Thaddeus Davis and Deborah Hall are the grandparents of the American immigrants to Canada William Davis and his siblings. This is what the United Empire Loyalist website has to say about them (the biographical information which follows was written by Paul Bingle, a descendent of Thaddeus and Jane through their oldest child Jane (Davis) Ostrander):
"Thaddeus Davis Senior UEL (b 30 Jun 1738; d 8 Dec 1834) was on the muster rolls of Fairfield Co., CT, and as a loyal British subject, served in the campaigns of 1756, 1757 and 1758 in the French and Indian Wars. He married Deborah Hall (b 1736, d 30 Aug 1818) in Milford, New Haven, CT in 1759. She was from a well-educated family that could trace her roots back four generations in Connecticut. Thad was 43 when he formally joined the British cause in 1781 under Captain Hubbell. Thanks to Governor Trumbull, Connecticut had proven to be no place to be a Loyalist. Hubbell's base of operations was Lloyd's Neck, New York, on Long Island's north shore, opposite Connecticut....
Almost 30 years later Thad Jr. proudly described his father's activities in the Revolution and mistakenly (but probably with no intention to deceive) made him to be one of the characters involved in the sacking and burning of Danbury, Connecticut (this actually took place in 1777). Did he mean New London? Thad's personal testimony was that his time on the prowl in Connecticut was relatively short, a few weeks, before he was captured and imprisoned. Whatever the truth, Thad's reception at Niagara, relatively late (1798) in the grand scheme of things, was nothing less than deferential. In other words, whatever he wanted he got.
Thad Jr. was the 9th of 11 children born to Thad and Deborah, born 9 May 1775. He fought in the War of 1812 as a Private but didn't receive his commission to Captaincy until July 29, 1820; 3rd Company 2nd Lincoln Militia. Thaddeus Davis Jr, St. Johns, Pelham, died 31 August 1830, aged 56 years. This is the "Captain Davis" that is buried at Allenburg Cemetery, Niagara Historical Society NHS #19. Listed also is the broken stone of his mother Deborah (died 1818 at 82)."
According to the UEL website, Thaddeus' petition was read as an Order in Council on February 22, 1808. Next step: find the petition!
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