Excerpt from 1st, 2nd and 3rd Re-Unions of the Davis, Noble, Kinder Families: Held at Bethel M. E. Church, 1885, 1895, 1905 In giving a correct historical statement of this family, we ought to be able to go back to the first one of this connection that settled in this country. But of that we have but little ih formation. Therefore, our knowledge of that part is very limited, and, of course, we can say but little. However, we have learned through the older members of the family that we here represent, that about one hundred and fifty years ago, or more, there was a man came over from England, by the name of Solomon Davis, and settled in Dorchester County, Maryland, near what was called at that time North West Fork Bridge, but now known as the town of Federalsburg. We are informed that this man was mar ried three times, and had born unto him nine children by each wife, making a total of twenty-seven children. How many of these children lived to grow up to maturity, we have no records to show, or what became of those that did grow up to manhood or womanhood, we have but little knowledge with the exception of one, and that one we here represent to-day in this social gathering, and to this one our sketch will be chiefly confined. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.