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DARLING, NATHAN7 (Thomas,6 Benjamin,5 Daniel,4 Ebenezer,3 John,2 Den- nis 1), b. Mendon, Dec. 17, 1770; m. Polly Young, dr. of Levi and Debo- rah Young, b. Smithfield, R.I., Dec. 9, 1774; cer. in Mendon, 1793. Their chn. : -
SUSAN, b. Mendon, June 18, 1794; m. Samuel Taft, Dec. 27, 1812; she d. 1824.
NATHAN, b. Mend., Jan. 12, 1796; d. Jan., 1798.
CORTES, b. Mend., Dec. 30, 1797; d. Jan., 1798.
GEORGE, b. Mend., Jan. 29, 1800; m. Ann Whitson, Jan. 31, 1821; he d. June, 1861.
JOANNA, b. Grafton, July 10, 1802; m. Hiram Wilmarth, Sept. 23, 1829; living.
NATHAN, b. Grafton, Aug. 14, 1804; m. Eleanor Burows, Aug. 19, 1830; he d. 1866.
CORTES, b. Grafton, Oct. 19, 1806; m., 1st, Hannah Staples ; 2d, Prussia Saun- ders; he d. 1880.
CHARLES W., b. Grafton, Dec. 24, 1808; m. Lydia Cole, Feb. 2, 1828; he d. 1872.
SON UNNAMED, b. Smithfield, R.I., 1810; d. in early infancy.
SARAH ANN, b. Smithfield, R.I., Oct. 1, 1813; m. Almon Thwing, Sept. 13, 1832; they res. Hopedale.
BENJAMIN YOUNG, b. Smithfield, R.I., July 9, 1816; m. Rebecca Coggswell, April 5, 1835.
Mrs. Polly d. in Ux., May 25, 1846. The fr. d. in the kind care of his youngest dr., Sarah Ann, and hus., at Hopedale, Sept. 7, 1855. People of ster- ing worth.
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DARLING, JOHN WARFIELD 8 (John,7 Thomas,6 Benjamin,5 Daniel,4 Eben- ezer,8 John,2 Dennis 1), b. Mendon, about the yr. 1795; mr.'s maiden name Mary Warfield, dr. of Dea. John Warfield, So. Parish, Mendon; m. Laura Anderson ; pedigree, date of cer., etc., not ascertained. They had several chn., with most of whom I had some acquaintance, and regret that I have missed my opportunities to obtain the family record, so as to give names, dates, and other particulars. Mr. Darling lived mostly in Mendon, and I think his chn. must have been b. there; but in their declining yrs. he and his wf. owned a small homestead in Mil., on Mill St. They both d. in the filial care of Mrs. and Mr. Iliram Snow, their chn., in Holl .; and I minis- tered at hoth their funerals. Mrs. Laura d. July 13, 1877, a. 77 yrs. Mr. Darling d. very suddenly, Nov. 26, 1878, a. 83 yrs. 12 ds.
DARLING, Dea. ZELEK 7 (Zelek,6 William,5 Daniel,4 Ebenezer,8 John,2 Den- nis1), b. Sutton, Feb. 16, 1794; mr.'s maiden name, Rachel White, dr. of Noah White; m. Sarah Ann Humphrey ; pedigree untraced; b. Feb. 26, 1798; date of cer. not given. Issue : -
EDWIN CRAWFORD, b. March 11, 1818; d. Feb. 18, 1821.
ELEANOR, b. Sept. 23, 1820; m. William Crocker, 1842.
RODNEY LUTHER, b. Nov. 6, 1822; m. Pamelia C. Darling, Oct. 8, 1843. MELANCY LAWTON, b. April 2, 1830; m. Charles S. W. Day, Jan. 8, 1852.
Dea. Zelek Darling and family came into town from Sutton, in 1842. He kept a shoe-store on Main St., and is well remembered for his genial and ven- erable deportment. He and his wf. were members of the Cong. ch. in the locality whence they came, and transferred their relations to the ch. here. He d. here, July 31, 1866; Mrs. Sarah, his wid., d. Oct. 23, 1871.
