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i. ALMIRA-E., b. July 30, 1842 in Auburn, married B. F. Pierce, Jan. 28, 1874.
ii. JOHN-C., b. Nov. 30, 1845, died Aug. 19, 1847.
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iii. GEORGE-G., b. July 19, 1849 in Auburn, m. Alma F. Barker in Watertown, July 6, 1874.
iv. FRANK-B., b. Jan. 8, 1850 in Charlton, m. Olive G. Davis in Worcester, Dec. 11, 1879. He died Dec. 31, 1893.
(b. June 23, 1854 in Princeton, m. Sarah F. Cool- idge of Watertown, July 16, 1879. Children: (I) MARION, b. Sept. 25, 1880, (II) HERBERT-C., b. May 19, 1883, (III) FREDERIC-C. b. Nov. 10, 1890.
v. HERBERT-E., )
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vi. HERVEY-A.,
(b. June 23, 1854 in Princeton, m. Anna A. Rhodes in Worcester, Oct. 31. 1889. She died in Graf- ton, Feb. 18, 1912. Children: (I) LENA, b. May 7, 1890, (II) HERMAN-B. b. Apr. 16, 1893.
vii. EMMA-A., b. Oct. 25, 1856, d. Aug. 2, 1871 in Worcester.
viii. MARY-A., b. June 1, 1858, m. Chas. H. Green, Sept. 7, 1880. Children: (I) ARTHUR-HOWARD, b. Aug. 22, 1883, (II) ALICE- STAFFORD, b. Oct. 31, 1885, died Sept. 18, 1892, (III) EMMA- CAROLINE, b. Oct. 8, 1893, (IV) MILDRED-HELEN, b. May 21, 1897.
DAVIS.
DOLOR DAVIS1, the immigrant head of this family, was born not far from 1600, perhaps a little earlier, probably in Kent, England. He married March 29, 1624, Margery, daughter of Richard Willard of Horsemonden, Kent. Three of their six children were born in England and three in America. He probably arrived in Boston in the spring of 1634, and made his first settlement in " The New Towne," now Cambridge, Mass. Soon after removed to Concord and from thence to Duxbury, and in 1640 to Barnstable, where he remained for fifteen years.
About 1655 he sold his property on the Cape and buying land in Concord, Mass., moved thither with his family and possibly with the prospect of more employment at his trade of house builder, became interested in the starting of the new settlement at Groton, near Concord.
It seems that Dolor Davis retained his Concord real estate until the time of his death, but his wife Margery, having died, the aged man being left alone by her death and the marriage of his children, returned to Barnstable, where he married, probably in 1671, Mrs. Joanna Bursley, daughter of Rev. Joseph Hull and widow of Capt. John Bursley of Barnstable.
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The Dolor Davis farm in Concord, now occupied by a lineal descendant has been in the possession of the family for more than two hundred and fifty years.
Samuel Davis2, the third son of Dolor and Margery (1635-43, record of birth not given), married (Ist) Mary Meddowes, (2d) Ruth Taylor. Lieut. Simon Davis3, son of Samuel2 and Mary, born Aug. 9, 1683, with his wife Dorothy (Heald) Davis and their three children, removed from Concord to Rutland about 1720, where five other children were born. He died in Rutland, Feby. 16, 1763-4 and she July 21, 1776. On both of their grave- stones he is styled Lieut. Simon Davis.
Daniel Davis3, son of Samuel2 and brother of the above Lieut. Simon3 by wife Mary Hubbard had a son Josiah4 who married Elizabeth Raymond. Their son, Daniel5, married Susannah Lane.
DAVIS Daniel6 (Daniel5, Josiah4, Daniel3, Samuel2, Dolor1), son of Daniel5 and Susannah (Lane) Davis born at Rindge, New Hampshire, June 15, 1775, married April 7, 1803, Betty Blood (of Carlisle (?)), who was born March 31, 1776 and died Aug. 23, 1848. He moved to Princeton in 1814 and took the place afterwards owned by Obadiah Thacher and Joshua Temple. He died Dec. 30, 1847. Their children were:
i. ERI, b. June 11, 1804, d. June 14, 1804.
ii. LYDIA, b. July 1, 1806, m. Isaac Stearns Davis, July 10, 1834, d. Feb. 3, 1882.
iii. ARTEMUS, b. Jany. 4, 1809, d. April 29, 1821, killed by the acci- dental discharge of a gun.
iv. ARI, b. May 18, 1811, d. Aug. 15, 1885.
