John was a farmer in the township of Abenbury Fawr, SE Wrexham.
In 1851, John Davies (53, Wid) was at Cacca Dutton, Isycoed with daughter Mary Ann Sanderson (28), Sons Joseph (18), Thomas (11) and John (7) and his father-in-law John Whitfield (77, retired farmer). GRO records confirm Thomas and John's mothers maiden name was Whitfield, and also reveal daughter Catherine b.1838.
In 1848, after wife Ann and Ann's Aunt Sarah Tomlinson died, the family inherited Ridley Wood Farm (which was Thomas and John Tomlinsons before they also died).
In 1881, John Davies (86) was living with his son Robert & Ann and family at Cacca Duttton Farm (of 144 acres)