DARLING, RODNEY LUTHER 8 (Zelek,7 Zelek,6 Williaın,5 Daniel,4 Ebenezer, 8 John,2 Dennis 1), b. Sutton, Nov. 6, 1822; mr.'s maiden name, Sarah Ann Humphrey; m. Pamelia Cox Darling, dr. of William and Pamelia (Cox) Darling, b. Oxford, May 1, 1827; cer. in Sutton, Oct. 8, 1843, by Rev. Mr. Tracy. Issue :-
JENNIE LOUISE, b. Mil., Aug. 8, 1853; m. Gilbert Bent, Oct. 16, 1878.
A worthy family. They res. formerly in E. Douglas, but more recently for many yrs. here. He has been employed chiefly as a boot-treer and in kindred occupations.
DARLING, HOMER WING 7 (Newbury,6 Pelatiah,5 Pelatiah,4 John,8 John,2 Dennis1), b. E. Hampton, Ct., Jan. 8, 1832; mr.'s maiden name, Olive Kelly, dr. of Wing and Diana (Daniels) Kelly; m. Abbie C. Cook, dr. of George W. and Emily (Albee) Cook, b. Ux., Nov. 11, 1839; cer. in Ux., April 7, 1857, by Rev. Mr. Tappan. Issue: -
EMILY ELIZA, b. March 28, 1858; m. Samuel A. Bennett, May 2, 1876. GEORGE HOMER, b. Feb. 7, 1860.
GRACE, b. July 14, 1872.
Mr. D. is an enterprising farmer in Mendon, on the Benjamin Davenport place, so called, of which he is now the owner. He is a large milk-producer, and withal entertains numerous summer boarders in his capacious mansion, much to their satisfaction as well as his own profit. He has a helpful and worthy wf., and has a popular standing among his fellow-citizens. He has served his town on their general school committee, and in 1879-80 was one of the representatives in Gen. Ct. from the district composed of Mendon, Milford, and Upton. I give his family record in this work because in his youth he res. several yrs. in Hopedale, because he has long and continuously dealt with our
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people, and because, as above mentioned, he has been one of our joint. reps. in the Legislature.
OTHER DARLINGS.
DARLING, ANSON, bootmaker. Mentioned in Directory of 1856.
DARLING, BENJAMIN, bootmaker. 1872.
DARLING, EDWARD, bootmaker, boarded at Benjamin's. 1872. DARLING, OSCAR M., painter. 1878, '80.
Prob. we have had a few other transient sojourners of this name among us. DAVENPORT, ISAAC, Esq., son of James and Esther (Mellish) Davenport, b. Dorchester, Nov. 30, 1786. His gd. fr.'s name was Isaac, and he be- longed to the ancient Dorchester stock of Davenports. James Davenport, fr. of our Isaac, was a Revolutionary soldier; and his discharge was signed with Gen. Washington's own hand. Moreover, Gen. Lafayette presented him with a sword for his military skill and address. Our Isaac m., 1st, Sarah Howard, alias Hayward, dr. of Jesse and Hannah ( Albee) Hayward, b. Mil., March 8, 1788; cer. Nov. 28, 1810, by Rev. D. Long. Issue: -
SARAH HAYWARD, b. Mil., Oct. 17, 1811; m. Ebenezer Stone, Dec. 2, 1830. LUCRETIA ALBEE, b. Mil., Jan., 28, 1814; m. John J. Loring, July 17, 1833. ESTER MELLISH, b. Mil., July 27, 1816; m. Ezra B. Rockwood, May 16, 1839. ABIGAIL KEZIAH, b. Mil., Sept. 24, 1820; m. Benjamin Onthank, Sept. 20, 1849. She d. 1860.
HELEN MARIA, b. Mil., Aug. 26, 1828; m., 1st, Benjamin Spear, Sept. 27, 1846; 2d, James M. Fletcher.
