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9. SAMUEL DAGGETT,9 son of Isaac and Sarah B. ( Norton ) Daggett, married Louisa W. Pennel, who died Jan. 20, 1848, aged 23 years. Mr. Daggett was a farmer and resided for many years in the northern part of Industry. He married for second wife (pub. Sept. 30, 1848) Lydia Norton, daughter of Samuel and Susannah W. (Davis) Norton, q. 7. He removed to Sanborn, Iowa, about 1883, where he still resides.
Children.
i. SARAH N., b. Sept., 1847; d. Jan. 6, 1848.
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Children by second marriage.
ii. ANDREW JACKSON, b. in Industry, May 25, 1849; m. and resides in Cali- fornia.
iii. AMANDA W., b. in Industry, Nov. 19, 1852; m. (pub. Jan. 15, 1873), John W. Keith, of Farmington. Farmer. She d. in Farmington, Jan. 22, 1889.
iv. LYDIA JANE, b. in Industry; m. Mark Bunker, son of Ichabod and (Albee) Bunker, of Anson. Divorced. Resides in Sanborn, lowa.
IO. TRISTRAM NORTON DAGGETT,9 son of Isaac and Sarah B. ( Nor- ton) Daggett, married Lucy Churchill. Farmer. Has resided in In- dustry, New Vineyard and in lowa. He married for second wife. July 11, 1866, Caroline E. Thomas, divorced wife of Hovey Thomas and daughter of Philander and Mary (Norton) Butler, q. 2. He died in New Vineyard, March, 1891, aged 70 years, 5 months.
Children.
i. ORRINGTON, ) b. in Industry, July 19, 1847; Orrington d. of diphtheria ii. ORRAVILLE, ) July 1, 1863, and Orraville d. of the same disease Aug. 3. 1863.
12. iii. ISAAC W.,* b. in New Vineyard, Jan. 2, 1851; m. at Hampton, łowa, Oct. 29, 1872, Emma A. Ward, dau. of William and Emily T. (Olds) Ward, of Burns, Marion Co., Kans She was b. near Erie, Penn., June 18, 1851.
iv. SARAH ELIZABETH, b. in New Vineyard, Feb. 28, 1853: d. of diphtheria, June 16, 1863.
V. RUSSELL EVERETT, b. in New Vineyard, Sept. 28, 1855; d. of diphtheria, july 12, 1863.
vi. WARREN TRISTRAM, b. in New Vineyard, July 21, 1858; d. of diphtheria, June 25, 1863.
vii. LUCY ANNAN, b. in New Vineyard, Aug. 11, 1860; d. of diphtheria, Sept. 4, 1863.
II. JOHN TOBEY DAGGETT,9 son of Isaac and Sarah B. (Norton) Daggett, married Caroline Norton. Farmer. Settled on the home- stead, where he continued to live up to near the time of his death. His wife Caroline died April 14, 1878, and he married for second wife, Nov. 16, 1879, Eleanor Greenwood, relict of Hannibal Greenwood, of Indus- try, q. v. He moved to Farmington Village in the fall of 1890, and died of pneumonia Dec. 23, 1891, aged 65 years.
Children.
i. HARRISON, b. in Industry, Aug. 14, 1857; m. April 14, 1883, Ellen M. Smith, dau. of Joseph W. and Lydia A. (Daggett) Smith, q. v. She (. March 17, ISSS, and he m. for second wife, Aug. 4. 1889, Frances M. Brackett, dau. of Franklin and Florilla (Woodcock) Brackett, of Stark. He is a merchant at West's Mills, also postmaster, town clerk, treasurer, etc. Children : i. CLIFFORD, b. in Industry, June 17, 1890.
ii. RUBY EMMA, b. in Industry, April 24, 1892.
* The " W " in this name was not a part of the name given at his christening, but was after- ward added by Mr. Daggett himself simply to give a middle letter to his name. Hence he has no middle name.
