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(For first generation see Nicholas Norris 1). ( II) Moses Norris, son of NORRIS Nicholas Norris (1), born in Exeter, New Hampshire, Au- gust 14, 1670, always lived there. He receiv- ed sixteen acres "on the road to Hampton Farms," from his father, April 9, 1698, and on the same date land from his father-in-law. He served as a soldier from August 31, 1696, to September 28, 1696. On February 2, 1720- 21, he deeded land to his children. they to come into possession after the death of him and his wife. He married, March 4, 1692, Ruth Folsom, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Robey) Folsom, of Exeter, and granddaugh- ter of John Folsom, who came from England in the ship "Diligence" in 1638. Children, born in Exeter : 1. Samuel, born about 1693. 2. Jolın, born December 25. 1694, died No- vember 8, 1766; resided at Epping, New Hampshire. 3. Moses, born about 1696; re- sided at Nottingham and Epping. 4. Nicholas, born about 1698, died 1761-62. 5. Joseph, born about 1699. 6. Jonathan, born about 1700. 7. James, mentioned below. 8. Ruth, born about 1704.
(III) James Norris, son of Moses Norris (2), born in Exeter about 1702, was not of age February 2, 1720-21, when his father deeded his property to his children. He re- ceived one-eighth of a mill at Petuckaway. He lived in that part of Exeter incorporated as Epping in 1741. His home was about a mile and a half from West Epping, on the farm
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owned in 1892 by Jonathan P. Sanborn. He was a farmer and miller, and dealt largely in real estate. In May, 1724, he was a soldier in Captain Daniel Ladd's company, and scouted for Indians near Lake Winnipesaukee for six days. He signed the petition for the incor- poration of Epping in 1741, and the early town meetings were often called at his house. He was a leading man in the town and served often as moderator, selectman in 1745-49-50- 54. He was one of a committee to hire a min- ister and build a meeting house in 1745. His will was dated October 12, 1768, and proved December 28, 1768. The widow's dower was set off May 28, 1770. He married (first ) Mary who died September 19, 1766. He married (second) Mrs. Alice Mitchell, widow of Joshua Mitchell, of New Market. He died December 20, 1768, and his son Josiah was executor of his estate. Children, all by first wife: I. Josiah. 2. Joseph, born April 26, 1728. 3. Jeremiah, born December 16, 1729. 4. Moses, born January 20, 1732 ; mentioned below. 5. Mary, born May 22, 1734, married Major Joseph Prescott. 6. Elizabeth, born April 8, 1736. 7. Lydia, born August 28, 1737, married Thomas Drake. 8. James, born April 9, 1739, married Mary Chandler. 9. Sarah, born February 14, 1741, married Robert Smart. 10. Daniel, born June 3, 1743, died young. II. Daniel, born November 22, 1744, married Mary Lane. 12. Simeon, born August 8, 1748. 13. Anna, born November 20, 1749. 14. Lucy, born August 19, 1752. 15. Eliphalet, born August 22, 1757.
(IV) Moses Norris, son of James Norris (3), was born in Exeter, January 20, 1732. He settled first in Raymond, New Hampshire, where he was living in 1764. He removed to Nottingham, and on November 30, 1773, bought of his brother, Joseph Norris, a fifty- acre lot in Chichester, New Hampshire, No. 25, second range, third division, the original right of William Stafford. On October 22, 1774, he bought more land there of James Cram, but died soon afterward, before he could remove there. This land was set off later with that which was incorporated as Pittsfield, and his widow resided there. Ad- ministration of his estate was granted his widow May 29, 1776. He married Susannah L. Gordon, born October 30, 1743, died Octo- ber 23, 1824. She married (second) Nathan White. Children : : I. Moses, born in Not- tingham, September 3, 1762, married Comfort Leavitt. 2. Ruth, born in Raymond, April 4, 1764, married Reuben Towle Leavitt. 3.
Daniel, born 1766, died January 18, 1842; mar- ried Annis Drew. 4. Joseph, born August 8, 1768, mentioned below. 5. Molly, born Au- gust 29, 1771, married, March 23, 1794, Ebe- nezer Cram.