1. v. DANIEL, b. Feb. 8, 1813, d. March 22, 1887.
vi. ALMON, b. June 30, 1815, drowned April 3, 1823.
vii. ASAHEL, b. Nov. 13, 1817, d. Oct. 13, 1898.
1. DAVIS Daniel7 (Daniel6, Daniel5, Josiah4, Daniel3, Samuel2, Dolor1), son of the above Daniel6 and Betty (Blood) Davis, born in Princeton, Feb. 8, 1813, worked on his father's farm until 1833, at which time he went to Boston, and was for nearly twenty years an inventor and manufacturer of electrical and other philosophical apparatus (an account of which is given in Biographical Sketch, vol. I). Sept. 20, 1843, he married Martha Naylor Starbird, born in Northwood, New Hampshire, March 23, 1811, daughter of John and Betsey (Watson) Starbird. In 1852, Mr. Davis retired from business and passed the remainder
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of his days on the Princeton farm where he died March 22, 1887, his wife, Martha, having died the preceding year, May 9, 1886. Their children were:
2. i. DANIEL, b. Aug. 10, 1844 in Boston.
ii. EDWARD-IRVING, b. Aug. 26, 1846, d. Jany. 14, 1847.
2. DAVIS Daniel8 (Daniel7, Daniel6, Daniel5, Josiah4, Daniel3, Samuel2, Dolor1), son of the above Daniel7 and Martha Naylor (Starbird) Davis, born in Boston, Aug. 10, 1844, married (Ist) May 28, 1867, Louise Boylston Skinner, daughter of Harlow and Sarah L., born Jany. I, 1848, died July 4, 1870. He married (2ª) Abby Augusta Wilder of Princeton, Aug. 6, 1872, daughter of Ivory and Louisa (Wilson) Wilder, born Jany. 9, 1843. Child of Daniel and Louise-B .:
i. EMILY-LOUISE, b. Oct. 19, 1869, d. Nov. 20, 1877.
Child of Daniel and Abby Augusta :
ii. FLORENCE-MARGUERITE, b. May 18, 1873.
DAVIS Isaac-Stearns7 -6, Daniel5, Josiah4, Daniel3,
Samuel2, Dolor1), son of -, b. - -, married Lydia Davis, daughter of Daniel and Betty (Blood) Davis, July 10, 1834. Their children were:
i. MARY-AUGUSTA, b. Nov. 10, 1835.
ii. GEORGE-ALMOND, b. Aug. 15, 1838, buried June 21, 1902, at Lowell.
iii. PHILO-(FELS)-FRANKLIN, b. Dec. 15, 1840.
iv. HARRIET, b. Jany. 15, 1843.
v. MARTHA-PHILENA, b. March 4, 1845.
vi. ELIZA-JANE, b. Sept. 7, 1846.
vii. LYDIA-AMELIA, b. Dec. 5, 1848.
DAVIS Rufus6 (Thomas5, Nathan4, Daniel3, Samuel2, Dolor1), son of Thomas5 and Lettice (Rice) Davis, born in Holden, March 8, 1787, married Feb. 22, 1816, Sally Beaman, daughter of Jonas and Rebecca, who was born at Princeton, Sept. 26, 1790, died March 21, 1872, ae. 81. He died in Princeton, Dec. 18, 1878, ae. 91-9-10. Children born in Princeton were:
i. EDWIN, b. Oct. 21, 1816, m. (Ist) Melissa Woodward, (2d) -.
ii. EUNICE, b. June 21, 1818, m. Hon. Henry F. Sanborn of Epsom, N. H., she d. April 17, 1900.
iii. SARAH, b. Oct. 17, 1820.
iv. ELIZA, b. Oct. 15, 1824.
v. LUCY, b. Nov. 26, 1826.
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3. vi. RUFUS, b. Jany. 27, 1829, m. (Ist) Susan Arminda Adams, (2ª) Eleanor Hunter Howe.
vii. HENRIETTA, b. Dec. 7, 1833.
viii. ALONA-A., b. May 10, 1838.