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ii. CHARLES M., b. in Industry, Nov. 21, 1861; d. July 20, 1863.
iii. EMMA A., b. in Industry, Oct. 29, 1864; m. Jan. 4, 1884, Charles E. Crowell (b. in Oakland, Aug. 30, 1850), son of Calvin C. and Cordelia ( Blair) Crowell. lfe is a machinist (1892) in the employ of the Somerset R. R. Co. Their child :
MILDRED LOUISE, b. in Oakland, Feb. 3, 1SS9.
iv. JAMES NORTON, b. in Industry, June 7, 1867.
V. ABBIE NORTON, b. in Industry, Aug. 7, 1872.
vi. JULIA JONES, b. in Industry, Oct. 6, 1876.
Children by second marriage.
vii. BLANCHE M., b. in Industry, Dec. 31, ISSO.
viii. JOHN, b. in Industry, May 13, 1882.
ix. DELIA F., b. in Industry, Jan. 31, 1884.
12. ISAAC W. DAGGETT,10 son of Tristram N. and Lucy (Churchill) Daggett, married Emma A. Ward. Went to Hampton. Iowa, in the spring of 1865, and engaged in farming and teaching for four years. Then entered " Iowa College " at Grinnell, where he remained two years. In September, 1873, he commenced reading law in the office of D. W. Dow, of Hampton. Took a course in the Law Department of the Iowa University and graduated as Bachelor of Law in June, 1875. Practiced law until 1878, and then engaged in real estate and general banking bus- iness. He is now cashier of the Citizen's National Bank, of Burns, Kan- sas, where he now resides.
Children.
1. ARTHUR E., b. in Hampton, la., Aug. 20, 1876; d. July 3, 1887.
ii. NELLIE MAN, b. in Primghar, la., Sept. IS, 1878.
iii. EMMA ROSEMOND, b. in Sanborn, la., Jan. 1, ISSI.
TRISTRAM DAGGETT is shown by the Town Records of Industry to have been a son of Elijah. The church records at Edgartown, Mass., show that Elijah, son of Brotherton and Mrs. Thankful (Daggett) (Butler) Daggett, was baptized April 21, 1734. He probably married. Nov. 9, 1757, Jedidah Chase, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Athearn) Chase. Jedidah was born 1736. Elijah's children, so far as can be learned, were :*
I. i. TRISTRAM, b. Aug. 22, 1758; m. 1785, Jane Merry.
ii. ELIJANI, m. April 4, 1787, Peggy Smith, dan. of Capt. Smith.+
iii. MATTHEW, b. 1764; m. his cousin, Rebecca Daggett; resided in Warren, Me .; d. Oct. 15, 1831, aged 67 years. Two children :
* The husband Elijah subsequently died and his widow, Mrs. Jedidah (Chase) Daggett, married a Kimhlen, of Martha's Vineyard. Shedied, with her daughter Abigail, in New Vine. yard. Child by her second marriage : Martha, h. 1781 ; married Joseph Williamson, q. v.
t Mrs. Annie C. Pratt, Chelsea, Mass., says, " daughter of Samuel and Sarah or Priscilla (Chase) Smith." Levi G. Leeman, who in his early life knew Mrs. Daggett well, states that she was a daughter of a Captain Smith, who married a Spanish woman. While a grandson, James M. Butler, of Hemlock Lake, N. Y., is confident that she was of Scotch descent.
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1. FRED, b. 1794; d. at sea.
ii. LUCY A., m. Reuben Alford, and d. in Oldtown, Me.
iv. ABIGAIL, b. 1766; m. Capt. Samuel Daggett, q. 7., son of Seth and Eliza- beth (West) Daggett, for his second wife; she d. s. p.
V. MARY, m. -
vi. NATHAN .* . Long.