(V) Joseph Norris, son of Moses Norris (4), born August 8, 1768, settled on the Old Province road in Barnstead, New Hampshire. The road leads from Barnstead Parade to Gil- manton. The house in which he lived was occupied in 1888 by Fred P. Fletcher. He married Hannah Giles, born August 6, 1766, died May 10, 1852, sister of Nathaniel Giles, of Nottingham. She was a member of the Congregational church. He died December 28, 1848, aged eighty years. They are buried in Barnstead. Children, born in Barnstead: I. Nathan W., born July 27, 1791. 2. Emery, born November 7, 1792, married, October 26, 1817, Abigail M. Jeffs; died August 10, 1843. 3. Hannah, born August II, 1794, married William Nutter (see Nutter family sketch herewith). 4. Mary, born July 15, 1796, mar- ried Henry Blaisdell. 5. Martha G., born Sep- tember 12, 1798, married, January 20, 1825, Charles Grandison Sinclair. 6. Abigail, born September 15, 1800, married, August 22, 1826, Samuel Pevey ; died November 5, 1888. 7. Nancy, born April 18, 1802, married Nehe- miah Kimball. 8. Mahala, born July 2, 1804, married Josiah Edwards. 9. Joseph S., born December 26, 1806.
The surname Baxter is an
BAXTER ancient English trade-name and has been in use from the earliest times. The family is found in Scotland and Ireland as well as England. In England, Nor- folk and Wiltshire were the seats of the fam- ily. The oldest coat-of-arms seems to be : Azure a pelican (or wivern) or. The Quincy Baxters are mostly descended from Gregory Baxter, who was born in England and came over with Winthrop's fleet in 1630 and settled in Roxbury. He removed to Braintree shortly after the birth of his son John in 1639, and settled in that part of the town called Ruggles. Point, afterwards called Bent's Point, and now Quincy Point. He married Margaret Paddy, sister of William Paddy, of Plymouth, treasurer of the Plymouth colony 1640-53- Daniel Baxter settled at Salem as early as. 1638 ; Nicholas Baxter, a mariner, was in Bos- ton, where he was admitted to the church Au- gust 25, 1644. Richard Baxter came in 1638 from Hingham, England, to Hingham, Mass- achusetts.
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The Cape Cod family, to which the family given below may belong, is descended from Captain Thomas Baxter, who came from Eng- land to Connecticut as early as 1653. He was captain of a privateer and seized Dutch vessels from time to time under authority of the "Rhode Island government." Thomas Baxter was of Wethersfield in 1654; in 1662 his wife Bridget in England secured a divorce.
Another branch of the Baxter family is found in York county, Maine, at an early date. John Baxter, doubtless of the Cape Cod or Braintree families, came to Arundel, Maine --- Kennebunkport-about 1720. He married (first) Sarah Durrell, daughter of Philip Dur- rell; (second) Sarah Bayley, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. His first wife and her mother were captured and tomahawked by the Indians on their way to Canada in 1726. Mrs. Baxter's son John had his brains dashed out against a tree. Baxter moved from Durrell's bridge to Saco road, in 1729 and died before 1744, his widow Sarah marrying (second) Samuel Hutchins, Jr. None of his descend- ants are in the male line, if the records are complete.
The only Lemuel Baxter given in the family history was born on Cape Cod, January 2, 1745, son of Hezekiah and Deborah (Nicker- son) Baxter, and grandson of John Baxter, son of Captain Thomas Baxter of the Rhode Island "navy." Lemuel was a soldier in the revolution and was killed in the service. It is not known whether he had sons or not.
(1) Lemuel Baxter, said to be of a Scotch- Irish ancestry, came from Maine and settled in Braintree, Massachusetts. The tradition as to his family is very likely due to the fact that his wife was of Irish ancestry. He mar- ried, April 30, 1820, Alley B. Keating, at Braintree. Ceremony performed by Rev. Peter Whitney. She was a daughter of Peter Keating, of Braintree (Quincy). Children of Lemuel and Alley B. Baxter : 1. Lemuel, born 1821, mentioned below. 2. Eunice, married Charles E. Wrisley : children: Mary E., Emma L., Charles F., Angie, Martha B., Annie B., Frank A., Abbie J., Minnie F. Wrisley.
(II) Lemuel Baxter, son of Lemuel Bax- ter (1), was born in Braintree (Quincy) in 182I and died there December 28, 1888. He married Ulvida Edes, born May, 1822, Maine, daughter of Colonel Wilkes and Mary Edes. Children, born at Quincy: 1. Florence, mar- ried Joseph A. Lapham; children: Frederick and Grace Marion. 2. Henrietta, married
Charles H. I. Newcomb; children: Nettie Newcomb, deceased ; Evelyn Newcomb. 3. Edwin, died young. 4. Edwin Warner, born March 12, 1854, mentioned below. 5. Leo, de- ceased. 6. Leo, deceased. 7. Frederick, de- ceased. 8. Frank, deceased.