NATHAN WOOD, b. Mil., Feb. 16, 1833; hoot-cutter; house W. Medway.
Mrs. Sarah d. April 5, 1833. The hus. m., 2d, Polly, or Patty, Fairbanks, wid. of Gideon; pedigree, etc., untraced; cer. June 3, 1834, by Rev. D. Long. No issue. Mrs. Polly, or Patty, d. Feb, 27, 1845. The hus. m., 3d, Ruth ( Albee) Holbrook, wid. of Nathan Holbrook, and dr. of Abel and Annah (Wood) Albee, b. June 8, 1794; cer. some time in 1846, by whom not ascertained. No issue.
Isaac Davenport was a well educated, intelligent man, and honored citizen. He was a member of the Artillery Co., marched with it to So. Boston in 1814, and became one of its 1st lients. He served the town in several of its respon- sible offices, such as school-committee man, assessor, town-clerk, etc. He was a justice of the peace from 1841 down to the time of his death. He settled estates, was a land-surveyor, and executed an improved map of the town, originally made by Newell Nelson, Esq., in 1829, and which was published by Pearley Hunt, Esq., in 1843. He d. Dec. 2, 1852. Mrs. Ruth, his wid., d. Dec. 2, 1855.
DAVENPORT, DAVID EPHRAIM; ancestry untraced; son of Ephraim and Betsey S. Davenport, b. in Wrentham, Feb. 15, 1814; bootmaker; m. Phebe Phinney, dr. of Tyrus and Ruby (Briggs) Phinney, b. South Orange, March 24, 1819; cer. Mil., Jan. 1, 1839, by the writer. Issue :-
GEORGE MORTIMER, b. Mil., Aug. 13, 1840; bootbottomer; res. with his fr., Beach St.
LAURA ETT, b. Mil., Jan. 1, 1843; d. April 3, 1846.
ALBION, b. Mil., Aug. 1, 1846; wood-worker; res. 2 So. Main St.
The family have res. sometimes in Holl., but mostly in Mil .; now on Beach St.
DAVENPORT, WILLIAM WHIPPLE; pedigree untraced; m. Polly, alias Mary
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Sumner, dr. of Joseph and Ruth (Legg) Sumner, b. Mil., Sept. 30, 1790, cer. 1830; particulars not ascertained. No issue recollected as on record. Mr. D. was of Upton. His death-date not ascertained. Mrs. Polly, his wid., d. May 10, 1878.
OTHER DAVENPORTS.
DAVENPORT, George, bootmaker; res. on Jefferson St. Directory of 1856. DAVENPORT, SAMUEL L .; res. on Bragg's Slip. Directory of 1856.
DAVENPORT, STEARNS G., grain-dealer (Chapman & Davenport). Directory of 1869, '72.
DAVENPORT, DANIEL D., carpenter. Directory of 1872.
DAVENPORT, ARTHUR J., boot-crimper. Directory of 1880.
DAVENPORTS OF MENDON, ETC.
These were near neighbors to us, and several of them closely connected with Mil. people by mge. and business intercourse. I therefore give their family records, though able to do so but imperfectly.
DAVENPORT, SAMUEL, wf. Rebecca came into Mendon from Windham County, Ct., perhaps town of Hampton, between 1745 and 1750. They purchased and set. on the Green estates, in what we may call No. Mendon. Benjamin Green and son Samuel had been included among certain frontier families in the Easterly Precinct at its incorporation. They dwelt on the Providence and Worcester road, towards Upton. Samuel and Rebecca Dav- enport set. on these estates, and founded the Davenport neighborhood. Samuel was b. Oct. 20, 1697, and d. June 29, 1773. Rebecca, his wf., was b. Feb. 9, 1699, and d. Sept. 25, 1777. They had a son (whether others I know not) named, -
DAVENPORT, SETH, b. Nov. 2, 1739, who m. Chloe Daniels, dr. of David and Huldah (Taft) Daniels, b. Sept. 13, 1745; cer. 1764. Their chn. :-
ANNA, b. Sept. 8, 1765; m., 1st, William Torrey, parents of Samuel D. Torrey, etc.