I. TRISTRAM DAGGETT, son of Elijah and Jedidah (Chase) Daggett, married Jane Merry. In his early life Mr. Daggett was a sailor. He served five years in the War of the Revolution and received the following discharge :
By his Excellency George Washington, Esq .. General and Commander- in-chief of the forces of the United States of America.
These certify that the bearer hereof, Tristram Daggett, soklier in the seventh Massachusetts Regiment, having faithfully served the United States and being enlisted for the war only is hereby discharged from the American Army.
[Signed] G. Washington.
By his Excellency's command.
[Signed]
J. Trumbull, Jr.
Registered in the Books of the Regt.
The above Tristram Daggett, soldier, has been honored with a badge of merit for five years' faithful service.
[Signed] J. Brooks.
Lt. Col. commanding 7th Mass. Reg.
"Mr. Daggett," as we learn from Allen's History of Industry, " was one of the original purchasers of the township of New Vineyard, pur- chased by subscribers for single lots and drew his hundred acres in the first range adjoining the Lowell Strip east of the New Vineyard moun- tains, and was the first to commence operations for a settlement in that quarter of the township. In June, 1791, he procured a backload of provisions at the settlement at the river, now Farmington, and went to the Gore by the path, stopped over night with Daniel Collins, and then got Mr. Collins to pilot him up the mountain a mile to the town line . which had been newly run and plainly marked by spotted trees, with the corners of the lots marked and numbered on the line. Thence he proceeded . afoot and alone' with his pack on his back and axe in his hand, noticing the numbers of the lots from No. 13 to his lot, No. 6,f
* Authority of James M. Butler, Hemlock Lake, N. Y. The above Nathan Daggett was Mr. Butler's great uncle on his mother's side. He further states that Nathan Daggett was a pilot to the French fleet while in American waters during the Revolutionary War.
+ See foot note, p. 53.
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the corner of which he found in a swamp, but on following the check line a short distance he came to good land, made a temporary camp near a good spring of pure water which issued from the mountain. cov- ered his small camp with spruce bark, prepared a bed on the ground and a coat of hemlock boughs with small twigs in the room of feathers. so that he could crawl into his camp to sleep and be protected from the rain. He commenced cutting down the trees in order to make a farm. and soon made an opening of five or six acres. He often said he never enjoyed himself better in his life than while thus employed ; that he slept more comfortably in his rade camp than others could in beds of down who lived in idleness, and quenched his thirst from the spring with a better relish than any epicure ever enjoyed over the choicest wine." After clearing some land he built a log-house and moved his family into it the next year. Here he lived till 1795, when he sold his farm to Esq. Herbert Boardman and settled on the Lowell Strip at the head of Clear Water Pond, where he made an excellent farm which he sold to David M. Luce and settled on a lot near by. Aug. 19, 1828, he purchased a small lot and house east of West's Mills. He was placed on the pension list in 1818, under an Act of Congress, and subsequently under the Act of 1828, and at last under the Act of 1832, which last he received as long as he lived. He was afflicted with much sickness in his family for many years ; and his wife and several children died while liv- ing in Industry. He married for second wife (pub. Oct. 23, 1830), Nancy Norton, relict of Sprowel Norton and daughter of James Eveleth, q. 7. She died in Industry, April 18, 1846, aged 63 years. After the death of his second wife, he removed to Parkman, where he died in 1848, aged nearly 90 years.
Children.
i. ELIJAH, b. June -, 1786; d. young.
ii. HENRY, b. May 27, 1789; m. - Cleveland, of Embden.
iii. SUSAN, b. May 25, 1791 ; d. Aug. - , ISOS.
iv. ABIGAIL, b. July 22, 1793; m. Oct. 29, 1814, Jabez Norton, son of Jabez and Phebe ( Luce) Norton, q. 7.
V. JANE, b. March 12, 1796; d. unmd. at the residence of David Merry, April 27, 1861.
vi. MATTHEW, b. May 9, 1797; m. - Cleveland.