(III) Edwin Warner Baxter, son of Lem- uel Baxter (2), was born in Quincy, March 12, 1854. He married, January 5, 1876, Ann Elizabeth Hoyt, born at Phillips, Maine, May 26, 1851, daughter of Joel Whitney and Salina M. ( Bates ) Hoyt. (See sketch of Hoyt family herewith). Children, born in Quincy: I. Clara Leavitt, November 7, 1878. 2. Helen Hoyt, July 11, 1883. 3. Frank Lemuel, Janu- ary 3, 1886.
HOYT Hoyt is the surname of an ancient English family. Even to the pres- ent day the spelling lacks uniform- ity. From the same ancestor in America we trace families spelling the name Hight, Hoyt, Hoitt, Hoit and Haight. Most of the families in New Hampshire and vicinity have followed the spelling Hoyt. The word Hoit means to leap or caper, and doubtless was originally a (lesignation of some agile progenitor of the thirteenth or fourteenth century in England. The early records have the name spelled Hoyt, Hoit, Hoyte, Hoytt, Hoitt, Hoyet, Hoyett, Hoyette, Heyght, Hoight, Hight, Hite, Hyatt, Hayte, Haite, Hayt, Haight, Hayte.
(I) John Hoyt, immigrant ancestor of the American family, born about 1610 in England, was doubtless a son or brother of Simon Hoyt who settled in Charlestown, Massachusetts, and was a proprietor there as early as 1630; removed to Dorchester, where he became a proprietor and was admitted a freeman May 18, 1631. settling finally at Windsor, Connec- ticut. William was a proprietor of Salisbury as early as 1639 and owned land also at Ips- pich in 1641 and at Haverhill in 1650 but his home was in that section of Salisbury across the Powow river later called Amesbury. He was among the earliest settlers of Salisbury and had land in the first division. His house lot of one acre was between the homes of William Holdred and John Dickinson. He had various other grants and parcels of land acquired by purchase in Salisbury. He was once fined for felling trees on the common lands without permission, but the fine was abated. He was admitted a freeman in 1650. In common with other inhabitants of Ames- bury he was fined for neglecting to attend Salisbury church, after the Amesbury people
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established a church of their own without per- mission of the general court. They had asked for the right in 1649 and had been refused. The minister at Salisbury effected a partial compromise of the trouble by preaching at Amesbury once a month. In 1660 the town- ship was set off and in 1672 the first minister, Rev. Thomas Wells, was called to Amesbury. Hoyt sold his house in old Salisbury, Septem- ber 4, 1647, and removed to Amesbury and was one of the original commoners of the new town, his name being on the articles of agreement signed by Salisbury on the new town in 1652. He held various town offices ; was selectman in 1681-82 ; moderator in April, 1687, and other years; constable; juror and prudential man. A seat was assigned him in the Amesbury meeting house July 9, 1667. He took the oath of fidelity October 3, 1650; was on the grand jury 1652; was a freeman; was a planter and also a brickmaker ; was sergeant of the military company.
His wife Frances died February 23, 1642-43, and he married (second) another Frances. He died February 28, 1687-88. He deeded most of his property to his sons during his lifetime. Ten years after his death an administrator was appointed on his estate. Children of first wife: 1. Frances, married (first) John Colby ; (second) John Barnard. 2. John, mentioned below. 3. Thomas (twin), born January I, 1640-41. 4. Gregory (twin), born January I, 1640-41. 5. Elizabeth, born February 23, 1642. Children of second wife: 6. Sarah, born Jan- uary 16, 1644-45; died February 26, 1644-45. 7. Mary, born February 20, 1645-46, married Christopher Bartlett. 8. Joseph, born and died 1648. 9. Joseph, born and died 1649. IO. Marah, born and died 1653. II. Naomi, born January 23, 1654, married John Lovejoy. 12. Dorothy, born April 13, 1656, fined October 9, 1677, for wearing man's apparel. 13. Mehit- able, born October 25, 1664.
