This side of my family came from Redruth in Cornwall and worked in the mining industry. It doesn't seem that they were miners, more the assayers of copper and possibly even mine owners. Being such a common name all these details have yet to be totally verified, the more recent dates are from the census lists and earlier data is from the IGI. No parish records have yet been searched.
Richard DAVEY b.abt 1590 married Elizabeth LUCK in 1615
and their children were
Richard DAVEY b.abt 1620 in Redruth, Cornwall
*John DAVEY b.abt 1630 in Redruth, Cornwall
Henry DAVEY in Redruth, Cornwall
Thomas DAVEY in Redruth, Cornwall
William DAVEY in Redruth, Cornwall
John DAVEY married Jone PIERCE
and their children were
Jone DAVEY b.1658 in Redruth, Cornwall
Jane DAVEY b.1661 in Redruth, Cornwall
*John DAVEY b.1664 in Redruth, Cornwall
John DAVEY married Catherine
and their children were
John DAVEY b.1697 in Redruth, Cornwall
Thomas DAVEY b.1699 in Redruth, Cornwall
*William DAVEY b.1702 in Redruth, Cornwall
William DAVEY married Ann BASTARD in 1728
and their children were
*William DAVEY b.1730 in Redruth, Cornwall
Elizabeth DAVEY b.1732 in Redruth, Cornwall
John DAVEY b.1734 in Redruth, Cornwall
William DAVEY married Margaret TERRILL in 1754
and their children were
William DAVEY b.1754 in Redruth, Cornwall
Stephen DAVEY b.1759 in Redruth, Cornwall
Thomas DAVEY b.1762 in Redruth, Cornwall
Mary DAVEY b.1765 in Redruth, Cornwall
Ann DAVEY b.1768 in Redruth, Cornwall
Margery DAVEY b.1771 in Redruth, Cornwall
*Richard DAVEY b.1774 in Redruth, Cornwall
Margaret DAVEY b.1777 in Redruth, Cornwall
Richard DAVEY married Jane GRAY
and their children were
William DAVEY b.1804 in Redruth, Cornwall
Richard DAVEY b.1806 in Redruth, Cornwall
*Thomas DAVEY b. 1808 in Redruth, Cornwall
Thomas DAVEY married Mary Elizabeth PENROSE in 1830
and their children were
*Mary DAVEY b. 1834 in Redruth, Cornwall
Richard DAVEY b. 1838 in Redruth, Cornwall
Thomas DAVEY b. 1840 in Redruth, Cornwall
William DAVEY b. 1842 in Redruth, Cornwall
Caroline DAVEY b. 1843 in Redruth, Cornwall
Elizabeth DAVEY b. 1845 in Redruth, Cornwall
Charles DAVEY b. 1848 in Redruth, Cornwall
Emily DAVEY b. 1849 in Redruth, Cornwall
Jane DAVEY b. 1850 in Redruth, Cornwall
* indicates direct line of descent
Mary married George CRANG and was my great great grandmother and after the death of George she moved to Plymouth where she was a victualler. She remarried in 1880 to a James Tabb and had another daughter. He was the landlord of the Robin Hood pub in East Stonehouse.
Her eldest daughter Mary CRANG married James ROWE when she was just 18 years old and he was 35. They were my great grandparents on my mum's side