3. vii. TRISTRAM, b. June 8, 1799; m. April 30, 1823, Martha Luce, dau. of Alsbury and Mary ( Burgess) Luce, of Farmington.
4. viii. TIMOTHY, b. May 29, 1802 :* m. Nov. 29, 1838, Thankful Merry, dau. of Asa and Sally ( Bartlett) Merry, q. v.
ix. ISAAC, b. Aug. 13, 1805; d. Sept. - , 1808.
* From Industry Town Records. Mr. Daggett's family record gives date of birth May 26. Date of marriage is from Industry M. E. Church Records. The record referred to above gives date of marriage Nov. 20.
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2. ELIJAH DAGGETT. son of Elijah and Jedidah (Chase) Daggett, married Peggy Smith. Mr. Daggett was a mariner and probably died either at sea or at Martha's Vineyard. His widow came to Industry and afterward married. April 16, 1812. Dea. Levi Greenleaf, of Industry, for his second wife. She lived but a short time after her second mar- riage and died about Aug. 1, 1812 .*
Children .- Order of birth not known.
i. LOVE, b. at Martha's Vineyard; m. May 14, 1812. Samuel Leeman, son of Jacob and Keziah (Chapman) Leeman, of Stark. Mr. Leeman was for some years a resident of Industry. Ilis first wife was a dau. of Dea. Levi Greenleaf, q. v.
ii. LUCINDA, b. at Martha's Vineyard; m. Oct. 2, 1806, Ilenry Butler, son of Henry and Mehitable (Norton) Butler, q. 2.
iii. Et.IJAH, b. at Martha's Vineyard: m. and resided in New York City. He was a mariner on a packet between New York and Liverpool.
iv. SALLY, b. at Martha's Vineyard; m. Dee. 18, 1817, Levi Greenleaf, son of Dea. Levi and Polly ( Willard) Greenleaf, q. v.
V.
MATTHEW, b at Martha's Vineyard. Hle enlisted in 1813 for the remainder of the war. Ile d. of spotted fever at Lake Ontario about 1814, unmd.
vi. MARGARET, b. at Martha's Vineyard; m. - --- Tucker, resided in Fal- mouth, Mass. Mr. Tucker was from Virginia, where he owned land. Was not a good man. His wife, by whom he had one child, d. com- paralively a young woman.
vii. SAMUEL, b. at Martha's Vineyard; m. at Nantucket. Ile was a man of more than ordinary ability and was mate on a brig in the merchant service. Had an accident by which he lost one of his heels, then learned the shoemaker's trade and settled at Edgartown. Ile did not live with his wife very long. He visited his relatives in Maine between 1840-45.
TRISTRAM DAGGETT, son of Tristram and Jane ( Merry) Daggett, 3. married Martha Luce. After his marriage Mr. Daggett made a short stay in Industry. He then moved to St. Albans and soon after to Dex- ter. where he died. He was a farmer, as were also his two sons, Timo- thy and Nathan. He died Nov. 27, 1836.+ His widow died in Dexter, March -- , 1873.
Children.
i. TiMorty, b. in Industry, March 20, 1824; m. Nov. 27, 1851. Mary Jane Fletcher (b in Dexter, Me., Sept. 4, 1827), dau. of Charles and Mary (Smith) Fletcher, of Dexter.
+ Authority of Levi G. Leeman.
t This date, probably obtained from some member of the family in Dexter, was furnished the writer by Samuel B. Doggett, of Boston, Mass., in 1885. Early in iS91 Mr. Edward F. Libby, of Dexter, collected some data of the family for the author. He stated that Mr. Daggett died on Thanksgiving day in 1835, aged 33 years. Basing the theory on a supposition that Mr. Doggett's informant was correct in month and day, and that Thanksgiving occurred on the fast Thursday in the month, both statements harmonize in every particular excepting the year, and this is the one point wherein even people of good memory are most liable to err. Furthermore the Industry Town Records show that Mr. Daggett was born June $, 1799. This would have made him exacly 33 years old in June, 1532. This the author regards as approximately accurate.