3. DAVIS Rufus7 (Rufus6, Thomas5, Nathan4, Daniel3, Samuel2, Dolor1), son of the above Rufus6 and Sally (Beaman) Davis, born Jany. 27, 1829, married (Ist) Susan Arminda Adams, May 18, 1853, daughter of Nathan Stewart and Mary (Beaman) Adams, who died Feb. 20, 1861, ae. 27, (2ª) Eleanor Hunter Howe, daughter of Josiah and Arathusa Howe. Has served in the principal town offices: Children of Rufus and Susan Arminda:
4. i. WAYLAND-CLARENCE, b. August 7, 1856, m. Annie S. Reed.
ii. INFANT SON, b. Jany, 17, 1861, d. Feb. 6, 1861.
Children of Rufus and Eleanor :
iii. SUSAN-ARMINDA, b. Jany, 22, 1864.
iv. ELLEN-LOUISA, b. April 30, 1868.
v. MARY-ISABEL, b. April 4, 1872.
4. DAVIS Wayland-C.8 (Rufus7, Rufus6, Thomas5, Nathan4, Daniel3, Samuel2, Dolor1), son of the above Rufus7 and Susan Arminda (Adams) Davis, born Aug. 7, 1856, m. Feb. 16, 1886, Annie S. Reed, born Dec. 3, 1862. Their children were:
i. MARION-ARMINDA, b. May 24, 1890.
ii. ELEANOR-SOPHIA, b. Aug. 24, 1894.
DAVIS Joseph6 (Thomas5, Nathan4, Daniel3, Samuel2, Dolor1), brother of Rufus6, born May 5, 1794, in Holden, married in Princeton, March 31, 1823, Betty Gardner Babcock, daughter of Amos and Betsey (Gardner) Babcock. He kept a hotel in Princeton for a number of years and in 1833 removed to Lexington, where he continued his occupation of inn-holder for ten years. He died Dec. 25, 1872. His first two children were born in Princeton, the third in Boston and the fourth at Lexington.
i. HORACE-BABCOCK, b. May 10, 1824, m. June 2, 1852, Ann C. Stevens, Lexington.
ii. CHARLES-ERVING, b. Sept. 1, 1826, m. May -, 1860, Eliza J. Tilton, Brooklyn, N. Y., d. Aug. 22, 1869.
iii. GEORGE-OTIS, b. Feb. 15, 1832, at Boston, became a resident of Lexington, Mass., 1833, served the government in the naval
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office during the administration of 14 presidents, and 13 different naval officers, and is now dean of the corps. Lexington Hist. iv. AGNES, b. Dec. 3, 1834, d. Dec. 7, 1859.
DAVIS John-Phelps5 (Daniel4, Daniel3, Samuel2, Dolor1), son of Daniel, Jr. and Sarah (Phelps) Davis, born in Rutland, Nov. 9, 1760, married Jany. 15, 1783, Polly Brooks of Princeton. He resided in Rutland until May, 1792, when he removed to Princeton with his wife and children, Calvin, Polly and Sally. In the winter of 1813-14 he removed to Norwich, N. Y., and died there Nov. 23, 1832. His widow died in Norwich, N. Y., 1858, ae. 94. Their children were:
5. i. CALVIN-B., b. April 26, 1783, m. Ruth Roper.
ii. POLLY, b. - , m. Jan. 22, 1807, Dr. Moses Wheeler of Holden, and d. 1859, Lisle, N. Y.
iii. SALLY, b. - , m. Paul Davis, son of Samuel.
iv. PERSIS, b. Sept. 7, 1792, m. April 8, 1813, Brigham Hubbard of Holden, res. in Norwich and Preston, N. Y., and died in Hor- nellsville, N. Y.
v. JOHN, b. Oct. 18, 1794, m. April 22, 1835, Fanny Hall, resided in Preston, N. Y., and d. in Guilford, N. Y.
vi. HANNAH, b. Dec. 11, 1796, d. Oct. 17, 1800.
vii. NABBY, b. Dec. 22, 1798, d. Aug. 4, 1800.
viii. BETSEY, b. Aug. 22, 1800, m. in Norwich, N. Y., Eli Eddy, and d. Lockport, Ill., July 21, 1888. A son H. S. EDDY, res. Lockport. ix. HANNAH, b. July 5, 1802, m. in Norwich, N. Y., Alexander Day. 1839, res. Grene, N. Y., she d. Brisbin, N. Y., Dec. 20, 1879. X. JONAS, b. April 30, 1804, d. young.
xi. JONAS (2ª), b. Nov. 22, 1807, d. Sept. 22, 1809.
xii. DARWIN, b. Aug. 22, 1809, m. Feb. 16, 1843, Margaret A. Van Cott, who d. May 27, 1859. He m. (2ª) Harriet A. Lovell of West Boylston, June 25, 1863, res. Norwich, N. Y.