(II) John Hoyt, son of John Hoyt (I), was born at Salisbury about 1639. He mar- ried. June 23, 1659, Mary Barnes, daughter of William and Rachel Barnes. He received grants of land in Amesbury, and was admitted a "townsman" December 10, 1660. He was constable, lotlayer, clerk. He was called planter, and sometimes carpenter. He was also an inn-keeper, and had a license to carry on the business. He took the oath of alle- giance December 20, 1677. He was assigned a seat in the meeting house July 9, 1667. He was imprisoned for being in arrears in his collections of taxes while he was constable of
Amesbury, but on his petition, "having had his house plundered by the Indians, and visited with much sickness through the holy afflicting hand of God upon him," was released and given time to make good the amount. He was killed by the Indians in Andover on the road to Haverhill, with a young man named Peters, August 13, 1696. His widow was liv- ing in 1704. · Children: 1. William, born Sep- tember 5, 1660, married, January 12, 1687-88, Dorothy Colby. 2. Elizabeth, born February 8, 1661-62. 3. John, born March 28, 1663, mentioned below. 4. Mary, born October II, 1664, married, January 14, 1685-86, John Whittier. 5. Joseph, born July 14, 1666, mar- ried, October 5, 1702, Dorothy Worthen ; died 1719-20. 6. Sarah, born 1668, married, No- vember 21, 1688, Faun Clements. 7. Rachel, born June 28, 1670, married, November 29, 1693, Joseph Weed. 8. Dorothy, born January 29, 1673-74. 9. Grace, born March 29, 1676. IO. Robert, married (first), December 4, 1701, Martha Stevens; (second), March 17, 1706-07, Mary Currier ; died 1741.
(III) John Hoyt, son of John Hoyt (2), was born March 28, 1663. His father deeded to him in 1686 land in West Amesbury which was formerly his grandfather's, John (I). He married Elizabeth, who married (second), January 6, 1692-93, John Blaisdell, and was living in December, 1744. John Hoyt died intestate August 24, 1691. Children : 1. Lydia, born June 15, 1686, married Joseph Quinby, Jr., 1717. 2. Mary, born March 5, 1687-88, died young. 3. Daniel, mentioned below.
(IV) Daniel Hoyt, son of John Hoyt (3), born March 2, 1689-90, died March 3, 1742-43. In the settlement of his father's estate, Daniel had the "homestead at Jamaica on the road to Haverhill." His tombstone is still to be seen at the West Amesbury cemetery. He married (first), (intention published December 9, 1710) Sarah Rowell, who died January 2, 1728-29. He married (second), July 24, 1729, Elizabeth Baxter, who survived him. Chil- dren, all by first wife: I. Mary, born May 14, 1712, married October 4, 1737, Robert Mul- liken. 2. Reuben, born October 31, 1713 or 1714, married, February 27, 1734-35, Hannah Beorter. 3. Jethro, born about 1716, died young. 4. Eliphalet, born October 28, 1716, died Jan- uary 30, 1720-21. 5. Lydia, born March 15,
1718-19, married Tucker. 6. John, born December 20, 1720, deacon and captain ; married, November 4, 1745, Merriam Currier ; married (second), Mary (Kelly) Moulton, widow, November 27, 1788. 7. Eliphalet, born
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June 2 or 3, 1723, mentioned below. 8. Sarah, born August 26, 1725.
(V) Eliphalet Hoyt, son of Daniel Hoyt (4), was born June 2 or 3. 1723, and his name appears on the tax list of the West Parish, Amesbury, until 1751. He afterwards lived in the south part of Kingston, New Hamp- shire, and was hayward there in 1769. His son Simeon was appointed administrator of his estate January 9, 1795. He married, Aug- ust I, 1745. Mary Peaslee. Children : I. Anne, born November 25, 1746, married Moses Carter and settled in New Hampton, New Hampshire. 2. Mary, born May 14. 1747, married John Carter, of Newtown. 3. Eli- phalet, born May II, 1748, married Anne Rowell. 4. Peaslee, born October 23, 1749, mentioned below. 5. Ruth, born June 14, 1751, married Thomas Edmunds, of Sandown. 6. Lydia, born May 19, 1753, married Philip Jones, of Hawke, and settled in Goffstown. 7. Ebenezer, born June 15, 1754, married, July 8, 1779, Sarah Nichols ; was in the revolution. 8. Simeon, born March 17, 1757, married, De- cember 23, 1777, Miriam Morrill; died April 9, 1824; was in the revolution: was said to have weighed four hundred pounds. 9. Dan- iel, born September 13, 1759, married (first), Betsey Whittier; (second), Martha Whittier. IO. James, born March 28, 1762, married (first). Mehitable Saltmarsh; ( second), Abi- gail Whittier : (third), Huldah Fifield.