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ii. NATHAN LUCE, b. in Industry, April 20, 1825; m. - Perry, by whom he had several children. All d. young. His wife d. and he m. Hattie Pierce. Ile resided in West Boylston, Mass., and was a shoe manu- facturer and farmer; d. Nov. - , 1887. Second marriage, s. p.
iii. MARTHA ANN, b. in St. Albans; d. in Dexter, aged about 14 years.
iv. LYDIA ANN, b. in Dexter; m. a sea captain; d. at Martha's Vineyard, Mass., Dec. - , I851, s. p.
V. SUSAN JANE, b. in Dexter; m. James Brown, of Dexter. She d. Dec. 31, 1861. Several children; one, Nettie, d. Sept. -. 1858, aged 9 years, the others d. younger.
vi. AMANDA JORDAN, b. in Dexter; m. Nov. 28, 1872, Rufus Washburn. Resides in Gloversville, N. Y.
4. TIMOTHY DAGGETT, son of Tristram and Jane ( Merry) Daggett, married Thankful Merry. At the age of seventeen Mr. Daggett left his parental home to seek his fortune in the wide, busy world. A part of the time for thirteen years he followed the sea, alternating with work on a farm. He was prudent and saving of his wages, and ere long had amassed a snug little sum for a laboring man. He owned several pieces of real estate in Industry at different times, but did not make his home there very long at a time. One summer while at work on a dam in Augusta, he had a narrow escape from instant death. During the noon hour, while Mr. Daggett was in his room, some of the workmen made a blast in the ledge close at hand. A fragment of rock entered the side of the house just above his head .- his small stature saved his life. He moved to Parkman in 1845. where he owned several different farms and continued to reside until 1874, when he disposed of his property and moved to Ripley, where he died, July 31. 1879. aged 77 years, 2 months, 2 days. His wife died in Parkman, July 13. 1867, aged 50 years, 5 days.
Children.
i. MARY LUCE, b. in New Vineyard, Aug. S, 1839; m. June 14, 1862, Ed- ward Freeman Libby (b. in Dexter, April 3, 1832), son of Joseph Weeks and Mary (Jordan) Libby, of Dexter. Mr. Libby is a farmer and resides in Dexler.
ii. TRISTRAM, b. in New Vineyard, Jan. 2, 1841; m. 1866, Hannah Wood- cock, dau. of Theodore and Deborah (Bessy) Woodcock, of Ripley.
iii. SARAH JANE, b. in New Vineyard, Oct. 23, 1843; d. in Parkman, June 11, 1863.
iv. ASA MERRY, b. in Parkman, July 22, 1845; m. Dec. 18, 1870, his cousin, Rhoda Merry Williams, dau. of Henry and Catherine (Merry) Williams, of Embden. Near the close of the war he enlisted at Ban- gor as a substitute and became a member of the Twelfth Co., Unassigned Infantry. He was stationed at Galloupe's Island, Boston Ilarbor, and discharged at the close of the war. He was absent from home five weeks and five days and received $550, beside his clothes. After his discharge he settled on a farm in New Portland, where the remainder of his life was spent. He d. of consumption, May 19, 1889, aged 43 yrs., 9 mos., and 27 days. Children :
1. CARROL LINWOOD, b. in New Portland, April 30, 1872. ii. ELSIE MAE, b. in New Portland, Nov. 15, 1874; d. April 29, 1 889.
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iii. ARTHUR EARL, b. in New Portland, April 23, 1882.
iv. LENA ALICE, b. in New Portland, Jan. 26, 1887.