DAVID, b. Jan. 17, 1767; m. Waity Aldrich; pts. of Moses, Charles, and David.
MARY, b. Sept. 30, 1768; untraced.
REBECCA, b. April 9, 1770; untraced.
SAMUEL, b. Oct. 14, 1772; untraced.
CHLOE, b. March 23, 1774; m. Hon. Seth Hastings; pts. of Hon. William S., Charles C. P., etc.
SETH, b. June 13, 1775; m. Betsey Godfrey of Mil., April 29, 1797.
BENJAMIN, b. July 10, 1780; m., 1st, Sophia Godfrey of Mil., Nov. 3, 1805, etc.
Seth Davenport, the fr. of the above, d. March 28, 1813. Mrs. Chloe's death-date not ascertained.
DAVENPORT, SETH 8 (Seth,2 Samuel 1), b. June 13, 1755; a large farmer on the paternal homestead; m. Betsey Godfrey, dr. of our Col. Benjamin and wf. Bethiah (Gibbs) Godfrey, b. May 19, 1779; cer. April 29, 1797. Issue : -
GEORGE LONGLEY, b. Sept. 28, 1798; m. Harriet Barber; res. Mendon; large family.
JOHN GODFREY, b. Feb. 7, 1800; d. May 12, 1820.
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SAMUEL DANIELS, b. Dec. 28, 1801; set. Hop. ; m. twice there; fr. of Mrs. Ex-Gov. William Claflin.
JOSEPH GIBBS, b. Oct. 1, 1803; m. Mary Daniels; pts. of Edward W., Stearns G., etc.
REBECCA, b. May 9, 1814; d. June 29, 1834.
SETH TALLMAN, b. not ascertained; m. Adaline A. Barber, Dec. 23, 1838.
Seth Davenport and Mrs. Betsey, his wf., passed away in a ripe old age, he preceding her a few yrs. I have not their death-dates readily at my command. Their position, wealth, and social capabilities gave them a prominent influence. All their chn., inheriting their estate and much of their influence, have joined them in spirit-land, except one or two drs .- in-law. But a considerable number of gd. chn., etc., bear their lineal blood down the stream of generation.
DAVENPORT, BENJAMIN, Esq.8 (Seth,2 Samuel1), b. July 10, 1780; mr.'s
maiden name, Chloe Daniels; m., 1st, Sophia Godfrey, dr. of our Col. Benjamin and Bethiah (Gibbs), his wf., b. in Mil., April 28, 1784; cer. here Nov. 3, 1805, by Amariah Frost, Esq. Among their chn. known to me were, -
ELIZABETH, birth-date not ascertained; m. J. D. Wheeler, and d. May 15, 1832, a. 25 yrs.
GODFREY, birth-date not ascertained; set. in the South as a planter.
SARAH, birth-date not ascertained; m. Lyman D. Aldrich, and d. a few yrs. after.
JOHN G., birth-date not ascertained; d. Oct. 26, 1837, a. 18 yrs.
ANNA T., birth-date not ascertained; m. Milton H. Sanford, and d. Oct., 1838.
Mrs. Sophia d. Jan. 2, 1834. The hus. m., 2d, Sally Carshore, whose maiden name was Freeland ; pedigree, etc., untraced; cer. at the res. of Samuel Davenport, Esq., Hop. (whose wf. was sister to the bride), Feb. 12, 1835, by the writer. Issue : -
SOPHIA, b. Mendon, 1836; m. Seth Hastings Hayward, and d. July 16, 1859, in her 24th yr., leaving 1 inft. dr. A sadly-bereaved family.
Benjamin Davenport, Esq., wives, and chn., occupied the front social rank in community. He was a merchant in Boston during his earlier manhood, returning with handsome accumulations of property to his native town, where he spent the afternoon and evening of his long life. As a citizen and financier, he wielded an honorable influence down to the winter of old age. He d. July 14, 1862, in his 83d yr. Mrs. Sally, his wid., d. Oct. 12, 1870, a. 74 yrs.