5. DAVIS Calvin-B.6 (John-Phelps5, Daniel4, Daniel3, Samuel2, Dolor1), son of John Phelps and Polly (Brooks) Davis, born April 26, 1783, married in Princeton, July 12, 1821, Ruth Roper, daughter of John and Dorcas, who died Nov. 3, 1875. He died in Princeton, Feb. 10, 1866. Their children were:
i. JOSHUA-H., b. Oct. 12, 1822, d. Sept. 26, 1840.
ii. CHARLES, b. Aug. 10, 1824, in Princeton, m. (Ist) Mary Kelley. Children by first marriage: (I) FRANCIS-W., b. Sept. 8, 1857, m. Lydia Lord of Ravenna, Ohio; 3 chn .; went as a missionary to China and was killed in the Boxer Rebellion, (II) FANNY-E., b. June 18, 1863. Charles m. (2d) Oct. 20, 1868, Julia A.
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Gleason, b. Hillsboro, N. H., 1847, dau. of Jonathan and Elsey (Hall) Gleason. She d. April 15, 1891. He d. Nov. 3, 1900. Children by second marriage: (III) STEPHEN-H., b. Aug. 4, 1869, (IV) ANDREW-D., b. Aug. 13, 1870, (v) WALTER-P., b. Oct. 3, 1874, (VI) RUTH-E., b. June 15, 1876, (VII) JOHN-N., b. July 27, 1878, (VIII) EDWIN-F., b. Oct. 7, 1880.
iii. WILKES, b. March 26, 1827, d. Jany. 24, 1912.
iv. JOHN-CALVIN, b. Oct. 17, 1829, m. in Princeton, Dec. 2, 1858, Mary T. Holden, rem. to Rutland. I child: (I) HENRY BURN- SIDE, b. July 16, 1865.
V. JULIA-ROPER, b. Nov. 12, 1832, d. April 24, 1891.
DAVIS Silas6 (Samuel5, Dea. Ephraim4, Daniel3, Samuel2, Dolor1), son of Samuel5 and Rebecca (Williams) Davis, born June II, 1776, in Rutland, married May 7, 1806, Dolly Davis of Prince- ton. He died in Rutland, May 19, 1837. Their children were:
6. i. SAMUEL, b. Jany. 26, 1807, m. Sally Wilson March 29, 1832.
ii. WILLIAM-W., b. Feb. 3, 1809, m. June 24, 1835, Mary B. Jones.
iii. OLIVE, b. -
iv. DOLLY, b. May 23, 1813, m. (int.) Nov. 1, 1834, Gardner D. Turner of Princeton.
v. JOHN, b. May 24, 1816.
vi. DANFORTH, b. Nov. 23, 1819, m. (int.) Rutland, April 1, 1844, Sophronia Hubbard of Holden.
vii. CHARLES, b. -.
viii. GEORGE, b. -.
6. DAVIS Samuel7 (Silas6, Samuel5, Dea. Ephraim4, Daniel3, Samuel2, Dolor1), son of Silas6 and Dolly (Davis) Davis, born in Rutland, Jany. 26, 1807, married (int.) March 5, 1832, Sally Wilson, daughter of Lovis and Hannah (Parmenter) Wilson, born Dec. 20, 1810, died in Princeton, Dec. 20, 1865. He died April 18, 1891. Their children were:
i. HENRY-WILSON, b. Aug. 14, 1833, d. Dec. 24, 1888, m. (Ist) Lois R. Bigelow, Sept. 30, 1857, she d. Nov. 4, 1877. He m. (2ª) Emma M. Gleason, Jany. 31, 1882. He d. Dec. 24, 1888. Chn .: (I) ARTHUR-E. b. March 19, 1859, m. 1883, Alice -. He d. Dec. 26, 1901. Chn .: (i) Allan-N., b. Nov. 25, 1887, (ii) Helen-D., b. Dec. 1, 1889, (iii) Catherine, b. May, 22, 1894. (II) ORA-M., b. April 16, 1861, m. April 26, 1882, Edwin H. Crosby. Child: (i) Harvey-D. Crosby, b. March 28, 1884, m. Nellie - Child: (i) Edwin, b. - IgII. (III) WIL- LARD-H., b. Dec. 3, 1872, m. Luella Cuthbertson, May 1903. Child: (i) Milton-E. b. Aug. 1905. (IV) WARREN-G., b. March
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2, 1884, m. Sept. 19, 1913, Stella Shields. (v) HOWARD-F., b. April 9, 1886, m. Dec. 1, 1908, Elizabeth Hall. Chn .: (i) Helen- E., b. March 27, 1910, (ii) Henry-Wilson, b. May 1912, (iii) Alice-Irene, b. Dec. 27, 1913. (VI) RALPH-W., b. Nov. 29, 1887. ii. HANNAH-WHITNEY, b. June 28, 1835, m. John D. Richardson, of Holden. She d. April 12, 1870.