V. CATHERINE AMANDA, b. in Parkman, May 31. 1848; m. Jan. S, 1871, Henry True Woodcock, son of Theodore and Deborah (Bessy ) Wood- cock, of Ripley. She d. in Ripley, March 24, 1877. One child : MINNIE MAY, b. Jan. 24, 1872.
vi. WILLIAM MERRY, b. in Parkman, March 24, 1851. Resided in Parkman with his father until they sold out in 1874. Then he engaged in brick-making two or three seasons. In the spring of 1877 he hired with Briggs and Leighton to work on a sheep ranch in Colorado. One season he was in New Mexico and Texas with a lot of sheep. In IS83 he was a part owner of the herd of neat cattle he tended. This venture proved quite a financial success. Settling up his business he came to Maine on a visit, but was so homesick that he soon went back. He now resides in Midland, Texas, unmd.
vii. CLARA ELLA, b. in Parkman, June 14, 1854. Resides in Norway, unmd.
5. TIMOTHY DAGGETT. son of Tristram and Martha (Luce) Dag- gett. married Mary Jane Fletcher. Mr. Daggett is a farmer and (1891) resides in Dexter.
Children.
i. EMELINE ADDIE, b. in Dexter, Sept. 4, 1852; m. Sept. 6, 1879, Wilbur Colby Gerry (b. in Dover, May 30, 1854), son of Benjamin Stephens and Miranda (Rowe) Gerry, of Dexter. Mr. Gerry, the younger, is a farmer and resides in Dexter, s. p.
ii. CHARLES, b. in Dexter, June 18, 1854. At the age of 18 years he went to Lowell, Mass , and worked on a milk route. Next he was owner of a route and afterward superintendent of a creamery. He now (1891) keeps a jewelry store and pawnbroker's shop.
iii. ANN LORETTA, b. in Dexter, Feb. 28, 1859. She was a school teacher and taught seventeen terms prior to her marriage. Married Aug. 27, 1 886, William Albert Harling (b. in Meltham, Yorkshire Co, England, Sept. 3. 1853.) He was the son of Jonas and Elizabeth (Heigh) Harling. Farmer; resides in Garland, s. p.
iv. NATHAN, b. in Dexter, June 2, 1860. He has been clerk in the Dexter Co-operative Store six years and manager of the Pittsfield Co-operative one year. He now keeps a boot and shoe store in Dexter; unmd.
.1 MARY ELIZABETHI, b. in Dexter, March 20, 1862 .* Dressmaker; unmd.
vi. AMANDA, b. in Dexter, July 12, 1865; unmd.
6. TRISTRAM DAGGETT, son of Timothy and Thankful ( Merry) Dag- gett, married Hannah Woodcock. On the breaking out of the Rebel- lion he enlisted as a member of the Third Battery, First Regiment, Mounted Artillery, and was mustered in Dec. 11, 1861. March 28, 1863, this Battery was transferred to the First Regiment, Heavy Artillery, as Co. M. On the 24th of December, 1863, Mr. Daggett re- enlisted for the remainder of the war. On the twenty-third day of the following February the company was again re-organized and became the Third Battery, Mounted Artillery. Mustered out June 17. 1865. The
* Mr. Samuel B. Doggett, of Boston, Mass., furnished the record as follows :
V. MARY E., b. March 20, IS61.
vi. AMANDA, b. July 12, 1860.
For various reasons the writer is inclined to favor the dates as given in the record above.
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following spring he purchased a farm and settled in Ripley, where the remainder of his life was spent. His wife died of consumption Aug. 17, 1871, aged 24 years. He subsequently married, March 24, 1872, Mrs. Phebe Cummings Libby, daughter of Nehemiah and Polly (Drake) Leavitt, of Cambridge. He died of consumption. Jan. 30. 1879, aged 38 years, 28 days.
Children.
i. TRISTRAM LINWOOD, b. in Ripley, March 28, 1869.
Children by second marriage.
ii. CHARLES DELBERT, b. in Ripley, July 13. 1873. Lives in Cambridge.
iii. FRED, b. in Ripley, July 10, 1875; d. Oct. 30, 1876.
iv. FRED EUGENE, b. in Ripley, July 31, 1877. Lives in Pittsfield. *
DAVIS.
