ALICE (or ELSIE) VAN METRE (John,¹ Henry,2 Henry3), daughter of Henry and Martha Van Metre, m. circa 1780 Azariah Davis, probably a native of Chester Co., Pa., b. 12 February, 1756; d. Utica, Ohio, 1839, aged 83 years. Azariah Daviss name first appears in the list of taxables of Charlestown Township, Chester Co., Pa., for the years 17651766, in which he is stated to be a single man. This Azariah may have been the father of this subject. In 1781 Azariah Daviss name appears among the taxables in Washington Co., Pa., taxable in Rosstraevor Township, Westmoreland County, 1783; head of family and owning 350 acres of land in Washington County and warrantee in same for 400 acres, 16 Nov., 1784 (Penna Arch., 3d Series). Ensign 2d Company, 4th Battalion, Washington County militia, 178182; purchased tract of land from Henry Van Metre at an early date, which, by the erection of Greene Co., Pa., in 1796, fell within its limits; recorded as owning 125 acres of land in Cumberland Township, Washington County, under date of 1792; grantor of land in Jefferson Township called "Long Metre" in 1801. Was of Welsh ancestry; emigrated from Greene Co., Pa., to Knox Co., 0., in 1811; died there and was buried at Newark, Licking Co., Ohio. His wife Elsie died in Pennsylvania between 1794 and 1800; at the latter date he m. 2d Mary (Harrington) Smith, of Hagerstown, Md. She d. 1 Sept., 1839 (see Family Letters).
ALICE (or ELSIE) VAN METRE (John,¹ Henry,2 Henry3), daughter of Henry and Martha Van Metre, m. circa 1780 Azariah Davis, probably a native of Chester Co., Pa., b. 12 February, 1756; d. Utica, Ohio, 1839, aged 83 years. Azariah Daviss name first appears in the list of taxables of Charlestown Township, Chester Co., Pa., for the years 17651766, in which he is stated to be a single man. This Azariah may have been the father of this subject. In 1781 Azariah Daviss name appears among the taxables in Washington Co., Pa., taxable in Rosstraevor Township, Westmoreland County, 1783; head of family and owning 350 acres of land in Washington County and warrantee in same for 400 acres, 16 Nov., 1784 (Penna Arch., 3d Series). Ensign 2d Company, 4th Battalion, Washington County militia, 178182; purchased tract of land from Henry Van Metre at an early date, which, by the erection of Greene Co., Pa., in 1796, fell within its limits; recorded as owning 125 acres of land in Cumberland Township, Washington County, under date of 1792; grantor of land in Jefferson Township called "Long Metre" in 1801. Was of Welsh ancestry; emigrated from Greene Co., Pa., to Knox Co., 0., in 1811; died there and was buried at Newark, Licking Co., Ohio. His wife Elsie died in Pennsylvania between 1794 and 1800; at the latter date he m. 2d Mary (Harrington) Smith, of Hagerstown, Md. She d. 1 Sept., 1839 (see Family Letters).
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