iii. HARRIET-GALE, b. Dec. 1, 1837, d. May 5, 1889.
iv. SARAH-CLARKE, b. Nov. 10, 1840, m. Nov. 30, 1871, John D. Richardson of Holden. She d. June 20, 1914.
v. OLIVE-GASSETT, b. Oct. 11, 1843, m. Frank B. Davidson of Worcester, Dec. 11, 1879. He d. Dec. 31, 1893.
vi. SOPHRONIA-GREENWOOD, b. Nov. 1, 1845, d. June 1, 1878.
vii. LoVIS, b. April 19, 1858, m. (Ist) Nov. 2, 1874, Agnes A. Rhodes, m. (2ª) Octavia Howard Bauhn. Chn .: (I) LEON-E., b. June 6, 1876, (II) CLIFFORD-L., b. June 13, 1882, (III) HENRY-R., b. May 23, 1886.
viii. ELLEN, b. Jany. 7, 1853, m. Alfred E. Skinner, d. April 15, 1894. (See page 265.)
ix. CLARA-SALOME, b. May 10, 1856, m. Silas-Herbert Fay. (See page 102.)
DAVIS Samuel5 (Ephraim4, Daniel3, Samuel2, Dolor1), son of Ephraim4 and Rebecca (Danforth) Davis, grandson of Daniel3 and Mary (Hubbard), gr. grandson of Samuel and Mary (Meddowes) and gr. gr. grandson of Dolor1, with wife Rebecca and six children, Olive, Betty, Samuel, Paul, Ephraim and Dorothy, he came to Princeton from Bedford in May, 1783, and died in Princeton, Sept. 13, 1800. Their children were:
i. OLIVE, b. - , m. Jany. 21, 1794, John Winch, Jr., of Holden.
ii. BETTY (BETSY), b. - , m. Jany. 9, 1800, Asa Greenwood of Holden.
iii. SAMUEL, b. - , m. Eunice Dudley, June 25, 1807.
7. iv. PAUL, b. - , m. Sally Davis.
v. EPHRAIM, b. -- , m. March 8, 1796, Persis Keyes.
vi. DOROTHY, b. -
vii. LUCY, b. Aug. 28, 1786, m. (int.) April 24, 1807, Bezaleel Turner of Holden.
viii. SALLY, b. Sept. 24, 1789, m. April 26, 1809, Richard Hunt of Concord.
ix. NANCY, b. Sept. 21, 1795, m. Oct. 9, 1822, David Rice.
7. DAVIS Paul6 (Samuel5, Ephraim4, Daniel3, Samuel2, Dolor1), son of the above Samuel and Olive, born - -, married - (family says March 9, 1803), Sally Davis, daughter
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of John Phelps Davis. He died Sept. 29, 1850, and she Oct. 8, 1851 in Guilford, N. Y. Their children were:
i. WILLARD, b. Dec. 23, 1804.
ii. HARRIET, b. April 30, 1807.
iii. SALLY, b. Feb. 18, 1809.
iv. JONAS, b. - , 1813.
v. MARY, b. - , 1816.
vi. HANNAH, b. -, 1820.
vii. OLIVE, b. - , 1822.
viii. CHARLES, b. - , 1826.