(VI) Peaslee Hoyt, son of Eliphalet Hoyt (5), was born October 23, 1749. He married (first), in 1774, Margaret Hubbard, born Feb- ruary 2, 1755. He removed in 1783 to New Hampton, New Hampshire, and in 1790 to Readfield, Maine. He died November 27, 1827. Children : 1. John Hubbard, born June 13, 1775, in Kingston, New Hampshire, mar- ried Abigail Howes, of Dennis, Massachusetts ; died April 10, 1847. 2. Mary, born August 9, 1777. died unmarried 1847. 3. Eliphalet, born July 9, 1779, married, January 22, 1806, Sally Hoyt ; died August 15, 1856. 4. Nancy, born June 13, 1781, died July 17. 1816. 5. Peaslee, born April 4, 1783. married Achsa Marrow. 6. Samuel, born February 23, 1785, mentioned below. 7. Joanna, born May 5, 1787, married Eliphalet Hoyt. 8. Margaret, born October 6, 1788, married Daniel Kimball. 9. Simeon, born July 1, 1791, married Rachel Heeler. 10. Francis, born July 18, 1793, married. August 13, 1818, Elizabeth Fowler ; died June 11, 1824.
(VII) Samuel Hoyt, son of Peaslee Hoyt (6), born February 23, 1785, lived in Phillips, Maine, died there November 5, 1859. He
married, April, 1810, Elizabeth Tower, who died February 1, 1846, aged fifty-four. Chil- dren : 1. Valina, born April, 1811, died young. 2. John, born January 13, 1813, married, Octo- ber 31, 1836, Mary W. French; farmer and millwright; lived in Salem 1836-40; removed to Phillips, Maine; children: i. Phebe E., born September 15. 1840, died July 31, 1863 ; ii. Sarah A., born September 8, 1843, married Simon W. Parlin, July 17, 1866. 3. Joel Whitney, born December 17, 1815, mentioned below. 4. Eliza, born September 25, 1817, married, December 24, 1837, Sylvanus W. Pratt. 5. Harriet, born June 17, 1819, mar- ried ( first), March, 1839, Freeman L. Worth- ley, and had one son Lewis Worthley; (sec- ond), March, 1854, Hartson Ellsworth. 6. Daniel, born July 21, 1821, died at Farming- ton, Maine, 1899. 7. Ann, born June 22, 1823. 8. Julia, born August 26, 1825, married (first ), October 8, 1850, Hiram Mayo; (second), March 16, 1859. Ephraim Rand, and has one daughter, Ada MI. 9. Jane, born August 25, 1828, died at Farmington, Maine, 1901.
(VIII) Joel Whitney Hoyt, son of Samuel Hoyt (7), born December 17, 1815, died No- vember 12, 1855. He married, May 21, 1848, Salina M. Bates, born at East Livermore, Maine, January 28, 1824. Children: I. George Bates, born March 25, 1850, married Ella Vir- ginia Blanchard, April 1. 1870, and had one son, Harry Blanchard Hoyt, who died in in- fancy. 2. Ann Elizabeth, born May 26, 1851, married Edwin W. Baxter, (see sketch of Baxter family herewith). 3. Frank Summers, born September 26, 1854, died January 26, 1857.
The Davis family of New Eng- DAVIS land of the particular branch under consideration in this place appears to have been founded on this side of the Atlantic ocean by Francis Davis, who was one of three brothers-Francis, Gideon and Philip-sons of Francis Davis, who was born, according to various existing records, about the year 1620, and who himself was a son of Philip Davis, the latter having been born about 1590, in Southampton, England. The immi- grant brothers sailed from Southampton, Wales, in 1638. Savage in his "Genealogical Dictionary" says that Philip Davis, of Ply- mouth, 1638, removed to Duxbury, and Davis' "Landmarks of Plymouth" adds that nothing was afterward known of him.
Farmer's Mss. says that Philip Davis, of Hartford, Connecticut, came perhaps in the
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ship "Confidence," from Southampton in 1638, aged twelve years, and adds that if so he was probably first at Newbury, Massachu- setts, where William Illsley, with whom he came, pitched his tent. He (Philip) married a daughter of Thomas Coleman, of Hadley, Massachusetts, was a freeman of Connecticut in 1656, and died in 1689, having two daugh- ters but no sons.
