Who are the parents of Johana Davis(dates unk) dau is Eliz Humphries (1720-1780)

Question:I think it might be time for you to invest a few dollars into one of the major genealogical sites (I prefer ancestry.com and yes I do spend about $250 a year). You have many questions sitting out there, and the nature of those questions and the details you provide show that you do have a very solid foundation. That you are essentially back into the early 1800s and 1700s is a great feat. With that solid foundation, ancestry, etc. at the higher levels of subscription would be beneficial to you (unlike someone who is really still trying to figure out who great-grandpa was).

You are starting to ask a lot of questions that are really going to result in people accessing something like ancestry. And most of the information found will be in the form of existing trees (which must be carefully evaluated - something no responder can do). All we could do really is maybe extract some pieces of that information (with the disclaimer that it is uncertified and needs to be validated) and try to present it to you in the space provided. This really isn't what you want at this point in your genealogic research. You really want to be accessing this information yourself because it is often the documentation notes, the included stories, that will be the biggest clues.

Given where it appears you are in your genealogic research, you are definitely at a point where ancestry.com or similar is an investment you should strongly consider making. That is not a recommendation I make lightly. In fact, this is the first time on Yahoo!Answers that I have ever made that recommendation.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I think it might be time for you to invest a few dollars into one of the major genealogical sites (I prefer ancestry.com and yes I do spend about $250 a year). You have many questions sitting out there, and the nature of those questions and the details you provide show that you do have a very solid foundation. That you are essentially back into the early 1800s and 1700s is a great feat. With that solid foundation, ancestry, etc. at the higher levels of subscription would be beneficial to you (unlike someone who is really still trying to figure out who great-grandpa was).

You are starting to ask a lot of questions that are really going to result in people accessing something like ancestry. And most of the information found will be in the form of existing trees (which must be carefully evaluated - something no responder can do). All we could do really is maybe extract some pieces of that information (with the disclaimer that it is uncertified and needs to be validated) and try to present it to you in the space provided. This really isn't what you want at this point in your genealogic research. You really want to be accessing this information yourself because it is often the documentation notes, the included stories, that will be the biggest clues.

Given where it appears you are in your genealogic research, you are definitely at a point where ancestry.com or similar is an investment you should strongly consider making. That is not a recommendation I make lightly. In fact, this is the first time on Yahoo!Answers that I have ever made that recommendation.

Mind bender gave you good information, which he bases in years of experience. It is truly sad that honest and accurate answers get thumbs down.. probably from trolls who don't have enough experience to KNOW a good answer from a bad one.
To expand a little bit...
Research in the 1900's TENDS to rely on vital records, ie birth/death certificates.
In the 1800s, the one (US) source that is common is the census, but mainly after 1850, when each person is named in the home.
BEFORE 1850, you (or others) have to know how to access the types of original records to answer this, AND know which of those are likely to be correct. For the most part, that will be court records (wills, land records, affidavits, so forth) or church records.
For obvious reasons.. it becomes much more of a challenge. Not everyone went to a church, not everyone owned land or left a will, and of those who did, many of those records simply no longer exist.
To be honest... many researchers will not be willing to go to the effort of finding these, since they are not usually online. This is where you are more likely to find conflict in (posted) information, since a great number of persons will rely on online databases, WITHOUT CARING IF THEY ARE RIGHT OR NOT.
PLEASE,, do not take this as criticism of you. It is simply commentary on what is out there, and why. It is possible to work back pre 1800s, but it can mean that it is going to take more effort on someone's part.

Tried Ancestry.com, tribalpages, etc. and can not find her.

Need a little more info, such as where and when she lived, in what country.

Any dates for her birth, death, marriage, etc.

In other words you haven't given enough information to be able to search and find her with absolute certainty.

The answer is that there are many theories, but none has been proven to date. Her will from 1774 gives no clues, and even her marriage records are missing. Because records in that era focused on white, male landowners, the lineage of women is difficult to track. Sadly, Davis is much too common in the Carolinas during that time to pinpoint her to one couple. On her line you are at the :"Beginning of Tree" in your research. Anything you get at this point whould have to come from newly uncovered records. Even the NC Historical Society isn't speculating.

www.familysearch.org

JOHANNA DAVIS
Birth: 05 SEP 1697 Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts
Christening: 20 Dec 1697
Death: aft 1716

Poss. Newbury,,Massachusetts

Parents:
Father: JAMES DAVIS
Mother: Sarah WIGGINS

Husband
JACOB CHASE ( Birth: bef 1697) or JAUB CHASE
Marriage: 24 AUG 1716 Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts

Could not find her daughter, Elizabeth Humphries, anywhere.