DAVENPORT, DAVID, son of David and Waity (Aldrich) Davenport; m.
Adelia E. T. Aldrich, dr. of Jabez. Both have d. within a few yrs. No chn. He was an intelligent and enterprising citizen of Mendon, at one time assistant county commissioner, and an executive civil engineer. I shall remember him for his gratuitous services in laying out Hopedale Cemetery, and other kindnesses.
DAVENPORT, CHARLES, elder bro. of the preceding; formerly in business down South. Seems to be the only survivor in this vicinity of the first Samuel's gd. chn. He is now an octogenarian of tolerable vigor, and res. in the old family neighborhood. Whether his cousin, Godfrey Davenport, down South, is still living, I have not recently heard. On the patrimonial homestead, successively inhabited by Samuel,1 Seth,2 Seth,8 and Seth T.,4 dwell the wid. of the latter, and several of her chn.
DAVENPORT, SETH TALLMAN, 4 youngest son of Seth & and Betsey (Godfrey)
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Davenport; m. Adaline A. Barber, dr. of John and Mary (Davenport) Barber, b. Aug. 27, 1820; cer. in First Cong. Ch., Mendon, Dec. 23, 1838, by the writer. Issue : -
JOHN LOUIS, b. Mendon, Sept. 30, 1839; m. -.
AUSTIN DWIGHT, b. Mendon, Feb. 24, 1842; m. Delia W. Taft, who d. Jan. 20, 1871.
SETH TONER, b. Mendon, July 2, 1845; m. Harriet Warren ; res. Upton. JERRY EUGENE, b. Mendon, July 5, 1848; d. Sept. 9, 1851.
MARSHALL WILLIE, b. Mendon, May 23, 1850; d. Sept. 15, 1851.
MARSHALL EUGENE, b. Mendon, March 3, 1852.
ADALINE A. B., b. Mendon, Oct. 15, 1858; d. July 22, 1859.
The fr. d. April 29, 1858. His worthy wid. still survives her many bereave- ments and afflictions, calmly trusting in the divine goodness, and hoping for the immortal life.
DAVENPORT, DANIEL DAVID, son of George Longley and Harriet (Barber) Davenport, gd. son of the 2d Setb, and gt. gd. son of the 1st Seth Davenport;
b. Mendon, Jan. 1, 1842; carpenter; m. Jennie S. Cromb, dr. of George W.
and Jane (Houghton) Cromb, b. in Webster, Sept., 1849; cer. Mil., Aug. 31, 1866, by Rev. William G. Leonard. Issne: -
PEARL, b. Providence, R.I., July 19, 1868.
EMMA ALICE, b. Mil., Mass., June 30, 1870.
ETTA MAYBEL, b. Cranston, R.I., May 27, 1873.
FRANKIE ERNEST, b. Providence, R.I., Jan. 11, 1875 ; d. Feb. 8 ensuing.
MNRA } b. Mendon, Oct. 24, 1877.
MELISSA (twins), b. Mendon, Oct. 25, 1877; d. Jnly 27, 1879.
GEORGE ALBERT, b. Hopedale, June 23, 1881.
A reputable family; res. in Hopedale between two and three yrs.
DAVIDSON, DANIEL, pedigree, birth-date, etc., not ascertained; m. Abigail Sumner, dr. of Daniel and Beriah (Clark) Sumner; her birth-date not found; cer. May 1, 1759. by Rev. A. Frost. Issue: -
MARGARET OGLESBEE, birth-date not found; m. Daniel Thompson, Dec. 8, 1782.
ABIGAIL, birth-date not found; m. Ebenezer Thompson, March 11, 1784.
DANIEL, jun., brought up with Rev. A. Frost; m. Elizabeth Nelson, Jan. 11, 1789.
There is some obscurity in this record; and I am not certain of its absolute correctness, but leave it as derived from several sources. No further traced.