(I) Francis Davis, one of the three immi- grant brothers, born 1620, married Gertrude Emerson, 1640, in Portsmouth, New Hamp- shire, and had children, one of whom was Francis Davis.
(II) Francis Davis, son of Francis and Gertrude (Emerson) Davis, born June I, 1655, lived in Amesbury, Massachusetts, and took the oath of fidelity there December 20, 1677 ; became a member of the train band in 1680, and died in Amesbury, April 12, 1710. He married, October 20, 1680, Mary Taylor, born June 12, 1658, Newfoundland, daughter of Walter Taylor, of Amesbury, a shipwright. He was born about 1623 and married Alice He was a commoner in 1659, when he had a grant of land in Amesbury, and another grant in 1662. He was living in Amesbury in 1665 and owned land there in 1670, but was dismissed from training in 1674, and died February II, 1686-87. Mary (Taylor) Davis died May 21, 1733, Ames- bury. Children of Francis and Mary (Tay- lor) Davis: I. John, was living in 1710; ad- ministered his father's estate. 2. Gertrude, married, November 2, 1700, (probably) Jacob Sargent, son of Thomas Sargent, who was a son of William Sargent. 3. A son, date of birth unknown. 4. Francis, mentioned as "third son," see forward.
(III) Francis Davis, the "third son," born September 29, 1687, died 1770; was living in Amesbury between the years 1720 and 1730. He married, September 6, 1716, in Haverhill, Joanna Ordway, born September 6, 1693, died December 3, 1775, Amesbury, and their chil- dren were: Anna (married a Stevens), Jo- anna, Gideon, Francis, Philip and one other, a daughter, who married a Nichols.
(IV) Captain Francis Davis, son of Fran- cis and Joanna (Ordway) Davis, was born October 26, 1723, and was drowned in Beaver brook in the town of Derry, New Hampshire, November 26, 1784. His name is mentioned as one of the proprietors of Warner, New Hampshire, and appears among those who on June 21, 1763, signed the agreement to become settlers in township number one. In speaking
of him Harriman's "History of Warner" says, "Francis Davis was from Amesbury. He settled at Davisville, which was named after him, and was prominent in the affairs of the town and state for many years." In 1772, when a sale of pews in the meetinghouse was held, "at public vendue," pew number one was "struck off to Francis Davis at nineteen shill- ings." Captain Davis was the first man put in command of the militia company of Warner, and his commission was signed by Governor Wentworth, March 9, 1773, "to constitute and appoint You the said Francis Davis to be Captain of the 22d Company of Foot, in the Ninth Regiment of Militia, in the Province of New Hampshire, of which John Goffe, Esq. is Colonel." In 1771 he was moderator of the town meetings and was the first repre- sentative elected from Warner, September, 1776. He married, June 10, 1745, in Ports- mouth, New Hampshire, Elizabeth Ferrin, born September 20, 1724, Amesbury, died De- cember 20, 1793, Dansville, New Hampshire, who bore him several children. Their sons were Zebulon, see forward; Wells, Francis, Aquila, see forward ; Paine and Nathan Davis. Of these sons three at least were soldiers of the revolution. Wells Davis entered the ser- vice and was at the battle of Bunker Hill. He lived at the north village in Warner. Francis Davis also was at Bunker Hill and after the close of the war removed to Warner and died there. Paine Davis was killed about 1790 by a falling tree. The name of Zebulon Davis also figures among the revolutionary soldiers and his service will be referred to in the suc- ceeding paragraph.
(V) Zebulon Davis, of Warner, New Hampshire, son of Captain Francis and Eliza- beth (Ferrin) Davis, born in Amesbury, Mass- achusetts, June 2, 1748, died at Davisville, New Hampshire, July 17, 1795. He entered the service as a soldier of the revolution in No- vember, 1775, as a private in Captain James Hill's company which was stationed on Pierce island ; as private in Captain Daniel Gordon's company in Colonel Nash's regiment in Sep- tember, 1776, which was sent to reinforce the continental army in New York; as private in Captain Samuel M. Cornell's company in Gen- eral John Stark's brigade which was raised from the regiments of New Hampshire militia in July, 1777, to join the continental army at Bennington, Vermont, and Stillwater (Sara- toga), New York ; and he was again in service in 1778. He married, December 25, 1771, Hannah Currier, born Amesbury, Massachu-
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