DAVIS Lieut .- Simon3 (Samuel2, Dolor1), son of Samuel2 and Mary (Meddowes) Davis, born Aug. 9, 1683, married Dorothy Heald, daughter of Israel Heald of Stow. Three of their children were born in Concord. They removed to Rutland soon after 1720. He died Feby. 16, 1763-4 in Holden and his widow, July 21, 1776. On both of their gravestones he is styled " Lieut. Simon Davis." Their children were:
i. SIMON, b. May 17, 1714, in Concord, m. Hannah Gates, he d. April 9, 1754 and she Jany. 7, 1760, they had eleven children, in Rutland.
ii. ISRAEL, b. Aug. 31, 1717 in Concord, m. Mary Hubbard, Dec. II, 1739, and had six children in Holden, she d. Nov. 17, 1800, ae. 80.
iii. REV. JOSEPH, b. July 16, 1720, was in Harvard College 1740, minister in Holden 1742-73, married and had three children, d. March 4, 1799.
iv. ELIZUR, b. - , m. - and had five sons and four daughters.
v. MARTHA, b. (bapt.) July 27, 1829, m. - Smith.
8. vi. OLIVER, b. (bapt.) April 16, 1732, m. Mary Read.
vii. MARY, b. (bapt.) March 16, 1735 and lived in Holden (Rutland History).
viii. AZUBAH, b. (bapt.Dec. 2, 1739.)
8. DAVIS Oliver4 (Lieut. Simon3, Samuel2, Dolor1), the fifth son of Lieut. Simon and Dorothy (Heald) Davis, born (bapt.) April 16, 1732, married May 21, 1753, Mary Read, daughter of Thomas and Sarah of Rutland and Sudbury. It is probable that he lived where Solomon Wilson lived later. Built and owned the first mill in "Slab City," so called. He died Jany. 25, 1803, she Sept. 6, 1811. Their children were:
i. SARAH, b. Feby. 26, 1754, m. Feb. 28, 1771, Jonathan Nichols.
ii. DOROTHY, b. March 26, 1756, d. Sept. 18, 1756.
iii. OLIVER, b. Sept. 23, 1757.
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9. iv. SIMON, b. Nov. 12, 1759.
v. MOSES, b. Sept. 13, 1761.
vi. MICAH, b. Aug. 16, 1763.
vii. MARY, b. Oct. 8, 1765.
viii. DAVID, b. Oct. 16, 1767.
ix. MOLLY, b. Nov. 17, 1769.
x. THOMAS, b. Oct. 3, 1771.
xi. ISAAC, b. April 16, 1774.
13. xii. JOHN, b. - , 1776, m. Deborah Bellows.
9. DAVIS Simon5 (Oliver4, Lieut. Simon3, Samuel2, Dolor1), son of the above Oliver4 and Mary (Read) Davis, born Nov. 12, 1759, published July 1, 1783 to Rachel Rolph and “ forbidden by Davis." He married (Ist) March 25, 1784, Lucretia Davis of Holden, born 1758, (2ª) Polly Gould, who died in Princeton, Dec. 31, 1835, ae. 73. He died Jany. 29, 1828. Their children were:
i. BETSEY, b. - , m. March, 3, 1807, Henry Gates.
10. ii. JAMES, b. - , m. Miranda Jones.
11. iii. JOHN-GOULD, b. July 8, 1792, m. Achsah Fay.
12. iv. OLIVER, b. Feb. 23, 1794, m. (Ist) Julia Reed, (2ª) Hannah Childs. 10. DAVIS James6 (Simon5, Oliver4, Lieut. Simon3, Samuel2, Dolor1), son of the above Simon5 and Lucretia Davis, married April 6, 1808, Miranda Jones. He died in Princeton, Sept. 29, 1814, and she probably married Nathan Newton of Hubbards- ton, Oct. 14, 1821, who died in Utah. Children of James and Miranda Davis were:
i. LUCRETIA, b. May 21, 1809.
ii. CHARLES-AUGUSTUS, b. Oct. 13, 1810, m. (Ist) Jany. 10, 1833, Caroline Spring and (2ª) Ruth Kanan of Holden (int.) March 2, 1839.
iii. MARIA, b. May 2, 1812, m. - Bond.
