DAVIS
I’ve written about the DAVIS family of Cambridge, Concord
and Barnstable Massachusetts, begun by the immigrant Dolor Davis (about 1583 –
1672), and I’ve written about James Davis (about 1583 – 1678/9) who settled in
Haverhill, Massachusetts. Today’s blog
post is my third DAVIS family, headed by Samuel Davis (about 1615 – 1672), my 9th
great grandfather.
Samuel Davis is my 9th great grandfather, who
married his wife, Anna Norcross, on 20 November 1631 at Allhallows, London, England [The Registers of All Hallows,
Bread Street and St. John the Evangelist, Friday Street, London, England,
page 107]. This church was destroyed in
the Great Fire of London in 1666.
Samuel and Anna settled first at Watertown, and later on 31
May 1646 the Watertown church wrote him a letter to transfer to the Boston
church. He later settled at Rumney
Marsh, now Chelsea, north of Boston. His
will is dated 2 May 1672 [Suffolk County Probate Docket 598, Volume VII, page
219 and 236] and was probated 4 July 1672.
It mentions his wife, Anna, daughter Hannah Griggs, daughter Abigail
Townsend, son Gerhom Davis, daughter
Mary Townsend (my 8th great grandmother), daughter Priscilla and
grandchild Hannah Griggs.
Mary Davis married Thomas Townsend on 30 October 1661 at the
Old North Church (2nd Church) in Boston’s North End. Thomas was described as a “husbandman” (an
archaic term for a farmer or small landowner), and left a will proved at Lynn,
Massachusetts on 22 July 1700. They had
thirteen children!
Some DAVIS resources:
The Ancestry of Dr. J. P. Guilford, by Joan S. Guilford,
Orange, CA: 1990, Volume II, pages 288-293.
An old book but mostly accurate, Davis Families of Early Roxbury
and Boston, by Samuel Forbes Rockwell, Boston: Andover Press, 1932.
Dolor Davis (about 1583 – 1672) of Cambridge, Concord and
Barnstable, Massachusetts
James Davis (about 1583- 1678/9) of Haverhill, Massachusetts
NORCROSS Surname Saturday blog post
TOWNSEND Surname Saturday blog post
My DAVIS genealogy:
Generation 1: Samuel
Davis, born about 1615 in England, died between 2 May and 4 July 1672 in
Massachusetts; married on 30 November 1631 at the All Hallows Church in London,
England to Anna Norcross, daughter of John Norcross. Nine children
Generation 2: Mary Davis, baptized on 31 May 1646 in
Roxbury, Massachusetts, died after 1700; married on 30 October 1661 in the
Second Church (Old North), Boston, Massachusetts to Thomas Townsend, son of Thomas
Townsend and Mary Newgate. He was born
about 1636 and died before 22 July 1700 in Lynn, Massachusetts.
Generation 3: Susannah Townsend m. Daniel Hitchings
Generation 4: Daniel Hitchings m. Hannah Ingalls
Generation 5: Abijah
Hitchings m. Mary Gardner
Generation 6: Abijah
Hitchings m. Mary Cloutman
Generation 7: Abijah Hitchings m. Eliza Ann Treadwell
Generation 8: Abijah
Franklin Hitchings m. Hannah Eliza Lewis
Generation 9: Arthur Treadwell Hitchings m. Florence Etta
Hoogerzeil
Generation 10: Gertrude Matilda Hitchings m. Stanley Elmer
Allen (my grandparents)
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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Surname Saturday ~ DAVIS of Watertown, Boston and Chelsea, Massachusetts", Nutfield Genealogy, posted February 18, 2017, (http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/02/surname-saturday-davis-of-watertown.html: accessed [access date]).
Another cousin connection! Mary (Davis) Townsend is my 8th great-grandmother. I wrote about my Townsend line at Surname Saturday-Townsend of England, Massachusetts, and Maine.
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