DAVIS, PHINEHAS, pedigree, birth-date, etc., not ascertained; m. Molly Gage,
dr. of Moses and Saralı (Nelson) Gage, b. 1737; cer. Aug. 23, 1764, by Rev. A. Frost. Their chn. :-
MOSES, b. April 23, 1765; m. Bethiah Beal, Sept. 2, 1790.
SARAH, b. Jan. 29, 1767; m. Silas Cheney, Nov. 29, 1792.
PHINEHAS, jun., b. Jan. 16, 1770; m. Sally Stanford, Nov. 13, 1806.
THOMAS, b. Jan. 21, 1773; d. June 21, 1776.
SOLOMON, b. Feb. 15, 1776; d. same day.
MARY, b. Aug. 6, 1780.
The parents of this family dwelt on now Highland St., also their son Moses, where, a few yrs. ago, an old stone chimney marked the remains of an abandoned site, well on the way towards Silver-hill St. Mrs. Molly d. May 20, 1819. Her hus. d. Oct. 1, 1822, a. 80 yrs.
DAVIS, SAMUEL, birth-date, pedigree, etc., untraced; m. Deborah Chapin, dr.
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of Josiah and Rachel Chapin, b. 1757; cer. Ang. 29, 1776, by Rev. A. Frost. Their chu. : -
EBENEZER, b. May 18, 1779.
SIMON, b. April 9, 1781.
SUSANNA, b. Oct. 31, 1783.
This family no further traced.
DAVIS, MOSES, son of Phinehas and Molly (Gage) Davis, b. April 23, 1765; m.
Bethiah Beal, dr. of Nathan and Bathsheba Beal, b. July 30, 1770; cer. Sept. 2, 1790, by Rev. A. Frost. Issne: -
BETHIAH, bap. Dec. 18, 1800, by Rev. Benjamin Wood; she d. Jan. 8, 1836. RHODA, bap. Dec. 18, 1800, by Rev. Benjamin Wood.
MOSES, bap. Dec. 18, 1800, by Rev. Benjamin Wood.
This family no further traced.
Either I have strangely overlooked our birth-records, or this family was neglected. I find little to enlighten myself or the reader. Indeed, these old Davis families exhibit on our records a broken showing. I find certain marriages, which perhaps I ought to transcribe : -
DAVIS, SUSANNAH, m. to Isaac Sanger, May 25, 1762.
DAVIS, ELLEN, m. to Daniel Hayward, jun., July 23, 1766.
DAVIS, PAUL, m. to Rachel Chapin, Nov. 27, 1783.
DAVIS, AARON, m. to Susanna Chaddock, 1783.
Other mges. incidentally mentioned above.
DAVIS, PHINEHAS, Jun., and
DAVIS, SOLOMON, appear in our oldest tax-lists; but I cannot readily place tliem in proper order.
Coming down to our own times, I present the following : -
DAVIS, JAMES REUEL, Esq., son of Noah and Mary (Stanley) Davis, b. Boston, Oct. 14, 1816; m. Rebecca Bacon Ambler, dr. of Colburn and Sally (Day) Ambler, b. Needham, May 29, 1819; cer. Mil., June 13, 1839, by Rev. D. Long. Issue : -
Several chn. were b. to these parents; but they all d. in early infancy, and are omitted in the return made to me. They virtually, though not legally, adopted their niece, Ida Jane. Ambler, who m. Davis Herbert Bates. See the Bates families in their place.
Mr. D. came to Mil. in 1838, and has res. here ever since. His large execu- tive abilities soon commanded public attention and confidence. Accordingly, he has had ample opportunity to serve his fellow-citizens in many official posi- tions. He has been one of our most popular moderators, excelled, if at all, only by George B. Blake; has been a chief among our selectmen, and is now at the head of that Board; represented the town in the Legislature of 1864; was assist- ant assessor of Internal Revenue 11 yrs., and was appointed special justice of Mil. police court in 1867. He was admitted to the Worcester bar, Jan., 1870, and has since practised law successfully in partnership with Henry E. Fales, Esq.
