Jay Davis                   Oxford, Conn.

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His given name was Burr Jay Davis, but he went by Jay Davis all his life.
Note that he married another signer of the quilt: Ellen Fairchild
See also biography from  Genealogy of descendants of Col. John Davis of Oxford, Conn. (formerly a part of Derby, Conn.) : together with a partial genealogy of his ancestors in the United States, also biographical sketches and portraits of some of his descendants and other matters of interest  New Rochelle, N.Y.: 1910, 398 pgs. -- Oxford Public Library Reference room,  
                    also available online through HeritageQuest (feature available to Connecticut Library Card holders through ICONN)
Attended neighorhood Chestnut Tree Hill School in Oxford (See l887 school picture)
Jay Davis grew up in the house next door to Harriet Crittendon Chatfield.

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