11. DAVIS John-Gould6 (Simon5, Oliver4, Lieut. Simon3, Samuel2, Dolor1), brother of the above James6, born July 8, 1792, married 1812, Achsah Fay, who died at Brattleboro, Vt., Sept. 14, 1885, ae. 92, and he in Worcester, May 12, 1842, ae. 50. He was accidentally killed by a train passing through a bridge where he was at work. His children were:
i. HIRAM-A., b. Oct. 6, 1815, d. Dec. 20, 1815.
ii. JOHN-G., b. Oct. 31, 1826, rem. Brattleboro, Vt.
iii. SIMON-CURTIS, b. Nov. 19, 1829.
iv. SARAH, b. Oct. 29, 1832.
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12. DAVIS Oliver6 (Simon5, Oliver4, Lieut. Simon3, Samuel2, Dolor1), brother of the above John-Gould6, born Feby. 23, 1794, married March 2, 1819, Julia Reed, born in Providence, Sept. 22, 1800, she died Nov. 28, 1835 and he m. (2ª) Jany. - , 1837, Mrs. Hannah Childs of Princeton, he died Dec. 7, 1856. His children were:
i. POLLY-G., b. April 16, 1820, d. Nov. 22, 1831.
ii. HANNAH-B., b. April 28, 1822, m. Jany. II, 1843, John M. Pratt of Concord, res. N. Y.
iii. JULIA-R., b. Feb. 23, 1824, m. Nov. 6, 1844, Horace Truesdell of Holden, she d. in Princeton, April 6, 1873.
iv. BETSEY, b. Jany. 25, 1826, m. Jany. 21, 1862, Henry T. Goodale of Clinton. She d. in Clinton, April 10, 1872, and he Sept. 19, I886.
v. ALICIA-ANN, b. March 8, 1828, m. Feb. 15, 1849, Milton Jewett of Clinton.
vi. POLLY-SUSAN, b. Aug. 10, 1831, m. Oct. 23, 1852, Ansell L. Flood of Clinton, he d. June 24, 1870, she m. (2ª) May 15, 1873, George F. Goodale, who d. Jan. 20, 1874, and she m. Dec. 9, 1884, Caleb W. Barnett of Clinton.
vii. SIMON-W., b. Aug. 28, 1833, d. Nov. 25, 1843.
viii. OLIVER, b. Sept. 30, 1835, m. July 27, 1861, Susan Field, res. Edwards, Arkansas.
13. DAVIS John5 (Oliver4, Lieut .- Simon3, Samuel2, Dolor1), son of Oliver and Mary (Reed) Davis brother of Simon5 born -, 1776, married Oct. 14, 1805, Deborah Bellows, daughter of Isaac and Eunice (Stone) Bellows, born Oct. 8, 1799, in Hubbardston, died Aug. 11, 1857 (family Record says Aug. 9). He died Oct. 8, 1824. Their children were:
i. EUNICE, b. July 15, 1806, m. May 8, 1828, James H. Pierce of Hubbardston, she died Nov. 3, 1842.
ii. MARY, b. May 25, 1808, m. April 2, 1828, William S. Clarke, Jr., of Hubbardston, she d. May II, 1852.
iii. CAROLINE, b. April 24, 1810, m. Nov. 8, 1834, Bartimeus Joseph.
iv. JOHN-CURTIS, b. April 11, 1812, d. April 23, 1817.
v. ISAAC-BELLOWS, b. April 24, 1814, d. April 17, 1817.
vi. EMILY
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b. March 21, 1816, m. Nov. 1, 1837, Thomas M. Wheeler of Hubbardston and removed to Princeton.
vii. EMELINE
b. March 21, 1816, m. Jany. 3, 1837, Moses G. Holden of Rutland.
viii. ISAAC, b. March 15,1818, m. CatherineWoodward, res. Hubbardston. ix. SALLY, b. April 25, 1821, m. Henry Barber, res. Greenfield, Mass.
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DAVIS John6 (Asa5, Capt. Peter4, Dr. Simon3, Simon2, Dolor1), son of Asa and Mary (Smith) Davis, born in Rutland, Jany. 23, 1790. Asa5 was son of Capt. Peter4 and Rebekah " Hop- crisson " of Rutland, Capt. Peter4 being a son of Dr. Simona of Concord, born Oct. 12, 1661 and Elizabeth Woodhis (Wood- house). Dr. Simon3 was a son of Simon2 and Mary (Blood) of Concord and grandson of Dolor1.