DAVIS, ISAAC NEWTON, son of Amos and Dorothy (Keyes) Davis, b. in Whitingham, Vt., Nov. 28, 1824; m. Isabel Day, dr. of Robert and Edner (Littlefield) Day, b. in Alfred, Me., Jan 1, 1833; cer. Alfred, Me., Aug. 12, 1855, by Rev. William H. Strout. No chn. reported. Mr. D. and family have res. in Alfred, Me., Bell., Gibbon, Neb., and in Mil. some 12 yrs. or more. He was an active partner for several yrs. in the box-manufacturing firm of I. N. Davis & Co .; but latterly has officiated as superintendent of
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the Mil. Gas Co. He is a highly respected citizen, and has been honored with responsible positions of public service. Social rank of the family un- exceptionable. He has furnished me a record of his fr.'s family, which is as follows :-
DAVIS, AMOS, b. March 1, 1775; m., 1st, Dorcas Keyes, dr. of William Keyes, b. May 17, 1789; cer. Feb. 28, 1810. Issue: -
SYLVIA, b. Nov. 2, 1811; d. March 21, 1848.
Mrs. Dorcas d. July 21, 1812. The hus. m., 2d, her sister Dorothy Keyes, b. Jan. 4, 1790; cer. Dec. 1, 1812. Issue :-
AMMIEL KEYES, b. Dec. 11, 1813; m. Dec. 1, 1839, to whom not given.
LOUISA, b. April 8, 1815; m. Oct. 20, 1847, to whom not given.
URIAH HOWARD, b. June 29, 1820; m. Oct. 10, 1848, to whom not given. ABBY A., b. Jan. 30, 1823.
ISAAC NEWTON, b. Nov. 28, 1824; m. Isabel Day, Aug. 12, 1855. Amos Davis d. Oct. 21, 1851. Mrs. Dorothy d. Dec. 19, 1858.
DAVIS, ICHABOD, b. Ledyard, Ct., March 21, 1824, and wf. Mary ( Whipple) Davis, b. in the same town, came to Hopedale in Dec., 1852, became worthy members of the Community Dec. 14, 1853, and adorned their Christian pro- fession by exemplary lives during their continuance among us. Their chn: -
ELISHA, b. in Groton, Ct., Dec. 3, 1846; d. Hopedale, March 8, 1854.
HELEN THWING, b. Hopedale, March 16, 1855; d. Hopedale, May 17, 1856.
FRANKLIN HERBERT, b. Hopedale, Dec. 1, 1858; d. Hopedale, March 21, 1859.
Mrs. Mary d. in Hopedale, Ang. 13, 1876, in her 49th yr. Mr. D., soon after his bereavement, left our village, and returned to his native vicinage. There he has since in. his 2d wf.
DAVIS, ORLANDO J., son of John and Hannah Davis, b. about 1826; m. Sarah Jane Fisk, dr. of Jonathan and Gratia (Wilson) Fisk, b. Sept., 1825; cer. Hopedale, Oct. 5, 1849, by the writer. Mr. D.'s family record has not been given me, nor have I recently heard from him. But my funeral register shows that I ministered at the funeral of LUELLA FISK, his infant dr., who d. Mil., Ang. 10, 1852, a. 3 mos .; and also at Mrs. Sarah Jane's, who d. Aug. 7, 1853. Further, I am only informed that he has had successively 2 wives, and lost them; and chn. by one, or both. He is now in the far West. DAVIS, Rev. BENJAMIN HILL, some yrs. pastor of the Universalist Society
here, and wf. Catherine A., are credited on our records with 3 chn .; viz., - ANN ELIZA, b. Cumberland, R.I., June 11, 1839.
JOHN MURRAY, b. Wrentham, March 23, 1840.
VALENA JANE, b. Attleboro', Ang. 23, 1842.
Possibly they had one or more b. here, who escaped my research.
