, the cornfields of Illinois and swampland of the Carolinas. I have encountered kidnappings, massacres, plantations, fortifications, acts of fornication and a man who got his father drunk and stole his land and business right out from under his hand while the ink was still drying on the parchment.

Sorting through all of this is a story in itself. No one has ever made this journey before, not on paper anyway, or in Cyberland.

Tree of life biology interactive

There is no previous record identifying the ancestors of William Davis, Esq. Characters will come and go; some will become great grandparents, while everyone else becomes a cousin, great aunt or uncle. I apologize in advance for the confusion that is about to ensue. Keep in mind my credentials: a college degree in history, a doctorate in research and then there is the Irish storyteller in me, confounding the matter.

I will try to do this justice. The children of James and Rachell Keyes Davis are not easily identified. The first of their children were born and raised in Britain.