John Davis6, married May 26, 1811, Cata Richardson, daughter of Samuel and Lucy (Mirick) Richardson. He lived in the first house beyond Woodlawn Cemetery and planted the maple trees on the Rutland road. He removed to West Boylston in 1837, and from thence to Rutland in 1856, and there died, June 18, 1860. His widow died at Somerville, Mass., May 20, 1871. Their children were:
i. CATHARINE, b. Jany. 6, 1815, m. Jany. 23, 1838, Asa Rice of West Boylston, who died Feb. 27, 1856, (2ª) April 5, 1866, Dea. Jonas Brooks of Princeton, who d. Aug. 14, 1887.
ii. LUCY-M., b. March 10, 1817, m. June 26, 1838, Alonzo Davis of Rutland.
iii. EBENEZER-ERSKINE, b. Nov. 17, 1818, m. Lovice Ely of Holyoke, res. Somerville. Served in the 46th Mass. Regt. in Civil War, enlisting from Holyoke, d. March 7, 1889 in Somerville.
iv. AUGUSTA-M., b. March 31, 1820, d. March 14, 1844.
v. ELLEN-R., b. Dec. 11, 1821, m. Oct. 3, 1850, Rev. Hiram Houston of Acworth, N. H., and d. at Deer Island, Me., Sept. 7, 1882.
vi. ABIGAIL-R., b. Dec. 11, 1823, m. (Ist) April 15, 1846, John Green of Rutland, and (2ª) James Hunter.
vii. MARY-A., b. Nov. 5, 1825, m. Sept. 5, 1848, Franklin Hathaway of Petersham, res. Somerville.
viii. HARRIET-A., b. Oct. 7, 1827, d. April 13, 1843.
ix. JOHN, b. Feb. 21, 1830, m. Jane (Jenny) Jones.
X. JOSEPH, b. Sept. 4, 1831, m. Lucy Ann Spaulding, Rutland.
xi. ALMIRA-R., b. March 31, 1833, m. April 8, 1851, Asa F. Rice of West Boylston.
xii. SARAH-E., b. Aug. 31, 1835, d. June 9, 1843.
xiii. SAMUEL-R., b. July 20, 1837 in West Boylston, went to Texas in 1856, enlisted in the U. S. Army and never directly heard from.
DAVIS Silas (ancestry untraced), son of Josiah and Sarah (Billings) Davis, born in Acton, Mass., April 29, 1792. At nine years of age he came to Princeton to live with his uncle, Reuben Hale. He lived on the Hale place until his death, May 18, 1874. He married (Ist) April 19. 1825, Mrs. Eliza Randall,
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who died March 13, 1828, (2ª) Clarissa J. Sawyer of Rutland, June 16, 1831. She died Aug. 29, 1877, ae. 76. Children of Silas and Clarissa J. were:
i. GUSTAVUS-V., b. Sept. 11, 1833, m. Dec. 4, 1856, Harriet S. Hobbs, daughter of Samuel and Martha A. (Whitney) Hobbs, b. May 3, 1837. I child, ALVIN-ALANSON b. Sept. 11, 1851, m. Dec. 17, 1895, Lizzie G. White, I child Ashton-Josiah b. Dec. 10, 1896, in Gardner, Mass.
ii. JOSIAH-B., b. Nov. 9, 1835, m. April 21, 1860, Hattie Lombard, she d. July 30, 1879. He married (2ª) Dec. 25, 1880, Medora Southwick of Blackstone, res. in Blackstone.
iii. ANGELINE-C., b. Nov. 21, 1838.
DAVIS Solomon, a Revolutionary pensioner, ancestry untraced, with wife Dorcas came from Holden in March 1781 and resided for a number of years on the Samuel Hobbs place. He died in Princeton, Aug. 2, 1830, aged 72, and she Dec. 15, 1839. Their children were:
i. POLLY, b. May 28, 1782.
ii. JOSEPH, b. Nov. 5, 1784.
iii. SUSAN, b. March 14, 1787.
iv. DORCAS, b. May 7, 1788.
v. LAWSON, b. Oct. 29, 1789.
vi. BETTY, b. April 30, 1791, d. July 16, 1791.
vii. NANCY, b. Dec. 9, 1794, m. David Rice.
viii. CYNTHIA, b. Nov. 26, 1797, d. Sept. 20, 1833.
ix. IRA, b. Sept. 14, 1801, m. Jany. 12, 1826, Eliza Underwood, dau. Israel of Hubbardston. He d. Oct. 7, 1827. His widow m. James Browning.
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