In these years, and within the lives of three genentions, this numerous and at one time opulent, prosperous, and influential family, had lost every possession that had descended to its members, and not an acre of the estate vhich the founder of the family had hoped would perpetuate his name, and provide for his posterity, remained to any of the name of Davies. Tbe family itself, which for many years had lived so closely clustered around the original homestead, was now scattered over the United States and Canada, and the different branches of it were widely separated under cir- cumstances that rendered a reunion of them impossible. But one tie remains to connect them with the spot that had been their fore- fathers' home, and that is the grateful memory of the pious zeal and benevolence of John Davies, the elder, and his son, who gave so freely and so wisely for the honor and worship of their God, that their names and their good deeds are to-day affectionately remem- bered in the hearts of those who frequent the churches their bounty provided. David Davies left surviving him a daughter, Sarah, and a son, Samuel. 12 Rachel Davies Rachel, daughter of John Davies (2) and his second wife, Mary Powell, was born at her father's home in Connecticut on August 20, 1761, and her early life was passed in that place. Some years before her father's dcath she became the wife of James McDonald, of Watertown, Conn., and for a time lived in that town, of which she was a resident until after the year 1802, during which a receipt for a legacy under her father's will was given, which is dated at Watertown.