DOLOR DAVIS, the immigrant ancestor of the Industry Davises, is be- lieved to have been a native of Bennefield. Northamptonshire, England, where, Dr. Palfrey once told Mr. Savage, the graves of Dolor Davis's ancestors were to be found. He married Margery, daughter of Richard Willard, of Horsmonden, County of Kent. England, and came to this country in 1634 in company with his brother-in-law, Major Simon Wil- lard. He stopped first at Cambridge, and is next found as one of the original proprietors of the lands in Concord, Mass. He was of Dux- bury, April 6, 1641, when he was bondsman for George Willard of that town. In 1643 he and his sons were included among those able to bear arms at Barnstable. He was by trade a carpenter and master builder, which fact explains his frequent removals from place to place. In the new settlements he found more employment than in the older ones. Neither Mr. Davis nor his sons were ambitious for distinction in politi- cal life, consequently their names seldom appear in public records. Of Dolor Davis the author of Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families says : " Perhaps among all the families which came to New England, not one can be selected more deserving of our esteem and unqualified approbation than that of Dolor Davis. As a man, he was honest, indus- trious and prudent ; as a christian, tolerant and exact in the perform- ance of his religious duties ; as a neighbor, kind, obliging, and ever ready to help those who needed his assistance, and as a father and head of his family, he was constantly solicitous for the welfare of all its mem-
* Mr. Samuel B. Doggett, Hollis Street, Cor. Tremont, Boston, Mass., has an elaborate work on the Doggett-Daggett families of America, nearly ready for publication. To this exhaustive work the reader is referred for a more complete history and genealogy of that numerous race.
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bers, cultivating those kindly feelings and amenities of life which render home delightful. His sons and his grandsons followed in his footsteps. They were men whose characters stand unblemished." Margery, wife of Dolor Davis, died probably at Concord, and he married for his sec- ond wife Joanna, widow of John Bursley and daughter of Rev. Joseph Hall. He died in 1673. John Davis, the eldest son of Dolor, was born in England and married, March 15, 1648, Hannah. daughter of Robert Linnell, of Barnstable. This son was likewise a carpenter and one of the last three survivors of the early settlers of Barnstable. He was the father of twelve children, all born in Barnstable, and died in 1703. The eldest son, John, Jr., born Jan. 15. 1649-50, married three wives. He married first, Feb. 2, 1674-5, Ruth, daughter of Roger and Alice Good- speed, who died - - -, -
-. His second wife, whom he married Feb. 22, 1692-3, was Mary Hamlin. She died in November, 1698, and he married a third time in 1699, Hannah, widow of Nathaniel Bacon. He was a house carpenter, like his father and grandfather before him, and in 1710 removed with his family to the new town of Falmouth. He died in 1729, at the age of 80 years, leaving an estate valued at f1810. He was the father of twelve children, ten sons and two daughters.
From which one of the sons of John Davis, Jr., the Industry Davises are descendants is at the present time an unsettled question. Mrs. Annie C. Pratt, of Chelsea, Mass., who has given the subject much study, in- forms the writer that in tracing the ancestry back the earliest name of the line she has is :
BARNEY DAVIS. This Barney probably had a son : THOMAS DAVIS, who m. Catherine Wendell, of Albany,* and is known to have had children as follows :
i. THOMAS, b. 1722; m.
1. ii. DAVID, b. 1726; m. 1750, Sarah Cozzens.+
iii. CATHERINE, unnid.
It is believed that Col. Melatiah Davis, b. 1717, who went from Falmouth to Martha's Vineyard, and d. at Edgartown, Mass., Jan. 9, 1795, was an older son of Thomas and Catherine, though no evidence lo that effect has yet been adduced.
MELATIAH DAVIS, above named, married Jemima Dunham, who was born 1726, and died Dec. 14, 1799. Among the children of Melatiah and Jemima Davis were :
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