Mr. D. was a devoted and acceptable pastor in his time, and also at the same time practised considerably as a homoeopathic physician. He is still in the Universalist ministry, set. in Biddeford, Me.
OTHER DAVISES IN DIRECTORIES, ETC.
DAVIS, GAYLON, carpenter. 1856, '69, '72, '75, "78, '80. Now firm of G. Davis & Wood Bros.
DAVIS, ZEBULON, bootmaker. 1856.
DAVIS, CHARLES A., bootmaker. 1869.
DAVIS, ORLANDO J., Jun., bootmaker. 1869.
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DAVIS AND DAY.
DAVIS, WILLIAM H., carpenter. 1869, '72, '75, "78, '80.
DAVIS, FRANCIS L., boxmaker. 1872, '75.
DAVIS, JAMES H., boxmaker. 1872.
DAVIS, ORLANDO W., carpenter. 1872, '75.
DAVIS, Miss ABBIE, boards 27 North Bow St. 1875, '78, '80.
DAVIS, CHARLES, farmer, near Bell. line. 1880.
DAVIS, HANNAH H., wid. 1880.
DAVIS, JOHN H., cigar-maker. 1880.
DAVIS, WALTER J., bootmaker. 1880.
DAY, MORDECAI4 (Mordecai,8 Samuel,2 Anthony 1), b. March 28, 1728; mr.'s maiden name, Sarah Wedge. I suppose Anthony 1 to be the English ances- tral immigrant. He set. at Cape Ann, where he had a wife, Susannah (King), and 9 chn. He set. there as early as 1645. Just when Mordecai 4 came to our Precinct is not told; but he m., 1st, Lydia Wiswall, dr. of Thomas and Sarah (Daniell) Wiswall, b. Oct. 7, 1737; cer. Dec. 15, 1757, by Rev. A. Frost. Their chn. : -
SAMUEL, b. March 30, 1759; d. Sept. 7, 1761.
NATHAN, b. Nov. 1, 1762; m. Sarah Bridges, Holl., 1790; set. Warren.
Mrs. Lydia d. Aug. 9, 1763, in her 28th yr. The hus. m., 2d, Tabilha Bul- lard, dr. of Benjamin and Judith (Hill) Bullard; b. Holl., Feb. 8, 1734; cer. Holl., May 8, 1766, by Rev. A. Frost. Their chn. : -
LYDIA, b. Feb. 21, 1767; m. Elihu Perry, May 24, 1787.
URI, b. May 4, 1769; m. Susanna Albee, June 19, 1794; set. Royalston.
JOEL, b. Nov. 16, 1770 or 1771; m. Polly Jones, 1798; set. Mil.
Mordecai Day had his homestead north of the Cedar Swamp, where Isaac S. Claflin now dwells, on whose farm the granite quarries have been opened. Of whom he purchased the bulk of his land, I have not searched to ascertain; but in 1770 and later, he had several small parcels laid out to him from Com- mon. He must have been a hardy, industrious man, judging from the remains to be seen about the old home. So far as records and traditions indicate, he and his family maintained a good moral standing. Doubtless he had to con- tend with rattlesnakes, which abounded in that neighborhood, and which had favorite haunts on his own estate; for it was at one of them that I saw several killed in 1824, - the remnant progeny of a former multitude. The patriarch little dreamed of the noble rifts of granite to be quarried from his solid ledges, and still less of the railroad whose thundering cars now daily pass and repass his old-time garden. At length he made his will, a copy of which is before me at this writing, and left his property to his chn. He d. Dec. 1, 1815, in his 88th yr. Mrs. Tabitha had departed before him. She d. Jan. 31, 1809, in her 74th yr.
DAY, JOEL 5 (Mordecai,4 Mordecai,8 Samuel,2 Anthony 1), b. Nov. 16, 1770 or 1771; m. Polly Jones, dr. of Nathaniel Alden and Lois (Claflin) Jones, b. Framingham, date not found; cer. early in 1798, prob. in Fram .; by whom not learned. Their chn .: -
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